1. Let the Children Play! Session 4

2. Drip, Drip, Drip Short Term Goals: Week to Week Long Term Goals: Seasonal

3. Short Term: Private/Small Group Session

4. Short Term: Sample Practice Chart

5. Short Term: Practice Journal

6. Ensemble Experience Short Term:

7. Long Term: MAP Progress Report

8. Long Term: Solo Work/Recital

9. Long Term: Scholarship/Award

10. Magnets Success Standards Friendship Consistency

11. Why teach beginner brass, drums, piano, and guitar?

12. 12 Suggestions for Giving a Beginner Brass Lesson  Buzzing (a tune or a rhythm pattern) Establishes embouchure Improves endurance “Wakes up” the ear, the air, and the brain  Suggested sequence for beginning a new song/exercise – have students: Clap or count rhythm

13. 12 Suggestions for Giving a Beginner Brass Lesson Speak note names in rhythm Sing note names in rhythm Sing note names in rhythm while performing fingerings on the instrument Occasionally students may have a demonstration from the teacher Play through with teacher Play through without teacher

14. 12 Suggestions for Giving a Beginner Brass Lesson  Play in intervals (alternate playing with rhythm exercises or singing) Rhythm Clapping, stomping, mouthpiece buzzing, rhythm sticks, etc. Counting Identifying demonstrated rhythms Sing through an exercise (on solfege or note names

15. 12 Suggestions for Giving a Beginner Brass Lesson Teacher demonstration with student evaluation – examples: “Were my half notes longer or shorter than my quarter notes?” “How many slurs did I play?” “In which measure did I play staccato?”  Don’t be afraid to spend a good amount of time on one exercise Reinforcement is important

16. 12 Suggestions for Giving a Beginner Brass Lesson The more time a student spends on an exercise, the more comfortable he or she will be with it; it gives the student a chance to improve.  Don’t be afraid to move on … you can always go back later. Keep things fresh and interesting Challenges the student

17. 12 Suggestions for Giving a Beginner Brass Lesson  Have your instrument handy! Balance of telling and showing (most students can imitate a sound or technique better than they can produce it from verbal instruction alone)  Teach students how to practice … imitate this in the lesson. Identify tough spots in the music.

18. 12 Suggestions for Giving a Beginner Brass Lesson Ask the student what the objective is of each exercise and work to achieve that.  Patience / Consistency If a student is having a problem with something, don’t give up on it quickly or find another way to teach it right away … give the student time first.

19. 12 Suggestions for Giving a Beginner Brass Lesson  Attitude / Correct “Address” Many people closely associate themselves with their art (most times unknowingly), so give sensitive instruction and verbal evaluation, as if students are the music they are playing. Be aware of the lasting effects of words, facial expressions, tones of voice Give praise only where it is due, but always, always encourage

20. 12 Suggestions for Giving a Beginner Brass Lesson  Ask questions The more involved a student is, the more he/she will remember from the last lesson  Be on time! (Better yet, be early) If you care about the lesson, so will they.  End the lesson with something students can play well so that they walk away feeling good! Thanks to Ronda Jackson for these suggestions!

21. Steps to Building Your Corps Music Program 1.Recruit and assess students 2.Ready equipment and music

23. Steps to Building Your Corps Music Program 1.Recruit and assess students 2.Ready equipment and music 3.Scheduling

24. Sample Rotation Scheme

25. Steps to Building Your Corps Music Program 1.Recruit and assess students 2.Ready equipment and music 3.Scheduling 4.Locate instructors 5.Student expectations

26. Sample Contract

27. Steps to Building a Brass Program 1.Recruit and assess students 2.Ready equipment and music 3.Scheduling 4.Locate instructors 5.Student expectations 6.Teacher expectations

28. Ephesians 3:20 “Now glory be to God, who by His mighty power at work within us, is able to do far more than we would ever dare to ask or even dream of infinitely beyond our highest prayers, our highest desires, our highest thoughts, or our highest hopes.”