Wamego High School

Teacher/Conductor: Elaine Snowden

Rehearsal: 4
Dusk by Steven Bryant
Prior Knowledge/Skills:
Experience with instrument in a band setting, most from the fifth grade. Experience reading sheet
music and performing with the range and technical skills of the program’s high school band.
There have also been previous rehearsals on this piece.
Rehearsal Objective:
Students will perform measures 42-66 with an understanding of climax spots following tension
and release in the music. Students will then use this understanding to appropriately control their
dynamics and tone. Students will also perform these measures with accurate counting from start
to finish.
Assessment of the Rehearsal:
Aural observations by the director(s) and verbal confirmation from the ensemble through
discussion between the director and ensemble.
Relevant Context Factors:
Ensemble struggles to focus on counting beats in a measure, this is apparent throughout changes
in time signatures. They understand building tension towards the point of release in music but
can work on accuracy in entrances and exits.
Modifications/Accommodations needed:
The tempo can be played with during rehearsal depending on if students are struggling with
counting, with hearing harmonic context, or reaching climactic points.
Instructional materials, resources, & technology:
Metronome
Personal Improvement Objective:
Clear conducting with a focus on change in time signatures, releases, and cuing entrances.
Director can also explain the importance of the emotion behind the music.
 Rehearsal Plan:

Time Activity Purpose of Activity Sequence Assessment

1 Stand up Focus, blood flowing, -(quietly) Everyone
wake up stand up, clap
exactly 5 times in 4
seconds and sit back
down
1-2 Arrival points Ensemble awareness of -Are you all familiar Visual observation
areas of tension and with finding tension
release in music and release in
music? Peaks and
valley?
-Everyone mark
points of arrival in
the piece.
3-5 1-42 Review of previous -Run 1-42 Aural observation
rehearsal -Give me some
adjectives to
describe this piece
-Program notes
6-9 42-52 Recognize musical -Downbeat of 42, Aural observation
elements everyone (was it f
enough? Climax?)
-41 into 42
-Next focus: green
in 43
-Next focus: green
in 45
-Next focus: pink in
46
-Next focus: green
in 48
-Last: green in 50
-Just those lines play
when its time
-Everyone 42-52
10-13 53-end Recognize fall in -Quartet at 53-56 Aural observation
music, work out -flute and clarinet
exits/entrances starts at 58, pass off
-Measure by
measure starting at
62, who comes in?
to end (stagger
breathe)
-53-end
14 42-end Tie in rehearsal -42-66 Aural observation
15 1-66 Play piece in entirety