Let Evening Come Measure 28 – measure 48

Ensemble: 8th Grade Band

Date & Time: Tuesday February 6th 2018 Period 5 (11:03 - 11:43)

Primary Rehearsal Objective: Students should be able to comprehend the musical terms
within the piece of music, provided in the study guide.
Students should be able to connect the Jane Kenyon poem to the music.
Students should be able to comprehend the connection the poem and the piece have to New
Hampshire.

Warm-Ups: Warm-up on delayed F major scale.

 Group 1: Row three; low folks
 Group 2: Row two; mid folks
 Group 3: Row one, high folks.
 Percussion: drums on a roll. Bells, join group 3.
Materials: Whiteboard
Projector
Sue’s Laptop
1. Let Evening Come by Robert Sheldon
Rehearsal Procedure:
 Have students follow procedure on agenda.
 After the agenda, project a photo of New Hampshire Scenery
 Read through the poem while students are looking at the scenery.
 Have students play beginning to mm. 48 with the poem in mind.
 Focus on mm. 28 – mm. 48. Tempo = 72: rehearsal and concert
o Percussion cues: They wait A LOT. Make sure you give these!
o Entrance cues
 Get all moving lines together.
o Have students sing/finger their parts
o Take lines note by note
o Percussion
 When not working with percussion, have them write out the counts for
any rhythms they need work on throughout the WHOLE PIECE or other
pieces they need
o When not working with wind sections
 Have them finger through their parts on their own time, or with you as you
go through the focus part.
 Have them label notes they need help remembering
 Fix any wrong pitches.

Announcements:
 Continue working on the beginning - measure 88 for next time.
o Focus on entrances and correct notes
 Practice piece with poem in mind: look at your study guide!
 Practice from mm. 48 to the end for next time!
 Assessment and Follow-up:

Beginning Developing Accomplished Exemplary

1 Point 2 Points 3 Points 4 Points +
Items

Items

Entrance Accuracy Individual Individual Individual Individual

entrances entrances entrances rarely entrances never
consistently sometimes missed, missed, post missed, post
missed, post post instruction. instruction. instruction.
instruction.

Note Accuracy Band played Band played some Band played Band played all
mostly incorrect incorrect notes. mostly correct correct notes.
notes. notes.

 What aspects of the music went well?

 What needs to be improved for next time?
o Notes? 1 2 3 4
o Rhythms? 1 2 3 4
o Articulations? 1 2 3 4
o Dynamics? 1 2 3 4

NCAS Standards addressed:

MU:Pr4.2.E.Ia Demonstrate, using music reading skills where appropriate, how compositional
devices employed and theoretical and structural aspects of musical works impact and inform
prepared or improvised performances.

MU:Pr5.3.E.Ia Develop strategies to address expressive challenges in a varied repertoire of

music, and evaluate their success using feedback from ensemble peers and other sources to
refine performances.

MU:Pr6.1.E.Ia Demonstrate attention to technical accuracy and expressive qualities in prepared

and improvised performances of a varied repertoire of music representing diverse cultures,
styles, and genres