1. 6 th Grade Chorus Monday, Sept 30 2013 Band Students to Chorus

2. Housekeeping Shirt orders are due tomorrow! Need to check sizes?- you can do that while I help you with your packet.

3. Music Theory Review of stem directions Difference for note heads Remember your rests

4. Today’s Goals Get more work done on Theory Packets Work on Child of Song Ending- (just do it in 2 parts) Bells ending- know when to stop and start Record Child of Song, Wild Bells, and Unwritten

5. 6 th Grade Chorus Tuesday, Oct 1 2013 Band Students to Chorus

6. Housekeeping Shirt orders due today (allison- lets check your size) Hand Back Packets- Please be sure you turn in your corrections and that you have done all up to date work

7. Today’s Goal Watch video and do evaluation Work on techniques that will improve our performance Child of Song Ring out Unwritten

8. 7 th Grade Chorus Tuesday, Oct 1 2013 Band Students to Chorus

9. Housekeeping Shirt orders due today (Mikayla- Lets check your size) District Honor Chorus- don’t forget fee- we will not meet this week because of advisory lesson – we’ll meet next week- Monday advisory Hand Back Packets- Please be sure you turn in your corrections and that you have done all up to date work

10. Today’s Goal Watch Video of us and fill out evaluation Work on techniques that will improve our performance Go over Dodi Li small groups ◦ 3 groups of 6-  Group 1- Izzy, Victoria, Maggie, Natalie G, Haley, Veronica, Natalie W  Group 2- Mikayla, Skylar, Nhan, Brianna, Courtney, Sydney, Heather  Group 3- Daniella, Anneliese,, Juliana, Kelly, Amalia, Anooha, Lexi, Josie ◦ Everlasting Melody ◦ Unwritten

11. 7 th Grade Chorus Tuesday, Oct 1 2013 Band Students to Chorus

12. Housekeeping Shirt orders due today District Honor Chorus- don’t forget fee- we will not meet this week because of advisory lesson – we’ll meet next week- Monday advisory Solo and Ensemble- Meet next Wednesday during Advisory Hand Back Packets- Lets finish these!

13. Today’s Goal Watch video- evaluation Sing new songs

14. 6 th Grade Chorus Wednesday, Oct 2 2013 Band Students to Band

15. Housekeeping Hand back a ton of papers! Shirt orders! Still so many out! Please do packet make ups

16. Music Theory Note heads- whole and half- don’t fill them in Rest values Stem Directions

17. Evaluations We need to work on being specific in our analysis ◦ Why doesn’t it sound or look good ◦ Focus more on the positive

18. Evaluations part 2 Helpful comments ◦ Pitch accuracy ◦ Articulation ◦ Projection ◦ Posture ◦ Facial expressions ◦ Singing in “tone”

19. Goal today Fix posture Work breath support Work end of child of song Length of notes and style of child of song Ring our wild bells ending Ring out wild bells long notes Unwritten

20. 6 th Grade Chorus Thursday, Oct 3 2013 Band Students to Band

21. Housekeeping Hand back a ton of papers! Shirt orders! Still so many out! Please do packet make ups New warm up- Sung to: "Mary Had a Little Lamb" We are pumpkins big and round, big and round, big and round; We are pumpkins big and round, sitting on the ground. See our great big shiny eyes, shiny eyes, shiny eyes; See our great big shiny eyes, looking right at you. See our great big laughing mouth, laughing mouth, laughing mouth, See our great big laughing mouth, smiling right at you.

22. Evaluations We need to work on being specific in our analysis ◦ Why doesn’t it sound or look good ◦ Focus more on the positive

23. Evaluations part 2 Helpful comments ◦ Pitch accuracy ◦ Articulation ◦ Projection ◦ Posture ◦ Facial expressions ◦ Singing in “tone”

24. Goal today Fix posture Work breath support Work end of child of song Length of notes and style of child of song Ring our wild bells ending Ring out wild bells long notes Unwritten

25. 7 th Grade Chorus Thursday, Oct 3 2013 Band Students to Band

26. Housekeeping Hand back a ton of papers! Shirt orders! Still so many out! Please do packet make ups District Honor Chorus- don’t forget fee- we will not meet this week because of advisory lesson – we’ll meet next week- Monday advisory- recordings are up online

27. Evaluations ◦ Don’t look at the people singing the small ensemble parts ◦ Don’t sing louder than the people around you ◦ Some of the lyrics are mispronounced

28. Today’s Goal Everlasting Melody

29. 8 th Grade Chorus Thursday, Oct 3 2013 Band Students to Band

30. Housekeeping Hand back a ton of papers! Shirt orders! Still so many out! Please do packet make ups District Honor Chorus- don’t forget fee- we will not meet this week because of advisory lesson – we’ll meet next week- Monday advisory- recordings are up online Wednesday Advisory- Solo and Ensemble- (be thinking of things- I would prefer groups and I do have music to look through too!)

31. Goal Today Warm Up Bonse Aba America the Beautiful- Sing through what we had and add more Split pianos and work parts Bring together and sing Sing God Bless America

32. 6 th Grade Chorus Friday, Oct 4 2013 Band Students to Chorus

33. Evaluations We need to work on being specific in our analysis ◦ Why doesn’t it sound or look good ◦ Focus more on the positive

34. Evaluations part 2 Helpful comments ◦ Pitch accuracy ◦ Articulation ◦ Projection ◦ Posture ◦ Facial expressions ◦ Singing in “tone”

35. Goal today Fix posture Work breath support Work end of child of song Length of notes and style of child of song Ring our wild bells ending Ring out wild bells long notes Ring our wild bells dynamics Unwritten