Jim Repa

Lesson materials for this week:
  Review materials from Essential Elements for Strings book

Lesson materials for this week:
  Blue book: Lesson 6: numbers 1 through 6
  Lady Madonna (**new PDF attached**)
  We will also work on one or more of these pieces:
    Cantina Band
    Down by the Riverside
    Swing Low Sweet Chariot

Lesson materials for this week:
  Blue book – Lesson R4: #1, #2, #3
  Blue book – Lesson R5: #4, #5, #7
  Blue book – Lesson 1: #5 Jive

  Also, depending on how much time we have, we will work on one or more
of these pieces (see attached PDF files):
    Swing Low Sweet Chariot
    Down by the Riverside
    Cantina…

Lesson materials for this week:
  Review materials from blue book HL Hutchen Band Method – Book 2

Lesson materials for this week:
– Warm up with one or two pieces from Beginning Band Song Classics
– Review notes with the following web-based note practice tool:
http://www.jimrepa.com/cgi-bin/naming_notes1.cgi
– Green book lesson 6: 1A for saxophones only
– Green book lesson 6:
no. 2, no. 3, no. 4, no. 5 First Scale Exercise, no. 6 Second…Read more

Lesson materials for this week:
Beginning Band Song Classics, various pieces
Green book – Lesson 5: Lightly Row
Green book – Lesson 6: Corn Attack
other green book pieces, if there is time

Lesson materials for this week:

Beginning Band Song Classics (see attached PDF)
Green book (LJ Hutchen Band Method – Book 1) – selections from Lesson 5 and 6

Lesson materials for this week:
Green book lesson 11: no. 7A and 7B Russian Folk Song
Green book lesson 12: no. 2 Lightly Row, no. 4, no. 5, and no. 6 Bagatelle
Frere Jacques (PDF sent last week)
Iron Man (** new PDF**)
(If time: Green Book lesson 13)

Lesson materials for this week:

Warm up with 1 or 2 pieces from Beginning Band Song Classics
Green book, Lesson 9: no. 9 Um Pa Pa
Lesson 11: no.2 Pick Up Brahms, 4 Mexican Hat Dance, 5 Caisson Song
Lesson 12: no.2 Lightly Row, 4, 5, and 6 Barcarolle
Frere Jacques (PDF attached)

Clarinets.  Week 1.  September 30.

Material for the first lesson:

– Beginning Band Song Classics

– Review lessons 6 and 7 from green book (LJ Hutchen Band Method – Book 1)

I am starting to post some songs that the students can use as play-along material. I will be adding material gradually over the school year. It takes a while to get song material into the system, so please be patient in early October as I am just getting started with this Learning Management System.

Here is Hot Cross Buns from the Beginning Band…Read more

Here is the Zoom meeting information for the Thursday afternoon violins lesson group.

Topic: Violins
Time: Oct 1, 2020 04:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Every week on Thu, until Nov 5, 2020, 6 occurrence(s)
Oct 1, 2020 04:30 PM

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Here is the Zoom meeting information for the Thursday afternoon experienced alto sax and baritone horn group.

Topic: Thursday afternoon, sax and baritone horn
Time: Oct 1, 2020 03:45 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Every week on Thu, until Dec 17, 2020, 12 occurrence(s)
Oct 1, 2020 03:45 PM

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Here is the Zoom meeting information for the 2nd-year alto sax and trumpet group that meets on Wednesdays.

Topic: Alto sax and trumpet – 2nd year
Time: Sep 30, 2020 04:15 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Every week on Wed, until Dec 16, 2020, 12 occurrence(s)
Sep 30, 2020 04:15 PM

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Here is the Zoom meeting information for the Wednesday 3:30 – 4 clarinets group.

Topic: Clarinets – 2nd year
Time: Sep 30, 2020 03:15 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Every week on Wed, until Dec 23, 2020, 13 occurrence(s)
Sep 30, 2020 03:15 PM

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