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

• Absent Work & Late Work
• Calendar
• Class Form
• Class Rules & Student Responsibilities
• Concert Programs & Concert Uniforms
• Course Descriptions and Prerequisites
• Fees & Fundraisers
• Grades
• Home Practice
• Infinite Campus
• Injuries
• Instruments & Supplies
• Mission, Vision, Philosophy, Objectives
• Title Page & Index
• Why Music?
• 6th Grade Instrument Rental Form

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
  • Student Survey

• 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, arco 40bpm, arco 50 bpm, arco 60 bpm, arco 70 bpm, 
  • Jig - audio, violin video, viola video, arco 40 bpm, arco 50 bpm, arco 60 bpm, arco 70 bpm, arco 80 bpm, arco 90 bpm, 
  • Hoe Down - audio, violin video, viola video, arco 60 bpm, arco 70 bpm, 
  • Happy Blues - audio 1, audio 2, violin video, viola video
  • Pepperoni Pizza Song
  • Jingle Bells
• Playing Test
  • TBA

• 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
• 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

• Music
  • The Mountain Glen
  • Hopping Rabbit
  • Hopping John
• Dance
  • Heel-Toe Polka
  • I's the B'y
  • Filipino Tinikling
    • Traditional
    • Modern
  • English Circle Dance
  • Irish Circle 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
• 8th yearbook survey
• You Laugh You Lose ideas

• 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

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

• 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
• 6th Grade instrument Survey