Hello Orchestra Bulldogs, Just 12 days of school left for this year! I'm really proud of all the work that you accomplished, you have grown so much. Thanks for blessing me with your presence in my M-2 Classroom at BLMS. If you have a school bass or cello and you are not returning to BLMS in my class (moving, dropping out or going to high school) this instrument needs to be dropped off at school next week when you pick up your locker contents. I think they are using the bus loop area for this. If you are returning just keep the instrument over the summer and bring it back in August.
This week I would like your practice minutes focused on braking bad habits. Use your warm up time on your scales or flipchart warmup(7/8) to concentrate on your technique. You all have some new music to download and have fun with. Play some old stuff and play some new. For those of you staying in orchestra at BLMS my hope is that we can play some of these songs together in September or when we are back together. If I drop another song for you I will comment about it in Teams. So here are the things left for you until the end of the year.
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Happy June Orchestra Bulldogs! There are just 15 academic school days left of school and 17 school days until the end of the year! I'm working on your orchestra banquet video. I will have a folder link for you in teams and one sent to your parents email as well so that they or you can put in any great pics of 7th graders at the Washington State fair trip, candid shots of you and your friends at our fall concert, our orchestra performing. I will supplement with some that i have too. I know we would have had more with our Winter and Spring concerts, solo and ensemble, 8th grade Orchestra festival and of course Disney. So far its looking great and want to add just a little more. I will send out the virtual banquet date and time this week so you can get it on your calendar.
Work for the week: I will get you a new song by Wednesday to work on. I will load it to your files on Teams for you to print off or transfer to a device to read it on. You will have a Web Wednesday. Concert Program Assignment: later this week i will drop your last graded assessment other than the web wednesday and practice. I will explain it more in the assignment but you will have about 2 weeks to make me an orchestra concert program for your grade level orchestra. ( if you really get into the assignment you could make if for all 3 orchestras!) You will go on the jwpepper.com website and i will give you parameters to select 3-4 pieces for your orchestras concert. This will also give me some input if you find a piece that would be good for me to buy for us to perform next year! This will be fun!! I'm a little behind in my grading and prep for your week as my dog had surgery last week and has had complications. She will be ok but we all are having to spend more time with her to take care of her. Thanks for your flexibility and understanding. Put that countdown clock on for the end of the year. We are almost there! Take care, stay safe and healthy. |
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