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Events and Classes
Each year GMA teachers help with the four County High School marching bands.
Each and every Friday night in 2009
7:00pm-9:30pm
Open mic night at the Turnabout Cafe
Students gain invaluable performance experience with this, no rules, any one plays open mic. Enjoy coffee, smoothies, and snacks, while you enjoy the music of a wide range of GMA students.
The Turnabout Cafe is located in the stripmall at the intersection of Route four and Chaneyville Road, directly across from World Gym.
Turnabout replaces the Sunflower cafe as the community's coffee house. All Saints Church, The Garrett Music Academy, and other community partners have developed the facility to continue community work that All Saints and Garrett have been doing together since 2005. Turnabout is a place for teens and adults alike to come buy coffee and snacks from the on sight bakery, hang out, study, and play music during open mic nights on the weekends. "The most exciting part to me is that we will facilitate a job training center for people with developmental disabilities and have a regular place for music." said Garrett!
(Home school) General Music-The fall 2009 Semester of General Music will focus on two goals. The theme will be Music in Culture. Music in culture explores the impact and incorporation of music in different societies around the world. This will include exploration of different cultures, economies, instruments, and religions. General Music will also continue to emphasize drills and exercises that continue the students practice and application of reading lead sheet notation, rhythms, form, accent markings, symbols, and general music theory.
Band Ensemble- Students will benefit from group play that uses scales and rhythm exercises to bring cohesion to the group and teach musicianship. Repertoire will be selected by the instructor based on the variety of instruments in the ensemble. Daily practice will be encouraged and required. The 13-week course will culminate in a live performance on or around the Christmas holiday.
Guitar and Pop Orchestra – The guitar and pop orchestra focuses on learning to play as a group with contemporary repertoire and modern instrumentation. The form of most songs will be (Intro, Verse, Chorus, Verse, Chorus, Bridge, Chorus, Outro), The ensemble will study and perform songs from several genres such as Blues, Jazz, Rock, Pop, Country, and Folk. Students will learn to read music in several forms, lead sheet, tablature, chord charts, lyric sheets, and lead sheets. Music theory will be incorporated as needed and focus on key structure chord construction and scale derivation. The 13-week course will end with a live performance on or around the Christmas Holiday.
Children’s Choir-Students will learn based on sight singing rhythms and simple melodies. three and four part harmony (SATB) will be introduced and applied as progress dictates. The 13-week course will end with a live performance on or around the Christmas Holiday.
Calvert County Youth Orchestra-The CCYO is a prep orchestra designed to prepare students for auditions for reputable community orchestras. Repertoire is determined by progress and the student’s ability to practice, retain, and recite various scales. Sight-reading is essential and a simple audition is required to participate. The CCYO performs as determined by the director at various times throughout the year.
