10/22

PA Students:   The Slosshy Swish effort is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Ms. Palmer wins!!!


VC - Beginners - Aura Lee - performance test - you can use the book

Cumquats - Please finish major scales so that we can move on to repertoire.

Chamber - You should be making progress on repertoire and/or "Nel Cor"

The Piano Lab is open before and after school for your convenience.
Scales are located in the large white binders in the bookcase.
Beginning repertoire is located in the green box.

10/18

This was the last week for scales.  If you are not done, you may see me before or after school any day to play them for me.

RC - 3rd period - Please continue to brush up on key signatures - Relative minors are next

Chamber - start practicing your accompaniment piece.  You are expected to accompany someone by the end of the semester.

Bananas - Aura Lee test next week.

The Piano lab is open before and after school for your convenience.

10/10

All-State Choir auditions - Saturday 10/12/13

Keep practicing!! There's still time to get better.

Attire - nice...within the dress code

Arrange your own transportation

You may only enter the audition area with your CD

Be early -  It's at least 45 minutes from Marietta - allow an hour (there's usually some construction going on)

Good Luck!!!

9/19

VC - Please continue playing and singing your vocal scales.  Everyone should know major, minor and chromatic by the beginning of next week.

Chamber- Great job on the "inversions test".  I hope that our discussions have helped you understand the cadence pattern better.
Ponder this vocabulary:  primary chords, inversions, chord progressions, tonic, sub-dominant, dominant.

Chamber - your major scales are due Oct 11th. 

RC - Please practice sight-reading  www.teoria.com   www.emusictheory.com

There will be sight-singing test for everyone beginning Monday.

9/10

Attention Pianists!

Virtual Piano


This is a virtual piano.  If you don't have an instrument at home, this is great to practice your scales.

RC - good job on your sharps quiz....get ready for flats.YEA!!

9/5/13

I'm very excited about piano this year.  I think we're off to a great start.  Good Job!!

All piano students will play and sing their vocal scales.
VC - We'll get started next week.  This week's sessions were more introductory.


Chamber and RC - I was very proud of you this week. I believe learning to play your vocal scales will improve your pitch accuracy when performing them.

All piano scales are due Oct. 11th.  You may begin checking them off during class, or before or after school.

The Piano Lab is open to all vocal students at 7:45 am.

8/26

Congratulations on a great concert!  Your hard work and long rehearsals really paid off.

We will start piano and theory groups this week.  You will be grouped based on the results of your pre-test.  There will be changes made as we progress.

Pianists
Practice playing the vocal major, minor and chromatic scales the way we sing them in class.  All piano students will learn how to do this so that we can be more accurate when singing our scales.
It would be great to have everyone singing the scales accurately this year.