Mr. Thompson's Band Blog

Congratulations

Congratulations to all classes. Final exams are done. Have a safe summer and don't forget to practice.

Final Exam

Please study and prepare for your final exam. This test is worth 15% of your final grade. Best of luck to you all.

Orchestra Listening

Download 02 Lalo Concerto Download 03 Night on Bald Mountain Download 01 Sibelius

Orchestra Students here is the listening for Mrs. Doemal

Great Start to the Semester

Welcome to 2009!  We've had a great start to the semester.  Concert I and Percussion Ensemble have developed nicely this semester.   Remember percussionist you must keep your own pace.  Do not let your pass-offs get out of control.  Stay up to date.  By now, you should have passed off all of the first 10 rudiments and the C and F scale.  If you have not, then you should really invest time developing those skills.

Concert I, you are developing well.  We've begun to have sectionals.  For those of you who have an excused absence, or missed a sectional, you must record a tape of your practice for the length of the rehearsal that you missed.  I'll discuss this with you in class later.  Over this weekend, I would like you to submit a recording of your practice this weekend before class on Monday.  You should have a handout in class to tell you what areas I want you to focus on.  I'll be in Savannah with our percussionist representing the Lassiter band program.

Concert I Recordings

Members of concert one can now hear our festival tunes. Here's the Noble Men March

Download 11_noble_men.mp3

Percussion Week 3 & 4

Here are the Units for the percussion class for week 3 & 4. Remember that progress requires that students complete the skills represented on the unit sheets. We will spend 2 weeks on each unit. The course is designed so that skills can be revisited over the course of the semester. If you have any questions please contact me. We will spend 2 weeks per skill unit. This week will cover the buzz roll and multiple bounce stroke on snare.

Download week_3_percussion.pdf

Download week_4_percussion.pdf

Welcome Back

Happy New Year! We've made it through the first week of the new year. Mr. Thompson will be teaching Percussion Techniques along with Concert I. Percussion Techniques Class will have a weekly pacing guide distributed on Mondays. If a student misses or loses the handout, another can be retrieved on the blog by clicking the week 2 percussion file here:Download week_2_percussion_pacing.pdf In addition, rehearsal schedules for the winter months have been published to the lbba website under concert calendars. Look here. Have a great week!

Smartmusic is Coming

Stay tuned for smartmusic implementation for the new year. Wynton Marsalis does an excellent job here explaining smartmusic studio. You can download a free sample at the website by clicking the smart music link smart music if you would like the subscription through the school, please refer to the letter distributed to the students.

Band Concert

The Lassiter High School Band program will be giving a concert on Tuesday December 11, 2007. All members of the program will be performing. The concert will begin at 7:00pm in the Auditorium. Call Time is 6:00pm