Hi everyone,
Here's what the plan is for next week:
1. Please be prepared to spend a lot of time on the Sound of Music medley. None of us have the music yet but we will need to spend some quality time with it!
2. Should the final piece arrive (Waltz Time with Strauss) will also work extensively on that. If not, I may have found a sing-a-long that we can add to our program.
3. Radetzky March - trio section
4. Ammerland - ending, run through with a focus on balance.
5. Tritsch - all, as close to tempo as possible.
6. Clear Track - all, as close to tempo as possible.
Please let me know if you have any questions about this, the drumming workshop or the upcoming concert!
Karen
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Oktoberfest Tickets
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to give you a quick update on Oktoberfest tickets. If you play in the band and would like to take part in the dinner, the tickets will be $30 (as opposed to the full-priced $45 tickets). Tickets can be purchased from Mark Overes.
Karen
I just wanted to give you a quick update on Oktoberfest tickets. If you play in the band and would like to take part in the dinner, the tickets will be $30 (as opposed to the full-priced $45 tickets). Tickets can be purchased from Mark Overes.
Karen
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Information for September 26 Drumming Retreat
Information for September 26 Drumming Retreat
- For those interested in car pooling, we will meet at the Canadian Tire on Highway 4 at 12:20. We will leave for Raymond at 12:30.
- The workshop will go from 1:00 to 3:30 at the Raymond High School with Ryan Heseltine.
- There is no charge.
- Directions to the school and details on what to bring will be posted soon!
Rehearsal Plan for Sept. 22
Hi everyone,
I'm really pleased with what we were able to accomplish this evening. Thanks for your patience and hard work as we pick it all apart.
Here's the plan for next week:
1. Sight read the two new pieces (please listen to these on the recordings post from a couple of weeks ago. They are the Sound of Music and Waltz Time with Strauss).
2. Tritsch-Tratsch: Review 1-66, 67-101
3. Radetzky: Review 1-60, 61-97
4. Ammerland: 31-end, run through
5. Clear Track: 50-85
Remember that articulations and tempo are extremely important with the Strauss pieces so make sure that you get out that metronome, listen to the recordings and listen to yourself! Ammerland is all about those subtle nuances in each and every line. It's the attention to detail that is going to make this concert fantastic.
See you next week!
Karen
I'm really pleased with what we were able to accomplish this evening. Thanks for your patience and hard work as we pick it all apart.
Here's the plan for next week:
1. Sight read the two new pieces (please listen to these on the recordings post from a couple of weeks ago. They are the Sound of Music and Waltz Time with Strauss).
2. Tritsch-Tratsch: Review 1-66, 67-101
3. Radetzky: Review 1-60, 61-97
4. Ammerland: 31-end, run through
5. Clear Track: 50-85
Remember that articulations and tempo are extremely important with the Strauss pieces so make sure that you get out that metronome, listen to the recordings and listen to yourself! Ammerland is all about those subtle nuances in each and every line. It's the attention to detail that is going to make this concert fantastic.
See you next week!
Karen
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
Rehearsal Plan for September 15
Hello everyone!
We are off to a great start! Following is a what we'll be working on for next week. Please listen to the recordings I've posted and feel free to do your own research and listening on these pieces.
1. Clear Track Polka: Measures 1-50. Focus will be on style, articulations and dynamics.
2. Tritsch-Tratsch: 1-51. Focus will be on articulations and tempo. My suggestion is to practice with your metronome. Start slowly and work your way up.
3. Ammerland: 1-30. Focus will be on tuning, dynamics and phrasing.
4. Radetzky: 9-44. Focus will be on articulations and tempo. Woodwinds, if you're having trouble with the grace notes, leave them out for now.
5. Thunder and Lightning: I have decided to cut this one as I feel we have enough polkas! Plus, we will be getting two more pieces shortly.
It's really important to remember that we have a fairly short time period before our performance!
Karen
We are off to a great start! Following is a what we'll be working on for next week. Please listen to the recordings I've posted and feel free to do your own research and listening on these pieces.
1. Clear Track Polka: Measures 1-50. Focus will be on style, articulations and dynamics.
2. Tritsch-Tratsch: 1-51. Focus will be on articulations and tempo. My suggestion is to practice with your metronome. Start slowly and work your way up.
3. Ammerland: 1-30. Focus will be on tuning, dynamics and phrasing.
4. Radetzky: 9-44. Focus will be on articulations and tempo. Woodwinds, if you're having trouble with the grace notes, leave them out for now.
5. Thunder and Lightning: I have decided to cut this one as I feel we have enough polkas! Plus, we will be getting two more pieces shortly.
It's really important to remember that we have a fairly short time period before our performance!
Karen
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Events for the 2015-2016 Season
Following is a list of all of the events that will be taking place for the 2015-2016 season. Exact details will be given closer to each date.
1. September 8 - Welcome back!
2. September 26 - Drumming workshop with Ryan Heseltine at Raymond High School
3. October 17 - Oktoberfest at St. Joseph School
4. October 31 - Gold Band Halloween concert at Sterndale Bennett Theatre at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm.
5. December 5 - Mayor's Christmas Concert at Southminster United Church featuring the Silver Band and Gold Band with special guests, The Mike Mountain Horse Children's Choir, directed by Megan Peeke-Voute. The concert begins at 7:00 p.m.
6. December 19 - TubaChristmas, conducted by Nick Sullivan (open to all community euphonium, baritone and tuba players) in the ATB Financial Room at Casa at 1:00 p.m.
7. January - Welcome back, Sam!!
8. March 19 - Silver Spring Concert at 7:00 p.m. at the Canadian Western Bank Lounge (Enmax).
9. April 16 - Gold Band Spring Concert ("A World of Music") at the College Drive Community Church at 7:00 p.m.
10. June 4 - Evening at the Pops ("Anything Goes") at the College Drive Community Church at 7:00 p.m.
Also, there are tentative plans for the Silver Band to participate in both the local Kiwanis Festival and the Festival of Bands in Red Deer.
1. September 8 - Welcome back!
2. September 26 - Drumming workshop with Ryan Heseltine at Raymond High School
3. October 17 - Oktoberfest at St. Joseph School
4. October 31 - Gold Band Halloween concert at Sterndale Bennett Theatre at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm.
5. December 5 - Mayor's Christmas Concert at Southminster United Church featuring the Silver Band and Gold Band with special guests, The Mike Mountain Horse Children's Choir, directed by Megan Peeke-Voute. The concert begins at 7:00 p.m.
6. December 19 - TubaChristmas, conducted by Nick Sullivan (open to all community euphonium, baritone and tuba players) in the ATB Financial Room at Casa at 1:00 p.m.
7. January - Welcome back, Sam!!
8. March 19 - Silver Spring Concert at 7:00 p.m. at the Canadian Western Bank Lounge (Enmax).
9. April 16 - Gold Band Spring Concert ("A World of Music") at the College Drive Community Church at 7:00 p.m.
10. June 4 - Evening at the Pops ("Anything Goes") at the College Drive Community Church at 7:00 p.m.
Also, there are tentative plans for the Silver Band to participate in both the local Kiwanis Festival and the Festival of Bands in Red Deer.
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Recordings for October 17 Performance
Clear Track (this is not the recording of our our particular arrangement but it will give you a good idea of the piece)
Thunder and Lightning
Radetzky March
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Ammerland
Full Recording: http://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=2473070
Waltz Time with Strauss
The Sound of Music
Thunder and Lightning
Radetzky March
Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Ammerland
Full Recording: http://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=2473070
Waltz Time with Strauss
The Sound of Music
Welcome back!
Hello everyone!
I hope all of you had a terrific summer and are ready to return to an exciting year for the Silver Band! Tonight at the orientation, I had the opportunity to visit with returning members, new members and even a few that have taken a few years off and are coming back. I'm looking forward to seeing all of you on September 8.
Here's a brief outline of what you can expect this fall. On Saturday, September 26 we are going to travel to Raymond High School to have a drumming workshop with Ryan Heseltine. This event is simply for fun and gives us an opportunity to spend some time together outside of rehearsal. I will give you more details soon.
Our first performance will be on Saturday, October 17. We will be teaming up with the St. Ambrose Church Hall Building Committee (in Coaldale) to put on an Oktoberfest celebration. I have been to their Oktoberfest parties before and they are so much fun. This will take place at St. Joseph School (where I teach) and there will be a dinner, a concert (put on by us) and then a dance with a polka band. This is a fundraising event in which we will help the St. Ambrose Parish in their efforts to raise money to build a church hall.
There are several reasons why we decided to do this event. First, we wanted to try an event that was completely new and different for us. Secondly, we wanted to reach out to a fellow non-profit group to help with them what they need. Finally, we now that this will help the Silver Band reach an audience that may not have previously known about us.
The annual Mayor's Christmas concert will be held on December 5 and the guest group will be a children's choir from Mike Mountain Horse Elementary School, directed by Megan Peeke-Voute. For those of you who don't know her, Megan is a clarinetist with the Gold Band and her husband is Nick Sullivan.
Sam has a lot of terrific plans for you in 2016. There will be a spring concert in March, the Kiwanis Festival, a tentative trip to Red Deer to the provincial festival of the bands (May) and then the annual pops concert with the Gold Band in June.
I would like to remind everyone that it is very important that fees be paid as soon as possible. Registration and payment can be done online at lcbs.ca.
And finally (for now), I would like to encourage all of you to access this blog. Each week, I will post what we will be working on at the next rehearsal. This is so that you can manage your practice time as effectively as possible. I will also share important information regarding upcoming events as well as recordings, links and resources regarding the pieces that we are playing.
I will see you all on Tuesday and I can't wait to make music with all of you!
Karen
I hope all of you had a terrific summer and are ready to return to an exciting year for the Silver Band! Tonight at the orientation, I had the opportunity to visit with returning members, new members and even a few that have taken a few years off and are coming back. I'm looking forward to seeing all of you on September 8.
Here's a brief outline of what you can expect this fall. On Saturday, September 26 we are going to travel to Raymond High School to have a drumming workshop with Ryan Heseltine. This event is simply for fun and gives us an opportunity to spend some time together outside of rehearsal. I will give you more details soon.
Our first performance will be on Saturday, October 17. We will be teaming up with the St. Ambrose Church Hall Building Committee (in Coaldale) to put on an Oktoberfest celebration. I have been to their Oktoberfest parties before and they are so much fun. This will take place at St. Joseph School (where I teach) and there will be a dinner, a concert (put on by us) and then a dance with a polka band. This is a fundraising event in which we will help the St. Ambrose Parish in their efforts to raise money to build a church hall.
There are several reasons why we decided to do this event. First, we wanted to try an event that was completely new and different for us. Secondly, we wanted to reach out to a fellow non-profit group to help with them what they need. Finally, we now that this will help the Silver Band reach an audience that may not have previously known about us.
The annual Mayor's Christmas concert will be held on December 5 and the guest group will be a children's choir from Mike Mountain Horse Elementary School, directed by Megan Peeke-Voute. For those of you who don't know her, Megan is a clarinetist with the Gold Band and her husband is Nick Sullivan.
Sam has a lot of terrific plans for you in 2016. There will be a spring concert in March, the Kiwanis Festival, a tentative trip to Red Deer to the provincial festival of the bands (May) and then the annual pops concert with the Gold Band in June.
I would like to remind everyone that it is very important that fees be paid as soon as possible. Registration and payment can be done online at lcbs.ca.
And finally (for now), I would like to encourage all of you to access this blog. Each week, I will post what we will be working on at the next rehearsal. This is so that you can manage your practice time as effectively as possible. I will also share important information regarding upcoming events as well as recordings, links and resources regarding the pieces that we are playing.
I will see you all on Tuesday and I can't wait to make music with all of you!
Karen
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