Week of December 7, 2009
Monday	Beginning Band Dress Rehearsal After School. Students, report promptly to the Band room following dismissal. After school activity buses will be available to take students home at 4:15pm. Fund raising note: Fruit will be available to pick up after the rehearsal is over. Parents, please do not pick up fruit while the rehearsal is taking place. I will be available until 6:00pm
Tuesday	Extra Help After School today.
Wednesday	**Practice is a musician's homework. All Band students should be practicing Winter Concert Repertoire and material in the Method Book (Advanced Band students also practice major scales/rudiments in preparation for All District auditions) at least 20 minutes DAILY.
Thursday	Advanced Band Dress Rehearsal after school. Students report promptly to the Band room following dismissal.   Concert report time for all Beginning Band students is 5:30pm to warm up and tune.   Students with transportation difficulty by report time may stay after school and will be supervised by Mr. Jackson.   Concert begins at 6:00pm.   Parents, please let me know if you will be available to volunteer your time to assist me during the concert. I need help during dinner, setting up the stage, and with crowd control.
Friday	Advanced Band Students: District Band Auditions take place Saturday, January 9 @ Wilder Middle School. Practice the Prepared Piece and scales/rudiments this weekend.

*Advanced Band Students:

All Advanced Band students are expected to audition in All-City Band auditions as well as All-District Band auditions.

Student participation in the audition process will satisfy Virginia's Music SOL's first strand: performance.

"The student will perform 7 major scales/the Standard 26 American Drum Rudiments from the National Association of Rudimental Drummers (NARD), and the wind/percussion student will perform a chromatic scale." (derived from the Music Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools, adopted May 2000 by the Virginia Board of Education.)

Winds:
7 major scales (C, G, D, A, F, Bb, Eb)
Chromatic scale

Percussion:
Standard 26 Drum Rudiments
(see handout or download from this website in the Links section)

* 6th and 7th Beginning Band Students:

"Essential Elements 2000: A Comprehensive Band Method"

There is a fingering chart in the back of the book to make looking up fingerings quick and easy. The easiest notes to play and finger are presented first with exercises to practice them. This book comes with a play-along CD. This CD includes all solo exercises.

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