PULLMAN HIGH SCHOOL
Practice slips are due Monday, 11/9. (150 minutes.)
Our Butter Braid fundraiser was a great success. Thanks to all who supported
it. We made a little over $1400...great work!
Upcoming concerts:
Thursday, December 3rd All-District Orchestra concert 7:30 pm LMS Gym
Saturday, December 5th Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast 11:00 am LMS Commons
Thursday, December 10th PHS Music Department concert 7:00 pm Gladish
auditorium
LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL
Practice slips are due Monday, 11/9 for 6th graders and Thursday, 11/12 for
7th/8th graders. (100 minutes)
6th graders...please remember to bring a folding music stand for class on
Monday and Tuesday this week. The school music stands will be travelling
with the Veteran's Day assemblies.
7th and 8th graders will perform 4 Veteran's Day assemblies:
Monday 9:30 am at Sunnyside and 1:30 pm at Jefferson
Tuesday 9:15 am at Lincoln and 1:30 pm at Franklin
Students should wear their black and white concert clothing both days.
Our next concert is Thursday, December 3rd. This is the All-District
Orchestra concert featuring the orchestras from grades 4 through 12. It will
be at 7:30 pm in the LMS Gymnasium.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Please look at the FAQ link to the left for more information about Elementary
Orchestra classes.
Advanced students will receive a practice cd this week. Hopefully this will
be helpful while practicing our concert music. I will not see Sunnyside
Advanced students this week due to the Veteran's Day holiday. The Sunnyside
Advanced class received a double practice sheet last week because of this.
Advanced students should be working on the following music for our December
3rd concert:
Page 22 in their book (Brandenburg Concerto number 5)
Jazzy Old St. Nick
Take a Swing at This!
Cabbage Shoo
Beginning students should be working on setting fingers on the D string:
First finger (index finger) goes on the first tape (the one at the top of the
fingerboard) to make note "E."
Violins and Violas: while keeping first finger down, add second finger
(middle finger) to the second tape to make note "F-sharp." Then, while
keeping first and second fingers down, add third finger (ring finger) to the
third tape to make note "G."
Cellos: while keeping first finger down, add second finger to the space
between the first and second tapes and third finger (ring finger) to the
second tape to make note "F-sharp." Then, while keeping fingers 1, 2, and 3
down, add fourth finger (pinky) to the third tape to make note "G."
Notes on the "A" string are fingered in the same way: First finger for "B,"
the same fingering for "C-sharp" as they did for "F-sharp" and the same
fingering for "D" as they did for "G."
The Beginning students should be working on "French Folk Song" on the D and A
strings, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," "Old MacDonald" and "The Snowman."
They will be performing their music from memory at our concert December 3rd.
Sunnyside Beginners will receive "The Snowman" on Thursday of this week.
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