- Middle Schools
- Welcome
Depoali Orchestra 2024-25
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Quality is never an accident!
Quality is never an accident! It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution: it represents the wise choice of many alternatives. Attributed to William A. Foster
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Orchestra Handbook
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Announcements - Concerts, Fundraisers, & Trips
Concerts, Rehearsals, etc.
- Fall Concert - Wednesday, October 2
- Advanced Orchestra - Thursday, October 3
- Winter Concert - Wednesday, December 11
- Spring Concert - Thursday, May 22
Trips
- 6th Grade: Fly High Adventure Park - TBA
- Intermediate Orchestra: Coconut Bowl - TBA
- 8th Grade: Disneyland - TBA
- Disney Registration & 1st Payment form - TBA
- 2nd and 3rd Payment form - TBA
- Bishop Restaurant Stop survey - TBA
- Packing List - TBA
- Parent/Guardian Survey
- Fall Concert - Wednesday, October 2
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Beginning Orchestra - 6th Grade
- Daily Routine in class and at home practice:
- We don't practice until we get it right, we practice until we can't get it wrong.
- Set up
- Put belongings under chair
- Get instrument case, put on left side of chair
- Open case, take out instrument, put on shoulder rest (violin/viola), take out endpin (cello bass)
- Tune - left hand pinky pizzicato while right hand turns fine tuners
- Warmups
- Pushups - audio
- Statue of Liberty - audio
- Balancing - audio
- Elephants Song - audio, violin video, viola video
- Jig - audio, violin video, viola video
- Hoe Down - audio, violin video, viola video
- Happy Blues - audio 1, audio 2, violin video, viola video
- Pepperoni Pizza Song
- Set up
- Playing Test
- TBA
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Intermediate Orchestra - 7/8th Grade
- Daily Routine for class and home practice:
- Tune: Individually (pizzicato with tuner), then with class (4 half notes per string)
- Warmups:
- D Major Scale in round, Harmonics, Vibrato Exercises
- Sound Innovations p.19
- Playing Test
- Good King Wenceslas from Honor Orchestra audition
- Songs
- First Finger Rock
- Step Ladder
- Daily Routine for class and home practice:
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Advanced Orchestra - 8th Grade
- Daily Routine for class and home practice
- Tune - individually pizzicato, then arco with the class (4 half notes per string)
- Warmups
- D Major Scale
- Harmonics
- Sound Innovations p.
- Orchestra Music
- TBA
- Ear Training
- TBA
- Playing Test
- TBA
- Old Music
- TBA
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Eclectic Orchestra & Advisory
- Music
- The Mountain Glen
- Hopping Rabbit
- Hopping John
- Dance
- Resources
- The Session: https://thesession.org/
- Finale NotePad: User Manual (To download NotePad on your home device, use this link, scroll down until you see NotePad)
- DrumBit website: https://drumbit.app/
- Bunco rules
- Music
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Fundraisers
- zBest Coupon Books - August 12-September 1
- Reno Aces v Albuquerque Isotopes - Thursday, September 19, 2024 - purchase tickets here
- See's Candy - January 7 - February 14, 2025
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Trips
6th Grade: Fly High Adventure Park - TBA
Intermediate Orchestra: Coconut Bowl - TBA
8th Grade: Disneyland - April 30-May 3, 2025
- Disney Registration & 1st Payment form
- Parent/Guardian Survey about taking a bus v. flying
- 2nd and 3rd Payment form - TBA
- Bishop Restaurant Stop survey - TBA
- Packing List - TBA
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WCSD Honor Orchestra
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1st Week of School Items
- Orchestra Information Form: for in-class on Wednesday, August 14, 2024
- SchoolCity: login and instructions for assessments
- Ms. Karl's YouTube Channel
- Relaxing Music: listen
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