by Heide Young on October 24, 2020
Beginning Band
I've introduced SmartMusic to
the students. They are able to log in and work towards
earning their WHITE band belt. There are 5 short pieces from
their book that they need to record themselves playing at
home. Please be encouraging your students to be
practicing at home. They have probably moved on from
10 minute practice sessions and can play for 15 minutes 4 times per
week now. They have a few Christmas pieces you might be
hearing at home!
Concert Band
We're starting to work on Christmas
music! The students have some short recordings to
turn in on SmartMusic this week. We have been working through
our music theory packet each week. They have
a review sheet this week and on Thursday we'll have a test on that
material.
Our leadership lesson this week
was about balance, blend and harmony--three goals we strive for in
our music. But
with all these different instruments--woodwinds, brass, percussion;
with different clefs and transpositions and sounds? It's not
easy, but when we work at it, the sound is beautiful. What a
great picture of working together with others in our daily
lives. We're all different, but we all bring the gifts God
has given us as we love and serve others to make something
beautiful. This week, students are to reach out
to someone different than them, who plays a different
part--In band, or in some other aspect of life.
See things from their point of view, or listen to what their
part/life sounds like right now. We are
called to be more than conquerors through Christ
together.