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

September 9th

What we've done:

• Standard of Excellence
• First five notes
• P.6-7
• P8 up to #22

What's coming up:

• Standard of Excellent
• Continuing to pages 9 and onwards
• Upcoming test on #29

Welcome and opening info

Welcome to AMU10R with Ms. Blais.

This blog is meant to keep you informed with what is going on in class in the event you forget, are away or your parents want to follow.  It does not take the place of regular class attendance.  I will post approximately once per week.

Remember that taking your instrument home to practice is your homework in this course.  You should be taking it home every weekend and at least twice during the week.  Additionally the room is available for lunch time practice every day.

In our first two weeks:

• Instrument assignment
• Standard of Excellence exercises #1-29
• Preparing for first evaluation on #29