Blizzard Bag #1
-Learn the 5-stroke roll rudiment.
-Be able to perform it at q=80
Blizzard Bag #2
-Be able to perform the 5-stroke roll at q=92
Blizzard Bag #3
-Be able to perform the 5-stroke roll at q=100
Do not be taken by surprise. This *will* require practice.
5th Grade Band
Blizzard Bag #1
-Practice the full Bb concert scale!
-Be ready to play it in quarter notes at q=80 in class!
Blizzard Bag #2
-Play a song out of your book for a friend or family member.
-Have that friend or family member initial the song they heard.
Blizzard Bag #3
-Find a band song on Youtube and listen to it!
-Tell us about what you found the next time we have band.
6th/7th Grade Band
Blizzard Bag #1
-Listen to Jack Stamp "Why Music Matters" (link) (6min)
-Write a 1.5-2 page response to the talk (double spaced).
---Helpful guiding questions:
-----Do you agree that band is more challenging than sports?
-----What do you think about the 94% example?
-----Many times, people think band isn't a "real subject" what would you say to them? Do you agree or disagree?
Blizzard Bag #2
-Practice a 1 octave Bb chromatic scale.
-Be prepared to play it in quarter notes at q=100
Blizzard Bag #3
-Practice a 2 octave F chromatic scale.
-Be prepared to play it in quarter notes at q=72
High Schoo Band
Blizzard Bag #1
-Listen to ...And the Mountains Rising Nowhere... by Joseph Schwantner (link) (12min)
-Write a 1.5-2 page reaction to the piece (double spaced).
---Helpful guiding questions:
-----What could the title mean?
-----How does Schwatner escape traditional notions of what a band is supposed to sound like?
-----What is happening between 6:30 and 7:49 with all of that excitement?
Blizzard Bag #2
-Listen to Godzilla Eats Las Vegas by Eric Whitacre (link) (13min)
-Write a 1.5-2 page reaction to the piece (double spaced).
---Helpful guiding questions:
-----How does Whitacre use popular tunes and "non-instrument" sounds to "paint a picture" of Las Vegas?
-----This is an example of "program music" that follows a story. Can you follow it? Look up the story and see if you can follow!
Blizzard Bag #3
-Listen to O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen arr. Robert Reynolds (6min) (link)
-Write a 1.5-2 page reaction to the piece (double spaced).
---Helpful guiding questions:
-----How does Lauridsen use tension and release in this piece? What does it do to the listener?
-----The tubas do not enter until the piece is over halfway completed. Why did Reynolds choose to arrange it this way? What does this do to the listener?
-----This piece is originally a choral work. Do you think there is anything lost or gained from the translation from choir to band? What is traded in arrangement from choir to band?