Recordings for the June Pops Concert

20th Century Fox Theme:
http://youtu.be/1W2MxbL7yxc

Captain America March:


Blues Brothers Revue:
http://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=2473651

Here are some fun clips from the movie!
I Can't Turn You Loose
http://youtu.be/IIdGxR-aU6o

Soul Man (not a movie clip but highlights from it)
http://youtu.be/lVHksFcMXk0

Soul Finger (also not a movie clip but is performed by the Blues Brothers)
http://youtu.be/p9Qx5YFWci4

Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
http://youtu.be/EHV0zs0kVGg


Hallelujah:
http://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=10097991

k.d. lang performing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics:
http://youtu.be/3q7TRVOM9KQ


The Cowboys:  (this is a YouTube video of John Williams, the composer, conducting the Boston Pops.  I have not included a recording of our arrangement because there isn't a good one out there!)
http://youtu.be/fPCpccUo8Lw

This clip is from the trailer of the movie that came out in 1972.  You'll hear the music that makes up our arrangement:
http://youtu.be/emjnjPfmoPI

76 Trombones:
http://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/media-player.jsp?&type=audio&productID=2384857

This is a great clip from the 2003 movie "The Music Man" starring Matthew Broderick:
http://youtu.be/YUI7K6w_iWw

Some things to think about for Saturday!

Hello everyone,

Thank you for all for a solid performance last night!  I feel that it was a great dress rehearsal for our concert on Saturday.  Below is a summary of the comments that our adjudicator made.  Please read them over and consider them carefully before our performance (anything in brackets are my comments!):

Normandy Beach:
1.  Nice start!  (yay!)
2.  Great style - make sure you match lengths in like voices.
3.  Some of the lower voices in divisi need to come out more.
4.  A little more presence in the muted trumpet line.
5.  More accent in snare drum.

Silent Hills:
1.  Nice start.  Great attention to pitch as you passed it off. (Phew!  We did it!!!)
2.  Make sure you are matching volume of like parts throughout selection and fit your sound into the lowest voice in your section.
3.  Prepare entrances like oboe with enough fast air to allow reed response.
4.  Always remember the moving parts must come through.
5.  We can start out perhaps a little louder in a smaller ensemble.  You guys can control it.
6.  Pitch goes when we lose support.
7.  Great work with nice variety.

Sleeping Place of the Stars:
1.  Great start!!  (Wow, we're really good at these starts.)
2.  Watch better so we are together in the rit..
3.  Voices must match articulations at 18.
4.  At 30,  percussion back off once clarinets come in.
5.  At 55, more trumpet
6.  Harder marimba mallets at 90
7.  More flute and clarinet at 98.
8.  136 - brass choir balance with more trumpet.

Adagio:
1.  More quarter notes in bass line.
2.  Louder and more in time clarinets.
3.  Boost volume for success of lines and spin air to the end of the phrase.
4.  Double dotted/32nd notes in line at 9.
5.  Crescendo triplet into downbeat.
6.  Great releases.
7.  Get the 32nd-eighth note-32nd rhythms together as much as possible.

Irish Party:
1.  What a party!
2.  Keep moving for entire phrase.
3.  Nice tambourine
4.  Balance in percussion was good all night.
5.  Less downbeat at 31.  Support, don't conquer.

Kiwanis and Concert Information

March 24:
6:30     Arrive at Yates Theatre for warm-up
7:00     Perform

Performance Order:
1.  Normandy Beach
2.  Silent Hills of My Childhood
3.  The Sleeping Place of the Stars
4.  Adagio
5.  An Irish Party in Third Class


March 28:
3:30    Arrive at CASA for setup in ATB Financial Community Room
4:00    Rehearsal
4:45    Pizza in Stephure Hall (regular rehearsal room)
7:00    Arrive back at CASA
7:30    Performance
After concert - social time at Tops Pizza?

Performance Order: 
1.  Normandy Beach
2.  *Silent Hills of My Childhood/Adagio
3.  The Sleeping Place of the Stars
4.  Winston Churchill Ladies Choir
5.  An Irish Party in Third Class
6. *Silent Hills of My Childhood
7.  Bobby's Blues

*We may or may not play the Adagio.  If we do, we will play it after Normandy Beach and play Silent Hills before Bobby's Blues.  If we decide not to, then we will play Silent Hills as our second piece.  We will determine the length of each piece on Tuesday and then decide whether or not to keep the Adagio.

Rehearsal Plan for March 17

Hello everyone,

Thank you so much for a fantastic rehearsal last night.  I was really pleased with the progress that we made.

Here is the plan for next Tuesday:

1.  Bobby's Blues - rehearse with Josh Davies.  I would encourage everyone to take a listen to the posted recording.

2.  Sleeping Place of the Stars - we will spend cleaning up spots and making sure our transitions are solid.

3.  Silent Hills - we will work on balance and tuning throughout the piece.

4.  Normandy Beach - we will review what we worked on the week previous to this past one.  This means we will focus on balance and dynamics.

5.  Adagio - Let's continue the great work that we did yesterday!

6.  Irish Party - see No. 5!  :)

Rehearsal Plan for February 24

Hi everyone,

Despite a lot of missing members, it was a good rehearsal and we managed to get quite a bit done.   Next week, Greg Tiffin will be joining us in percussion and that will make a huge difference in all of our pieces.

For next week, please consider the following:

• Listen to the recordings of all of our pieces.  It really helps to put your own parts into context, and to get the overall idea of the piece.  
• Practice Irish Party and Sleeping Place as close to up to tempo as possible. 
• Work out the technical bugs and dynamics in Bobby's Blues and Normandy Beach. 
• Consider the "unwritten" dynamics in the Adagio and Silent Hills.  What can you do to make your part musical?

See you next week!

Karen

Recording of Bobby's Blues

This is a recording of Bobby Herriot performing "Bobby's Blues".  This piece was written for him by Paul Yoder and the CD was given to us by Bobby's friend, Dr. Howard Cable.  Enjoy!

https://soundcloud.com/kachristie/bobbys-blues

February 17

Hello everyone,

Karly said she had a really great time with all of you at last night's rehearsal - I knew she would!

Just a reminder that there IS rehearsal on February 17.  See you then!

Karen