Spring Assignment, due Monday April 19

Adjudication assignment for all orchestra students – due Monday April 19 – worth 20 points

All students are to judge 2 groups – preferably orchestra or symphony groups. The adjudication sheets are designed to encourage you to comment about musicality, technique, sound, and other factors. You will receive full credit if each box is filled out with comments and scores. Additionally, if you adjudicate West orchestra groups (if you’re not in Chamber or Symphony) *AND* you happen to get exactly the same scores as any one particular official judge, you’ll receive a prize, so judge away…  ~Ms S

Friday April 16 Bands:
North Salem 1:35 to 2:05 PM
McNary 2:10 to 2:40 PM
Sprague 2:45 to 3:15 PM
McKay 3:20 to 3:50 PM
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West Salem 5:00 to 5:30 PM
Redmond 5:35 to 6:05 PM
South Salem 6:10 to 6:40 PM
Gresham 6:45 to 7:15 PM
WOU Band 7:20 to 7:50 PM

Saturday April 17 Orchestras:
West Salem HS Chamber Orchestra 8:30 – 8:55
McNary Adv. String Orchestra 9:00 – 9:25
McKay Adv. String Orchestra 9:30 – 9:55
North Salem Chamber Orchestra 10:00 – 10:25
Sprague Camarata String Orchestra 10:30 – 10:55
South Salem HS Chamber Orchestra 11:00 – 11:25
Reynolds HS Adv. String Orchestra 11:30 – 11:55
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North HS Symphony Orchestra 1:00 – 1:30
West Salem HS Symphony Orchestra 1:35 – 2:05
Sprague HS Symphony Orchestra 2:10 – 2:40
South HS Symphony Orchestra 2:45 – 3:15
Reynolds HS Symphony Orchestra 3:20 – 3:50

Alternate assignment, for those unable to attend the district festival:

Computer option: Complete the following Web quest.... you will need to create a word document that will have the answers for the quest.

1) Using a search engine, find url website addresses for the following symphony orchestras: Oregon Symphony, Eugene Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic
2) Choose one of the symphony websites to review - write a brief synopsis of what you like and don’t like about their website. And, answer the following questions in your synopsis: What do you like about the home page? What is the price range of their ticket prices? How easy is it to find information about the history of their symphony? Do they have a kids page and if they do, what’s on it? Do they have podcasts or webcasts of their music online? If you wanted a job with the symphony, how easy is it to find employment info? What jobs are currently open – administrative and symphony player?
3) Play the Bravo Gustavo Maestro Hero online game: http://www.laphil.com/gustavo/game/ - and let me know your high score

Non-computer option:
Take an hour of your time to create a written assignment that combines words, music and/or art. You could write a set of musical poems, you could write down your favorite personal musical story (something that happened to you at a concert, in a performance, or maybe even write about why you started playing your instrument and what that meant to you), you could paint or draw a musical picture that has words on it, or you could simply write a page long essay entitled "What Music Means to Me". Don't spend more than an hour on this assignment, but, make it personal... almost anything you create that includes words and music will be fine (I'll be checking email all weekend, so feel free to email me if you have a question about this assignment).