QACHS’s Band Blog

Marching Band Rehearsals will start this week on Monday, April 20, and will be held each Monday from 2:40 – 4:45 PM.  The rehearsals are in preparation for the Parade Review performance that we will do on the Spring Trip to Hershey, PA as well as the Chestertown Tea Party Parade on May 23.

Other dates for May  are as follows:

May 9th @ 10 AM – 12 Noon – Percussion and Color Guard Clinics for all current and incoming 8th grade students.

May 26, 27, 28 @ 6 – 8 PM – Marching Band Mini-Band Camp

*Due to the change in schedule for the Centreville Memorial Day Parade (May 30th) we will not be able to march the parade this year.*

As soon as the dates for Leadership Team Interviews and Auditions are decided I will post that information, so check back for those details.

Beginning this week (April 13th), we will be moving Jazz rehearsals from Tuesdays and Thursdays to Tuesdays and Wednesdays.  Several members are taking part in A.P. study sessions and we want to provide them with this opportunity so that they may do well.

Upcoming performance dates for the Jazz Ensemble are as follows:

Tuesday, April 28th – Exchange Program Concert at QACHS w/KCHS Jazz Band
1:00 PM in the John F. Andrews Performing Arts Center

Monday, May 4th – Exchange Program Concert at KCHS w/KCHS Jazz Band
1:00 PM in the Kent County High School Auditorium

Thursday, May 7th – The 6th Annual QACHS Night of Jazz w/CMS Jazz Band
7:00 PM in the QACHS Cafeteria.

There are three things that every good musician should do……

1. Always have a pencil.

2. Have a regular practice schedule.

3. Listen to recordings of artists on their instrument.

In the Spring Edition of the Maryland Music Educator that I just finished reading today, there was an article that talked about ways of improving your program.  One part of the article mentioned playing music by various artists on various instruments while students entered the rehearsal room.  They then provided a list of artists to consider.  I want to share this list so that you can have a reference of who you can listen to.  You can find recordings of just about every one of these individuals on Amazon.com and those listed in BOLD are also available with downloadable mp3 albums.

Flute

Rampal, Galway

Oboe

Elaine Dubois, John Mack, Richard Woodhelms

Bassoon

Laurence Perkins, Benjamin Coelho, Ezequiel Faniguersch

Clarinet

Mitchell Lurie, Richard Stolzman

Saxophone

Harvey Pittel, Marcel Mule, Sighurd Rasher, Arno Borncamp

Trumpet

Allen Vizzutti, Philip Smith, Tommy Stevens, Wynton Marsalis

Horn

Dale Clevenger

Trombone

Christian Lindberg, Eugene Watts

Tuba

Roger Bobo, Sam Pilafian

Percussion

Nexus Percussion Ensemble, Black Earth Percussion Ensemble, Nancy Zeltsman (mallets), Stuart Mars

Ensemble

*U.S. Marine Band or other good service bands*, Canadian Brass, Empire Brass, Eastman Wind Ensemble, Cincinnati Wind Symphony, North Texas State Wind Ensemble, North Texas State Jazz Ensemble.

* We have a growing library of CD’s of the various Military Bands at school that you may check out to take home.  You can also download some individual files from the following websites.*

United States Marine Band

United States Navy Band

United States Army Band

United States Air Force Band

We are celebrating 1 year of podcasting this month and are very excited to bring you an exciting episode that includes the Concert/Symphonic Band’s Performance at District Band Festival last month.

Click here to take a listen:
http://boe.qacps.k12.md.us/qhs/qaband/podcasts/Podcast07040309.mp3

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