(updated 1/23/11).
THIS WEBSITE WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATED. PLEASE VISIT (AND BOOKMARK) THE FOLLOWING LINK TO THE NEW UNQUA SCHOOL ORCHESTRA WEBSITE!
http://sites.google.com/site/mrspearlorchestra
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Our Advanced (5th and 6th grade) Holiday Concert was fantastic!! Awesome job everyone :)
There is a video posted on the Unqua website!
Go to the link below (the Unqua website on the school district website) and click on "Videos On Demand". Scroll through and you can see songs from the Orchestra, 5th gr chorus, 6th gr chorus and band.
http://www.msd.k12.ny.us/unqua.cfm
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6TH GRADERS WILL RETURN TO THEIR REGULAR REHEARSALS ON WEDNESDAY MORNINGS UNTIL LATE SPRING!!
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YES, WE DO HAVE REHEARSALS THIS WEEK :)
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REHEARSALS for grades 5 & 6 are moving along beautifully!
All rehearsals are in room 22. Students are asked to arrive at 8:15am for all morning rehearsals.
REHEARSALS for GRADE 4 WILL BEGIN TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25TH!
Please remember that these before school rehearsals are in ADDITION to the weekly lessons.
Grade 4 rehearsal contracts ("attendance policy") and permission slips will go home with students the week of
Oct 17th. They are also available now on the "Notices Sent Home" page.
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REMINDER FOR ALL BEGINNER STUDENTS (grade 4):
Please remember that you do NOT need to purchase a lesson book!
You are required to have a 3 ring binder that opens flat with two dividers
(one for "lessons" and one for "concert music").
I will supply all of the instructional materials for the beginners.
When it is time to purchase a book (either the end of 4th grade or the
beginning of 5th) I will send a note home.
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DO YOU WANT TO WRITE MUSIC AND MAKE IT LOOK PROFESSIONAL?
You can create and print music for FREE at:
www.noteflight.com
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ALL rehearsals are in my classroom (room 22) and begin promptly at 8:30am.
Students are required to arrive at 8:15am.
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Have an iPhone, iPad or an iTouch iPod?
"Steinwaymetronome" and "Metronome!" are both GREAT apps and they are FREE!!
(iTick is no longer available)
There is a really good and inexpensive tuner app called "cleartune".
It works with iPad, iPhone and the 4th generation iPod touch.