City Band

I guest conducted the city band on 8/1.  After having problems with weather or electricity when guest-conducting the past two years, I was glad it was pouring and not questionable weather at all.  We went inside.  There were about as many audience members as there were band members.  I had a few conducting issues, mostly based around transitions.

I felt like TROMBONE KING, MINUTEMAN and HIGH SCHOOL CADETS had excellent dynamics.  I exaggerated those gestures to help remind them, and they really pulled through.  ANNIE was a bit of a problem; in fact, we had total silence for a few seconds because some of the low instruments were off.  They were off because of my confusion - the part was written in four, but it was marked to conduct in 2, but I decided to stay in 4, and it threw them off.  It's not a great arrangement either. CLARINET HOEDOWN was weird because the 3rd clarinet players weren't coming in, but it turns out they had trumpet parts. The young alto saxes did very well on their soli in WON'T LAST A DAY.

NEWPORT AREA CONCERT BAND

2013      ~     AUGUST 1 CONCERT

O CANADA / STAR SPANGLED BANNER

THE TROMBONE KING March

OVERTURE!

Selections from ANNIE

THE PHANTOM REGIMENT

MINUTEMAN March

CLARINET HOEDOWN

ARRANGER’S HOLIDAY

WON’T LAST A DAY WITHOUT YOU

THE BEATLES FOREVER

HIGH SCHOOL CADETS March

NATIONAL EMBLEM

Summer Band

Summer Band 7/8/13 went well.  I played Baritone BC parts.  We had 2 drummers, 1 mallet, 2 trumpets, 1 clarinet, 1 oboe, and 3 flutes.  Emily conducted - I sometimes had a hard time following her because the bass drummer was WAY off, but it worked out just fine.  I may put the playlist on here, but I may not - it was typical summer band stuff like "Band Room Riff," "Minor Rock," and "A Little Bit of Latin."  This was the first time I played in the group and didn't conduct it.  It was fun!