Brooks Bands, Week of 10/17 - 10/21

D97 Instrumental Music Festival, Wed., Oct 19th at 7:00 p.m., OPRFHS Auditorium. This is a required event for all band students (Cadet, Concert, Symphonic and Wind Ensemble. Permission slips have been emailed and parents can register online via the link on the upper right hand corner of this blog. We will need to take bus transportation for rehearsals with the Julian Middle School bands and every student must have parent permission according to district policies.

If there is an important family conflict, parents must notify Mr. Barnard at least two weeks in advance of any performance and students will need to complete an alternative assignment no later than a week after any event. Parents may notify Mr. Barnard via email at jbarnard@op97.org or with a written note with phone # for verification. It is very important that all students participate at these performances since we have been spending weeks preparing this music and every student is critical to the success of each ensemble!

All students are expected to stay for the entire event. If there is a serious family event that requires your child to leave after their portion of the concert, please email Mr. Barnard at jbarnard@op97.org prior to this upcoming Wednesday, otherwise students will be expected to stay. This event should be finished at approximately 8:30 p.m. and is a very rare glimpse of the totality of our middle school instrumental music program!

Concert Attire:

Boys: White button down dress shirt, black dress pants, black dress shoes, solid black neck tie.

Girls: White blouse top that covers shoulders, black dress pants, black dress shoes.

No jeans, t-shirts or gym shoes.

Festival rehearsals will be at OPRF on Tuesday, Oct. 18th (7th/8th graders) and Wednesday, Oct. 19th (6th graders), during the school day. Each student needs to have a permission slip in order to participate in these rehearsals. A LINK TO THE PERMISSION SLIP IS ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THIS BLOG.

D97 REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:
Tuesday, Oct. 19th:
Symphonic Band: 9:00 a.m. report to D110 immediately after attendance. Arrive back from OPRF at approximately 11:00.

Wind Ensemble: All 8th Graders will need to eat lunch at 12:00 p.m. in D105 (Bring Sack Lunch)! All 7th graders report to D105 at 12:20 p.m. Arrive back from OPRF at approximately 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 20th:
Cadet Band: 9:00 a.m. departure after attendance. Arrive back from OPRF at approximately 11:00 a.m.

Concert Band: 12:20 report to D110, arrive back from OPRF at approximately 2:45 p.m.

D97 Instrumental Music Festival Report Times and Locations
Cadet Band - 6:30 p.m. in Little Theatre
Concert Band - 6:30 p.m. in Green Room
Symphonic Band - 7:15 p.m. South Cafeteria
Wind Ensemble - 7:45 p.m. South Cafeteria

Students should not leave any valuables around. If they need to have a cell phone it needs to be turned off and put away in a pocket.

PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES: Thursday, Oct. 20th
Since Mr. Barnard has students from all six core teams, parents can stop by to visit him during the conference schedule on a first come, first serve basis. Parents come come visit before or after their student's scheduled portfolio conference time. Mr. Barnard will be available from 1-4:10 p.m. and 4:45 - 8:00 p.m.

HOMEWORK:

Practice Record Journals

Week 8 Due Monday, 10/17

All students, 6th-8th grade are now aiming for 150 minutes a week for an A on the practice record.

Students need to have the Practice Record (outside cover) Practice Journal and Weekly Assignments and Goals filled out for full credit. Parents need to sign two signatures, one on the outside cover and one in the Weekly Assignments and Goals is required for credit.

Practice records that are not turned in on time do receive a 10 point penalty each day it is late and will not receive credit if it is not turned in within the week. Make sure that both the cover as well as the assignments and goals page are signed to receive credit.

Music Theory: Due to this week's D97 Festival Schedule, students will have their music theory assignments on Tuesday or Wednesday.

6th Graders: Unit 1 Ear Training and Unit 1 review, Alfred's Music Theory Bk 1.
7th/8th Graders: Rhythm Review 16-18

This assignment should be completed in class if students use their time wisely.

STUDENT DATA FORMS/HANDBOOK CONTRACT & VIDEO PERMISSION SLIPS:

Thank you to all the students that have already turned in their Student Data sheets and Handbook Contract/Video Permission slips. Please check powerschool to see if you do have these forms marked as turned in. You should see a green check mark which will indicate that Mr. Barnard has received it and is on file.

Both forms are very important in order to have the most up to date information on contact information, instrument information and parental permission to use educational video clips as part of the band curriculum, per D97's video usage policy made last school year.

If you need a copy of any of these forms please contact Mr. Barnard for a new form.

JAZZ PROGRAM

Order forms for the "Brooks Jazz T-Shirts" will go out this week. All students in the jazz program will wear these t-shirts for jazz performances throughout the school year.

Jazz Ensemble (7th/8th Graders):

Tuesday 8:00 a.m. rehearsal

Thursday 8:00 a.m. rehearsal

Jazz Lab Band:

Friday: 8:00 a.m. rehearsal

All students that want to participate will need to have a signed permission slip in order to participate.

All jazz students, 6th-8th grade, will need to have the Essential Elements for Jazz Ensemble book which will be used all three years of their jazz experience at brooks.

If students or families have any questions or concerns please contact Mr. Barnard at jbarnard@op97.org.