December 5

What we've done:

• Standard of Excellence
• #115
• Band music
• Majestica
• Sakura
• Nighthawk
• Castles and Dragons
• Working with tuners
• Theory Test: Major Scale Construction
• Theory Thursday:  Key signatures practice test
• History:  Bach
• Performance task on #84
• Preparation for exceprt video submission

What's coming up:

• Standard of Excellence
• continuing
• Excerpt Testing:  Make recordings of selected measures of music.  Due next week
• Theory
• Final Theory test on Key Signatures on Dec 10
• History lessons.  Mozart, Beethoven
• History project

November 25th

What we've done:

• Standard of Excellence
• Up to Regal March
• Band music
• Majestica
• Sakura
• Nighthawk
• Castles and Dragons
• Working with tuners
• Theory Test: Major Scale Construction
• Theory Thursday:  Key signatures
• Small ensemble performance task on #71

What's coming up:

• Standard of Excellence
• continuing
• Solo test #84
• Excerpt Testing:  Make recordings of selected measures of music
• Theory
• Final Theory test on Key Signatures on Dec 10
• History lessons.  Stay tuned

November 7th

What we've done:

• Standard of Excellence
• Up to #80
• Band music
• Majestica
• Sakura
• Nighthawk
• New:  Castles and Dragons
• Working with tuners
• Theory Test: Nov 7th:  Semitones, Tones
• Theory Thursday:  Major Scale Construction

What's coming up:

• Standard of Excellence
• continuing
• Small ensemble performance task on #71
• Theory
• Upcoming lessons and tests on key signatures and major scale writing

October 18th

What we've done:

• Standard of Excellence
• Up to #61
• Testing in process #49
• Band music
• Majestica
• Sakura
• Nighthawk
• Working with tuners
• Theory Thursday:  Note reading in Treble and Bass Clef
• Slide show provided
• Exercises in teoria.com

What's coming up:

• Standard of Excellence
• Upcoming test on #61
• Theory
• Upcoming tests

October 8th

What we've done:

• Standard of Excellence
• Up to #61
• Testing in process #49
• New band music
• Majestica
• Sakura

What's coming up:

• Standard of Excellence
• #61 and onwards
• Upcoming test on #61
• New band music
• Nighthawk
• Theory Thursdays starting after Thanksgiving

September 27th

What we've done:

• Standard of Excellence
• Up to #53
• Testing done #41

What's coming up:

• Standard of Excellence
• #53 and onwards
• Upcoming test on #49
• New band music coming!

September 18th

What we've done:

• Standard of Excellence
• Up to #38
• Finishing up tests on #29

What's coming up:

• Standard of Excellent
• Continuing to Jingle Bells and onward
• Upcoming test on #41