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Elementary Assignment week of 2/23/09

Posted by lsabol on February 23rd, 2009 under Elementary Assigments  •  Comments Off

All students should be working on Celtic Dance. This song should be learned by March 6th. Some students have started working on March of the Mathemagicians.
Beginners – working on new rhythms and notes on D & A
New string – G String – new notes
Advanced students – working on sixteenth note rhythms and dotted [...]

MS Assignments for week of 2/22/09

Posted by lsabol on February 23rd, 2009 under Middle School Assignments  •  Comments Off

Monday:
Working on putting together power point presentations about various composers – will finish power points next week on Tuesday
Wednesday:
Quizzes on Scales for anyone who did not perform for Mrs. Sabol
Working on music – Arabian Dreams to complete the song
Friday:
Perform Castle Lore and Arabian Dreams as a performance to evaluate what needs to be done yet [...]

HS Assignments Week of 2/22/09

Posted by lsabol on February 23rd, 2009 under High School Assignments  •  Comments Off

Orchestra:
Quizzes on Sections of music on Thursday of this week. Please be prepared with the following pieces of music: Egyptian Legacy and Eleanor Rigby
High Tech book this week – working on some rhythmic work and vibrato
String Technique:

Completing duet compositions and perform them on Friday for a grade
Bowing Techniques and Etudes using the workbooks to [...]

HS Assignments for Week of 2/17/09

Posted by lsabol on February 18th, 2009 under High School Assignments  •  Comments Off

Orchestra:
Work on the following Egyptian Legacy, Wizard of Oz for notes and rhythms
Polish the rest of the music we have been working on with details such as articulations and dynamics
String Technique:
Reading 1st part of chapter 2 and applying what you learned in the workbook through music
Solo Pieces and technique studies
Compositions – Duets

February Calendars

Posted by lsabol on February 11th, 2009 under Elementary Assigments, High School Assignments, Middle School Assignments  •  Comments Off

Lesson and Rehearsal Schedules for Orchestra!
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HS Assignments week of 2/9/2009

Posted by lsabol on February 9th, 2009 under High School Assignments  •  Comments Off

PSSA Testing Week – juniors make sure you check the schedule for work
Orchestra:
Working on Shifting and begin working on vibrato this week
Music – Wizard of Oz, Overture to Rossini, Deciding which music we will work on for concert
String Technique:
Practicing and Performing solo compositions
Reading 1st part of Chapter 2 on bowings this week
Working on rehearsal/ performance [...]

MS Assignments week of 2/9/2009

Posted by lsabol on February 9th, 2009 under Middle School Assignments  •  Comments Off

MS – Orchestra class
Warm-Up and quizzes on scales this week
Working on Arabian Dance to clear up some rhythm and intonation problems
Will only need instruments for Tuesdays class this week
Thursday – working in library to research orchestral composers
Chamber Ensemble – rehearsal on Thursday after school from 3-4 p.m.