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SPRING -BUDDING PERFORMANCES

March 28, 2018
PARENT NOTES

TUESDAY APRIL 10:
                    CLASSES CANCELLED FOR INTERMEDIATES AND BEGINNERS
                             WEEK 2 PRIVATE LESSONS ARE ON AS USUAL for ALL students
Advanced Class- Violins

2. ADVANCED STUDENTS: Tuesday APRIL 10 TIMING :
        
 5:30- arrival at Towers :
 Strings warm up/tune in Lunch Room.
 Choral students go to MATT office
Advanced Class- Violas and Violins 

                                                            5:50: ALL students Move to Party room with stands and instruments 
         6 pm: Strings Perform " Harry Potter"-  remain in place till end of formalities
                   Chorus sings.  remain in performance location till end of formalities
          6:15 approx. :STAY till formalities end- take stands and instruments back to Lunch room -
             You may leave then, or stay till 6:30.   
          Then you and you parents are invited to stay and enjoy!
       
Intermediate violins

3. PLAYATHON II     Saturday May 5- FUNDRAISER for MATT: 

Each MATT family Teacher Board member and and Staff member is requested to raise $100- by asking your teachers, friends family for pledges. More details  and Pledge sheets will be handed out next week in classes.


HOW does PLAYATHON work on Saturday May 5 ?
  •  Come to Shoppers World South Side Court 15 min before your scheduled time (below)
  •  ALL MATT Students play their class/concert materials for MALL audience at South Side Court in Shoppers World Mall. (same location as last year)
  • Set up your music stands and folders as in class.
  • Wear MATT t-shirts and casual clothes.

 TENTATIVE PLAYATHON SCHEDULE:                              
Intermediate violin

                      Beginners play at 11 to 11:30 am
                      Intermediate Ensembles: 11:30 to 12 am
                      Intermediates: Play 12 - 1 pm
                      Choir : 1 to 1:30
                      Guest performers/ Advanced  Ensemble: 1:30 -2pm
                      Advanced Class: 2 to 3 pm
                      Northern Lights String Quartet: 3 to to 4 pm

6. ENSEMBLES: 1. To continue in ensembles, the following students must hand in to Ms Currie their completed Theory Book 1 by Tuesday April 17 : 
         Jasjeet Sidhu, Sofia Popovic, Rashad Merrick, Aaron Merisanu

                             2. To be considered to play in May concert your ensemble MUST perform for class within the next 2 weeks. Only Jasjeet's ensemble  has performed so far.


HOMEWORK THIS WEEK

BEGINNERS

1. Long, Long Ago: Review ALL LINES with repeated sections

2. D Scale - review with LONG bows- half notes
3.  G scale. Same fingers starting on G string : g a b c d e f# g, down f# e d c b a g

4. READING MUSIC: Strictly Strings. Page 17. work on all lines of P 17- 2 lines every day. Keep Eyes on the notes! NEXT week we add more notes KEEP YOUR EYES on the NOTES!

5. NEW SONG for MAY CONCERT: Scarborough Fair : write in note names /finger numbers for the intro section to Bar 8. Learn to play this section well

6. REVIEW TWINKLES: Pick a different rhythm every day

INTERMEDIATE

1. HANDEL WATER MUSIC: Warm up:  SCALE OF D
                                    Review to bar 13. Mark in names and learn notes from bar 31 to end.

2. CREPUSCULE: Warm up Scale of G 
                        NEW section: Work ahead after bar 43 writing in note names if needed.                                Review from beginning to bar 43

3. HAPPY BLUES: Scale of D  Review the ending !
                               Keep learning perfect timings and correct notes.


ADVANCED
   


1 HARRY POTTER: PRIORITY for April 10 performance. 
                            STUDY correct bowings throughout. Work on effective dynamics
VIOLAS: SOLO- Learn it well with your teacher. Learn to play it with style and comfort!
                                     
3. NEW BEAUTY and the BEAST: Bars 1-to 69 only
  Violin 1- learn shifting sections with correct fingerings bars 17 and 18
 Please work at home and with teacher on bars 1 to 10. We will have teachers playing this with us.
CELLOS SOLO: bar 34. Ask private teacher for  good fingerings Practice every day!!! Susan will play this with you- but you must learn it. 

4SUITE FOR STRINGS.  Sarabande. 

5. Ave Verum - Continue working on perfect high C# and G#
                        Practice the smooth , soft sound with full bows


ENJOY THE EASTER WEEK-END, ALL!

                                           

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