Hello SMP families! We hope this page will be a helpful educational resource during this time. We will be continually updating with more activities, videos, and references, so stay tuned!
Activities:
We will continue to post worksheets (known as "snacktivity" during programming) weekly. Don't hesitate to reach out with any questions!

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For worksheet #2, only numbers 1-8 are required -- try 9 and 10 for an extra challenge!

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Activity #4: Count Dracula teaches you rhythm

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Worksheet #6 | |
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Volunteer Videos:
Some of our amazing tutors have created these videos to demonstrate our concert pieces. This resource will continue to be updated with more parts.
Advanced Trombone - Procession for a New Day
Advanced Trumpet - New Orleans Strut
Beginning Violin - March of the Metrognomes
Beginning Trombone - New Orleans Strut
Reference videos:
Here's a great reference for music reading 101.
Use this video to learn how to read quarter and eighth notes.
Instrument care:
For brass mouthpieces: (Sterisol is about $4 at your local music store and a mouthpiece brush is even less): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7haTc8lHSMc
For clarinets and saxophone mouthpieces (Sterisol is about $4 at your local music store and a mouthpiece brush is even less): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J9P2rwlj2U
For flutes (the cleaning rod and a small, dollar-bill-sized cloth will suffice for the inside of the headjoint and an alcohol swab from any First Aid kit will work for the area the lips touch the headjoint): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2OD_0jPEcQ
For string instruments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6cqYlYyYkM
For clarinets and saxophone mouthpieces (Sterisol is about $4 at your local music store and a mouthpiece brush is even less): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J9P2rwlj2U
For flutes (the cleaning rod and a small, dollar-bill-sized cloth will suffice for the inside of the headjoint and an alcohol swab from any First Aid kit will work for the area the lips touch the headjoint): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2OD_0jPEcQ
For string instruments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6cqYlYyYkM