Practice Logs due on Monday, November 17 or Tuesday, November 18 at your class period. 20 extra credit points for bringing the log to class the first day.
DATE CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See below
The advanced class will participate in the Winter Ensemble Concert on Tuesday, December 2, 2008. Everyone from my first period advanced class will participate and is expected to wear the informal dress attire of black pants and the piano t-shirt.
Solo and Ensemble Contest for the piano department will take place on Saturday, January 24, 2009 at Johnston Middle School. More information to follow.
All piano students will perform on January 29 or 30, 2009 during their class period for the Piano Winter Recitals in the auditorium. More information on this will come later.
Thank you for your support of the piano department and please contact me anytime at dgrossco@houstonisd.org
for additional assistance or questions.
Please see below for a copy of some of the information found in the handbook! Let me know if I can help you in any way!
Extra Credit
+10 Kleenex
+5 Parent signed copy of current schoolnotes
+20 Attendance at a concert; must turn in a copy
of the program signed by a parent.
Below you will find the piano handbook for your convenience.
PIANO HANDBOOK "Everything you wanted to know about piano but were afraid to ask!"
MATERIALS NEEDED
You will need headphones with a 1/4" jack (available at Radio Shack), and a black 1" performance binder. The headphones will be the only item that will need to be brought to the classroom with the student each day. All other materials, including the piano books will be provided for use at school. Students will need to buy a method book for home practice and we will assign method books beginning on the first full day of your piano class. Please give us a couple of class periods to talk to the students and place them in the correct methodology book. Students who were in the piano lab last year will continue in the same book they were using at the end of the previous year. Books for home use may be purchased at any music store that stocks piano music.
PIANO FEE
The fee for piano this year is $75. This covers the cost of repairing pianos, replacing worn out books, piano t-shirts for the students,fees for solo and ensemble contest, providing every students with the appropriate books for school use and purchasing new music. After paying their fee, students may check out an "at home" practice book to be returned either at the end of the year or when they progress to the next level.You may send the piano fee to your childs' piano teacher during class time or before school at any time, but all fees are due by Tuesday, September 24, 2008. We will be glad to address financial issues if you contact us and we can set up a plan that will work for you.
ASSIGNMENTS
The students will study scales, technical finger exercises, method books, solo and duet music for concerts, and practice theory skills in the computer lab using emusictheory.com. Students in the advanced(period 1) class will use repertoire from the UIL list in lieu of a method book. Copies of their selections will be made for them.
PRACTICE LOGS
We strive to provide your child with a comprehensive piano education. Having your child practice at home is a must for success! Your child will earn their practice log grade with the number of minutes they practice per week. These logs, which will be given to the students during the first week of school, will be due, with a parents signature, before progress reports and the end of each grading cycle. Students will have an assignment sheet each nine weeks and will know what they are working on at all times. Due dates will be posted on the board and on schoolnotes.Points will deducted for turning logs in late.
CONCERTS
Piano students must participate in the Winter and Spring Concerts. The dates are as follows:
Winter Piano Concert January 29/30,2009
(auditorium)
Spring Piano Concert April 23/24, 2009
(auditorium)
These concerts are during your childs' piano class. Concert times are listed in the handbook.
Some members of the advanced class(period 1)will perform for the Fall Concert scheduled on October 16, 2008 at 7 PM in the Johnston auditorium. Report time for this concert is 6:30 PM. We will dress in casual attire.(See below)
Students will be selected for the ensemble concerts in December and May based on the repertoire needed for those concerts and parents will be notified.
CONCERT ATTIRE
Casual: Johnston Piano shirt(students will receive
when fee is paid)
Black slacks
Black socks
Black shoes
Formal: Girls:
Floor length or mid calf skirt or dress
of your choice with no split in the skirts or
dresses.
Coordinated Pants Ensemble.
Dress shoes
Boys:
Dress Shirt (tie and coat optional)
Dark slacks
Dress shoes
Students will not perform if they are not appropriately dressed. Their grade will be adjusted to reflect the lack of participation.
GRADING
The students grade will reflect work done in the following manner:
Daily Class Practice 35%
Concert/In class Recitals 20%
Assignments 30%
Reflections/Practice Log 15%
Please feel free to email me anytime you have any question about piano. The students are working hard and I look forward to a fabulous year for piano!
Mrs. Diana Grosscope
Piano Instructor
Johnston Middle School
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