Announcements

• Practice Card is due on Monday, February 8^th
• Our sectionals are to help us prepare for UIL on March 2^nd
• Sectionals can be made up, just speak with Mr. Kennedy.
• Students will begin playing off their UIL music with a director next week. This playoff is to monitor the students’ progress. Each student is expected to have mastered all aspects of their music at a high level.

Upcoming Events

• 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. Practice with a tuner and metronome.
• La Madre de los Gatos.- working for mastery of dynamics, articulation, and phrasing
• The Steppes of Russia. working for mastery of dynamics, articulation, and phrasing
• Grand Galop – working for mastery of dynamics, articulation, and phrasing
• Students can go here to listen to recordings of our selections and play along. The password is 2016honorband