December 8

Here's mabel rios, and destinae darby coming at you with the lytle jr high band  

we had a band concert yesterday 

we played

1. all i want for christmas is my to front teeth 3``
2. jazzy ol saint nick
3. carol of the bells  

we had the opportunity to play with our spectacular 6th grade band during carol of the bells they did there best and it turned out wonderful  

During the rest of the week we worked very hard practicing on our christmas songs and we also worked on our scales we are working on our Ab scale Eb scale and Bb scale they are very fun scales to play and they sound very nice our chorale 1 sounds relly good too. 

the jr high band has been working extremly hard for a competion coming up soon this competion is called region band , here we play all sorts of scales and a lyrical and technical etiude , all of those things take practice and dedication from all band students competing but it takes time , anger and makes our band directors grow a little bit of grey hair to teach us those things 


saying this i think we speak for LYTLE band students we would like to give a huge thank shoutout to our 3 band directors , for alwyas teaching us what we need to know and never giving up no matter how stressed or upset they maybe it takes a lot of pations and enegry to keep up with 13-18 year olds , thank you .

   This week we are working on our Christmas songs that we are going to play at our Christmas program. And during the week Mr. H came to visit us and he also conducted for us. during last week everyone had their chair test on the G major scale . All last week we worked on the region music (Lyrical Etude) .  The name of the songs we are working on are All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, Jazzy ol' Saint Nick and Carol of the bells . 

By: Emily And Mabel . :) 

11.17.15

Christmas Concert

Monday, December 7

The Concert will most likely start at 7pm 

High School Auditorium.

Students will be receiving more details closer to the concert.

Sunday best, Please no Blue Jeans!

Everyone still needs to abide by the school dress code.

Last week we had our Red Ribbon Week and we did different things each day. 

Monday: Wore Red 

Tuesday: Minion Day 

Wednesday: Beach Day

Thursday: Superhero Day 

Friday: Wear your costumes 

Also on friday we went to the Elemenartry for their red ribbon pep rally . We played school song/fight song, shake it off and some of the flutes played the Star Spangled Banner . We also got our band shirts that Alivia Eberle drew .

 Last week we had our last pep rally of the football season 

and we played the usual and shake it off . 

This week we are getting ready for the

 red ribbon pep rally at the elementary school . We are 

also doing our chromatic scales 

and basic scales.

Here are some pictures from our pep rally. 

By: Emily and Mabel 

10/26/15

This week we worked on sclaes and a new piece of music called Shake it off by Talor Swift. 

The low brass went to sectionals, we are continuing to work on the music for the pep rally next week.
We are working on iron man song and many of the other songs for when we go to the elementary pep rally. 

Last week we were working on the iron man also we had a pink out/black out pep rally, at the pep rally we played the school song and the fight song, We also played iron man during a game that the cheerleaders did. The game was the teacher who didn't represent breast cancer/wear pink got a piece of cake in their face. At the pep rally coach foster did a speech about Cross Country, then the cheerleaders did 2 cheers and a dance.  

Hi again, we didn't get to tell you about the pep rally on Friday so now we are going to tell you about it. Last week on Thursday it was so fun we played so many games like where the cheer leaders had to pick some football boys to kiss them on the cheek and they had to rate the kiss but secretly their mom actually kissed them on the cheek. We played cheer leader strut and the cheer leaders did their dance to it then after that we played the happy birthday song for Destinae then the last thing we played was the school song. 

By: Mabel & Emily.

10.5.15.

In band this week we are still playing Lips are Moving and the other thing we have been working on is scales and we have been working on this one scale which is Concert F. On Tuesday the Clarinets went out to work on region music and Lips are Moving song. Also yesterday the French Horn's went out to work on the same thing. 

This week we worked on the school song and the fight song for the pep rally, which was on Thursday. We played Riders on the storm we also played the fight song and the cheerleaders danced to the song. The football, volleyball and cross country team all ran out in their own banners. The cheerleaders picked 3 people out of each grade level and they did a relay race, then each grade level had a cheer off.   

-Mabel and Emily

Worked on all week.

We are working on a new song called Lips are Moving by Kevin Kadish and Meghan Trainor. We are also working on the Eb scale. 

During Class we are starting to learn how to play Riders on the Storm, this song is by Michael story. Some of the warm ups that we play are long tone 1A, scales, the chromatic scale. This class is really fun, we actually have good music that we play. We look up to Mrs. Robles like our band mom! 

This is by 

Mabel and Emily! 9/18/15

 

September 14, 2015

This past week 7th & 8th grade students learned how to play the school song and fight song.  JH percussion have been working on cadences.  We've also begun work on All-Region Music.

The beginner bands are in full effect.  Last week students learned how to put their instruments together and this week they will learn how to make the proper sounds!!!

Music is definitely in the air.

Mrs. Robles

7th & 8th Grade Band

The school year is off to a great start.  Yesterday, the Junior High Kids played through the Lytle Alma Mater.  Sectionals have also begun and students are starting their All-Region Music.

This will be my last post because next week my student bloggers will begin blogging about all the cool stuff we are doing in class.

Mrs. Robles

Beginner Band sign up has already begun.  If your 4th grade child has not received a note for sign up, you can contact me at mrobles@lytleisd.com.  My school phone is 830-709-5115 ext. 4311.

Here are some phone numbers to music companies if you will be purchasing or leasing an instrument:

Flutes, Clarinets, Alto Saxophones, Trumpets, Trombones and Percussion/Bell Kits can be leased from High School Music Company.  The store telephone number is 210/349-2775.  Rates and terms can be discussed with them at your convenience.  Representatives from High School Music have agreed to come to Lytle for an “instrument drive” after school on Tuesday, September 8^th.  At that time, you and your child will have an opportunity to see the different instruments, ask questions you might have of the representatives, and if possible, obtain an instrument for your child.

The same instruments are also available from Hillje Music, another good music store with three locations in San Antonio at 3703 Colony Drive (near IH-10 and Wurzbach) – store phone number is 210/696-0039, at 11654 Bandera Rd., Suite 109 – store phone number is 210/680-0181, and at 18130 Highway 281 North – Suite 116 – store phone number is 210/545-3131.

Virtually any of these instruments can also be leased from Taylor Music.  Although the monthly lease rates are lower for this company, they are located in South Dakota, so corresponding with them might be a little more difficult than with High School Music Company or Hillje Music.  The company website is 1800usaband.com.  Look for the link for beginner band instruments.

Please contact me before ordering an instrument for your child so I can keep track of how many students are getting each type of instrument.  This is necessary to keep all the sections in the band at the appropriate size.

Thank you for encouraging your child’s involvement in music!  If you would like to discuss matters with me over the summer, please feel free to call one of the phone numbers listed below.

                                                                                                                Musically yours,

                                                                                                                MJ Robles

                                                                                                                Junior High Band Director            

If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to call or email.

830-709-5115     ext. 4311

mrobles@lytleisd.com

Region Band

Students are working hard practicing and getting ready for Region Band Tryouts.  This year they will be held in Pearsall on February 7.

For JH band students auditioning, permission slips and itineraries will be passed out on Monday Feb. 2.  

All band students had a quiz on Friday, Jan. 16 over their Bb and Eb scales.