6th-8th Grade Band
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August-May 2019-2020
Nov. 20 6th-8th Band plays 3 pieces in chapel
Nov. 21: 5th-8th Bands Fall Concert
Friday, March 13 ACSI Music Festival at North Raleigh Christian Academy
Sunday, May 3 Christian School Sunday. This is a required performance grade for the 6th-8th grade band and the Praise Team.
Tuesday, May 12 Spring Concert
Wednesday, May 13 The band will play 3 songs in our That’s a Wrap Chapel
Friday, May 15 Carowinds or Kings Dominion Music Festival
May 18 Current 4th graders and parents - Interest Meeting for 2020-2021 5th Grade Band
Thursday, May 21 6th-8th grade bands eat lunch at FujiSan. Students will need to bring money for a "choice of 1" meat with rice and vegetables. Exact price TBA
The 2019 NCCSA All-State Music Clinic is scheduled for Thursday-Saturday,
November 14-16, 2019
All 7th/8th grade band students will audition for this clinic as a class test grade. This will include:
Winds: Concert G, Ab, Bb, C, Eb, F and Chromatic scale, audition solo, and sightreading
Percussion:
*Mallets-Concert G, Ab, Bb, C, Eb, F and Chromatic scale,
*Audition solo (3 solos-timpani, bells, snare drum),
*Sightreading (on bells, snare drum, and timpani)
*Snare Drum Rudiments: Percussion Rudiments Required in 2019:
#9, 17, 21, 32 (Follow the link below to get to a website that will show you how to do the rudiments required for your Allstate audition in September:)
http://vicfirth.com/40-essential-rudiments/
1. click “all 40 rudiments” tab
2. click on #9,17, 21, or 32
3. scroll down, and play the video “take a lesson from dr. John wooten” (but you use matched grip – both hands the same. He uses a different grip)
4. then scroll back up, and play the video “rudiment breakdown” (slow to fast to slow)
5. Repeat for each rudiment
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Attending the weekend clinic is not mandatory, but is highly encouraged. Please clear your student's calendar so that they can participate!!
The concert and symphonic band will rehearse at Wake Christian Academy in Raleigh, NC.
Performance will be November 16, 2019. Location: Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC
Dress Code:
Dress Code is mandated by the NCCSA for all fine arts activities. Young men are to wear long pants (khaki-type) and a collared polo or dress shirt. Young ladies are to wear knee-length dresses or skirts, or dress pants. Please do not wear jeans. This is not an "athletic" event, and clothing appropriate for a ball game would not be appropriate for these rehearsals. PLEASE assist us, directors, as these guidelines may be more restrictive than what students are used to.
For performance, men are to wear a shirt and tie with dress slacks and dress shoes. Honors band men should wear a suit coat. Ladies are to wear dressy dresses and skirts that are at least knee-length; necklines should be modestly-cut. Girls need to remember that they will sit (in some cases on the stage) and face an audience. Immodest clothing and skirts that are too short are embarrassing and a bad testimony for your school and for the NCCSA. If a student insists on wearing immodest clothing, he/she will not be allowed to perform with his/her group.
For more details about the clinic, follow this link:
http://www.nccsa.org/programs/fine-arts/all-state-band-clinic/
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How to perform the scales:
1. Scales 1-6 (Honors Band scale sheet that you should still have in your band folder. if you can't find it, you can print it off from the file below). Both octaves, if written, up and down, tongued, and the arpeggio, both octaves, tongued.
2. Fingering chart notes (use fingering chart in the back of your Essential Elements band book - or print one off the internet - for the chromatic scale at the bottom of the honors scales sheet) - reading off your fingering chart, start playing at the lowest note you can, and go up to the highest note you can, slurring the whole way (take a breath wherever you need to), and then go back down to the first note you played. THIS SCALE MUST BE SLURRED.
Middle School Honors Scales-printable
FLUTE: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MSflutes.pdf
CLARINET: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MSclarinet.pdf
BASS CLARINET: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MSBbbassclar.pdf
ALTO SAX: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MSaltosax.pdf
TENOR SAX: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MStenorsax.pdf
TRUMPET: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MStrumpet.pdf
F HORN: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MSfrenchhorn.pdf
TROMBONE/BARITONE BC: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MStbone_barBC_1_.pdf
BARITONE TC: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MSbaritoneTC.pdf
TUBA: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MStuba.pdf
MALLETS: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MSmallet.pdf
9th/10th Honor Band Scales (NC Public Schools)
http://www.ncbandmasters.org/honorsbandauditionrequirements.html
At-home practice assignments (75 minutes per week-5% of your band grade)
1. All of each of the Middle School Honors Scales and the arpeggio
2. Essential Elements Band Method Book and Concert Pieces - log in to Smart Music on your device, find your assignments, then practice/submit them when you have received a grade of at least 90)
Use the practice guidelines below until you are using Smart Music on your device:
Minimum minutes required of at home practice each 5-day week: 75 minutes (5% of your Band grade):
Turn in your practice log on Fridays (or the last day of the week). (Print off the practice log below) The minutes you write down on this practice log. For 4-day weeks - 60 min; 3-day weeks-45 min; 2-day weeks-30 min; 1-day week-15 min; holiday weeks-0 min (but if you are behind, this would be a good time to make up the practice time!!).
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August-May 2019-2020
Nov. 20 6th-8th Band plays 3 pieces in chapel
Nov. 21: 5th-8th Bands Fall Concert
Friday, March 13 ACSI Music Festival at North Raleigh Christian Academy
Sunday, May 3 Christian School Sunday. This is a required performance grade for the 6th-8th grade band and the Praise Team.
Tuesday, May 12 Spring Concert
Wednesday, May 13 The band will play 3 songs in our That’s a Wrap Chapel
Friday, May 15 Carowinds or Kings Dominion Music Festival
May 18 Current 4th graders and parents - Interest Meeting for 2020-2021 5th Grade Band
Thursday, May 21 6th-8th grade bands eat lunch at FujiSan. Students will need to bring money for a "choice of 1" meat with rice and vegetables. Exact price TBA
The 2019 NCCSA All-State Music Clinic is scheduled for Thursday-Saturday,
November 14-16, 2019
All 7th/8th grade band students will audition for this clinic as a class test grade. This will include:
Winds: Concert G, Ab, Bb, C, Eb, F and Chromatic scale, audition solo, and sightreading
Percussion:
*Mallets-Concert G, Ab, Bb, C, Eb, F and Chromatic scale,
*Audition solo (3 solos-timpani, bells, snare drum),
*Sightreading (on bells, snare drum, and timpani)
*Snare Drum Rudiments: Percussion Rudiments Required in 2019:
#9, 17, 21, 32 (Follow the link below to get to a website that will show you how to do the rudiments required for your Allstate audition in September:)
http://vicfirth.com/40-essential-rudiments/
1. click “all 40 rudiments” tab
2. click on #9,17, 21, or 32
3. scroll down, and play the video “take a lesson from dr. John wooten” (but you use matched grip – both hands the same. He uses a different grip)
4. then scroll back up, and play the video “rudiment breakdown” (slow to fast to slow)
5. Repeat for each rudiment
******************************************************************
Attending the weekend clinic is not mandatory, but is highly encouraged. Please clear your student's calendar so that they can participate!!
The concert and symphonic band will rehearse at Wake Christian Academy in Raleigh, NC.
Performance will be November 16, 2019. Location: Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, NC
Dress Code:
Dress Code is mandated by the NCCSA for all fine arts activities. Young men are to wear long pants (khaki-type) and a collared polo or dress shirt. Young ladies are to wear knee-length dresses or skirts, or dress pants. Please do not wear jeans. This is not an "athletic" event, and clothing appropriate for a ball game would not be appropriate for these rehearsals. PLEASE assist us, directors, as these guidelines may be more restrictive than what students are used to.
For performance, men are to wear a shirt and tie with dress slacks and dress shoes. Honors band men should wear a suit coat. Ladies are to wear dressy dresses and skirts that are at least knee-length; necklines should be modestly-cut. Girls need to remember that they will sit (in some cases on the stage) and face an audience. Immodest clothing and skirts that are too short are embarrassing and a bad testimony for your school and for the NCCSA. If a student insists on wearing immodest clothing, he/she will not be allowed to perform with his/her group.
For more details about the clinic, follow this link:
http://www.nccsa.org/programs/fine-arts/all-state-band-clinic/
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How to perform the scales:
1. Scales 1-6 (Honors Band scale sheet that you should still have in your band folder. if you can't find it, you can print it off from the file below). Both octaves, if written, up and down, tongued, and the arpeggio, both octaves, tongued.
2. Fingering chart notes (use fingering chart in the back of your Essential Elements band book - or print one off the internet - for the chromatic scale at the bottom of the honors scales sheet) - reading off your fingering chart, start playing at the lowest note you can, and go up to the highest note you can, slurring the whole way (take a breath wherever you need to), and then go back down to the first note you played. THIS SCALE MUST BE SLURRED.
Middle School Honors Scales-printable
FLUTE: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MSflutes.pdf
CLARINET: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MSclarinet.pdf
BASS CLARINET: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MSBbbassclar.pdf
ALTO SAX: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MSaltosax.pdf
TENOR SAX: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MStenorsax.pdf
TRUMPET: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MStrumpet.pdf
F HORN: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MSfrenchhorn.pdf
TROMBONE/BARITONE BC: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MStbone_barBC_1_.pdf
BARITONE TC: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MSbaritoneTC.pdf
TUBA: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MStuba.pdf
MALLETS: http://www.ncbandmasters.org/images/MSmallet.pdf
9th/10th Honor Band Scales (NC Public Schools)
http://www.ncbandmasters.org/honorsbandauditionrequirements.html
At-home practice assignments (75 minutes per week-5% of your band grade)
1. All of each of the Middle School Honors Scales and the arpeggio
2. Essential Elements Band Method Book and Concert Pieces - log in to Smart Music on your device, find your assignments, then practice/submit them when you have received a grade of at least 90)
Use the practice guidelines below until you are using Smart Music on your device:
Minimum minutes required of at home practice each 5-day week: 75 minutes (5% of your Band grade):
Turn in your practice log on Fridays (or the last day of the week). (Print off the practice log below) The minutes you write down on this practice log. For 4-day weeks - 60 min; 3-day weeks-45 min; 2-day weeks-30 min; 1-day week-15 min; holiday weeks-0 min (but if you are behind, this would be a good time to make up the practice time!!).
lHow to clean your trumpet: http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=how+to+clean+a+trumpet&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=1D3DA08589688BC207981D3DA08589688BC20798
how to clean a trombone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8a84qnHCFs&list=UU_Gx809bc7iy1tIUHE5dRDA&index=113
Flute Masterclass - Embouchure, good tone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQg0vScnQ8E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ytdtPIdmG0 - articulation on the bass clarinet
**CONCERT DRESS - THIS IS A PART OF YOUR PERFORMANCE GRADE FOR THE CLASS!!!
ALL Guys AND Girls: Black dress pants, White button down dress shirt (guys), white dressy blouse (girls)
black tie (guys only), black belt (guys only), black socks (guys only), black dress shoes. (all). (ATHLETIC SHOES OR BLACK JEANS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR CONCERTS!)
Positive Behavior System
Be Prepared: Have all supplies (music and instrument) necessary everyday. Heb. 5:12a
Be Productive: Stay on task; No talking while the director is rehearsing the band or a section. On a rehearsal cut-off, all playing stops instantly.
Col 3:23
Be Punctual: Prov. 20:4
Be Polite: Practice good manners when interacting with others. Ephesians 4:32
Be Positive: Do your best at all times. Be a positive role model for others. Philippians 2:14
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End of the Year Band Awards
You can earn the following trophies/plaques at the end of each band year:
1. NCCSA Allstate Band participant trophy (7th/8th graders) - you must attend the entire Allstate band clinic to earn this trophy.
2. Pep band participant trophy - you must participate in pep band at selected home basketball games and pep rallies.
3. 8th grade band participant trophy - you are a graduating 8th grade BCA band member.
4. Band Director's Award Plaque - chosen by director. These are given to one 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grader. This person has a high band GPA, are musically gifted, shows leadership in band, participate in most, if not all, BCA band music opportunities, and exemplifies a Christ-like spirit.
5. Challenger Band Trophy - chosen by director. Given to selected students who have not played in the band before, but are "challenged" by the director to join the band, learning a school-owned instrument "on-the-job", (usually 7th or 8th graders), to benefit the instrumentation of the band. They show a tremendous in and outside of class work ethic to catch up, as much as possible, to the level of musicianship of the rest of the band.
Fees/Other Costs
$55.00 - BCA Annual Band Fee (helps purchase school-owned instruments, music, and an individual subscription to Smart Music for the year)
$150.00 - Charged if you use a school-owned woodwind or brass instrument for one year (help pay for the annual cleaning/maintenance of the horn at the end of the year)
$25.00 - Charge if you are a percussionist – to help with the repair/maintenance/replacement parts for school-owned percussion instruments)
Approx - $10 – Essential Elements book
Approx. $3 each – reeds (Vandoren). I suggest you buy 1 box of reeds (10) at the beginning of the year, and keep 3 in your case at all times.
6th-8th Grade Band Supply List
Saxophones and Clarinets: 1 box (10) #3 Vandoren reeds; 1 cleaning swab; 1 cork grease
Flutes: 1 flute swab (thin t-shirt material, or handkerchief material)
Trumpets, Horns, Baritones, Tubas: 1 bottle of valve oil, 1 tube of slide grease, 1 cleaning snake
Trombones: 1 bottle of slide cream, 1 trombone water bottle, 1 cleaning snake, 1 slide
cream
Percussion: 1 stick bag, 1 pair snare drum, bell, and timpani mallets
You can purchase all of these items at Music and Arts, Durham, NC, or at jwpepper.com
All Band Members need these items for class:
- Essential Elements book 1 for your instrument
- 2 red pencils inside a three ring pencil pouch
- 1, 1 inch black 3 ring binder
Carowinds or Kings Dominion Festival of Music
1. 6th-8th grade STUDENT Festival of Music fee: $_____ TBA (ticket price + t-shirt ($10) + transportation costs charged to each STUDENT)
2, 6th-8th PARENT CHAPERONE fee: $ ticket price (TBA) + $10 for band t-shirt if you want one)
Band Grading Scale
40% Rehearsals (participation, being prepared with all materials)
40% Performance (attendance at all performances. If there is not a performance in that grading quarter, then the rehearsal grade is used here. Wearing the correct band performance attire is part of this grade!!!!!**
15% Tests
5% practice logs turned in with parent signature
Band Room Rules
1. No talking while the director is rehearsing the band or a section.
2. On a rehearsal cut-off, all playing stops instantly.
3. Follow all rules in the student handbook for BCA.
Band Room Procedures
1. Instruments/music may be placed in their band instrument storage slot during the day.
2. Be Prepared (have all materials needed, be on time, use restroom/get water before class-or bring a water bottle)
3. Take horns/mallets/music home EVERY night to practice. Instruments must be picked up from the storage closet by 3:15 pm each day.
1. No talking while the director is rehearsing the band or a section.
2. On a rehearsal cut-off, all playing stops instantly.
3. Follow all rules in the student handbook for BCA.
Band Room Procedures
1. Instruments/music may be placed in their band instrument storage slot during the day.
2. Be Prepared (have all materials needed, be on time, use restroom/get water before class-or bring a water bottle)
3. Take horns/mallets/music home EVERY night to practice. Instruments must be picked up from the storage closet by 3:15 pm each day.
Click the Link Below to Print a Practice Log
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