8th Grade
- Just finished LGPE on Monday, scoring two Superiors (I) and one Excellent (II), and a Superior (I) on Sight-reading! So proud! If anyone has any pictures from the performance, please email it to Ms. Tang. - We are continuing to work on The Incredibles to perform for the Rising 6th Graders coming on Thursday morning! - Spring Concert Music will be handed out hopefully by Friday. 7th Grade - students have all received a copy of their Spring Concert music. We will continue rehearsing them. 6th Grade - Students have been sight-reading their Spring Concert music. They will have their own copies hopefully by Friday. - Wed. 2/26: A MAJOR SCALE PLAYING QUIZ in class. Will finish on Thursday if needed. ** Last Rising 6th Grade Performance Morning Rehearsal: THURSDAY 2/27, 7:30am ** 6th Grade Honor Orchestra Morning Rehearsal: TUESDAY 3/03, 7:30am ** 8th Grade T-Shirt Designs DUE: FRIDAY 2/28
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When: Monday, February 24, 2020
Where: Lakeside HS Performing Arts Center Schedule: - 4:30pm: Leave HMS on two buses - 5:05pm: Warm-up - 5:35pm: Performance - 6:05pm: Sight-reading - 6:30pm: Pick-up by Parents Bring: Backpack, ALL Music, instrument and bow (labeled), rock stop (cello/bass), rosin, great attitude! Cellos- bring own cello and rock stop. Wear: HMS Orchestra blue polo shirt, nice black pants/long skirt (NO LEGGINGS/JOGGERS/ETC.), ALL black closed-toed shoes (NO SNEAKERS). Black socks if your ankles are showing. BRING SNACKS TO EAT BETWEEN 4:00 and 4:30. WE WILL NOT HAVE TIME TO EAT AFTER SCHOOL. We will have DOUBLE ORCHESTRA rehearsal during connections! I have already emailed all the teachers. It is your responsibility to make up any work you will be missing. Student helpers for the afternoon will be assigned during double orchestra, but EVERYONE needs to be responsible. Ms. Tang can still have the final say about whether someone is allowed to attend LGPE or not! Make-up Assignment: If you MISS this, you will have to make up the assignment, and this will be given in detail the next time Ms. Tang sees you. 8th Grade
- PLAYING TESTS Tuesday 2/18 & Wednesday 2/19- DURING MORNING PRACTICE OR IN CLASS. I assigned the students a time slot if they did not sign up. - Thursday- We will be running through the pieces and practicing sightreading if we have time. - Friday- Student will be going on an 8th Grade trip to Lakeside HS to tour the school. - Monday 2/24- LGPE!! 7th Grade - We will continue project presentations! Please make sure to email or print off the task analysis. - Once done, we will continue working on Spring Concert Music. 6th Grade - Review A Major Scale - PLAYING QUIZ will be postponed to next week!, will finish the rest on Thursday 2/20, if needed. - Start Spring Concert Music. Violin I
Duffy’s Cut: mm. 73-80 (with pick-up) Jupiter: mm. 63-70 (with pick-up) Legends of Glory: mm. 101-104 Violin 2 Duffy’s Cut: mm. 73-80 (with pick-up) Jupiter: mm. 55-62 Legends of Glory: mm. 93-100 Viola Duffy’s Cut: mm. 27-34 Jupiter: mm. 63-70 (with pick-up) Legends of Glory: mm. 9-16 Cello Duffy’s Cut: mm. 19-26 Jupiter: mm. 35-42 (with pick-up) Legends of Glory: mm. 25-31 Bass Duffy’s Cut: mm. 19-26 Jupiter: mm. 28-34 Legends of Glory: mm. 69-75 February Break is almost here!
8th Grade - PLAYING TEST SIGN-UP SHEET is POSTED in the classroom! Please sign up for either morning practice or class time. Tuesday 2/18 & Wednesday 2/19. Excerpts are also posted on the board and on this website. 7th Grade - Projects are due TUESDAY 2/11! Presentations will start 2/11, and Team 7E students will go first since there they have a team trip on Thursday. - Make sure to follow the rubric closely, and to bring the rubric and self-reflection to class during presentation. Make sure you also have a completed TASK ANALYSIS that is SEPARATE from the RUBRIC! 6th Grade - Will have started working on the dotted rhythms, and will continue onto the extended finger patterns, and finally into A Major. - There will be a PLAYING QUIZ on A Major on the week after February Break. Wow, we are already in February! Here are the happenings for this week!
6th Grade - We have started the Essential Elements Book 2, reviewing the C, D, and G Major Scales and Arpeggios. We are starting to learn extended finger patterns for A Major, and will continue onto F Major (with 1 flat). - There will be a Playing Quiz in class on F Major on the week of February 18. - 6th Grade Honor Orchestra morning rehearsals start Tuesday, March 3 @ 7:30am! See the previous post for the rehearsal schedule! 7th Grade - We have started a mini-project where the students are assigned an orchestra-related topic, and they will create a presentation or teach the rest of the students that topic. Each presentation is 10 minutes long, and the rubric will be handed out in class. DUE FEBRUARY 11!! Presentations will start on February 11. 8th Grade - Students are working hard for LGPE (Monday, 2/24) - Dr. Nancy Conley, Assistant Professor of Strings Music Education at Kennesaw State University, will be at HMS on Thursday 2/06 to help prepare the students for LGPE. - LGPE Playing Tests will be held Tuesday 2/18- Wed. 2/19. There will be a sign-up sheet, and excerpts will be posted soon. |
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