Apr. 12-16 Happenings

ATTN. STUDENTS AND PARENTS!!!!!! The middle school solo contest is only one week away so please be sure to check the GT Band Website, via the link on this blog, to check the performance schedule so you can be there on time and ready to perform on your respective evening. Performances are scheduled to take only 8 minutes which includes several moments for the judge to speak with the student after they play. Doors to each performance center will be closed when each performer starts and will not be opened again until after the performance is finished to please plan accordingly. Students need to be dressed nicely for their performance.

MS

5th Band

• Continue with Concert Bb scale and chromatic
• Power Rock, continue full runs
• Creepy Crawlies, begin playing full runs in band and increasing tempo as well as brining out clarinet and flute parts
• Companions in the Quest, perform full runs of the first half of the song and continue working through the second half in small sections

6th Band

• Continue with Concert Scales and chromatic
• The Tempest, peform full runs isolating the trumpets at 45, working with the saxes for a controlled sound, and incorporating more dynamics into the performance
• Forward March, begin playing full runs of this piece, continue working with percussion and clarinets at 25 and work the last few measures after section 31
• Discuss playing three pieces and continue to work on African Folk Trilogy #2 continuing to read through the piece

7/8th Band

• Continue with Concert Scales and chromatic
• Funiculi, Funicula, begin performing full runs and monitoring percussion parts for accuracy, incorporate more dynamic contrast and articulation accuracy for staccattos
• Tribute and Triumph, continue playing through piece isolating different sections, work with low voices on syncopated rhythms and clarinets on unison areas
• Jefferson County Overture, perform full runs working for a contrast in the slow section with good balance among parts and following the conductor for ritardandos

HS Band

• Finalize arrangements for Solo/Ensemble Contest on Saturday in Ruthven
• Encanto, rehearse unison attacks, clarinet articulations and performance tempos, sixteenth note run passages, and section transitions
• Air For Band, perform full runs working to bring dynamic contrast up primarily bringing the loud sections up more in volume without increasing tempo, also work on the key change with the upper woodwinds
• Valdres, perform full runs working for contrast between sections and work with upper woodwinds for rhythmic accuracy