FREMONT SINGERS 6 TH GRADE

Welcome band/chorus students! Please fill out a questionnaire Take a stick and put your name on it too! Class Goal To Increase your understanding and love for music while teaching you to become independent musicians and performers. Communication Website teacherease Remind 101 Enter the number and HOUSEKEEPING

 Calendar is coming  Your first performance will be in October TBD  Big concert in December  Solo and Ensemble – Third Trimester PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES

 To the risers (lets see if you remember how to get on the risers )  Sighs  Vowels A E I O U  Ma Me Mi Mo Mu  ABCDEFG  Child of Song WARM UP

FREMONT SINGERS 7 TH GRADE

Welcome band/chorus students! Please fill out a questionnaire Take a stick and put your name on it too! Class Goal To Increase your understanding and love for music while teaching you to become independent musicians and performers. Communication Website teacherease Remind 101 Enter the number and HOUSEKEEPING

 Calendar is coming  Your first performance will be in October TBD  District Chorus Opportunity in November (select group)  Big concert in December  Solo and Ensemble – Second Trimester PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES

 To the risers (lets see if you remember how to get on the risers )  Sighs  Vowels A E I O U  Ma Me Mi Mo Mu  ABCDEFG  Dodi Li WARM UP

FREMONT SINGERS 8 TH GRADE

Welcome band/chorus students! Please fill out a questionnaire Take a stick and put your name on it too! Class Goal To Increase your understanding and love for music while teaching you to become independent musicians and performers. Communication Website teacherease Remind 101 Enter the number and HOUSEKEEPING

 Calendar is coming  Your first performance will be Sept 21 at the Mundelein One World Festival!  District Chorus Opportunity in November (select group)  Big concert in December  Solo and Ensemble – First Trimester PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITIES

 To the risers (lets see if you remember how to get on the risers )  Sighs  Vowels A E I O U  Ma Me Mi Mo Mu  ABCDEFG  Star Spangled Banner WARM UP

Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 Thursday, Aug 29, 2013 FREMONT SINGERS 6 TH GRADE

 Who is in band and splits chorus? ATTENDANCE

 Learn some Music Theory: staff attributes  Sing the second part of our Irish song  Sing in a round Kookabura  Sing the round part of Child of Song TODAY’S GOAL

 What is music theory? Theory of what?  Today’s topic- measures, bar lines, time signatures, beat  Child of song example 5/4, ¾, Irish Lullaby 6/8 MUSIC THEORY

 CHILD OF SONG

 Warm up  Irish Lullaby  Kookaburra  Child of Song  Unwritten if we have time TO THE RISERS

Friday, Aug 30, 2013 FREMONT SINGERS 6 TH GRADE

Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 FREMONT SINGERS 7 TH GRADE

 Learn second part to Irish Lullaby  Sing Dodi Li on a neutral syllable  Sing the Harmony to Dodi Li  Put them together!  Split parts  If we have time…Sight ready Beleive  Sing Unwritten OUR GOAL TODAY

  Is this in major or minor? LISTEN TO DODI LI

 Warm up  Irish Lullaby- learn harmony  Dodi Li  Believe  Unwritten TO THE RISERS

Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 FREMONT SINGERS 8 TH GRADE

 Fill out any questionnaires and sticks that still need to be done  Don’t forget!  Sign up for remind 101  Our first concert is Sept 21 at the One World Festival at the Metra Station downtown Mundelein. We need to be there at 11:30. HOUSEKEEPING

 Hear new song – for Veteran’s Day Assembly  Sing second part of Irish Lullaby (If we can put them together that would be a bonus)  Review SSB Harmony  Sight Read Bonse Aba  Split Parts (If we have time) Acapella TODAY’S GOAL

 Homeland   Bonse Aba  NEW SONGS

 Warm Up  Irish Lullaby  SSB Harmony  Read Part of Homeland  Read Bonse Aba TO THE RISERS!

Friday, Aug 30, 2013 FREMONT SINGERS 6 TH GRADE

 Attendance- Who is in band and splits?  Did everyone fill out the quesionare and stick?  Did you notice our new drop down screen?  going home to parents this weekend HOUSEKEEPING

 Review Posture  Sing Second Part of Irish Song  Sing Kookabura  Sing Child of Song in unison, do round, and then split parts – m. 46  Sight read Ring out Wild Bells TODAY’S GOALS

 Time signature, measure, bar line, beat review  Part singing- Soprano, Alto, etc  Reading the score- How do I follow along in the music other than looking at the words? MUSIC THEORY

Friday, Aug 30, 2013 FREMONT SINGERS 7 TH GRADE

 Attendance- Who is in band and splits?  Did everyone fill out the quesionare and stick?  Did you notice our new drop down screen?  going home to parents this weekend HOUSEKEEPING

 Review Posture  Sing through Irish warm-up (unison)  Sing Dodi Li on a “do” and then add lyrics  Sight Read  (SR, or WYTM, or DNP) TODAY’S GOAL

 Voice Parts  Unison  How do you read a score? How do you follow along with the score other than looking at the words? MUSIC THEORY

Friday, Aug 30, 2013 FREMONT SINGERS 8 TH GRADE

 Attendance- Who is in band and splits?  Did everyone fill out the quesionare and stick?  Did you notice our new drop down screen?  going home to parents this weekend  Remember your first concert is Saturday, Sept 21 – be there at 11:30 at the metra partking lot in Mundelein. HOUSEKEEPING

 This is what I have for the MOWF:   12:00 Opening Ceremonies (local schools performing)  12:30 McNulty Irish Dancers  1:30 Lira Ensemble (Polish Singers)  2:30 Ho Etsu Taiko Drummers  3:30 Ballet Folklorico Nacional  4:45 Closing Ceremonies (Soorya Indian Dance School)   1:00 p.m. is an Irish/English Pub Trivia by Margeson Pub Quiz - teams of 4, $5 per person entry, cash prize   · Ruprecht Company (Raging Kitchen) - Multicultural Food will be sold  · Origami Artwear - Japanese  · American Refugee Committee - Worldwide Refugee Assistance  · Taste of Paris - French Food will be sold  · College of Lake County - Focus on multicultural programs  · Fremont Public Library - Focus on multicultural programs  · Human Relations Commission - Displays of Mundelein's demographics and information  · Rotary Club - International Focus - Use of the One World Theme  · Lauretta's Italian Bake Shop - Italian food will be sold  · CERT - First Aid  · Tasty Vending Inc. - Hispanic-owned business that will sell Authentic Mexican Tacos  · Mixed Cultural Table - Local resident hosting the communities of Columbia, Chile, and Honduras - will have crafts, jewelry, and food  · Latino Police Academy - Police Department outreach to Latino community  · Korean Cultural Center - Crafts, Dance, Food  · FYI- WHO ELSE IS GOING TO BE AT THE ONE WORLD FESTIVAL

 Review Posture  New warm up  Do second part of chorale  Review SSB harmony and put with melody  Split parts  Bonse Aba- Sing all parts on “do”  Learn lyrics  split into parts TODAY’S GOALS

 Bonse Aba rhyhtms-  There are really two difficult rhythms that make up this song- learn those and we’ve got it made! They are on the board!  Remember 8 th notes = ti ti  16 th notes are tiri tiri  A dot makes the note its value plus half its value- ex. 4+dot = 6 MUSIC THEORY

 Warm up + new warm up  Irish Song- Second Part- then whole song (without part singing yet)  SSB Second Part  Split Parts- and put it together  Sing Bonse ABA in unison  Learn the lyrics  Go to the Risers TO THE RISERS