Rehearsal 3/3/15

Hi all,

  Last rehearsal we made great progress in starting to balance out the different sections in the band. Most of this wad accomplished by several factors:

   - not over playing

   - "mf is a soft dynamic"

   - relaxing in the technical spots (triplets, runs, etc.)

This week I want to continue that work and progress with:

Resplendent Glory - we will apply everything we worked on to the end section

Cowboys

Where never Lark nor Eagle Flew

Thanks for your continued hard work. I look forward to seeing everybody next week

Ken

Rehearsal 2/24/15

Hi All,
  It looks like Mother Nature is going to behave herself this week.

This weeks rehearsal (in normal seating) will include:

Arabesque
Folk Song Suite
Resplendent Glory

I look forward to getting back to work.

Ken

Folk Song Suite - Songs

Hi All,

  Here are some recordings of the original songs from FSS.  As I find more I'll add them here.

Mvt. 1 "Seventeen come Sunday"

Mvt. 2  "My Bonny Boy" and "Green Bushes"

Rehearsal References

Here are the videos of David Holsinger explaining his thoughts on Expression and how it relates to "On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss"

http://www.banddirector.com/article/pg-conducting/thoughts-on-teaching-expressive-performance-part1?productguide=505

Rehearsal References

UPDATE:  Check out 19:10 and 19:30 in the Horns vs measures 172-173 in Cowboys.

Here is a link to Rick Wakeman's "Journey to the Center of the Earth"

This will make a good listen on a quiet cold night.

Rehearsal in the Round

Any feedback?

What did you think?

Did it help you hear new things?

etc.


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Rehearsal 2/10/15

Hi All,
  On Tuesday we will run the entire program.  With a break next week this will give us a good look at where we are and what work we still need to do.  After that, we only have 8 more rehearsals before the concert on May 3rd.

Stay warm.

Ken

Rehearsal References

Here is a citation for the early instrumentation I mentioned.

INSTRUMENTATION AND THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BAND CONTEST

In the United States, instrumentation was particularly inconsistent in early school bands. After the initial National School Band Contest in 1923, discussion ensued during subsequent years to address this problem so as to provide a working standard for all band programs interested in entering the contest. In 1927 the School Band Contests booklet listed the following acceptable instrumentation for a 68-piece band:

2 flutes or 4 piccolos    (interchangeable) 2 E-flat clarinets 2 oboes 1 English horn 24 B-flat clarinets 2 alto clarinets 1 bass clarinet 2 alto saxophones    (or 1 sop., 1 alto) 1 tenor saxophone 1 baritone saxophone   1 bass saxophone 2 bassoons

2 B-flat cornets 2 B-flat trumpets 2 B-flat fluegelhorns 4 French horns 3 trombones 2 baritones 2 E-flat tubas 2 B-flat tubas timpani drums

http://www.lipscomb.edu/windbandhistory/rhodeswindband_11_instrumentation.htm

Charter members of American Bandmasters Association: Edwin Franko Goldman; Charles Benter, J. J. Gagnier, Victor J. Grabel, Albert Austin Harding, Richard B. Hayward, Charles O'Neill, Arthur Pryor and Frank Simon.