Electrify Your Strings: Purchase your tickets on the link above to attend and or perform at the Electrify your Strings show on March 11, 2019.

Target: Demonstrate proper bowing technique as related to the repertoire.
Vocabulary:
Bow Weight, Angle, Speed, Point of Contact, Down Bow, Up Bow, Slur, Staccato, Legato, Detache'
Weekly Reminders
Solo & Ensemble After School Practices are 2:45-3:45p.m.  on February 27, March 4, and March12.  Solo and Ensemble is on April 13th at Davenport School of the Arts. Accompanist rehearsal schedules will be set soon.

•  Work on rhythms and add sixteenth notes & sixteenth rests
• Work on Bowing technique to solidify point of contact and slurs 
• Music Focus is: Best of Queen, Pirates of the Caribbean, Viva La Vida for EYS concert, S&E music, Eleanor Rigby

2nd Period

• Music Focus:  Boogie Man Blues C Scale 2 octaves, EEI Birthday Song pg. 34
• Mark Wood EYS concert music: Pentatonic Scales and Viva La Vida

Electrify Your Strings
Here is a link to the music with the mp3 practice track as well as all levels of the song. If you want a more difficult level feel free to print it. This music is ONLY for the use of EYS concert. Get your tickets on the EYS page.
http://www.electrifyyourstrings.com/lawtonchiles-2019.html

Congratulations to the LCMA Orchestra on their 2019 MPA Straight Superiors performance!

Click here to watch the entire concert or view the individual performances below...

Target: Demonstrate the ability to balance and blend in my section and with the entire ensemble.
Standards
MU68.C.12 Compare using music vocabulary
MU68.S.14 Play measures by ear supported by teacher
Vocabulary
Balance, Blend, Ensemble
Tuesday: Work on Solo and Ensemble Music;  Electrify Your Strings Prep
Wednesday:  Evaluate MPA  performances; reflect; evaluate
Discuss Spring Concert Music options
Thursday: 
Self Assessment Worksheet; 
Friday:  
Worksheet on Music Symbols ; PTSA Choice Dress
Music Run- Thru of all songs :)

MPA week is here!  Important Reminders regarding rehearsals and concerts are below.
Monday:  No School
Tuesday: Afterschool dress rehearsal from 3:00-4:00 and is required for those attending MPA. We will  begin rehearsal at 3 in concert attire and have a special guest coming to work on music with you. 
Wednesday:  Sight Read and tweak remaining problem spots
Thursday: Deep tuning, bow rosining and complete run-through of mpa music
Friday: MPA Day!  Students particpating may wear your music t-shirt and jeans to school and then change BEFORE we leave for the event.
Orchestra Music Performance Assessment 2019
Friday, February 22, 2019
Where? Tenoroc High School, 4905 Saddle Creek Rd, Lakeland, FL 33801
Attire? Formal Concert Music attire, black close-toed dress shoes and guys need to wear black socks with black dress shoes. No necklaces, beeping watches or bracelets please.
What to Bring? Music, Instrument and come dressed for the performance.
Transportation? Parents need to pick up their child from the event at Tenoroc between 5:00-5:15p.m. You are welcome to watch our performance and other orchestras in the auditorium while we are in the warm up room. Parents will need to transport student and their instrument from Tenoroc.
The schedule for our MPA Event is as follows:
12:20p.m. Report to the Bus Loop in Concert Attire with instrument, music and belongings
12:30p.m. Leave LCMA and report to Tenoroc High School
1:00p.m. Watch other orchestras perform
2:00p.m. Concession Time (bring $ if you want to buy snacks)
2:45p.m. Bathroom Break
3:00p.m. Tune (in cafeteria)
3:45p.m. We report to Warm Up Room (all people must be tuned before then.)
4:15p.m. Stage Performance (Parents are welcome to attend and watch)
4:30p.m. Sight Reading Room
5:00p.m. Meet us back in the cafeteria for results, pack up & check out.
** Important** Parents will need to pick up their child by 5:15p.m. at Tenoroc High School from the event. We will be ready for student check out at 5:00p.m.
7&8 Grade Students will eat during the 7th grade lunch time and need to be in concert attire by 12:20p.m. and report to the Bus Loop

Weekly Reminders
2/11 After School Rehearsal until 3:45p.m. for 3rd and 8th period- Required
2/12 All MPA Permission Slips MUST be returned to attend.
2/13 Special Guest to work on Solo and Ensemble Music & MPA music
2/14 Test on El Toro 57-End up to tempo. Interim Day/Spirit Day
Electrify Your Strings is coming up!!2nd Period: EEI page 33 #132,133 and 134 choose one to perform on Thursday in class.
Be sure to mark your calendars...  Monday March 11, 2019
Workshop from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Concert at 7:00 pm.
You can purchase the tickets here

Target: Work on Musical Fluency for MPA music, sight singing and prepare for competition on 2/22/19 at Tenoroc HS.

2/11  Time for Three- Stand by Me
2/13 Piano Guys A Thousand Years

Electrify Your Strings is coming up!!
Be sure to mark your calendars...  Monday March 11, 2019
Workshop from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Concert at 7:00 pm.
You can purchase the tickets here

​Target: Perfect the measures below on our MPA music material; test on dynamics this week all classes and quiz on
Knight's Quest 1-19.

​Knight’s Quest Tempo is 120 is the Quarter Note

• Mark all dynamics with a number value and highlight the dynamics
• Tune the beginning and pay attention to the dynamics  1-5 is piano with a crescendo at measure 6
• Measures 39-44 work on getting the timing together
• Measures 45-59 tremolo timing isn’t correct so we need to get it together.

 
Little Symphony Tempo is 112 is the quarter Note

• Check the intonation at 43-48 (some are playing f# and it is a f natural (low 2)
• Measures 48- Tune and work on equal bows with the down down marking in vln 2-bass part and again at measure 51
• Measures 52-55 Tune parts with accidental d#
• Exaggerate the Dynamics throughout!

 El Toro Tempo is Quarter Note is Equal to 150 we will try to work up to (160) Mark the D.C. Al Coda as well as the Coda so that you are in the correct place in the music

• Bigger Dynamics throughout
• Bass timing is very important and we keep getting off
• Measure 20 viola and cello need to work on cleaning the measure and playing together and again at 23
• Measure 53 is a BIG SLOW DOWN Watch and Mark it so that you aren’t speeding.
• Measure 57 WATCH! It starts slow and we get faster and back to the original speed at the D.C Al Coda

 Links to seperate parts for El Toro
Violin 2 Practice Track
​Violin 1 Practice Track
Viola Practice Track
​Bass Practice Track
Cello Practice track

Weekly Reminders
2/4/19 After School Practice until 3:45p.m.
2/4/19 All County Orchestra Practice at Fl Southern at 6-8p.m. check in at 5:45p.m.
2/5/19 All County Orchestra All Day Rehearsal and Concert 9-4p.m. Go to Florida Southern bring $5.00 for lunch, pick up at 4p.m. and then the concert is that evening at 7:30p.m. You need to wear formal concert black or black and white for the concert.
2/6/19 Early Release Day
2/7/19 Solo & Ensemble registration form and fee are due
2/8/19 Help Session for MPA during Class
Get your tickets for the Electrify your Strings Event on March 11th. Here's the link! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening-with-mark-wood-and-lawton-chiles-middle-academy-lakeland-highlands-middle-george-jenkins-tickets-53359278037
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