The West MS Sixth Grade Band is off to a very strong start.
There is a variety of experience levels, but we are using that to our advantage. We had a great chat today where we talked about our goals as a group, and how to reach them. We are trying to master two pages per week in the Standard of Excellence book. They will be assigned on Fridays. Between then and Tuesday, they need to get in a couple of practice sessions and come to Tuesday's band class with questions or problems, when we workshop them as a group. At Friday's class, we can play through it, polish them up a little, and then discuss what we need to know to be successful in preparing the next two page assignment.
Obviously there will be weeks when we need to slow down and make sure we have everything right, as well as weeks when we miss one of the classes for whatever reason. There will also be the occasional week where Tuesday will show that we just don't need a whole week on this particular assignment. Either way, we will adjust and get back on track. This is simply a plan to keep us all moving in the same direction.
THIS WEEK!
The student are going to be working on pages 8 and 9. They will be getting comfortable with quarter notes and quarter rests, and will be playing with our first five learned notes. Please feel free to get in touch with me with any questions as they come up, and thank you so much for supporting them in this venture. You will see genuine musical dividends very soon!
Have a great weekend!
All the best,
Joe Wright
West Middle School Band
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