I recently attended Evergreen’s Christmas band concert. The concert included sixth through twelfth grade. Sixth graders played the songs: Tomahawk Dance and Christmas Sleigh Ride. The seventh graders played Soulmate, ‘Tis the Season, and The Red, The White and The Blues. Eighth grade preformed Bourbon Street Barbecue, Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree, and The Washington Post. Finally the show ended with the high school concert band. They played the songs Angels on Parade, Mele Kalikimaka and The 3-Minute Nutcracker. As well as The Hallelujah Chorus and ending with Santa Baby. The middle school students did very well. They did a great job and were very mature when performing. The sixth graders did an amazing job for it being their first performance and first year learning an instrument. The seventh graders did very well of being loud and also knew their music very well. It was nice to see how much students can learn and grow in one year. The eighth grade did a marvelous performance. They played songs that I believed to be advanced for their age. There was a lot of students in the eighth grade band and they did a great job performing. The students looked like they were actually having fun and enjoying playing their …show more content…
Not only is he the band director for high school, he also directs the middle school. Not only is the high school band director great, so are the students. The high school concert band is made up of over 145 students; ranging from freshman to seniors. In the beginning of the performance they started with all of the students scattered throughout the stands and performed a sort of flash mob. They did a great job moving swiftly and efficiently around the gym. Yet, I it was not as exciting as a flash mob because the students were all dressed the same and placed on the edge of each bleacher. The entire band did an amazing job and were legitimately skilled for their
Band is family. When your student walks onto campus, he or she is instantly adopted into the strongest society on campus. They will be spending their school days among the top achievers on campus, with fellow students who look out for one another and steer each other away from trouble instead of towards it. Teachers, staff, parents, and volunteers watch over all the kids as if they were their own.
George Helmholtz, as the head of the music department at Lincoln High School, is very determined with his regular students and the gifted musicians of the band. Each semester and year at school he dreams of “leading as fine a band as there was on the face of the earth. And each year it came true”. His certainty that it was true was because he believed there was no greater dream than his. His students were just as confident and in response, they played their hearts out for them. Even the students with “no talent played on guts alone” for Helmholtz.
Payne, B. (1997). A review of research on band competition. Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 33(1), 1-21.
On November 16th, 2013, I attended a concert choir, fall choral concert. This event took place on the Wheaton College Campus, in the Edman Chapel at 7:30 pm. The chapel was well-lit, with long pews for the audience to be seated. The concert began with the audience looking up into a balcony, where the ensemble stood in neat rows. They watched the conductor, who stood on a stage in front of the audience, waiting for their cue.
Some people may say that middle school was the worst years of their life,but in my case middle school was the best years of my life. It changed me, It made me a better person then who I was before. I am wiser, smarter,stronger, and overall just better. So if any elementary kids were
I attended the Spring Coral Concert in which included a men’s chorus, a women’s chorus, and a chamber choir. The men’s chorus sang “Yo le Canto todo el Dia” and I Am in Need of Music” by David L. Brunner. The women’s chorus sang “I Am Not Yours” by Victor Johnson and “Ascribe to the Lord” by Rosephanye Powell. The chamber choir sang “Even when He is Silent” by Kin André Arnesen and “Elijah Rock” by arr. Moses Hogan.
The Dougherty Valley High School choirs that performed in the Dougherty Valley Performing Center were amazing for being such small choirs. This concert took place on December 6th, 2011. The director of this choir is Diana Walker, and she has been teaching choral music at Dougherty Valley High School for many years and had choir experience herself for many years. The Dougherty Valley choirs are all high school choirs and they are one of the best in this state. The two types of choir that performed at this concert were Women’s Chorus and Mixed Choir. Back then the choirs didn’t attend the annual Golden State Competition, but as years went by, they became more known and they gradually became one of the top 10 choirs at the Golden State Competition.
And yes the overload of request coming from the schools is a direct result of this communication. Normally I would have listen to the rumblings of other moms, voiced my opinion to them, but never brought it to the school's attention as I've done with all things MBE over the last 10 years. But when you asked the overlooked stagehand's moms to make and/or buy props and volunteer our time, it was just too much! Thanks for your response and your tireless effort. I am glad you are getting the help you need with this production and I hope you find a way to make every 6th grader
The next procedure that I implemented in the other 2 classes was the weekly practice logs. At the end of each week all students in classes “B” and “C” complete 10 minutes daily practicing on new techniques that we worked on in class. The students would have to practice at home and the parents would have to sign off on the practice times that the student practiced. This has added an extra 50 minutes on rehearsal time to all of the students who are participating in the elementary music program. At the end of each week the practice logs are logged into the online student connect. This also helps to get the parents involved in the student’s learning process. If the student is not practicing then the parent will know why their student is not earning a passing grade in the band class. At the end of the first semester the students in all of the beginning band classes have their summative assessment. The summative assessment is in the form of the winter concert. By this time if all students in class “B” and “C” have completed the necessary work in and outside of the class the concert is always a huge success.
On Wednesday, May 23rd, I attended the College Choir concert in the Reamer Campus Center. The choir performed a variety of songs, ranging from pieces in Latin to traditional American folksongs. Two of the pieces featured solos, and one even featured percussion instruments. Mrs. Elinore Farnum provided piano accompaniment for each of the songs, and performed beautifully. I was extremely impressed by the talented choir members and their ability to sing such a varied range of songs.
Although the senior concert band has improved greatly since the Fall Concert, there are still many musical aspects that prevent me from giving my primary ensemble a mark in 90th percentile (or above). Three specific examples demonstrate appropriate rationale for the assignment of 85%. Such examples include; good rhythmic complementation, good musicality and proper usage of dynamic contrast. and poor dynamic blending. For example in section B of Sleigh Ride, each section of the band made sure there part rhythmically complemented other sections. The percussion section acted as a “ pulse”, the bass line supported them, and shared the melody and harmony. Since these highlighted sections had good rhythm the music’s “spirit” would have transferred
The acapella group The Sweet Trebles were performing at Titan Club during dinner. That night people were given a show during their dinner. The Sweet Trebles did an awesome job. Their performance went very well I thought. My favorite song and their best song of the night was Hallelujah. It was nice having a change of atmosphere in the Titan Club. Usually it is either quite or loud like a cafeteria. Also it changed the mood there as well as people’s attitudes were happier. The acoustics there weren’t the greatest but the group still sang on key and were loud enough for everyone to her. Things I would have changed was probably where they were standing it was kind of dead center and in the way of everything. I would’ve made put them somewhere
For this concert report I chose to go to a performance of student composers held at the Kimball Recital Hall. I chose this one because I wanted to see some of the talent that my peers have in the music realm, and also it was one of the only concerts I have been able to attend because I usually work at night. It was impressive to hear pieces composed by students. I cannot imagine creating something as complex as a musical composition, much less actually performing it, so this aspect of the concert was particularly awe-inspiring. There was a large attendance, and I think that much of the audience consisted of friends of the composers and/or performers. I went with three friends, who I convinced by telling it would be interesting to see student composers.
Primarily, holiday music in public school concerts came seem offensive to students singing as well as the parents
“How old are you? That’s right, I am the adult and you kids should listen to me! I have the experience and knowledge and you guys don’t!” yelled the coordinator who I collaborated with to plan a beautification day in his high school. This happened during my Junior year in one of my most dedicated extracurricular activities, Community Action for Teens. Along with 3 of my friends who are officers of the youth group and our program site manager and my mentor, we were working on building our capacity with other organizations and local high schools. In particular, we choose to work with one local high school. I was filled with joy to further apply my leadership skills to help out this high school. Even though I did not attend this school, because I got into the Charter program to attend Chamblee High School, the high school was still my home school, so it had all of my childhood friends that I grew up with.