CTW Band/Orchestra/Percussion Announcements
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Chaminade bands website: https://www.chaminadebands.org
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Reminder Band Concert is on 5/10!
A reminder that the Concert is on Saturday, May 10th at 2 PM!
Location: Chaminade MS Fr. Allen DeLong Center for Arts & Athletics. 10210 Devonshire St. Chatsworth, CA 91311
What to Wear: FORMAL ATTIRE - NO sneakers, no white socks for anyone
BOYS – Formal Attire: Black dress pants, Black dress socks, Black dress shoes, Black bow tie, Black cummerbund, Long sleeve white dress shirt. No Sneakers - No White Socks.
GIRLS – Formal Attire: All black formal dress, or all white formal dress or black blouse and skirt or white blouse & skirt or dress pants. Any formal combination of black and white. Formal means - No Sneakers - No White Socks for ANYONE.
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The most helpful thing right now is if parents are available at 8:30 on Monday or Tuesday, I could really use help in the band room with organizing music.
It is an ongoing thing to help students just be able to play in class. Pre covid I had about 2-3 parents volunteering in the band room once a week.
It would give me time back to do more for the students.
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Practice:
Use SmartMusic/ MakeMusic for practice.
Record Video Play 4-8 measures cold no practice.
Pause video recording. Practice until you feel you can't make a mistake.
Unpause video recording: Play same 4-8 measures
Submit Video assignment
This is practicing at home. Everyone has a code to SmartMusic to use to play many, many, many different types of music to help them play better.
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Having parent help in the band room gives me more time so I can respond to everyones needs. I am often working on putting music in student binders. There are 200 lockers. I want to make sure students have parts to practice at home.
I try to update this CTW once a week. If it is not updated, I am working to keep up with student needs.
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​​​Instrument Brands to buy are Yamaha: number 1 for every instrument - student model
Always get insurance.
Other Brands to buy For Brass (Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Horn = Bach, Getzen, Jupiter, Selmer, Holton, Conn, King)
For Clarinet= Buffet, Selmer, Jupiter
For Flute Gemeinhardt, Selmer, Jupiter
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To percussionists:
You should have a bell kit with practice pad, drum sticks, mallets, and stick bag. Please take a picture of your set up at home with your instrument and music stand so that we can ensure that you have everything that you need.
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To all classes:
​If you are renting a school instrument (i.e. tuba, horn), you can pay for the rental online at the Chaminade bands website. If you prefer to write a check, please make the check payable to Chaminade Middle School and deposit that into the blue box by the front door and then notify Ms. Snyder that you have done so.
Please have your child bring in his/her checklist to class.
Please be sure to set up a practice schedule at home. Your child may use Smart Music (he/she was given a code to access this tool) and the band videos on the Chaminade bands website to practice at home.
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