This past week, band students got back in the swing of things following two weeks of winter vacation. Students in each class learned a new warm-up. Students also signed up to perform solos and ensembles at music contest in March. …
This past week, band students got back in the swing of things following two weeks of winter vacation. Students in each class learned a new warm-up. Students also signed up to perform solos and ensembles at music contest in March. …
This past week, band students got new music and took playing tests to assess their learning this quarter. Here is the week-in-review: Monday, December 7 – Students got new music today and reviewed for their playing tests. Tuesday, December 8 – Students…
Here is a summary of band activities from this past week: Monday, November 30 – The bands ran through their concert order. Student speakers in each class began practicing reading the script for the concert. All the students continued working…
It has been a few days since the last blog post, so here is a quick update. The band concert is scheduled for Thursday, December 3 at 7:30 PM. The students need to wear their band polo with long pants…
The bands are on track to put on a great concert on December 3! The 8th graders played through all of their music today from beginning to end: “For Unto Us,” “I Saw Three Ships,” and “Santa’s Fiesta.” The 7th…
Today it snowed! But we still had school. The 7th graders made up some ground on the practice competition over the weekend. The 8th graders closed the gap between them and the 6th graders, but the 6th graders continue to…
The 6th grade band is leading the practice competition with an average of 4.56 cards turned in per student. The 8th graders are close behind with 3.93 cards turned in per student and the 7th graders trail with 1.68 cards…
The December 3rd band concert is three weeks from today! Today the 8th graders had sectional rehearsal over “Santa’s Fiesta!” Congratulations to Koral Long and Toby King who were selected to participate in the North Central Kansas Music Educators Middle-Level Honor…
On Wednesday, the 8th graders continued with sectionals over “For Unto Us.” They are on track to be able to play the entire song tomorrow. They also spent some time working on “I Saw Three Ships.” The 7th graders made…
Today in class the band students continued to make progress on music for their concert. The 7th graders had their playing test over line 171 from memory (Concert Ab Major Scale). The 8th grade band had sectionals of “For Unto…