Spring: 4th, 5th & 6th Six Weeks
January - May
- UIL Preparation
- Music Selection
- Have music mapped out early in the fall semester
- All necessary fundamentals and techniques are already in place
- Super achievable, set them up to succeed
- Be super detailed from the beginning, otherwise they will learn the music with the mistakes
- Have music mapped out early in the fall semester
- Sight-Reading Strategies
- Rhythm
- Progression from Small Snippets to Large Pieces
- Previous UIL SR Rehearsal Chart
- Solo & Ensemble Festival
- Music Selection
- Solos
- Ensembles
- Early Spring? Late Spring Contest?
- Music Selection
- Spring Concerts & Contests
- Switch out 1-2 UIL pieces for new contest/concert
- When to work on the non-UIL music?
- Fun & Challenging Music
- Switch out 1-2 UIL pieces for new contest/concert
- Bridging the Gap to Varsity (or High School)
"If you don’t know where you’re going, you might never get there." - Yogi Berra
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