J. Michael Lunsford Middle School Strings Program. Quarter 1 Syllabus STRINGS 8

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1 Quarter 1 Syllabus Review Long, Long Ago, Perpetual Motion, & Andantino 1 II.1 9/2 9/5 Allegretto, Bohemian Folk Song & Review Songs in Parallel Minor 2 II.3 9/8 9/12 Etude, Review Songs in Parallel Minor 3 II.5 9/15 9/19 Quiz on Etude (must be memorized) 4 II.6 9/22 9/26 Minuet 1, Review Songs in Parallel Minor /29 10/3 Quiz on Minuet 1 (may be video recorded and uploaded to youtube as a private link, Ms. Caravan or Mr. Lutter the link!) 6 II.16 10/6 10/10 Happy Farmer, Review Songs in Parallel Minor for Halloween Concert 7 II.10 10/14 10/17 Quiz on Happy Farmer (must be memorized) 8 II.9 10/20 10/24 Halloween Concert Tuesday, 10/28/14 at JML Auditorium (arrive at 6:30 for tuning, Halloween costumes strongly encouraged!) 9 II.4 10/27 10/31 O, Come Little Children, Jingle Bells, Wexford Carol, Believe

2 Quarter 2 Syllabus REVISED Frosty, Believe, Wenceslas, Rudolph, Bottom of the Punch Bowl 1 II.11 11/5 11/11 Wexford, Once in Royal David s City, Hanukkah Song 2 II.10 11/12 11/18 Quiz on Hanukkah Song and Wexford 3 II.14 11/19 11/25 Jingle Bells, O Come Little Children, Frosty, Believe 4 II.4 12/1 12/5 Quiz on Frosty and Believe (may be video recorded and uploaded to google, Ms. Caravan or Mr. Lutter the link!) Review ALL HOLIDAY SONGS 5 II.16 12/8 12/12 Field Trip Dulles Airport, Tuesday, 12/16/14 at 10:00 am (all music must be memorized, wear black pants and white music polo) VBODA Assessment Rubric Review, Study Guide & Introduction of Assessment Grade level III song selections & requirements 6 II.25 II.12 12/15 12/19 Warm up selection: The Blessing, arr. Robert Longfield Selection #1: Danny Boy, arr. Harry Alshin Selection #2: in E Minor, by Francis Feese 7 II.19 1/5 1/9 Focus on Tone Quality, Intonation & Rhythm in Danny Boy and /12 1/16 Quiz on Tone Quality, Intonation & Rhythm in Danny Boy and 9 II.2 1/26 1/30

3 Quarter 3 Syllabus Focus on Technique, Rhythmic Transitions & Musicianship in 1 II.4 2/2 2/6 Quiz on Technique, Rhythmic Transitions & Musicianship in 2 II.5 2/9 2/13 Focus Technique, Balance, Musicianship & General Factors in all selections, fix intonation errors 3 II.9 2/17 2/20 VBODA District 16 Orchestra Assessment Rehearsal on 2/26/15 at 3:30 5:30 JML Cafeteria 4 II.16 2/23 2/27 VBODA District 16 Orchestra Assessment Concert on Tuesday, 3/3/15 at 7:00 JML Auditorium (arrive at 6:30 for tuning, wear black pants and white music polo) VBODA District 16 Orchestra Assessment FINAL Rehearsal on 3/5/15 at 3:30 5:30 JML Auditorium VBODA District 16 Orchestra Assessment on Saturday, 3/7/15 ALL DAY (performance times TBD by school Belmont Ridge MS 5 II.12 II.16 3/2 3/7 Review Adjudicators Comments and Grades, Introduce Strings in Show! Repertoire 6 II.22 3/9 3/13 Strings in Show! MUSIC 7 3/16 3/21 Strings in Show! MUSIC 8 3/23 3/27

4 Quarter 4 Syllabus Strings in Show! MUSIC 1 4/7 4/10 Strings in Show! MUSIC & CHOREOGRAPHY 2 4/13 4/17 Strings in Show! MUSIC & CHOREOGRAPHY 3 4/20 4/24 Strings in Show! MUSIC & CHOREOGRAPHY 4 4/27 5/1 Strings in Show! STAGING, MUSIC & CHOREOGRAPHY 5 5/4 5/8 Strings in Show! STAGING, MUSIC & CHOREOGRAPHY 6 5/11 5/15 Strings in Show! STAGING, MUSIC & CHOREOGRAPHY 7 5/18 5/22 Strings in Show! ADD IN COSTUMES 8 5/26 5/29 Strings in Show! PRODUCTION WEEK: Monday, 6/1/14 Tech Rehearsal from 3:30 5:30 pm, Tuesday, 6/2/14 Act 1 Dress Rehearsal from 3:30 5:30 pm, Wednesday, 6/3/14 Act 2 Dress Rehearsal from 3:30 = 5:30 pm, Thursday, 6/4/14 PERFORMANCE at 7:00 pm (arrive at 5 pm for tuning and final rehearsal, doors open at 6:30pm to the public, wear blue jeans and white music polo shirt) 9 II.25 6/1 6/5 Watch Strings in Show! Video, clean up props, stage, organize rooms, clean instruments 10 6/8 6/16

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