Practice Notes: Concert Band

Week of Apr 8-10

  • Concert Pieces in order are: Great Movie Adventures, Moscow, 1941, The Peanut Vendor, and The Curtain Rises
  • Continue to practice Pomp and Circumstance
  • Dordt Combined Concert – practice Foundry with the recording pasted below. We will rehearse together on Wednesdays April15 and 22 at 2:40. Rehearsals at Dordt are Thursday, April 23 and Tuesday, April 28. The Concert is Thursday, April 30.
  • https://www.jwpepper.com/foundry-10282825-201666/p

Week of Mar 25-27

  • Concert pieces are “Moscow, 1941”, “The Curtain Rises”, “The Peanut Vendor”, and “Great Movie Adventures”
  • Continue to practice Pomp and Circumstance
  • Dordt Combined Concert – practice Foundry with the recording. We will rehearse together on Wednesdays April 8, 15 and 22 at 2:40. Rehearsals at Dordt are Thursday, April 23, Tuesday, April 28 and the Conert is Thursday, April 30.

Week of Mar 11-13

  • Concert pieces are “Moscow, 1941”, “The Curtain Rises”, “The Peanut Vendor”, and “Great Movie Adventures”
  • Continue to practice Pomp and Circumstance
  • I am still waiting to get music for the other piece we are playing at the Combined Concert with the Dordt Campus Band, on Thursday, April 30. As soon as I get that, I will get it to you.
  • If you are able to arrive early on Wedneday, Mar 18 and play Rain Dance with the Intermediate Band to help them learn it, then I would be most appreciative! I will start that piece about 1:30.

Week of Mar 4-6

  • We will practice Pomp and Circumstance next week, please have that ready so we don’t have to spend much time on it. If you are a senior and volunteered to play at the Abiding Savior Academy Graduation Ceremony on Thursday, May 21, then I will have a copy of the music for you next week. Thanks to all who volunteered to play!!
  • New Concert Piece handed out: “Moscow, 1941”
  • https://viewer.jwpepper.com/smc2/?product=11570889&preview=true
  • Other Concert pieces are “The Curtain Rises”, “The Peanut Vendor”, and “Great Movie Adventures”
  • I am still waiting to get music for the other piece we are playing at the Combined Concert with the Dordt Campus Band, on Thursday, April 30. As soon as I get that, I will get it to you.

Week of Feb 25-27

  • Same as last week

Week of Feb 18-20

Week of Feb 4-6

  • All Dordt Honor Band musicians – focus on having your Honor Band music ready… We will meet at 5:00 pm at Sioux Center Pizza Ranch and wear our band shirts on Saturday
  • Concert Pieces for our next rehearsal: “The Peanut Vendor” (which still needs A LOT of work!!) and “Great Movie Adventures” (which is coming together nicely!)

Week of Jan 28-30

  • “The Peanut Vendor” – there is a link from last week to watch a live video recording of this music
  • “Great Movie Adventures” – if you do not know the theme music from the movie ET, here is a link to familiarize yourself with it before we start playing that part of the piece. This is a live video of John Williams (the American composer of all amazing movie themes!) conducting the performance. Know the name John Williams and his face… he is an iconic American composer that we should all be familiar with!
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps1-YlB1TIQ&list=RDPs1-YlB1TIQ&start_radio=1

Week of Jan 21-23