6 th Grade Chorus

1. 6th 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. 6th 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. 7th 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. 7th 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. 6th 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. 6th 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. 7th 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. 8th 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. 6thGrade 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