Jazz (Otra Vez) Rehearsal Jan 27

Teacher/Conductor’s Name: Alora Duran

Prior Knowledge/Skills (What do already know and can do?):

 Play Otra Vez in sections
 Familiar with dorian, mixolydian, and major scales
 At least basic improvisation skills

Rehearsal Objective (What will your student’s be able to do as a result of this rehearsal with
you?)
Given a chord progression, students will create their own rhythmic and melodic
improvisations with at least 80% accuracy.
Given a song (Otra Vez), students will perform without getting completely lost.

Assessment of the Rehearsal (How will you know if your students can do what they need to?)
As I listen, are students improvising within the given parameters with confidence and 80%
accuracy? As a group, can we survive a full run of the song?

Relevant Contextual Factors: Modifications/Accommodations needed:

We have played otra vez in sections and Very advanced students with a large number of
have yet to have a successful full run them being all state players. Move fast and give
without students getting lost in the solo students opportunities for musical independence
sections

Instructional materials, resources, & Personal Improvement Objective:

Technology:
 Time is Everything method book Move faster; talk less and have students play
 Otra Vez more
 Chord Progression handout

Rehearsal Plan (A step by step plan for the rehearsal - with timing - that leads to your
objective.)

Time Activity Purpose of Sequence Assessment

Activity
5 min Warmups Warmup, learn  Scales (F Can students play the
scales, tune Dorian, Bb scales in 8th notes with
Mixolydian, Eb correct notes and swing
Major) style? (Informal
 Arpeggios listening assessment)
(Same keys)
 Tune: Bb, F

1
 from piano
5 min Time is Learning to  Pg 55: Play 1st Are students
Everything improvise time through improvising their own
normal, rhythms with 80%
second time on correct notes?
different (Informal listening
contour. (2135 assessment)
or 2153)
 Pg 56: Play
through twice.
Gives
examples of
different
possible
contours
10 min Chord Tracking the solo  Have students Are students
Progression sections in Otra play through improvising their own
Handout Vez and getting the worksheet rhythms with 80%
more comfortable playing whole correct notes and
improvising notes for the confidence? (Informal
root of each listening assessment)
chord.
 Play through
the
progression
switching
between the
root and the
2nd
 Improvise
rhythms,
switching
between the
two notes
 Do the same
again but have
the soloists
solo over it
15 min Otra Vez Survive a full run,  Begin at the Do 80% of students
sort out the solo solo section begin and stop playing
sections from 41 to 97 when they are
(the section supposed to? Does the
covered in the group stay 80%
worksheet) together for the
Have students duration of Otra Vez?

2
 play through (Informal listening
as a group assessment)
with soloists,
following the
chord
progression on
the sheet
 Sort out
logistics of
Owen’s solo
section from
111 to 135.
Play this
section as a
whole group
 Full Run. Give
lots of cues,
counts, call out
rehearsal
numbers, etc.