Jarvis, Karie

1/5 "Mozart Effect" discussion (assignment given as homework see "Mozart Effect" entry in blog for details)
1/10 Classical Music
1/13 Classical Music ("Mozart Effect" assignment due)
1/20 Classical Music Review
1/25 Classical Music Quiz

The "Mozart Effect" is a widely discussed phenomenon in the scientific community that has been much hyped in the popular media. Studies have suggested that participants show improved spatial-temporal skills after listening to music by Mozart, thereby increasing one's performance on certain mental tasks, including solving math problems. Scientists as the MIND (Music Intelligence Neural Development) Institute at Irvine, California, have been examining how we hear and process music; they have demonstrated how the brain recognizes symmetries in the language of music and then looks for similar patterns in reasoning out other tasks. Encouraging experiments with young children have suggested that studying music can produce enhanced reasoning skills that last for days. Try this for yourself: listen carefully to a Mozart work before doing your math homework.

To get free Mozart music go to www.freeplaymusic.com and type "Mozart" into the box that says search by keyword.

Then answer the following two questions:

1. Do you typically listen to music while doing your homework? (yes or no)
2. Did you notice a difference in your work after listening to Mozart? (Explain your answer in at least 5 sentences)

This assignment is due in class on January 13th.

We will be working on Baroque music up until Christmas Break. The quiz will be December 21st.

Hi Everyone!

What a wonderful trip we had!!! Now back to work :)

We need to prepare for Mass on Thursday and Old Economy on Saturday. The only day the music room will be available to us after school is Wednesday so we need to practice a lot of things then.

We will begin around 2:45 which is when I am typically done with bus duty. If you are early please take out the Mass folders, warm -up and be ready when Ms. Donoghue and I are done with after school duties. We need to make a few changes that she and I will work out tomorrow and give to you on Wednesday. I need a few people to do this and not all of you, so if you feel well enough to sing thursday please stay if not you can do homework until our rehearsal for old economy begins.

At 3:45 we will meet together with the show choir to practice the two pieces we will sing together. Lets give ourselves about 15 minutes to do that just to be sure.

At 4:00 show choir will rehearse their song on stage that they will perform for the retreat and old economy.

At 4:15 we will sing through a few selections for old economy as well.

I hope to be completely finished at 4:30 with everything.

Wednesday
2:45 Mass practice
3:45 Combined Choirs
4:00 Show Choir
4:15 Honors Choir

Saturday
Black shoes, Black socks, Black pants, and white shirt.
3:00 arrive at school to rehearse
Show choir will perform
We will eat at the school
5:30 the bus will leave for Old Economy
6:30 we will perform at Old Economy
7:30 arrive back at OLSH

I have the forms for the Diocesan Festival. Please come see me if you are interested.

Required Band Rehearsals: Saturday, January 28th 9:00am to noon and Thursday, February 2nd 6 to 9pm. Seton-LaSalle High School

Required Choir Rehearsals: Saturdays January 21st and 28th 9am to noon. Oakland Catholic High School

Festival day is February 3rd. The concert will be that evening at 7:30 pm at Seton-LaSalle High School.

Cost is $30. Checks should be made to "Oakland Catholic High School"

11/4 Chant (Middle Ages Sacred Music)
11/9 Renaissance Sacred Music
11/15 Middle Ages Secular and Renaissance Secular
11/18 Quiz on Middle Ages and Renaissance

On the quiz: You will need to be able to label each person as either "Middle Ages" or "Renaissance". You will need to know the vocabulary words (they are in bold on your work sheets).

We will be finishing up percussion in the last few classes of this quarter. The percussion quiz will be on November 1st and will be part of the second quarter grades.

Everyone with make up work to do was informed last class and has made an appointment to make up the work. If you need to miss you scheduled time please email me with an alternative time. Keep in mind that after school is an option for the make up listening. All make up work must be done by Friday October 28th.


November 1st percussion quiz will be on the vocabulary in the packet as well as the "fill-in-the blank" sections. Make sure you have circled the pictures that will be the labeling portion of the test.