LMS Band to present The Language of Music on Thurs. Nov.3

The Liberty Middle School 5th and 6th Grade Band will present a special clinic/performance for parents, teachers, administrators, and friends on Thursday evening, November 3rd. Advanced reservations are required for this one-night performance.

This 60-minute presentation will take place in the Liberty Middle School Gymnasium beginning at 7 p.m. and will introduce the audience to many academic demands of playing a musical instrument.

A special feature of this presentation is that the audience will be seated around the band members. Those attending will experience the involvement and intensity of musical performance created by the student musicians. Playing an instrument requires a complex combination of intellectual, visual, physical, and auditory control coupled with high-level thinking and problem solving skills.

This ‘behind the scenes’ view of what happens in learning the ‘Language of Music’ can give an insight and perspective that can not be achieved any other way.

7:00 – 8:00 PM – The ‘Why and How” of Reading Musical Notation
• Why is Band academic? Using thinking and problem solving skills.
• Communication through the signs and symbols of musical notation. (ABC’s of Music)
• Mathematics of Music – measuring long notes, short notes.
• The Clock and Time – counting together and playing together
• Palette of Musical Colors – Rhythms, tempos, dynamics, articulation, etc.
• Music that is programmatic, a concert march, an overture and more.
• Questions from the audience.

IMPORTANT!
Adult seating will not take place before 6:45 PM.
Thank you for your cooperation!
Reservations required – Email: gsiegel@libertyk12.org or call 292-5400 x5117