Grade level: Junior High Band

Lesson Title: Warm ups/Sparks

Things to work on:

WARMUPS:
Go over concert pitches with them (Bb, F, G, D, A)
Three way scale
Tuning from tubas-concert F

SPARKS (Use notes in yellow notepad)

Work on beginning with percussion (triangle and chimes!) Make sure they keep
time
Work on entrances and cues with the rest of the band (Mostly trumpets)
Work on low brass (rhythms spotty in some places)
Dynamics-Good but need more
M35-lows play to 37
Measure 22-trombones/low brass playing on the + of the beat
87-95 work on melody (clarinet+altos)+ lows coming in correctly
M91-clar2, tenor, horn-same parts- listening to each other
Make notes of other things that need to be worked on throughout the rehearsal and
address them as we go
Go through whole piece

Materials/Resources needed:
Score (Sparks)
White board (if needed)
Tuner

Objective/Purpose:
Help the students in the ensemble have a better understanding of the piece and
how their individual part fits in with the rest of the ensemble. (Listening)
Work with dynamics as well
Input:
I went through Sparks with the band already, so they should have an
understanding of how the piece goes and fits together. Going through the piece
now is to clean up a few things with different sections.
 Since going through the piece, there has been a few issues with tempo so I want to
help the students find a solid tempo. (Work with percussion)
I still need to work on conducting to help the sections know where their entrances
are and to play more together

Check for Understanding/Closure/Evaluation:

Set tempo and see how much it fluctuates throughout the whole piece.
Play through the piece to make sure that everything that I went over in the lesson
was understood.
Watch for the accents and dynamics. Also entrances!
Make notes of things that still need to be worked on for the next lesson.