Hello from the Virtual Band Room! We may not be physically together, but we still have a lot of awesome things going on... We hit the ground running this past week with a number of new pieces of information and new materials for your musical enrichment.
To help you and your students keep track of all our projects, deadlines, and opportunities, here is a list for your reference. Please stay safe, stay well, and let Mrs. Staniszewski know if you have any questions or concerns. Assignments Weekly Check-Ins (beginning this week, first due 4/24/2020) From this point, students will have the opportunity to choose how they would like to check-in for our weekly check-ins. Each week in our Virtual Band Room, there will be a posted “check-in” assignment. Students can choose what to work on and submit it each week for credit. Our first check in of this kind will be for April 20-24th, and will continue through the end of our year. (Seniors will have their last check in the week of May 15th, underclassmen will be the week of June 5th.) Please see the linked document for additional information, and review the posting in our Virtual Band Room for further details. UPDATE: Possible Graduation Feature: "Synthesis" by Brian Balmages (Videos due 5/10/2020) All RCS Band and Choir students should continue work on their parts and submit a video recording of their performance for this special collaboration project by Sunday, May 10, 2020. This project will be a collaboration between all three RCS high schools. Please see the assignment posting in our Virtual Band Room for parts and details. Virtual Band "Off the Edge" by Alex Shapiro (Videos due 5/15/2020) All students should be working on their parts for "Off the Edge" in preparation to record a video of themselves performing their part. These videos will be used to create a multitrack video performance. All materials, including parts, click tracks, practice and demo recordings are available on our Virtual Band Room assignment posting. Virtual Jazz Band "Money" (Videos due 5/15/2020) All Jazz Band students should continue working on their parts to "Money" in preparation to submit a video recording of themselves performing their part. Similar to "Off the Edge", we will be using video submissions to create a music video. Students are also invited and encouraged to create additional footage (acting, tik tok, artwork, comic, puppets, whatever!) that we can use to create the music video. Any videos to be included will need to be recorded and submitted to the according Virtual Band Room Assignment by Friday, 5/15/2020. Placement Solos/Auditions (Due 5/20/2020) All current SCHS Band Students (non-seniors) are asked to play something for this assignment, regardless of what ensemble they wish to be in for next year. This task is a pass/fail assignment. While submissions will be used to help aid in ensemble placements, students will be graded solely on its completion. (Students will receive full credit/pass as long as complete.) Students wishing to audition for Wind Ensemble will also need to sign-up for a Zoom session on 5/18 or 5/20/2020 to complete their audition. If a student is unable to complete this task, please contact me ASAP so that we can work together to find another way for me to receive your information. More details and links can be found on the assignment posting in the Virtual Band Room. Auditions/Interviews Drum Major/Section Leader (Materials Due 5/4/2020, Zoom Interviews on 5/5/2020) Those students interested in applying for Drum Major and/or Section Leader positions in the Cougar Marching Band are asked to complete the application, essay, and demonstration video(s) by Monday, May 4th, in addition to signing up for a Zoom Interview on Tuesday, May 5th. Further details are provided on the posting in our Virtual Band Room. For those interested, our current Drum Majors will be hosting live workshops via Zoom on Tuesday 4/21 and Thursday 4/23 at 4pm. Links are provided in the Virtual Band Room. Awards Banquet Awards Lists (edits due by 5/1/2020) Students are asked to please add your name to any awards you are eligible to receive this year on the attached Google Doc in our Virtual Band Room. I will be cross checking this list with my own for accuracy. See our Virtual Band Room posting for more details. Senior Surveys (due by 5/1/2020) Seniors are also asked to complete our digital Senior Surveys by Friday, May 1st. Link to the survey is found in the Virtual Band Room. Please also be ready to upload a senior picture! Fun! Lunch in the Band Room (Wed 4/22/2020): Live Zoom Q&A with Tyler Capa We will be resuming our weekly Zoom sessions, this time during our lunch hour! Eat your lunch in between your virtual classes with us in the Virtual Band Room on Wednesday, April 22nd at noon. We'll have a live Q&A with professional musician and SCHS Alum, Tyler Capa! Zoom information will be posted on Wednesday in the Virtual Band Room, just prior to our session. Social Media, Movie Night, YouTube Live Concerts and more! Our Student Leadership Committees have been hard at work coming up with ways to help students stay active with one another help bring some much needed joy to our lives! Thanks Leadership for all your hard work!
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