CANTO

Hey Guys!
Check out this groovy recording of Canto by W. Francis MacBeth! St. Mary Senior Band is currently learning this piece!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPQEqeqqcyo

Thanks for a great first week back!

Thank you to all Saint Mary Staff and Students for an EXCELLENT first week back at school!
Just a friendly reminder to all band students to start bringing your band instruments to class starting on TUESDAY!

Other reminders:
Glee club first rehearsal:
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th @ 8:15AM in the Chapel!
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th @ LUNCH REHEARSAL in the Chapel!
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th @ 8:15AM in the Chapel!

Jazz Band First Meeting:
Wednesday, September 7th after school! (3:30PM in the Band Room)

Wednesday, September 7th 5:00-7:00PM - meet the staff BBQ!

That's all for now folks!

Have a great long weekend!
Miss R

Welcome back to school!

Hello Saint Mary Students! Welcome back for another great year of fun, learning, loving, and music making! My name is Miss Erika Rybinski and I will be teaching Band, Glee Club, and Religion/Christian Ethics this 2016-2017 school year!

Just a bit about myself...
I am a very recent graduate of the University of Saskatchewan Music Education program and my major instrument is trombone! That being said, I love all the instruments with my whole heart. I am also a singer-songwriter on the side, and you can check out my artist's page on Facebook @ www.facebook.com/erikastarmusic . I will be releasing a single and music video in mid-October, so please keep that in mind!

I am very excited to build a strong music and faith community here at Saint Mary! I welcome you all with a smile and very likely, a "rock on" sign.

PEACE!
-Miss Rybinski

Junior Girls and Boys Basketball Photos

Hello to all Jr. Girls and Jr. Boys Basketball parents! I am hunting for some team photos for this year's Jr. Girls and Boys Basketball teams. It appears as though I have none in my collection and am looking for YOUR photographic input! If you have any photos stored in your collections PLEASE email them to:
erika.rybinski@pacsd.ca or esr927@mail.usask.ca
THANK YOU SO MUCH!


Keep feelin' the rhythm of life,
Miss R

May 26th - Information Processing 10

Hello Grade 10's!
I miss you all! And I hope you are well!
Here is the scoop for today. Please continue your work on Yearbook and Music Videos.
If you are at a complete loss, you may check out this tutorial on Adobe Premiere Pro 2014 (the program installed on our computers that is used for developing music videos)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK3JTh2jOf8

Peace!
Miss R

Level 2 Band - May 26, 2016

Hello Level 2 Band!
I miss you all!
Your task for today is to do a little research assignment based on famous Composers from the Past and Present! (Sorry, but I don't know who the famous composers are from the Future!)

In music history, there are different ERAS, just like there was in world history - the Prehistoric Era, the Medieval Era, the Dark Ages, etc.

In music history, there were the following eras:
1. Medieval Era
2. Renaissance Era 
3. Baroque Era
4. Classical Era
5. Romantic Era
6. 20th Century Era
7. The Present

You have the freedom to choose ONE composer to study from the following eras:

1. Medieval Era:
-Hildegard von Bingen
-Leotin
-Perotin
-Guillame de Machaut

2. Renaissance Era:
-Josquin Des Prez
-William Byrd
-Claudio Monteverdi
-Giovanni Pierliugi da Palestrina

3. Baroque Composers
-Johann Sebastian Bach
-George Philip Telemann
-Antonio Vivaldi
-George Frederic Handel

4. Classical Era
-Ludwig van Beethoven
-Franz Joseph Haydn
-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
-Muzio Clementi

5. Romantic Era
-Frederic Chopin
-Claude Debussy
-Robert Schumann
-Hector Berlioz
-Richard Wagner
-Franz Schubert

6. 20th Century Composers
-Igor Stravinsky
-Aaron Copland
-Benjamin Britten
-Sergei Prokofiev
-Dmitri Shoshtakovik
-Bela Bartok

7. The Present:
-Eric Whitacre
-David Braid
-John Williams
-Howard Shore

Your task is as follows:
1. Open a new Word Document.
2. Put the name and dates of your composer at the top of the page.
3. Place a photograph of your composer underneath the title at the top of the page.
4. Copy and paste the following questions into your word document and answer them.
5. What musical era did your composer emerge from?
6. What are STYLISTIC features of this era?
7. Please provide a brief history of this composer's life (1. Where were they born? Who were they born to? If possible, what was their musical training when they were young? What countries/cities did they work in? Who were some of their main employers (bosses?))
8. What were their MAIN contributions to the music of their era?
9. What is an example of a famous composition by this composer?
10. What are three interesting facts about your composer?

NOTE: Once you have completed your task, please save as LAST NAME, FIRST LETTER OF FIRST NAME - COMPOSER HISTORY ASSIGNMENT.

Have a great day Level 2! I will see you soon!
Miss R

Automatic Slide Transitions Practice - Spring by Shakespeare

Hello Grade Eights!

Your task is to create a "Hands Free" PowerPoint using the text from Shakespeare's Poem "Spring". Here is the text to Shakespeare's Poem: Please copy and paste the poem into a Microsoft Word Document:

Spring by William Shakespeare

When daisies pied, and violets blue,
And lady-smocks all silver-white,
And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue
Do paint the meadows with delight,
The cuckoo then, on every tree,
Mocks married men, for thus sings he:
'Cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo!' O word of fear,
Unpleasing to a married ear.
When shepherds pipe on oaten straws,
And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks,
When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws,
And maidens bleach their summer smocks,
The cuckoo then, on every tree,
Mocks married men, for thus sings he:
'Cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo!' O word of fear,
Unpleasing to a married ear.

Please follow the instructions as listed below:
1) Create a 20 slide PowerPoint.
2) Each slide will need a background photo that is related to spring. (ie. Photos of Daisies, the Riverbank, Budding greens, etc.) Therefore, you must find Spring photos on Google, save them to "My Pictures" folder and insert them into the PowerPoint.
3) One Slide 1 Copy and paste the text of the TITLE and AUTHOR of the poem "Spring" onto the slide. Make sure the text can be seen.
4) On each of the following slides copy Line 1 of the poem on to the Slide 2, Line 2 of the poem on to Slide 3, etc.
5) On the very last slide please insert a text box and write the text "The End".
6) After you have inserted all of the text onto the slides in PowerPoint your next task is to choose SLIDE TRANSITIONS and make them AUTOMATIC (this means that you should not have "ON MOUSE CLICK" selected but rather click on "AFTER". Your task is to estimate (appropriately) how long it will take the viewer to read each line of text from Shakespeare's poem "Spring".
Ex. "Spring by William Shakespeare" (On Slide one) = 3 Seconds.

PowerPoint Practice 6 Checklist:
1. You have 20 slides
2. You have the title and author of the poem on slide 1
3. You have each line of the poem on a separate slide
4. You have "The End" at the end
5. You have a spring photo as your background for each slide.
6. You have an AUTOMATIC TRANSITION on each slide.

After this - save as "LAST NAME, FIRST LETTER OF FIRST NAME, POWERPOINT PRACTICE #6)

Please save and submit to the PowerPoint Practice #6 hand-in folder.
Miss R