Welcome to the
Bernardsville
Middle School Orchestra!
Homework
for Veterans
Hava Nagila
Venezuelan Lullaby
Homework
for First Year Players
Venezuelan
Lullaby
First page of Hava Nagila
Dress
Rehearsal/Concert Information/Reminder!!!
In preparation for our
concert, we will be having our required Concert Dress Rehearsal on
Monday, December 14th. The orchestra is to arrive in the BHS Chorus
room by 4:15. There is an exterior entrance to the chorus room (to the
right of the lower gym doors on the football field cul-de-sac) where students
should enter the building. We will begin rehearsing at 4:30 in the high
school chorus room and then proceed to the PAC where we plan to complete our
rehearsal at 6:00. Students will be dismissed from the front of the BHS
PAC at that time and must have a ride home.
Students
are to arrive for the Winter Concert on Tuesday, December 15th by 6:30 to tune
(concert begins at 7:00). (Performance Attire Guidelines are
below). We will meet in the BHS cafeteria to tune and then give our
performance in the PAC. After performing, all groups will be viewing the
remainder of the concert. Upon the concert's conclusion, students will go
to the cafeteria to take equipment and wait for parental pick-up.
****The
dress rehearsal and concert are heavily graded portions of the marking period
grade. Failure to attend will result in a 20% drop in grade for each
missed portion (a total of 40% of the 2nd MP grade).
Homework
Guidelines
All
students are expected to be able to perform the weekly assigned music selections
by the following lessons. Each student will be required to individually
perform the assignment for a grade at that time.
Each student must do his/her part in
preparing for the weekly lesson. Each student should practice as much as
necessary to perform the assignment at a superior level. Practice times
will be varied due to individual abilities.
All
members are to strive for a superior level of excellence in their performance at
all times.
Practice
your performance and perform your practice!
Extra
help is
available if you ask for it in
advance.
If
you need to contact Mr. Noonan, please do so via email (mnoonan@shsd.org).
Performance
Attire:
Students are asked
to dress appropriately on the night of the concert. Black bottoms and white tops. Boys
are asked to wear dress pants, dress shirt, tie and shoes. Girls are asked to wear a dress or skirt/pants with a blouse and shoes. No jeans, tee shirts or sneakers please. If these garments are not in your wardrobe, do not buy new clothes
(unless you want to do so). Please
make the appropriate substitutions. As
explained to the students in class, they may substitute a dark color (gray,
blue, brown, green) on the bottom, a light color (cream, beige, eggshell,
off-white) on the top, boots or black sneakers if necessary.
You
can play some games in the activity section or visit some of the useful sites in
the links section.
Practice and have fun with music!
