Lesson Plan

Instructor: Tony Audia

Date: 2-1-16
Group: 8 Grade Concert Band
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Total Time: 50:00 min

Objective: Warm up band working on intonation and sound. Try to
make improvements towards good sounds and being in tune. Run
sections that need improvement. Watch for tempos and intonation.
Goal/Rationale: Concerts are coming up for the 8th grade. Continuing
to work on students musicality, understanding of literature, and
blending.
Assessment/Prior Knowledge: Details of the pieces that we have
rehearsed should continue to improve and be retained. As sections get
ironed out the ideas need to start sticking. If details are produced from
Fridays rehearsal then we are in good hands.
Steps:
1. Students prep by getting instruments out, music ready, and
instruments warmed up.
2. Announcements, CMU Jazz Fest, Clinician Tomorrow
3. Warm up-5 min
1. Long tones
2. Tuning: singing, listening, blending and adjusting (pyramid
of sound)
4.

Piece: Crystal City

section, tempo, continue to work on that section.
Tuning Saxes, and woodwinds in this section
Tempo at march coming out of

5. Piece: Festival Fanfare March

The overall dynamic for this piece needs to be set.
Tuning the high notes at 41

Standards

ART.M.I.8.1 Sing and play, with expression and technical accuracy, a

diverse repertoire of vocal and instrumental literature, with and
without notation, including selections performed from memory.
ART.M.I.8.5 Sight read basic melodies in treble and bass clefs, using
combinations of whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted
notes and rests; in simple, compound, and alla breve meters.
ART.M.III.8.1 Identify and describe specific musical elements and
events in a given aural example, using appropriate terminology.

Lesson Plan
Instructor: Tony Audia
Date: 3-8-16
Group: 6 Grade Concert Band: Woodwind and Percussion
th

Total Time: 50:00 min

Objective: Warm up band working on intonation and sound. Try to
make improvements towards good sounds and being in tune, balance,
and blend. Keep chugging through the book. The nuts and bolts of
basic band fundamentals come through with these exercises. Review
what we have played in Quintessence. Go over any funky rhythms and
start cleaning.
Goal/Rationale: Prep and development of sheet music is a necessity
for any music program. All the details that go into book work, scales,
warm-up, theory, reading skills, and technique, are applied to the sheet
music. This is where the development of the band really shows.
Assessment/Prior Knowledge: We have played through most of the
book exercies. They should know the proper fingerings, how to read the
notes, understand the correct rhythms, and correct key signature. The
book exercises are just a catch up on what needs to keep developing.
Quintessence uses most of the prior knowledge listed above. We know
some of the music but are going to dive into it more.
Steps:
1. Students prep by getting instruments out, music ready, and
instruments warmed up.

2. Announcements,
3. Warm-up- 5min
1. Play and sing concert Bb
2. Tuning: singing, listening, blending and adjusting (pyramid
of sound)
4.

5.

Book Work- 20 min

Page 19: #92 #93 #94 #95 #96 #97 #98
New note being introduced E F# and C#
Concept of sharps and flats need to be re-emphasized
Percussion needs to be reminded on one eighth two sixteenths
rhythm.
#95 Introduce the slur. Smooth transition from one note to the
other. Explain precision of rhythm and constant air.
Piece: Quintessence- 20 min
Run from beginning to 43
Review what we already know from the music
Clean and go over any rhythmic confusion or confusion with rests

Standards
ART.M.I.6.1 Sing and play with expression and technical accuracy, an
increasingly diverse repertoire of literature at developmentallyappropriate levels. Perform at least one selection from memory.
ART.M.I.6.3 Sing and play accurately in both small groups and large
ensembles, with appropriate technique and breath control.
ART.M.I.6.5 Sight read basic melodies in treble or bass clef, using
combinations of whole, half, quarter, and eighth notes and rests; in
simple meter.
ART.M.III.6.1 Identify and describe specific musical elements and
events in a given aural example, using appropriate terminology.
ART.M.III.6.3 Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of rhythm,
simple meter (2/4, 3/4, 4/4), and the intervals of a major scale.
ART.M.III.6.5 Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of ones own and
others musical performances and creations by applying specific and
appropriate criteria, and offering constructive suggestions for
improvement.