Announcements

• Practice Card is due on Monday, February 1^st
• UIL Clinic #1 on February 2^nd – from 4pm to 6pm. We will have a guest instructor help us prepare our contest program during this clinic. Every student is expected to attend.
• Our sectionals are to help us prepare for UIL on March 2^nd
• We need help with our winter party this next Friday, February 5^th
  • Click here for details on volunteering
  • Click here for details on donating food and drinks
  • Click here for details about donating a gaming console

Upcoming Events

• UIL Clinic #1 on February 2^nd
• Winter Party, Friday February 5^th
• UIL Clinic #2, Tuesday, February 16^th
• Pre-UIL Concert, Thursday, February 25^th
• UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest, Wednesday, March 2^nd

Assignments

• Long tones (tone development), scales.
• La Madre de los Gatos.- working for mastery of dynamics, articulation, and phrasing
• The Steppes of Russia. working for mastery of dynamics and articulation
• Grand Galop – working for mastery of dynamics and articulation
• Students can go here to listen to recordings of our selections and play along. The password is 2016honorband