Practice charts will count as a significant part of the orchestra grade as practicing is the most important thing a music student can do outside of rehearsal. As I said in class, I'd rather see you spend 10 minutes working on an assigned excerpt than have you try to split 10 minutes among 3 assignments. Please don't hesitate to ask questions!
This should go without saying, but instruments left in the storage room overnight can't be practiced on at home. One student has told me that she uses her sister's instrument at home so that she can leave hers in school. Unless you come and tell me something like this, I can only assume that you are not practicing on the days that you have violins and violas left in school. I have begun taking note of the instruments that are left behind. Take them home! Use them!
The first round of performance tests will begin at the end of this week and end next week. Because the schedule may be confusing, I'll post it at the end of this entry. Please note that the time listed is the time you will begin playing for me. Your lesson card will say a different time so that you can get to the orchestra room, warm up, tune, and not feel stressed out. For example, Kevin Zeng will play for me on Thursday the 29th at 11:00am, but his lesson card will say 10:50am. Please be on time for your test! If you miss your test, prepare to stay after school THAT DAY to make it up.
Remember that your performance tests make up 25% of your final grade, so it is important that you come and come prepared.
Performance Test Grading - 25 possible points
Up to 5 points in each of the following categories
Rhythm
Pitch/Notes
Dynamics
Articulation
Phrasing/Musicality*
*Note that many students have tests scheduled along with other students. In these situations, one of the 3 excerpts will be played together so that I can check for understanding of your own part as well as for awareness and understanding of other parts in the ensemble.
Students will have 3 opportunities to play, and I will take the average of these performances in each category:
1. Scale. I am looking for correct pitches, knowledge of key signature, good tone, correct posture.
2. Excerpt #1. To be played alone, from the assigned weekly excerpt. Metronome coordination a must!
3. Excerpt #2. To be played in ensemble, being conscious of the other musician.
Please ask me any questions and come to me with any concerns before your test! There will be no time to ask questions once the test has begun (as we have to hear 2 scales, 2 solo excerpts, and 1 combined excerpt in 10 minutes). Only in extreme circumstances will a second playing be granted, so I recommend that you prepare your excerpts well and give yourself enough time to warm up.
Up to 5 points in each of the following categories
Rhythm
Pitch/Notes
Dynamics
Articulation
Phrasing/Musicality*
*Note that many students have tests scheduled along with other students. In these situations, one of the 3 excerpts will be played together so that I can check for understanding of your own part as well as for awareness and understanding of other parts in the ensemble.
Students will have 3 opportunities to play, and I will take the average of these performances in each category:
1. Scale. I am looking for correct pitches, knowledge of key signature, good tone, correct posture.
2. Excerpt #1. To be played alone, from the assigned weekly excerpt. Metronome coordination a must!
3. Excerpt #2. To be played in ensemble, being conscious of the other musician.
Please ask me any questions and come to me with any concerns before your test! There will be no time to ask questions once the test has begun (as we have to hear 2 scales, 2 solo excerpts, and 1 combined excerpt in 10 minutes). Only in extreme circumstances will a second playing be granted, so I recommend that you prepare your excerpts well and give yourself enough time to warm up.
Lessons & Tests with Miss Ellis
Thursday, October 29th - A/C
8:50
Andre Pinto Delaney Guntert Sophie Balzer Leo Miller Eliana Rowe Claire Hill Sydney Marotta Katie Yang Joseph Petitti
9:30
Rebecca Tucker Ahna Pearson Allison Reiner Catherine Rafferty Matthew Krieg Michelle Burmistrova Cory Parker Alfredo Salazar Alex Selsley Sophie Patka
10:10
Sera Song So Yeon Kim
11:00 Kevin Zeng
11:10 Michelle Yu, Markos Abebe
11:20 Gerardo Salazar
11:30
11:40 Allyson McAuliffe, Andy Cummings
2:10 Natasha Permaul, Gianluca Russo
2:20 Sazeed Huq
2:30
Lessons with Miss Ellis
Friday, October 30th - B/D
8:50
Asaph Ko
Andrea Long
Julia Chong
Michelle Xiong
Sydney Campbell
Jake Hill
Cody Ingraham
Abigail Kedik
Sarah Byerly
Michelle Kang
9:40 Elijah Clemente, Alana Zervos
9:50 Walter Nyangaga, Victoria Blackwood
10:00 Nihaal Pabba, Jo Ann Mulligan
1:20
1:30 Kristina Marinopoulos, Rachel Swyer
1:40 Alicia Chen, Emily Toffenetti
1:50 Maddy Farry, Jennifer Hoffmann
2:00
2:10 Curtis Ericson, Asha Anand
2:20 Sophia Schermerhorn, Rebecca Wolanski
2:30 Erin Templeton, Julia Sanford
Playing Tests
Monday, November 2nd – A/C
8:50 Rosemary Leicht, Heather Krofft
9:00 Jacob Rosenberg, Carrie Rose Mulligan
9:10 Hannah Hernandez, Thomas Fortune
9:20
9:30 Julia Manobianco
9:40 Elise Burby, Asaph Ko
9:50 Victor Rau-Sirois
10:00 Laura Chevalier, Michelle Xiong
10:10
10:20 Karthik Ramesh, Andrea Long
10:30 Emma Pearson, Julia Chong
10:40 Jake Hill, Andrew Xu
10:50
11:00 Cody Ingraham, Aaron Kester
11:10 Abigail Kedik, Mathilde Warren
11:20 Michelle Kang, Joe Sipzner
11:30
2:10 Amy Toscano, Courtney Van Oort
2:20 Miguel Garcia, Katie Randorf
2:30 Pranav Kannan, Josh Lamb
Playing Tests
Wednesday, November 4th – B/D
8:50 Ryan Adkison, Erin Callahan
9:00 Alex Beams, Gretchen Long
9:10 Sara Kogelmann, Madeline Cartwright
9:20
11:00 Winsor Jewell, Alex Magnan
11:10 Joseph Petitti, Gabrielle Sanza
11:20 Eliana Rowe, Marko Crnkovic
11:30
1:20 Delaney Guntert, Amanda Conklin
1:30 Andre Pinto, Gloria Zhao
1:40 Rebecca Tucker, Britany Nauman
1:50
2:00 Matthew Kreig, Elizabeth Reedy
2:10 Alfredo Salazar, Katie Yang
2:20 Sophie Balzer, Matthew Lurie
2:30
Thursday, October 29th - A/C
8:50
Andre Pinto Delaney Guntert Sophie Balzer Leo Miller Eliana Rowe Claire Hill Sydney Marotta Katie Yang Joseph Petitti
9:30
Rebecca Tucker Ahna Pearson Allison Reiner Catherine Rafferty Matthew Krieg Michelle Burmistrova Cory Parker Alfredo Salazar Alex Selsley Sophie Patka
10:10
Sera Song So Yeon Kim
11:00 Kevin Zeng
11:10 Michelle Yu, Markos Abebe
11:20 Gerardo Salazar
11:30
11:40 Allyson McAuliffe, Andy Cummings
2:10 Natasha Permaul, Gianluca Russo
2:20 Sazeed Huq
2:30
Lessons with Miss Ellis
Friday, October 30th - B/D
8:50
Asaph Ko
Andrea Long
Julia Chong
Michelle Xiong
Sydney Campbell
Jake Hill
Cody Ingraham
Abigail Kedik
Sarah Byerly
Michelle Kang
9:40 Elijah Clemente, Alana Zervos
9:50 Walter Nyangaga, Victoria Blackwood
10:00 Nihaal Pabba, Jo Ann Mulligan
1:20
1:30 Kristina Marinopoulos, Rachel Swyer
1:40 Alicia Chen, Emily Toffenetti
1:50 Maddy Farry, Jennifer Hoffmann
2:00
2:10 Curtis Ericson, Asha Anand
2:20 Sophia Schermerhorn, Rebecca Wolanski
2:30 Erin Templeton, Julia Sanford
Playing Tests
Monday, November 2nd – A/C
8:50 Rosemary Leicht, Heather Krofft
9:00 Jacob Rosenberg, Carrie Rose Mulligan
9:10 Hannah Hernandez, Thomas Fortune
9:20
9:30 Julia Manobianco
9:40 Elise Burby, Asaph Ko
9:50 Victor Rau-Sirois
10:00 Laura Chevalier, Michelle Xiong
10:10
10:20 Karthik Ramesh, Andrea Long
10:30 Emma Pearson, Julia Chong
10:40 Jake Hill, Andrew Xu
10:50
11:00 Cody Ingraham, Aaron Kester
11:10 Abigail Kedik, Mathilde Warren
11:20 Michelle Kang, Joe Sipzner
11:30
2:10 Amy Toscano, Courtney Van Oort
2:20 Miguel Garcia, Katie Randorf
2:30 Pranav Kannan, Josh Lamb
Playing Tests
Wednesday, November 4th – B/D
8:50 Ryan Adkison, Erin Callahan
9:00 Alex Beams, Gretchen Long
9:10 Sara Kogelmann, Madeline Cartwright
9:20
11:00 Winsor Jewell, Alex Magnan
11:10 Joseph Petitti, Gabrielle Sanza
11:20 Eliana Rowe, Marko Crnkovic
11:30
1:20 Delaney Guntert, Amanda Conklin
1:30 Andre Pinto, Gloria Zhao
1:40 Rebecca Tucker, Britany Nauman
1:50
2:00 Matthew Kreig, Elizabeth Reedy
2:10 Alfredo Salazar, Katie Yang
2:20 Sophie Balzer, Matthew Lurie
2:30
Playing Tests
Thursday, November 5th – A/C
8:50 Bridget Bellanger, Alex Magnan
9:00 Michelle Burmistrova, Sera Song
9:20 Allison Reiner, Michaela Mazzeo
9:30 So Yeon Kim, Nora Stevens
9:50 Mackenna Dombroski, Paul Caruso
10:00 Annie Lin, Ryan Dillon
10:30 Jacob Kelley, Lucas Laing
10:40 Aurora Trainor, Madeline Cartwright
11:00 Sarah Hanlon, Eva Mazzella
11:20 Cat Seita, Elaine Santos
11:30 Catherine Rafferty, Katie Gonick
2:10 Cory Parker, Michael Zhu
2:20 Matthew Darby, John Piechowiak
2:30 Leo Miller, Daniel Logiudice
Playing Tests
Friday, November 6th – B/D
8:50 Emily Gunther
9:10 Michael Trichilo, Sydney Campbell
9:20 Sarah Byerly, Mary Jean Mulligan
9:50 Ali Gohlke-Schermer, Naomi Tenenini
10:00 Rachel Cardiff, Megan Govin
11:00 Claire Hill, Alana Lake
11:40 Alex Selsley, Gabrielle Kernozek
1:20 Sydney Marotta, Ahna Pearson
1:30 Christina Morawski, Arianna Barnum
1:50 Vivian Dai, Naila Brown
2:00 Amir Rastegar
2:10 Shaddai Henry
Thursday, November 5th – A/C
8:50 Bridget Bellanger, Alex Magnan
9:00 Michelle Burmistrova, Sera Song
9:20 Allison Reiner, Michaela Mazzeo
9:30 So Yeon Kim, Nora Stevens
9:50 Mackenna Dombroski, Paul Caruso
10:00 Annie Lin, Ryan Dillon
10:30 Jacob Kelley, Lucas Laing
10:40 Aurora Trainor, Madeline Cartwright
11:00 Sarah Hanlon, Eva Mazzella
11:20 Cat Seita, Elaine Santos
11:30 Catherine Rafferty, Katie Gonick
2:10 Cory Parker, Michael Zhu
2:20 Matthew Darby, John Piechowiak
2:30 Leo Miller, Daniel Logiudice
Playing Tests
Friday, November 6th – B/D
8:50 Emily Gunther
9:10 Michael Trichilo, Sydney Campbell
9:20 Sarah Byerly, Mary Jean Mulligan
9:50 Ali Gohlke-Schermer, Naomi Tenenini
10:00 Rachel Cardiff, Megan Govin
11:00 Claire Hill, Alana Lake
11:40 Alex Selsley, Gabrielle Kernozek
1:20 Sydney Marotta, Ahna Pearson
1:30 Christina Morawski, Arianna Barnum
1:50 Vivian Dai, Naila Brown
2:00 Amir Rastegar
2:10 Shaddai Henry
