Without Music, life would b-flat! (Get it?)

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

11/28 - 12/2

Mon:
Warm-Ups:
Singing:
Run through all concert music, our accompanist will be here.

Tues:
Warm-Ups:
Singing:
"Baby It's Cold Outside", polish

Wed:
Warm-Ups:
Sight-singing:
"Follow conductor" game
Singing:
Work on songs that were weaker during the run-through on Monday

Thurs:
Warm- Ups:
Sight-singing:
"Follow Conductor" game
Singing:
Any songs that still need work
Begin to memorize

Fri:
Warm-Ups:
Sight-Singing:
"Follow Conductor Game"
Singing:
Continue working rough spots
Continue to memorize

Monday, November 21, 2011

11/21 - 11/22

Mon:
Worksheet over Chromatics/syncopation
Warm-Ups:
Singing:
"African Noel"
"In The Bleak Midwinter"
fix notes and dynamics

Tues:
sing syncopated chromatics
Warm-ups:
Singing:
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"
fix notes and dynamics

Monday, November 14, 2011

11/13 - 11/18

Mon:
Sight-singing:
Chromatic scale
Warm-Ups:
Singing:
Review "Baby It's Cold Outside", continue to mm 77

Tues:
Sight-singing:
Chromatic scale in parts
Warm-Ups:
Singing:
Review "Baby It's Cold Outside"
Add Dynamics and expression to "African Noel"

Wed:
Sight-singing
More Chromatics
Warm-Ups:
Singing:
Finish "Baby"
Add Dynamics to "In The Bleak Midwinter"

Thurs:

Sight-Singing:
solfege hands in parts
Warm-Ups:
Singing:
Review everything learned to this point (as time allows)


Fri:

Sight-Singing:
In-class worksheet
Warm-Ups:
Singing:
Review all of "Baby"
Add dynamics and expression to "Carols Around"

Monday, November 7, 2011

11/7 - 11/11

Mon:
Sight-Reading:
Sight-read "Baby It's Cold Outside" with CD
Warm-Ups:
Singing:
Review "Have Yourself", add dynamics and articulation (if notes are wrong, fix them)

Tues:
Sight-Reading:
"Baby It's Cold Outside", once with and once without background voices
Warm-Ups:
Singing:
Learn rhythms, then harmonies of "Baby It's Cold Outside", at least to m. 37
Review "Have Yourself" with dynamics and articulations.

Wed:
Sight-Reading:
"Baby It's cold Outside" mm. 59, 60 - rhythm (parts)
Warm-Ups:
Singing:
Continue "Baby It's Cold Outside" at least to m. 68
Review "Carols Around" Adding dynamics and articulation

Thurs:
Sight-Reading:
mm. 77-80 - rhythm, and "swinging 8ths"
Warm-Ups:
Continue "Baby It's Cold Outside", finish?
Review "In the Bleak Midwinter", add dynamics and articulation

Fri:
No Class, Veteran's Day.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

10/31 - 11/4

Mon:
Sight-singing:
The students will follow solfege hand signals in a random order to see how well they can hear different harmonies and intervals.
Warm-Ups:
Singing:
Continue "Have"

Tues:
Sight-singing: Same
Warm-Ups:
Singing:
Continue (finish?) "Have"

Wed:
Sight-singing: Same
Warm-Ups:
Singing:
Finish "Have" and add dynamics/expression.

Thurs:
Half-Day for pumpkin Palooza
Sing through all songs learned up to now with CD's

Friday:
PUMPKIN PALOOZA!!!!!!!
No class