Monday, July 30, 2012
Back to School 2012
It's time to think about coming back to school... I know, way too early this year! However, we have lots of fun activities and concerts planned for you.
First of all, 6th graders who do not have instruments yet should contact Paige's Music as soon as possible. Please click on the link. They will help you find the right size and quality of instrument and sell you the appropriate starter pack to get you started properly. If you acquire your instrument elsewhere, you will need Essential Elements 2000 Book 1 for your chosen instrument.
7th and 8th graders should check if you have all of your accessories and replace what you need before school begins. All students should have rosin and a soft cloth. Violins and violas need a shoulder rest or sponge. Cellos and basses need a rock stop. An extra set of strings is optional for all instruments, but a good idea if one breaks. Finally, 7th graders need Essential Elements 2000 Book 2 and 8th graders need the Essential Techniques book for home practice. There are several books for sale at Northview from me if you don't have time to purchase them.
Now for the fun news: Shady Grove Alpacas welcomes a new member to the farm. Meet Cassidy, born on 7/15/12. Her mom is the brown alpaca named Bella Oak. She is doing really well, likes to roll in the dirt, and sprint around her pen. Here's to a great start to the school year next week! Happy Practicing!
Monday, October 24, 2011
Week of October 24, 2011
CONCERT WEEK!!!
ORCHESTRA CONCERT is on Tuesday, October 25, at 7:00PM
Students should arrive for tuning and warm-up at 6:30PM
6th graders report to Orchestra room; 7th & 8th graders report to Band room
Cello & Bass students: Please bring home instruments for tuning.
Concert Dress: White dress shirt or white polo shirt
Black or navy dress pants or skirts, Dark dress shoes
NO JEANS, T-SHIRTS, or SNEAKERS!
Turn in Practice Cards on Monday or Tuesday. No late cards accepted.
6th Grade Assignment
D Scale warm-up
Continue working in book from pgs 14-17
7th Grade Assignment
Purple Book pgs 10-15 review
New pieces will be passed out on Wednesday - start looking them over.
8th Grade Assignment
Green Book pgs 18-19
New pieces will be passed out on Wednesday - start looking them over.
Audience Opportunities! There are several wonderful concerts happening this week in Indianapolis. With Fall Break and free time in our future I hope you will look into some of these opportunities.
Monday, October 24 at 7:30 - Music at Shaarey Tefilla - see link on right
Tuesday, October 25 - NVMS ORCHESTRA!!!!
Wednesday, October 26 - Casals Quartet at the History Center - click on "Ensemble Music" link on the right
Friday, October 28 - Munich Symphony at the Palladium in Carmel - click on Palladium link on right
Friday and Saturday October 28 and 29 - Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra plays Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony - click on link on the right
Saturday, October 29 - Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra plays at History Center - http://www.icomusic.org/
ORCHESTRA CONCERT is on Tuesday, October 25, at 7:00PM
Students should arrive for tuning and warm-up at 6:30PM
6th graders report to Orchestra room; 7th & 8th graders report to Band room
Cello & Bass students: Please bring home instruments for tuning.
Concert Dress: White dress shirt or white polo shirt
Black or navy dress pants or skirts, Dark dress shoes
NO JEANS, T-SHIRTS, or SNEAKERS!
Turn in Practice Cards on Monday or Tuesday. No late cards accepted.
6th Grade Assignment
D Scale warm-up
Continue working in book from pgs 14-17
7th Grade Assignment
Purple Book pgs 10-15 review
New pieces will be passed out on Wednesday - start looking them over.
8th Grade Assignment
Green Book pgs 18-19
New pieces will be passed out on Wednesday - start looking them over.
Audience Opportunities! There are several wonderful concerts happening this week in Indianapolis. With Fall Break and free time in our future I hope you will look into some of these opportunities.
Monday, October 24 at 7:30 - Music at Shaarey Tefilla - see link on right
Tuesday, October 25 - NVMS ORCHESTRA!!!!
Wednesday, October 26 - Casals Quartet at the History Center - click on "Ensemble Music" link on the right
Friday, October 28 - Munich Symphony at the Palladium in Carmel - click on Palladium link on right
Friday and Saturday October 28 and 29 - Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra plays Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony - click on link on the right
Saturday, October 29 - Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra plays at History Center - http://www.icomusic.org/
Monday, September 26, 2011
Week of September 26
PLEASE TURN IN YOUR PRACTICE CARD MONDAY OR TUESDAY! You should have the following items on your card for full credit:
* Four days (minimum) - minimum 15 minutes practicing daily
* Two hours (minimum) - 30 minutes/day on the four day plan
* Parent signature
FUND DRIVE
Our fund drive continues through this week and weekend. Parents, please sign the Permit to Sell form. Forms should be turned in no later than Tuesday, October 4. DONATIONS ARE WELCOME! Every $5 in cash or check = 1 item sold from the catalog. Thank you for your help and support.
6th Grade
BOOKS! Pg 4-5 Review
Quiz on bottom of pg 5 - Monday-Wednesday
New pages 6-7 this week
Review Twinkle and Boile em Cabbages with all variations
Review Hot Cross Buns, Monkey Song, D scale
7th Grade
Purple book - pgs 9-12
Quiz on pg 9 - Wednesday
Campfire - keep starting your practice slowly, then speeding it up
Wild and Sonata - keep tuning....
Composing!
8th Grade
Green book - pgs 5-6
Toccatina - tune tune tune and run-through
Jericho - energy in ff section
Stew - keep looking ahead to learn
Composing!
Finally, Dark Star hit 30 pounds this weekend! He is going to be a big boy. His fiber is also starting to come in and it looks like he will be a "true black" color once all his adult fiber grows in. He will look brown until that first fiber starts growing out. His fiber has lots of luster and is starting to get curly. What is luster when used to refer to an animals fiber? Write your answer on a piece of paper and turn it into the practice card box. Don't forget your name!
Happy Practicing ...and don't forget to turn in that practice card!!!
* Four days (minimum) - minimum 15 minutes practicing daily
* Two hours (minimum) - 30 minutes/day on the four day plan
* Parent signature
FUND DRIVE
Our fund drive continues through this week and weekend. Parents, please sign the Permit to Sell form. Forms should be turned in no later than Tuesday, October 4. DONATIONS ARE WELCOME! Every $5 in cash or check = 1 item sold from the catalog. Thank you for your help and support.
6th Grade
BOOKS! Pg 4-5 Review
Quiz on bottom of pg 5 - Monday-Wednesday
New pages 6-7 this week
Review Twinkle and Boile em Cabbages with all variations
Review Hot Cross Buns, Monkey Song, D scale
7th Grade
Purple book - pgs 9-12
Quiz on pg 9 - Wednesday
Campfire - keep starting your practice slowly, then speeding it up
Wild and Sonata - keep tuning....
Composing!
8th Grade
Green book - pgs 5-6
Toccatina - tune tune tune and run-through
Jericho - energy in ff section
Stew - keep looking ahead to learn
Composing!
Finally, Dark Star hit 30 pounds this weekend! He is going to be a big boy. His fiber is also starting to come in and it looks like he will be a "true black" color once all his adult fiber grows in. He will look brown until that first fiber starts growing out. His fiber has lots of luster and is starting to get curly. What is luster when used to refer to an animals fiber? Write your answer on a piece of paper and turn it into the practice card box. Don't forget your name!
Happy Practicing ...and don't forget to turn in that practice card!!!
Monday, September 19, 2011
Week of Sept. 19, 2011
GET ANY TICKET FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS SYMPHONY FOR $28 - until Friday only at the website: www.indianapolissymphony.org
Video of the Week - Yay Cellos!
Click here.
6th Grade
Book Practice pg. 2-3
Twinkle & Boil em Cabbages (notes in post below)
Review Hot Cross Buns on all strings
In your words: How to Learn New Music
Clap the rhythm
Pluck the notes
Say the note names and finger numbers
Practice slowly then faster
Airbow
7th Grade
Purple Book pg 8-12
Speed up Campfire
Tune and polish bowings for Wild Western and Sonata
8th Grade
Green book pg 4-6
Toccatina - ending, watch Bflats!
Jericho - 44-end
Fiddlers Stew
Alpaca Pictures: No coat this weekend! It was toasty enough to have Dark Star show his beautiful dark brown color.
Peek-a-boo! Happy Practicing students!
Video of the Week - Yay Cellos!
Click here.
6th Grade
Book Practice pg. 2-3
Twinkle & Boil em Cabbages (notes in post below)
Review Hot Cross Buns on all strings
In your words: How to Learn New Music
Clap the rhythm
Pluck the notes
Say the note names and finger numbers
Practice slowly then faster
Airbow
7th Grade
Purple Book pg 8-12
Speed up Campfire
Tune and polish bowings for Wild Western and Sonata
8th Grade
Green book pg 4-6
Toccatina - ending, watch Bflats!
Jericho - 44-end
Fiddlers Stew
Alpaca Pictures: No coat this weekend! It was toasty enough to have Dark Star show his beautiful dark brown color.
Peek-a-boo! Happy Practicing students!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Week of Sept. 12
6th grade:
You need your Essential Elements Book 1 for next week! Please purchase from JW Pepper or me. It costs $9.
Note names for songs:
Twinkle:
D D A A B B A -
G G F#F# E E D -
A A G G F#F# E-
A A G G F#F# E-
D D A A B B A -
G G F#F# E E D -
Boil them Cabbages
F#F#F#F# G - G -
F#F#F#F# E - E -
F#F#F#F# G G G G
F#F# E E D- D -
(Also play with double stops and "Down Kitty Up Kitty" rhythm)
7th grade:
Refine old pieces - TUNE! TUNE! TUNE!
Begin "Campfire"
*Pizzicato
*Play slowly at the balance point
*Practice spiccato on open strings
*Practice song up to tempo with spiccato at the balance point
8th grade:
Finish learning Toccatina - the key signature STILL has one flat on page 2!
Refine Jericho - TUNE! TUNE! TUNE!
New piece - Fiddler's Stew - learn notes and rhythms. How much can YOU figure out?
Alpaca picture of the week:
To make sure a cria is thriving, you have to weigh it every day. It should gain between .3-.7 pounds in a day. Dark Star has been alive for 8 days. He started at 20.3 pounds and now weighs 24.8 pounds. Is he doing OK? (Write your answer on a piece of paper and put it in the practice card box! Don't forget your name!)
Dark Star has to hang in the scale. Neither he nor his mom like that too much. Lots of humming during this time of night!
Here's mom getting some grass. Dark Star looks lost...
(Did mom sign my practice card this week?? I did practice humming a lot!!)
Don't forget to turn in practice cards on Monday! 6th Graders, we will get our practice card this coming week!
You need your Essential Elements Book 1 for next week! Please purchase from JW Pepper or me. It costs $9.
Note names for songs:
Twinkle:
D D A A B B A -
G G F#F# E E D -
A A G G F#F# E-
A A G G F#F# E-
D D A A B B A -
G G F#F# E E D -
Boil them Cabbages
F#F#F#F# G - G -
F#F#F#F# E - E -
F#F#F#F# G G G G
F#F# E E D- D -
(Also play with double stops and "Down Kitty Up Kitty" rhythm)
7th grade:
Refine old pieces - TUNE! TUNE! TUNE!
Begin "Campfire"
*Pizzicato
*Play slowly at the balance point
*Practice spiccato on open strings
*Practice song up to tempo with spiccato at the balance point
8th grade:
Finish learning Toccatina - the key signature STILL has one flat on page 2!
Refine Jericho - TUNE! TUNE! TUNE!
New piece - Fiddler's Stew - learn notes and rhythms. How much can YOU figure out?
Alpaca picture of the week:
To make sure a cria is thriving, you have to weigh it every day. It should gain between .3-.7 pounds in a day. Dark Star has been alive for 8 days. He started at 20.3 pounds and now weighs 24.8 pounds. Is he doing OK? (Write your answer on a piece of paper and put it in the practice card box! Don't forget your name!)
Dark Star has to hang in the scale. Neither he nor his mom like that too much. Lots of humming during this time of night!
Here's mom getting some grass. Dark Star looks lost...
(Did mom sign my practice card this week?? I did practice humming a lot!!)
Don't forget to turn in practice cards on Monday! 6th Graders, we will get our practice card this coming week!
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Short Week 9/6/11 - and a surprise!
Hope everyone's Labor Day was wonderful! 7th & 8th graders - please turn in practice cards Tuesday and Wednesday this week!
6th grade:
Click on your "Beginning Instrument" link on the right to get a list of posture tips and notes for beginning songs.
Bow exercises on OPEN STRINGS only.
Plucking songs that require fingers.
Assignments given on paper throughout week.
7th grade:
Click on "Metronome" on the right and then on "A440." You will hear an "A" that you can tune to. You can use the metronome to check if you are practicing your pieces with a steady beat.
TUNE!
C, G, and D Scales for warmup - also pgs. 2-6 in Purple book.
Fine tune Wild Western Frontier
Work out the middle and end of Sonata Vivant. 37-end.
8th grade:
Click on "Metronome" on the right and then on "A440." You will hear an "A" that you can tune to. You can use the metronome to check if you are practicing your pieces with a steady beat.
TUNE!
Green book pgs. 2-5 for shifting
Scales and exercises for Toccatina
Toccatina - tuning
Jericho - tuning
And... as many of you know, my husband and I have a small alpaca farm. Yesterday, we had our first birth on the farm - a little boy cria named Dark Star. Cria is the word for "baby alpaca." As promised, here is the picture. He has to wear the little coat to keep warm. Alpaca crias cannot regulate their body temperature for the first few days of life. More pictures next week... Stay tuned (Get it? Tuned?) for more pictures and updates next week!
6th grade:
Click on your "Beginning Instrument" link on the right to get a list of posture tips and notes for beginning songs.
Bow exercises on OPEN STRINGS only.
Plucking songs that require fingers.
Assignments given on paper throughout week.
7th grade:
Click on "Metronome" on the right and then on "A440." You will hear an "A" that you can tune to. You can use the metronome to check if you are practicing your pieces with a steady beat.
TUNE!
C, G, and D Scales for warmup - also pgs. 2-6 in Purple book.
Fine tune Wild Western Frontier
Work out the middle and end of Sonata Vivant. 37-end.
8th grade:
Click on "Metronome" on the right and then on "A440." You will hear an "A" that you can tune to. You can use the metronome to check if you are practicing your pieces with a steady beat.
TUNE!
Green book pgs. 2-5 for shifting
Scales and exercises for Toccatina
Toccatina - tuning
Jericho - tuning
And... as many of you know, my husband and I have a small alpaca farm. Yesterday, we had our first birth on the farm - a little boy cria named Dark Star. Cria is the word for "baby alpaca." As promised, here is the picture. He has to wear the little coat to keep warm. Alpaca crias cannot regulate their body temperature for the first few days of life. More pictures next week... Stay tuned (Get it? Tuned?) for more pictures and updates next week!
Monday, August 29, 2011
Welcome back!
It's time to play in Orchestra again - HOORAY! I am reviving this blog to help keep you abreast of what is going on in our classroom and what your student should be PRACTICING!
Also this week - Back to School Night is Tuesday, August 30 from 7-9. Come meet all of your student's teachers!
Just a little reminder:
7th and 8th grade practice cards are due TODAY or TOMORROW. (And every Monday or Tuesday.)
They should show 4 days of practicing for 30 minutes each day.
Please have a parent or guardian sign before turning in!
Let's start the semester out with an A+!
Practice assignments: 6th Grade
An assignment will be given daily in the form of a hand out.
Students should take their instruments home 2-3 times this week INCLUDING Friday.
Students who still don't have instruments and accessories: please take care of this detail this week.
6th grade Orchestra IB students and families communicate: please call Mrs. Ohly-Davis with any questions or concerns.
7th Grade
"Purple Books" (Essential Elements 2000, book 2) are available at JW Pepper or from me. Bring $8 to class.
Your practice routine should look like this:
TUNE!!! That's right, with your fine tuners.
Scales - D, G, and C
Purple Book Review pgs. 2-7
Sonata Vivant
Wild Western Frontier
Record your practicing on your practice card.
7th grade Orchestra IB students inquire: What is a FRONTIER? How will we perform the piece based on our knowledge of what a frontier is?
8th Grade
"Green Books" (Essential Techniques) are available at JW Pepper or from me. Bring $5.50 to class.
Your practice routine should look like this:
TUNE!!! With fine tuners, double stops, and harmonics
Green Book, pg 2-5
Toccatina Learning Concepts, especially the D melodic minor scale
Toccatina
G melodic minor scale
Jericho
8th grade Orchestra IB students are KNOWLEDGABLE: What is a key signature? What is the order of the sharps and flats?
Also this week - Back to School Night is Tuesday, August 30 from 7-9. Come meet all of your student's teachers!
Just a little reminder:
7th and 8th grade practice cards are due TODAY or TOMORROW. (And every Monday or Tuesday.)
They should show 4 days of practicing for 30 minutes each day.
Please have a parent or guardian sign before turning in!
Let's start the semester out with an A+!
Practice assignments: 6th Grade
An assignment will be given daily in the form of a hand out.
Students should take their instruments home 2-3 times this week INCLUDING Friday.
Students who still don't have instruments and accessories: please take care of this detail this week.
6th grade Orchestra IB students and families communicate: please call Mrs. Ohly-Davis with any questions or concerns.
7th Grade
"Purple Books" (Essential Elements 2000, book 2) are available at JW Pepper or from me. Bring $8 to class.
Your practice routine should look like this:
TUNE!!! That's right, with your fine tuners.
Scales - D, G, and C
Purple Book Review pgs. 2-7
Sonata Vivant
Wild Western Frontier
Record your practicing on your practice card.
7th grade Orchestra IB students inquire: What is a FRONTIER? How will we perform the piece based on our knowledge of what a frontier is?
8th Grade
"Green Books" (Essential Techniques) are available at JW Pepper or from me. Bring $5.50 to class.
Your practice routine should look like this:
TUNE!!! With fine tuners, double stops, and harmonics
Green Book, pg 2-5
Toccatina Learning Concepts, especially the D melodic minor scale
Toccatina
G melodic minor scale
Jericho
8th grade Orchestra IB students are KNOWLEDGABLE: What is a key signature? What is the order of the sharps and flats?
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