Piano Recital - Tues. 12/17 and Wed. 1218
The piano lab is open every day before and after school for your convenience.

VC - 
Apples - Bananas - Kumquats

Your final piano test will be worth 50 pts. I hope we'll have time to perform "Jingle Bells".  If not, you'll play your favorite piece from the semester.
I will ask questions about melodic and harmonic intervals.

Carrots - 

Your final piano test will be your progress on your assigned repertoire.  One way to guarantee your 50 pts. is to play on the recital.

Chamber -
Your final piano test will be worth 50 pts.  You will be graded according to your progress on your assigned repertoire.  You are guaranteed 50 pts. if you are able to play on the recital .


3rd Block - RC 
Final - Please be able to identify all intervals from m2 to P8.  Key signatures and relative minors will be included.  We will make our own review sheet.

4th Block - RC

Your final piano test will be worth 50 pts.  You will be graded according to your progress on your assigned repertoire.  You are guaranteed 50 pts. if you are able to play on the recital .

11/8

Chamber  RC (4th) - Please continue to check off scales. I haven't seen some of you in a while.

VC -Bananas - Kumquats - Apples - 
Good job on Aura Lee.  Thanks for the information about Elvis!!!

Carrots - Please practice your new repertoire

RC - Good job on your intervals test this week.  We will begin P4ths and 5ths next week.

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

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.

8/14

Vocal Students

Workshop Concert - Friday 8/23 - 7:30 - FREE!
Invite parents, family and friends

Practice all vocal repertoire

Prepare for the Solo Festival auditions (Monday afternoon) 8/19

The sign up sheet is on the vocal door

8/7

VC - Welcome to the vocal program at CCCEPA!  We are looking forward to a great year of choral music.  The piano program will get started after the Workshop Concert.  You will be assessed and divided into groups according to skill level.

CC and RC
WELCOME BACK!!!!  I hope you had a wonderful summer!

E. White 4/24

The Piano Lab is open everyday before for your convenience.  Check with the vocal faculty about after school because we have a space issue now with our voice teachers after school.  They may have to teach in the Piano Lab. 

Please continue practicing.  The recital is right around the corner. 
Most of you have made very good progress. 

VC - "Rockets" - "What Can I Share?"  Ask for sheet music to take home if you need it.
Other classes - individual repertoire - You are graded according to your progress.

3/18

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

VC - Performance test/Mary Ann
Delta - performance test/selected repertoire

CH & WR - all major scale grades have been recorded.  If you are not happy with yours you may play them again for me by appointment.

Recital Credits - are due by Friday, 3/ 22 for recitals given this past weekend.

3/11

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

We will begin piano...again this week.
Congratulations on a wonderful performance at LGPE.

Music in Ms. White's bookcase is available to all classes for class projects.  You should find your song and put a sticky note on the page.  They should be delivered to Dr. Woolf.

2/28

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

Congratulations to all African American Heritage Month participants!

We are preparing for LGPE and all repertoire must be memorized.
Please practice on this individually.  You will be tested  on your memorization next week in quartets.

E. White 2/20

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

Mixed Rep - I hope you enjoyed the video " The Singing Revolution" 
Please be prepared to discuss other facts about Estonia.

Other classes - While other are at All-State you should practice sightreading and intervals at
www.teoria.com .

2/13

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

VC - Please look ahead to "Mary Ann" and practice transitioning from C major to G7 in the RH.
Delta - Please have your assigned portions of your repertoire ready next week.

Chamber and MR - All scales are due. 
Grades go in next week

2/4

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

Chamber & WR:  All scales are now due.  Let's finish so that we can begin new repertoire.

Chamber
Good job on your primary chords and piano solos last Friday!!! Yippee!!!

VC:  Look ahead to "Mary Ann".  Largo is the lesson for the week. Check out Dvorak and his "New World Symphony".
EQ:   How do you transition from C Major to G7 for the RH?

1/22

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

CONGRATULATIONS 2013 ALL STATE CHOIR MEMBERS!
We'll see you in Savannah!

Women's Rep & Chamber - All scales are due and must be performed before receiving new repertoire.

VC
EQ - How do you transition from C major to G7 in the LH?
Here's A Happy Song is due this week during your session.  Please look ahead to G7.
Delta - A, E & B major scales are due

1/14

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

VC - You should be prepared to Play "Here's a Happy Song"

Delta - A, E and B major scales are due

Ch and WR - F, Bb and Eb major scales are due