Prep for October 1st rehearsal

Great job last week!  You guys sounded awesome on Rolling in the Deep after we put in the accents and fixed bowing.  Let's focus on that this week for practice:  So here's what we want you to work on for our Oct 1st rehearsal....  For Hanna & Sadie, I will send you a PDF of your new parts.  Check your e-mail on Wed.

Connie and I are currently checking parts and will get them out to you in PDF forms.  That way you will have the correct bowing and articulation for your parts. They will be out hopefully by tomorrow for the following songs...
Rolling in the Deep
I"m Yours
Love Story
Viva La Vida


Please practice the parts that you do have for the above songs.  If we don't get the PDFs out then you will get your parts next Tuesday.

Next week we will also have a couple workshops:
Violin positioning
Facial expressions

Save the Date Planetarium Black Tie Event:  Thursday Oct 11 at 6pm (this is when the event starts) I currently do not know what time we are supposed to arrive and where we are meeting

Please purchase Christmas Favorites Vol 1 & 2 by A Laurence Lyon at Day Murray Music
Day Murray Music is located at 4914 S State St.  Murray

Prep for Sept 24 Rehearsal

Great job everyone!

Next week:
Listen carefully to yourself tuning
Playing I'm Yours
Love Story
Viva La Vida
Defying Gravity with dancing

Review Telephone (check out what homework needed to be done for this last week)

Your homework for the week:
Play & listen to the following selections from the vitamin String Quartet
I'm Your's by Jason Mraz (play & listen)
Love Story by Taylor Swift (listen)
Viva La Vida by Coldplay (play & listen)
Massive Black Hole by Muse (listen)
Our Song by Taylor Swift (listen)

New students: please visit www.vimeo.com and make an account.  I have sent you an invitation to join so you can view videos from last season to learn the choreography.

Please view on vimeo.com Defying Gravity and practice the steps.  We will go over them next week with the music.

Preparation for Sept 17th Rehearsal

Hi returning and new students!  We are going to have a fantastic year!!!!
Please remember to bring your tuition for Sept

Remember to sign your name on a ticket and put it into the Movie Package Drawing - only for those on time

Connie will be doing a workshop on Tuning

Music Theory Game
Dance Moves - Lines moving forward & backward, side to side, staying in your window
Sight reading
Taking home music

New students: You will be given more music from last season to learn and memorize
Rolling in the Deep
Smooth Criminal
Star Spangled Banner
Telephone/Bad Romance
Defying Gravity

Returning Students:
Telephone 
Violin 1 meas 15-24.  We will be listening for C natural to be in tune.
Violin 1 meas 28-32 getting the high E in tune

Violin Meas 33-40 getting the C natural in tune
Everyone 117 getting the octave A in tune

Rolling in the Deep
Violin 1 - 1st meas in tune and even 16th notes, meas 66 - End

Violin 2 & Viola - Meas 5 the first and second notes are both down bow.  Please do a big bow circle and play the 2nd note at the frog.  We will begin from the beginning to meas 5.
All 8th notes play at the frog

Smooth criminal
All groupings of 16th notes even if not marked in the music, start Down Bow!  Please practice bowing a quick bow circle at the frog.  We will review this in class

We will also be playing through Defying Gravity and a couple new songs.

2012/13 Season

Hello everyone! Welcome back to alumni and "congratulations" to all the new performers and families.

We are so excited to welcome you into our wonderful performing group.  I have been working hard on figuring out what new popular songs and classics to rearrange for our performers this season.   Our audiences are going to love it!  We have an exciting season prepared for you, and it is going to be jam packed with performances with which you will need information.  Therefore, this blog will be the place to find out information about our rehearsals & concerts.  Please check the blog between Wed-Thurs each week to know what to prepare.  I will do my best to update the blog by Wed evening.  Thank you so much for your participation in this year's WYE!  We are excited to have you and can't wait to meet you all at our first rehearsal.

First rehearsal: Sept 10th Monday
Place: Wasatch Arts Center; 196 W 12300 S, Draper
Time 5-7pm  normally time for rehearsal is 4:30-7pm

What to expect at the First rehearsal:
Meet and Greet
Music Theory Games
Work on Tone, speed, shifting, and other techniques
Work on Violin positioning
Sight reading
I will post what to prepare for the following week on the blog

What to bring:
Snack, water bottle
Music Stand
Black 1 inch 3 Ring Binder & Clear plastic page holders
No name on the binder. I'll bring Name stickers and we'll label the binders at rehearsal

Each student will come home with a Welcome packet and information sheet to fill out.  Parents, there will be a page that I will need you to fill out and have your child bring back with them on the following rehearsal.

Parent Meeting: TBA

Hawaii 2012

As we stepped off the plane, our amazing educational tour of Hawaii and it’s beautiful culture began.  We were greeted by an“Aloha” greeting and fragrant leis from Katie at Hawaii State Tours.  Our hotel the Hyatt Place was newly remodeled several months before our arrival.  Everyone was surprised to see how open the hotel lobby was.  There were no front doors.  You just walked in.  After settling in we met downstairs for an orientation briefing by David, our guide for the week while eating pizza by the pool.  Shortly after dinner, Reno, David’s assistant gave everyone a hula lesson.

Day 2:  AFter a wonderful breakfast we boarded the bus and headed out to Secret Island located in Kualoa.  Before taking the boat to Secret Island we had a private fire Tongan show where we learned to husk a coconut and make coconut juice and shredded coconut.  It was delicious!   Everyone was given a beautiful headband made of leaves from Hawaiian plants and flowers.  

Surrounded by Mangrove and hau trees, there is a secluded island where you can sink your feet into a white sand beach while canoeing, kayaking, snorkeling and more.  A pulled pork meal and the fun of roast marshmallows on the beach. 

After our tour of Central Oahu, we ate at the Hard Rock Cafe.  

Day 3:  We were honored to perform at Pearl Harbor. Our backdrop was the Pacific Ocean, ships, flags representing countries of the world were to our left.  David presented our group a bowl and USA flag that was flown over the USS Missouri in our honor.  We also received an official certificate of the flag and wreath presented in our honor.  It was a humbling experience to perform at this historical place.  It was wonderful after the performance to talk with people from all over the world about our group and where we were from.  A special honor was meeting men who survived and fought at Pearl Harbor the day she was attacked.  After the performance, we sailed to the USS Missouri where Everyone cut their leis in quiet remembrance and silence of those who died.   

Our next performance was at Ala Moana Center Stage where people were saving their spots for our performance before it began.  All of our performers gave 100% and the crowd loved their performance.  

Day 4: This day was amazing.  David taught us how to order Shave Ice.  He said we should try the macadamia icecream which is put on the bottom of the cup, then sweet beans.  You can choose 3 flavors on your gigantic ball of shave ice. Then add some ____ which tastes like sour patch.   After a refreshing afternoon we took some side roads to Pali Lookout which is the windyest point on the island.  It was fun trying to jump in the wind which blew you backward.  We drove and stopped to take pictures at the LDS Temple then finally took a boat ride in the Polynesian Cultural Center where we enjoyed throwing spears, learning to fish, and watching HA Breath of Life.  Before HA we performed on stage at the marketplace where our largest crowd applauded enthusiastically.  

Day 5:  Hanauma Bay had the most beautiful water we had ever seen.  The fish were brilliant and some people even saw eels and turtles.  Our last performance was at Wakiki Beachwalk where our amazing performers gave it their all.  This was the last performance, a magical moment and special because everyone had now an amazing bond.  Friendships had become stronger and memories would never be forgotten.  

Day 6:  Diamond Head Crater Hike and good byes.  Thank you David and Hawaii Travel for your wonderful educational tour of Oahu.  We learned so much from you about the people, the language, country landscape and the stories behind it.