Name: Justin Klotzle

District: SVUSD
School: Royal High School
Subject: Wind Symphony
Grade Level: 9-12
Date of Lesson: 2/4/16
Lesson Plan No.: 1
National Standards for Music Education- Ensemble
Performing
Analyze
MU:Pr4.2.E.5a- Demonstrate, using music reading skills where appropriate, how
knowledge of formal aspects in musical works inform prepared or improvised
performances.
Rehearse, Evaluate, Refine
MU:Pr5.3.E.8a Develop strategies to address technical challenges in a varied repertoire
of music and evaluate their success using feedback from ensemble peers and other
sources to refine performances.
Present
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.
Daedalus Labyrinth
Run Beginning to 48
Contrapuntal Work- Mm. 24-48: (Analyze- Pr4.2.E.5a)
Vocalize rhythms to increase awareness of ensemble-wide counterpoint
Start with bass line, and add layers (Mm. 32, 40) until everyone vocalizes together
Establish underlying beat pattern: (Rehearse, Evaluate, Refine- Pr5.3.E.8a)
Sha-ka, do-pah, do-pah (1-&, 2-&, 3-&)
Entire ensemble loops to establish feel.
Rehearse individual group vocalizations: (Present- MU:Pr6.1.E.Ia)
Group 1 (Fl./Ob./Cl. 1)
||:SHA-ka-DO-pa-do-PA|sha-ka-DO-PA-DO:||
Group 2 (Cl. 2,3/A. Sax)
||:sha-ka-DO-pa-DO-PA|sha-ka-DO-PA-DO:||
Group 3 (T. Sax/Tpt./Hn./Tbn./Euph.)
||:SHA-ka-do-pa-DO-pa|sha-ka-DO-PA-DO:||
Group 4 (B. Cl./Bar. Sax/Tuba)
||:SHA-ka-do-PA-do-pa| SHA-KA-do-pa-DO:||
All together:
||:SHA-ka-DO-pa-do-PA|sha-ka-DO-PA-DO:||

 ||:sha-ka-DO-pa-DO-PA|sha-ka-DO-PA-DO:||
||:SHA-ka-do-pa-DO-pa|sha-ka-DO-PA-DO:||
||:SHA-ka-do-PA-do-pa| SHA-KA-do-pa-DO:||
Play Mm. 24-48: (Rehearse, Evaluate, Refine- Pr5.3.E.8a)
Listen for the other parts during rests

Contrapuntal Work- Mm. 133-141: (Analyze- Pr4.2.E.5a)

Vocalize rhythms in a sentence to realize the cross-ensemble nature of the passage: (Rehearse,
Evaluate, Refine- Pr5.3.E.8a)
Begin with group 1 (Fl./Ob./Cl./A.Sax)
Teach lyrics, students write on their part.
Rehearse
Group 2 (Tpt./Hn./Tbn./Euph.)
Group 3 (T.Sax/Tbn./Euph.)- split at Mm 139
Group 4 (B.Cl./Bar.Sax/Tuba)
Demonstrate the full sentence:
What it should sound like when vocalizing together.
Pause for dramatic effect
Slowly rehearse with the group: (Present- MU:Pr6.1.E.Ia)
Focus on listening to how the rest of ensemble fills in the sentence
Gradually bring up to tempo