Winter Concert Volunteers We Need More Volunteers for Recording of the Concert to Make a DVD and During the Winter Concert. Please contact me if you can help! Special Concert Rehearsal Schedule and Half-Day Schedules Thursday, January 8th Changed due to Snow Day 9:10-10:10 Full Advanced Band (stage) 2:20-3:20 Full Beginning Band (stage)

Dayton Oaks ES

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Weekly Band Newsletter Amy Syversen, Band Director 1/8/15

Band Schedule

Important Information Regarding Upcoming Weeks

Next Week is a "SPECIAL WEEK" for Band and a “B Week” Thursday Week of Monday, January 12th Practice Chart #8 is due on Tuesday, January 12th

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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 DON’T FORGET TO BRING BOARD GAMES AND CARDS TO PLAY IN THE MEDIA CENTER DURING THE EVENING PORTION OF THE CONCERT WHILE THE OTHER GROUPS ARE PERFORMING AND YOU ARE WAITING TO GO ON! 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) 1:00-1:30 Adv. Trumpet (5) 2:30-3:00 Beg. Flute/Oboe (4) No Extra Help Today 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

January Musicians of the Month! Congratulations to the Band Musicians of the Month for January 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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Other Feeder School Dates Lime Kiln Middle School Spring Concert - Tues., May 5, 2015 - 7pm at LKMS 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

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 9:10am-9:40am 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

Fifth Graders: Your next playing assessment will be on an upcoming Spring Concert piece. Fourth Graders: Your next playing assessment will be on an upcoming Spring Concert piece. 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!

Playing Assessments

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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!!

All 9 Major Scales to 4 Sharps and 4 Flats and the

Chromatic Scale Whitney Ye - Percussion Ocarina Lin - Oboe Kristina Kim - Flute

Super Scale Stars!

Chromatic Scale Whitney Ye - Percussion Ocarina Lin - Oboe Kristina Kim - Flute Eric Roth - Trumpet Robert Guan - Trumpet Aaron Meng - Trumpet Christian Cho – Trumpet Thomas Zhou - Trumpet C Major Scale 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 Carter Stark - 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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Recordings of Our Concert

Music to Help With Home

Practice

http://www.amybejm.com/recordingsforpractice.html

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 Brady Young – Sax James Wilcom - Sax Yellow Belt Zorais Naroo - Euphonium Keller Neuman - Clarinet Gabriella Passamonti - Clarinet Kathleen Maiorana – Tuba James Wilcom – Sax Brady Young - Sax Orange Belt Kathleen Maiorana - Tuba Keller Neuman – Clarinet James Wilcom – Sax Brady Young – Sax Green Belt 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

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.

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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 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, Ghahhari Family, Koutras 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 Family 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!

By James Wilcom