Month: January 2016

Solo/Ensemble Contest Results

Last night I was FREAKING out that I would mess up and get my group a silver or even a bronze (also there’s no gold with distinction for solo/ensemble, it’s only for the big band contest in the spring)…but, Dad told me that I should relax, that I don’t need to freak out because that’s what is going to mess me up.

During the warm-up this morning, I messed up a few times. My group didn’t hear the mistakes, because of all of the other people practicing loudly around us in the same room (R, D, & I all thought that we would have a private room to warm-up in, but nope……). So anyway, the last time we practiced before going to our performance room, we mastered it (another group had just left so it was a little quieter) and Mr. T came in to tell us to come to the performance room. Mr. T watched the performance along with our parents. Then we went into the hallway to wait for our results…R said “Now the agony of waiting.” Then a judge came out and handed Mr. T a card. He looked at it, gave us a look, and then turned it around. We saw a “G” in the corner. A GOLD!!!

We went to the table where we got our medals and they were so cool! They say “District Ensemble.”

We got gold!! Yay!!

-Titanium Girl 😀

Solo/Ensemble Contest

I’ve started the second semester of 7th grade! I love 7th grade, especially the 7 periods a day thing, since we change every 50 minutes. My favorite classes are 3, 5, & 6. 3rd period I’m a TA (Teacher’s Assistant) for Special Needs, and I LOVE them! They’re all so sweet. 5th I have Art with Mrs. H, and she is SOO nice! I find myself wanting more time for art class before 6th period. And 6th is Band…I love band so much! The worst part is warm-ups though; we do this Rubank Scale Sheet thing and we do the exact same lines EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. Like, we’ve already mastered it AND band book #1, and Mr. T hasn’t moved us to book #2. Anyway, we also had a playing test a couple weeks ago and I think I did pretty good on it. J has been 3rd chair for awhile, and I can tell he’s itching to be 2nd or even 1st chair again. I can’t wait for our results to come in, but I’m nervous that I’m going to lose my 1st chair! I normally feel like this after a playing test…

Also, this Saturday is Solo/Ensemble!! Solo/Ensemble is LITERALLY for solos and ensemble performances (I mean, duh!) First chair flute R, my friend who also has scoliosis and is in Girl Scouts with me, along with 2nd chair clarinet D, signed up in late November to be a trio. We’re playing Cradle Song, AKA Away in a Manger (weird that we’re playing Christmas music in January, but Mr. T chose it for us).

Anyway, but we had our LAST practice together before that morning TODAY. I’m excited, but I’m really nervous too…I really want to do well on this! I don’t want to mess up on the places that Mr. S (new music teacher at our school this year and he helps band and choir as well) is telling me that I’m messing up on. I’m going to work on it though.

The options for awards are as follows: Bronze, Silver, Gold, & Gold with Distinction. It’s not a huge ensemble v.s. ensemble contest, its like our band contest in the spring but with solos/ensembles instead of the entire band. Multiple people could get Gold with Distinction. I’m hoping we get Gold with Distinction!

 

Wish me luck!

-Titanium Girl 😀