Welcome Flute & Oboe players!

Thank you to those that are using the Essential Elements Interactive website to send me recordings of your work. I love hearing you play and you are bringing smiles to me every day! Keep them coming :-)

*If you are uncomfortable recording, please know that I am the only that will hear you play and it is sound only. These are not graded, they are "Pass" or "Redo" only and I will provide feedback with corrections to make and celebrations of all you do well. If you do not wish to do this, you must keep a really good practice record of your work to submit when school returns.

Your practicing should look like your practice sheet- follow each step carefully and don't skip any. When you are done working for the day, perform something you are proud of for your family and record it for me!

Week of June 8th:

This week is our last official assignment of the school year, yay! WE did it!!! Please use "6th Grade Woodwinds Week of June 8th" practice sheet as your guide. Be sure to complete your "End of the Year Assessment" and wrap-up any book work you have not yet completed. The assessment includes a submission of a specific song and scale, as listed on the sheet for each lesson group. This week you can also participate in the "Gear up for summer" photo challenge and try out some new fun music- "Spongebob Squarepants", "Stranger Things" & "Jurassic Park"! Have a fun week and finish strong!

Group P: #126 and scale #7

Group Q: #106 and scale #6

Group S: #147 or 148 and scale #8

Group T: #126 and scale #7

Group U: KE & KH- #74 and scale #6, HD & KC- #160 and scale #4

Week of June 1st:

This week is “School Spirit, Rock the Vote photo challenge” week. Dress up in all your Victor Blue and Gold gear, make a sign or go practice next to one posted in your neighborhood or out in public where the community members can see you (in a socially distant and safe manner of course!) and encourage your community to Vote for our schools and music programs while you rock out on your instrument! Have someone take a picture and send it in to me through email. Be careful with your instrument, be creative and have fun! Pictures will be posted on our band page to share the fun with your bandmates!

In addition to the photo challenge, you should review all scales on your scales sheet, have fun playing the supplemental songs that have been posted, catch-up on any missing/incomplete work that has been assigned and submit your assessment song and scales as noted here:

• Group P Flute & Oboe (Destiny, Hannah, Veronica, Julia, Eliza, Eva)- #126 for assessment with scale #7 on the scales sheet. Be sure to get dressed up in your Victor Blue & Gold and send me your "Rock the Vote" practicing pictures!

• Group Q Flutes (Madi L, Maddy F, Reem, Lilly, Gianna, Kallie)- #106 for assessment with scale #6 on the scales sheet. Be sure to get dressed up in your Victor Blue & Gold and send me your "Rock the Vote" practicing pictures!

ATTENTION 6TH GRADERS: Our 6th Grade Band Zoom Party will be held this Thursday, June 4th, from 1-2pm!!!

We would love to see as many students as possible, so spread the word!!! Hope to see you there!!! :)

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/93579793234?pwd=Um1HUmpJYzE2L2VHRVkyUmFUNmUzdz09

Meeting ID: 935 7979 3234

Password: visband20

Week of May 25th:

*Scroll to the bottom of the page for your practice sheets, extra songs and video lessons. All materials are listed by week from March 16th to today.

This week is "practice in a costume or a funny location" photo challenge week. Get dressed up in a costume or find a cool/funny/unique place to practice your instrument. Have someone take a picture and send it to me via email to share the fun! Songs for each group are listed below. Practice, record and submit them on EEI for feedback. This will be our stopping point in the book for this year, nice work! Be sure to freshen up your band music, try out some of the fun tunes I have posted and have fun making music!

• Group P Flute & Oboe (Destiny, Hannah, Veronica, Julia, Eliza, Eva)- Book 2 #125-126, "Imperial March". Be sure to get dressed up and send me your funny practicing pictures!

• Group Q Flutes (Madi L, Maddy F, Reem, Lilly, Gianna, Kallie)- Book 2 #107-110 (focus on the enharmonic notes very carefully), "Imperial March". Be sure to get dressed up and send me your funny practicing pictures!

Week of May 18th:

*Scroll to the bottom of the page for your practice sheets, extra songs and video lessons. All materials are listed by week from March 16th to today.

This week you will participate in the "practice in a costume" challenge, work on your final new book assignment for this year and begin working on "Imperial March" from "Star Wars". Be sure to get dressed up and have someone snap a picture of you practicing in a costume!

• Group P Flute & Oboe (Destiny, Hannah, Veronica, Julia, Eliza, Eva)- Book 2 #121-124 and the Triplet Rhythm Sheet. Begin "Imperial March". Be sure to get dressed up and send me your funny pictures!

• Group Q Flutes (Madi L, Maddy F, Reem, Lilly, Gianna, Kallie)- Book 2 #104-106 and the 6/8 Rhythm Sheet. Begin "Imperial March". Be sure to get dressed up and send me your funny pictures!

Week of May 11th:

*Scroll to the bottom of the page for your practice sheets, extra songs and video lessons. All materials are listed by week from March 16th to today.

This week all 6th Grade woodwind students who take lessons with Ms. Moore will be working on "6th Grade Woodwinds Practice Sheet" and the Victor Community music project. This week is also a great week to do some catch-up work if you are a little behind in your book work.

Week of May 4th:

*Scroll to the bottom of the page for your practice sheets, extra songs and video lessons. All materials are listed by week from March 16th to today.

All groups should work on the "Video Assignment for All Intermediate Musicians" that all of our musicians are encouraged to participate in. The music department is creating a few videos to share with our community to show how awesome the Victor Music Programs are and also to help with our 3rd Grade Recruitment, as things are going to have to be done a little differently this year. We need your help! Read the project details below and get in on the fun in a way you feel most comfortable. There are several ways you can join in. This will be part of your assignment for the next 2 weeks, so get the creative minds going and please join in on the fun!

• Group P Flute & Oboe (Destiny, Hannah, Veronica, Julia, Eliza, Eva)- Book 2 # 118-120 and the Triplet Rhythm Sheet. Continue with "A Whole New World" and begin the video project.

• Group Q Flutes (Madi L, Maddy F, Reem, Lilly, Gianna, Kallie)- Book 2 #101-103 and the 6/8 Rhythm Sheet and video lesson. Continue with "A Whole New World" and begin the video project.

Week of April 27th:

All groups should work on the "Video Assignment for All Intermediate Musicians" that all of our musicians are encouraged to participate in. The music department is creating a few videos to share with our community to show how awesome the Victor Music Programs are and also to help with our 3rd Grade Recruitment, as things are going to have to be done a little differently this year. We need your help! Read the project details below and get in on the fun in a way you feel most comfortable. There are several ways you can join in. This will be part of your assignment for the next 3 weeks, so take your time, be creative and please join in on the fun!

• Group P Flute & Oboe (Destiny, Hannah, Veronica, Julia, Eliza, Eva)- Book 2 # 114-117 and the Triplet Rhythm Sheet and video found below. Continue with "A Whole New World" and begin the video project.

• Group Q Flutes (Madi L, Maddy F, Reem, Lilly, Gianna, Kallie)- Book 2 #98-100 be sure to work carefully on rhythm, key signature use and the high note fingerings/reading. Continue with "A Whole New World" and begin the video project.

Week of April 20th:

• Group P Flute & Oboe (Destiny, Hannah, Veronica, Julia, Eliza, Eva)- Book 2 # 110-113 and the 6/8 Rhythm Sheet found below. New "fun tune" this week: "A Whole New World"

• Group Q Flutes (Madi L, Maddy F, Reem, Lilly, Gianna, Kallie)- Book 2 #94, 95, 97 be sure to work carefully on rhythm, key signature use and the high note fingerings/reading. New "fun tune" this week: "A Whole New World"

Week of April 13th:

• Group P Flute & Oboe (Destiny, Hannah, Veronica, Julia, Eliza, Eva)- Book 2 # 106-109 and the 6/8 Rhythm Sheet found below. These songs will work a little more with 6/8 and add in the chromatic scale. Watch the videos I attached below for help with these two concepts.

• Group Q Flutes (Madi L, Maddy F, Reem, Lilly, Gianna, Kallie)- Book 2 #91-93. Be extra careful with your rhythms and key signatures with these, they are tricky. Listen to them a lot on EEI, be sure to count along, finger along, then play them. Remember to use the "sneeze" idea to help with your dotted 8th note/16th combos in #91. Use the correct fingerings for F#/Gb in #92 AND the key signature. In #93 you will need to check the key carefully, noticing the D is flat, and watch the dotted quarter notes, dotted 8th notes and syncopation.

Solos: This week you should submit a recording of your solo from start to end for feedback, if you haven't done so yet. You should submit it through the EEi website recording studio using the "All Music" tab, that will be the easiest way to get it to me.

Fun tunes: Keep having fun with "Star Wars" and "Symphony No. 40". Music can be found below.

Have fun playing your instrument! Make up your own song, play for your family, teach yourself a new song, but be sure you play often!

*I also added a link on the band page to a site with tons of free "fun" music. Explore that and find some music you are interested in learning.