Rio Vista Titans Music Department

Rio Vista Middle School Mighty Titan Times
Jul. 1st

Rio Vista Middle School
Mighty Titan Times
January 2009 Newsletter
Week of June 29th, 2009

Hello everyone! I hope that you are all having a great summer while you enjoy time with family and friends. I have posted a detailed schedule of our upcoming Music Clinic. Their will be a $25 fee for the clinic to help pay for resources and tecnichians. All students will recieve their music binder with their music for the fall semester, practice workbook, fingering charts, glossary of terms, and a CD of recordings of the music that we will be performing. I look forward to working with all of you this July 20-23. Students should wear comfortable clothing for hot weather. Tennis shoes (no sandals), a hat and sunscreen are recomended. Students should bring their own lunch or make arrangements for lunch during the scheduled lunch break.

Rio Vista Music Clinic Schedule 2009

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
8:00-10:30	Marching Skills	Marching Skills	Marching Skills	Fitting
10:30-11:30	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Fitting
11:30-1:30	Sectional Instruction	Sectional Instruction	Sectional Instruction	Fitting
1:30-3:00	Full Band	Full Band	Full Band

Music Clinic Sectional Schedule

v 30 minutes tone production/technique

Posture

position

breathing

embouchure

v 60 minutes Repertoire

Monday Golden Compass

Tuesday Golden Compass

Wednesday Childhood Hymn/Percussion Mallet music

Summer Music Clinic June 20th-22nd @ Central East High School/June 23rd at Rio Vista room 603. We will need parent volunteers to assist the fitting of our students in their marching uniforms. Please email me to let me know if you are available to help.
bgarcia@centralusd.k12.ca.us

Important Information-All Band students need to purchase a chromatic tuner as soon as possible! This is a huge step towards our band playing in tune and is a must. I reccomend the Korg CA-30 Chromatic Tuner $19.99 at Guitar Center or the Horn Shop. I also reccomend the Korg CM-100 contact mic for all wind instruments to tune up perfectly in a loud room. Drum Line and Guitar students must purchase as soon as possible. I reccomend the Qwick Time QT-5 Metronome $9.99 or the QT-7 for $14.99 at Guitar Center. Remember that these tools are an essential part of developing good musicianship and you deserve nothing but the best!

Practice(please be sure to monitor your childs practice routine)
Students should practice their daily practice sheets for 10 minutes every practice session to build endurance and good technique (Before they play their concert music). There will be a monthly exam on these practice sheets to ensure that all students develop the strong fundamental skills that they need to be successful in middle school band. PRACTICE ONLY ON THE DAYS THAT YOU EAT!!!!!

As always donations of water and snacks are needed we gladly except money in any amount.

IT IS ALWAYS A GREAT DAY TO BE A TITAN!

As many of you as parents and students already know, music provides the structure that encourages the development of social skills, team work and unity, responsibility, self-discipline, and of course the ability to express through music what cannot be captured in words. What you may not know is that music is also an important skill that colleges and universities look for in students to determine their long term success rate and probability of graduating. Please read the below source:

The arts are one of the six subject areas in which the College Board recognizes as essential in order to thrive in college. (Source: Academic Preparation for College: What Students Need to Know and Be Able to Do, 1983 [still in use], The College Board, New York )

IMPORTANT INFORMATION will be sent home through e-mail and this newsletter will also be posted on the Rio Vista website page. Please ask your child for this information to stay informed about Rio"s wonderful Music Program.

THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!