Advanced Arranging and Pedagogy

Lesson Plan Framework

Teacher/Conductors Name: Jacob Morgan

Rehearsal 1 2 3 4

Rehearsal Objective (Given certain conditions, what will your students be able to DO and to what degree?)
Students will be able to perform the piece "March of the Trolls" With consistent ensemble pulse and Ensemble symmetry with 90%
consistency.

Assessment of the Rehearsal (How will you know if your students can do what they need to? What form(s) of assessment will you
use to know this?)
Students will be assessed based on their ability to perform the piece "March of the Trolls" with ensemble pulse and ensemble
symmetry.

List aspects of comprehensive musicianship that you will include in todays rehearsal
Pulse, Ensemble Symmetry, Body of Sound

Rehearsal Plan (A step by step plan for the rehearsal - with timing - that leads to your objective.)

Time Activity Description Purpose of Activity Assessment

0:00-2:00 Warmup 1. The ensemble will play 1. To establish the key of D minor Students will be assess based on
Exercise an exercise based on a D 2. To encourage students to listen their ability to perform the exercise
minor scale and a rhythmic and develop ensemble pulse with accurate ensemble pulse
pattern (attached in without the conductor or the
dropbox) first with the metronome.
ensemble and the
conductor.
2. Once the group has
played the piece with the
metronome, the metronome
will be removed.
3. The teacher will give
appropriate feedback to the
ensemble about their
ensemble pulse.
2:00-4:00 Pickups to 1. Students will perform 1. Reinforce the idea of note length Students will be asses by their
measure 36-40 pickups to measures 36-40. 2. Help the ensemble learn to count ability to perform pickups to
2. The teacher will then their part in this section measure 36-40 with ensemble
have students sing and 3. Continue to build ensemble pulse, appropriate note lengths,
finger their parts from pulse releases, and pitch and rhyhmic
pickups to measure 36-40 accuracy.
with a metronome.
3. The teacher will give
feedback.
4. Students will then
perform pickups to measure
36-40 on their instruments
with the metronome.
5. The teacher will give
feedback.
6. The teacher will then
have students perform
pickups to measures 36-40
on their instruments without
the metronome.
4:00-8:00 Working out 1. The students will receive 1. Rehearse measures 48-53 1. Students will be assessed
melody parts in a melody sheet with the alto 2. Give flute, clarinet, and informally through their verbal
measures (48- sax, clarinet, and flute line. saxophone more runs on their part descriptions of the ensemble
53) 2. Students will play each 3. help to develop ensemble symmetry formula.
line, rehearsing the rhythms symmetry through this section 2. Students will be assessed based
and playing with good on their ability to perform the
ensemble pulse. The teacher excerpt accurately with consistent
will informally assess the ensemble symmetry.
studrents on how to apply
the ensemble symmetry
formula to this excerpt.
3. Students will play the
excerpt on their own parts,
working on using ensemble
symmetry.