Important Information Regarding Upcoming Weeks

Dayton Oaks ES
BAND
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12/23/14
Weekly Band Newsletter
Amy Syversen, Band Director
Important Information
Regarding Upcoming Weeks
Winter Concert Volunteers
Band Schedule
When we return from the
Winter Break it is a
"SPECIAL SCHEDULE" for
Band (see Winter Concert
letter and schedule to the
right)
Week of Monday, January 5th
Practice Chart #8 is due on
Tuesday, January 13th
We Need More Volunteers for Recording of the Concert to
Make DVD and During the Winter Concert. Please
contact me if you can help!
Special Concert Rehearsal Schedule and Half-Day Schedules
Tuesday, December 23rd ALL FULL BAND CLASSES ARE ON
STAGE TODAY!!!
Follow Normal "D Week" Schedule for Today (and Monday, December
22nd)
8:00-8:30am = Band Parents Help Set the Stage for the Concert
Monday, January 5th
9:10-10:10 = Full Advanced Band (Stage)
10:35-11:35 = Full Beginning Band (Stage)
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Tuesday, January 6th
9:10-10:10 = Full Advanced Band (Stage)
12:00-12:30 = Extra Help for PERCUSSION Students Auditioning for GT Band (Stage)
1:00-1:30 = Extra Help for BRASS Students Auditioning for GT Band (Band Room)
1:30-2:00 = Extra Help for WOODWIND Students Auditioning for GT Band (Band Room)
2:20-3:20 = Full Beginning Band (Stage) – Bring Backpacks!
Thursday, January 10th
1:20-1:50 = Beginning Band Woodwinds and Brass (Stage)
1:50-2:20 = Beginning Band Percussion (Stage)
2:20-2:50 = Advanced Band Woodwinds and Brass (Stage)
2:50-3:20 = Advanced Band Percussion (Stage)
Monday, January 12th
9:10-10:10 = Full Advanced Band (Stage)
10:35-11:35 = Full Beginning Band (Stage)
Mrs. Syversen’s WFES Concert is right after this rehearsal so she has to leave immediately for WFES J
Tuesday, January 13th
9:30am DOES Winter Band In-School Concert in the Cafeteria –Please wear Concert Dress
Students should come to the cafeteria to warm up and tune immediately after checking in, by no later than
8:55am. Cases should be left in classrooms. All clarinets and sax players need mouthpiece caps!
6:30pm All Band Students Meet in the Media Center in Concert Dress to Warm Up and Tune - Leave all cases in
the Media Center during the concert
7:00pm DOES Winter Band Evening Concert in the Cafeteria – Please wear Concert Dress
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Today is the Spelling Bee in the AM. The schedule will be changed slightly to accommodate band classes. Beg.
Trumpets can come with Beg. Low Brass if their class is missed due to the Bee.
9:40-10:10 Adv. Band Flute and Oboe Chamber Ensembles (5) - Come even if we only have 5 minutes left to work!
10:10-10:40 Adv.AlSax/Clarinet(5)
11:10-11:40 Beg. Trumpet/FHorn (4)
11:40-12:10 Beg. Low Brass (4)
12:30-1:00 Beg. Clarinet (4)
January Musicians of the Month!
1:00-1:30 Adv. Trumpet (5)
2:30-3:00 Beg. Flute/Oboe (4)
Congratulations to the Band Musicians of the Month
No Extra Help Today
for January
Thursday, January 22, 2015
9:10-9:40 Adv. Trombone/Tuba/Ten Sax/Alto
Sax/Clarinet
9:40-10:10 Adv. Percussion
10:10-10:40 Beg. Trumpet/Horn/Low Brass
10:40-11:10 Beg. Sax/Clarinet/Flute
11:50-12:20 Beg. Percussion
11:00-11:30 = 5th Lunch
11:15-11:45 = 4th Lunch
Those students are:
Alexander Thompson (Alto Sax), Katie Coleman
(Flute), TJ Gribble (Trombone), Christian Cho
(Trumpet), Jack Millstein (Trumpet), Aaron Meng
(Trumpet), Bakhari Nokuri (Percussion), Whitney Ye
(Percussion), Demetre Koutras (Percussion), Alejandro
Estrada (Trombone), Anthony Meoni (Trombone),
Russell Minni (Trumpet) and Carter Stark (Trumpet).
Keep up the great work and awesome attitudes! These
students will have their name displayed on the band
bulletin board and will have their name in the Howard
County Times sometime soon!
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Important DOES Band Dates
See website for Google Calendar!
Volunteer Band Parents Help Set the Stage - Tues., Dec. 23, 2014 at 8am
Special Band Schedule and Stage Rehearsals Dec 23, 2014 - Jan 13, 2015
Chorus and Band Winter Concert - Tues., Jan 13, 2015 - 9:30am and 7pm at
DOES (Snow Date = Jan 27, 2015)
5th Grade Auditions for Aunt Rhodie Mini Play - Tues. Feb. 17, 2015 at 9:10am9:40am in the Mini Aud
Adv. Band Chamber Ensembles Perform on the Announcements in March for
MIOSM - ? - Low Brass; ? - Flutes and Oboe; ? - Clarinets; ? - Trumpets; ? Saxes; ? - Percussion (will be a video to show on TV news)
Solo and Ensemble Festival (Adv. Band Only) - Sat., April 11, 2015 Times TBD
ALL BAND STUDENTS BRING MUSIC STANDS TO SCHOOL TODAY FOR
REHEARSALS - Thurs. May 28, 2015
Special Band Schedule and Stage Rehearsals May 28, 2015 - June 8, 2015
Volunteer Band Parents Help Set the Stage - Mon. June 1, 2015 at 8am
Chorus and Band Spring Concert - Thurs., June 4, 2015 - 9:30am and 7pm at
DOES
Band Party - Mon., June 8, 2015 - 9:30am-10:30am in the DOES Cafeteria
DOES School Owned Instruments Due - Mon., June 8, 2015 by 3pm - before
being returned instruments must be cleaned. 4th graders may keep school
owned instruments over the summer.
Adv. Band Performs the Star Spangled Banner for SCH - TBD
Playing
Assessments
Other Feeder School Dates
Lime Kiln Middle School
Spring Concert - Tues., May 5, 2015 - 7pm at LKMS
Fifth Graders: Your next playing
assessment will be on "The
Explorers Concert March."
Fourth Graders: Your next
playing assessment will be on
"Popcorn Prelude."
I will use a grading rubric to
assess their performance and
they will get to bring it home for
review. Students can retake
playing assessments anytime
during extra help classes if they
are not happy with their grades.
Rubrics can be located on my
website at www.amybejm.com
Thank you!
Folly Quarter Middle School
Winter Orchestra Concert - Mon., Jan, 12, 2015 - 7pm RHHS
Winter Band Concert - Wed., Jan., 14, 2015 - 7pm RHHS
Winter Chorus Concert - Thurs., Jan. 15, 2015 - 7pm RHHS
Jazz Band Towson Jazz Festival - Fri., Jan. 16, 2015
Winter Concert Snow Date - Wed., Jan 21, 2015 - 7pm RHHS
Hershey Park - Fri., May 8, 2015 - Hershey Park
Flower and Jazz Festival - Sat., May 9, 2015 - Westminster
Spring Orchestra Concert - Mon., May 11, 2015 - 7pm RHHS
Spring Band Concert - Thurs., May 14, 2015 - 7pm RHHS
Spring Chorus Concert - Fri., May 15, 2015 - 7pm RHHS
Spring Jazz Concert - Mon., June 1, 2015 - 7pm FQMS
Band Awards Night - Mon., June 8, 2015 - 7pm FQMS
Glenelg High School
Jazz Concert - Fri., Jan., 30, 2015 - 7pm GHS
Jazz Concert - Fri., March 20, 2015 - 7pm GHS
Jazz Concert - Sat., April 11, 2015 - 7pm GHS
Spring Concert 1 - Thurs., May 7, 2015 - 7pm GHS
Spring Concert 2 - Fri., May 8, 2015 - 7pm GHS
Jazz Band - Sat., June 14, 2015 - Columbia Lakefront
River Hill High School
Band Winter Concert - Fri., Jan. 9, 2015 - 7pm at RHHS
Jazz Band Concert - Fri., Jan. 30, 2015 - 7pm at RHHS
Guitarapalooza - Fri., April 10, 2015 - 7pm at RHHS
Orchestra Spring Concert - Tues., April 21, 2015 - 7pm at RHHS
Band Spring Concert - Fri., May 30, 2015 - 7pm at RHHS
Choir and Jazz Band Spring Concert - Thurs., April 30, 2015 - 7pm at RHHS
Alumni Concert - Sat., May 30, 2015 - 2pm at RHHS
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Scale Stars
Congratulations to the following students who have earned 100 Coda
Bucks for each scale played by memory! If a student can memorize all
scales on their scale sheet they will receive an additional 1,000 Coda
Bucks!!!!! Every so often these students names will also appear in the
Howard County Times!!
Chromatic Scale
Whitney Ye - Percussion
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Kristina Kim - Flute
Eric Roth - Trumpet
Robert Guan - Trumpet
Aaron Meng - Trumpet
Christian Cho - Trumpet
C Major Scale
Super Scale
Stars!
All 9 Major Scales to 4 Sharps
and 4 Flats and the
Chromatic Scale
Whitney Ye - Percussion
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Kristina Kim - Flute
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Garrett Fulton - Tenor Sax
Whitney Ye - Percussion
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Kristina Kim - Flute
Carter Stark - Trumpet
Thomas Zhou - Trumpet
Russell Geist - Tuba
Megan Ball - Percussion
Jacob Niv - Trumpet
Robert Guan - Trumpet
Aaron Meng - Trumpet
F Major Scale
Ryan Weinberg - Tuba
Whitney Ye - Percussion
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Kristina Kim - Flute
Garrett Fulton - Tenor Sax
Megan Ball - Percussion
B Flat Major Scale
TJ Gribble - Trombone
Whitney Ye - Percussion
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Kathleen Maiorana - Tuba
Robert Guan - Trumpet
Aaron Meng - Trumpet
Kristina Kim - Flute
E Flat Major Scale
Whitney Ye - Percussion
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Kristina Kim - Flute
A Flat Major Scale
Whitney Ye - Percussion
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Kristina Kim - Flute
Kathleen Maiorana - Tuba
G Major Scale
Whitney Ye - Percussion
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Garrett Fulton - Tenor Sax
Kristina Kim - Flute
Kathleen Maiorana - Tuba
Thomas Zhou - Trumpet
D Major Scale
Whitney Ye - Percussion
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Kristina Kim - Flute
Carter Stark - Trumpet
Garrett Fulton - Tenor Sax
A Major Scale
Whitney Ye - Percussion
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Kristina Kim - Flute
E Major Scale
Whitney Ye - Percussion
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Kristina Kim - Flute
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Band Karate
Congratulations to these students who have earned their karate
belts. We use band karate as a fun way to assess students in class
and it also allows for students to go above and beyond what we are
working on in our books if they are ahead and want a challenge.
White Belt
Zorais Naroo - Euphonium
Keller Neuman - Clarinet
Mackie Short - Clarinet
Gabriella Passamonti - Clarinet
Kathleen Maiorana - Tuba
Alejandro Estrada - Trombone
Kai Christiansen - Trombone
Anthony Meoni - Trombone
Shaamik Naroo - Clarinet
Spencer Fetterman - Flute
Aaryan Verma - Flute
Michael Zhang - Flute
Eliza Nelson - Flute
Amanda Preston - Flute
Recordings of
Our Concert
Music to Help
With Home
Practice
Yellow Belt
Zorais Naroo - Euphonium
Keller Neuman - Clarinet
Gabriella Passamonti - Clarinet
Kathleen Maiorana - Tuba
Purple Belt
Blue Belt
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Red Belt
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Brown Belt
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Black Belt
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Silver Belt
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Gold Belt
Ocarina Lin - Oboe
Orange Belt
Kathleen Maiorana - Tuba
Keller Neuman - Clarinet
Green Belt
Kathleen Maiorana - Tuba
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Winter Concert Information (see attached permission slip)
Information on what to do what to wear etc.
Person In Charge of Recording Chorus and Band Concert and Creating a DVD – STILL NEEDED
Mrs. Hammer and I need someone who can record our night or day concerts and make two DVDs to share with
us. Thank you for your consideration!
Winter Concert Volunteers
Olaf Costume Helpers
1. Pick Up Costume on Monday, January 12th at Genes Costumes 10636 Connecticut Ave. Kensington, Md.
20895 (10am to 6pm) - The Maiorana Family
2. Wear Costume for Daytime Concert on Tuesday, January 13th - Mrs. Sisk
3. Wear Costume for Kids at 3:15 in the front hallway on Tuesday, January 13th - Mrs. Sisk
4. Wear Costume for night time concert on Tuesday, January 13th - Mrs. Sisk
5. Return Costume to store on Wednesday, January 14th at Genes Costumes 10636 Connecticut Ave.
Kensington, Md. 20895 (10am to 6pm) - The Jones Family
Band Stage Set Up Crew Volunteers 12/23/14 at 8:00am
Maiorana Family, Zhou Family, Ball Family, Neuman Family, Nokuri Family, Cox Family, Specht Family,
Jones Family, Ghahhari Family
Duties: set up the stage using a seating chart for concert - if you want to bring your kiddos to help we could
finish really fast!
In-School Concert Volunteers 8:45am on 1/13/15
Denault Family, Montfort Family, Connelly/Cermak Family, Albert Family, Maiorana Family, Estrada Family,
Ball Family, Neuman Family
Duties: supervise students at all times so that they are never left alone, help quiet students down in the cafeteria
during tuning, help students with questions and keep band students quiet while they are seated in the cafeteria
waiting to perform etc.
Before Evening Concert Volunteers 6:20pm on 1/13/15
Versace Family, Minni Family, Roth Family, Klein Family, Weinberg Family, Wilcom Family
Duties: guide band students to the media center to warm up, help quiet students down during warm up and
tuning (most important part), make sure someone is in the media center at all times so students are never
unsupervised
During Evening Concert Volunteers 7pm on 1/13/15
Fowler Family - 4th Grade
Fulton Family - 5th Grade
Denault Family - 4th Grade
Duties: supervise the advanced band students in the media center while the chorus and beginning bands are
performing (please bring board games to share!), help walk the advanced band students to the stage after
beginning band is finished, supervise beginning band in the media center while advanced band performs
(students can play board games etc.), make sure the house lights are off during our performances and keep the
students/parents from entering and exiting the cafeteria while the students are performing (to minimize
distractions) Don't worry, you won't miss your child perform! Fourth grade parents will stay with fourth graders
and fifth grade parents with the fifth graders!
After Evening Concert Volunteers 8pm on 1/13/15
Guan Family, Zhang Family, Specht Family, Jones Family, Versace Family, Conn Family
Denault Family, Ghahhari Famliy
Duties: supervise students in the media center as they return to their cases and clean up, gather up students and
help gather parents to bring all equipment back to the mini aud and reset the mini aud after the concert and put
all chairs away so the students and parents can go home as quickly after the concert as possible. please do not
leave until the mini aud has been completely reset and the media center has been reset and checked for leftover
instruments and trash.
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Aunt Rhodie's Appetite Skit Auditions and Props Needed!
The band is in need of the following props for a piece the beginning band will be performing in the spring. Before
I purchase them, I wanted to see if any families would be willing to lend them to the band for the rest of the
school year. I would keep them safely in the band room :) We need the following items: Cane, Apron, Rubber
Chicken, Chef's Hat, Bird's Beak Mask. Thanks for your help!
Also attached is the Skit for "Aunt Rhodie's Appetite." Fifth grade band students have been invited to audition
for the following roles: Narrator (not memorized), Aunt Rhodie (memorized), Gray Goose (memorized) and Pierre
(memorized and in a french accent). Also, one fourth grade band member, whose parents are willing to purchase
a rubber chicken (I saw 21" ones on Amazon for $8!), can play the comedic role of rubber chicken (no lines
involved).
Students interested in auditioning for the play should choose a part they would like to audition for and practice
reading the lines at home. The audition (students can read from the skit for the audition) will be held
on Tuesday, February 17th at 9:10am-9:40am in the Mini Aud
Skits will be given out to interested students during their Full Band class sometime soon.
Guitarist Needed for Spring Concert
I am in need of a guitarist for one piece on our spring concert. If you play guitar or your child plays guitar and
you are interested in performing one piece with us in the spring, please let me know! We would love to have a
parent or student join us!
Thank you for your help and support of the
DOES Band program!
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