[HANASHIR:7802] Re: Day School curriculum

[Greg & Rhonda Wehner <wehner5...>]

Sorry , but  at SSDS here in Illinois, they do rehearse after school, and
there are several all-day Sunday rehearsals before the big production.  I
think ours is only 8th graders, can't be sure.  They sign a contract along
with their parents committing to the rehearsal schedule.  Also, most
rehearsals are sectionals or band only, with only the last 4 or 5 entire
cast.  It's been that way for years apparently and works pretty well.  Hope
it helps.

Rhonda Wehner
SSDS Skokie & Northbrook, Il.
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From: <QuelliPG (at) aol(dot)com>
To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 10:05 PM
Subject: [HANASHIR:7788] Re: Day School curriculum


> at the Solomon Schechter where I teach, the 7th and 8th grades do not have
a
> formal music curriculum.  they have music as an elective (I think) (I
don't
> teach them) and towards the end of the year they have a number of
rehearsals
> for the zimriyah so that they can participate.  For a few years I directed
a
> musical with that age group, but this year it was vetoed because of some
> vocal parents - don't even ask.  hopefully we'll re-institute it next
year.
> The problem is finding rehearsal time - lunch and after school are not
> options here, and no one wants to use class time.  and a once a week
elective
> period isn't enough to rehearse a production.  What do YOU do?
> FYI - grades K - 4 have a regular music curriculum once a week.  grades
5-6
> have music once a week - either choir (once a week), which includes
> sightsinging and solfege  or band, which means private lessons in addition
to
> practice once a week.
> the K - 4 curriculum is divided between general music ed. and preparing
for
> various performances, both in hebrew and english.
> and by the way, I'm not the music teacher!  (I teach Hebrew music to K-3
as
> part of their hebrew curriculum, and I teach tefillah and direct special
> musical programs that are tied to the hebrew curr. - chagigat hasiddur,
> chagigat hachumash, etc.  so the "regular" music teacher doesn't have to
do
> any of that.  she does english productions and the zimriyah, which is all
> hebrew songs.  she is gentile and uses me as a consultant for the
zimriyah,
> and other Jewish music questions.  Our music teacher is full time and I
only
> wanted to work very part time, which is why I turned down the job before
they
> offered it to her 2 years ago.
>
> sorry to bore list members who aren't in day schools... but ,
> Raquel
>
>

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