BAND... Now read this!
Happy New Year!
Quick list:
1. Pick up your room. I'm doing the same at home...kind of, sort of!
2. Do some Breathing Gym...it will help get you back in shape.
3. Now that you've numbered your measures, find some time to think through the TRAPS (remember Tricky Rhythms and Problem Stuff!)
4. Guard... workout! Get limber...big practice session coming SOON with Jessica Scarborough! Be ready to work!
5. Percussionists... Start getting back in shape with rudiments and keyboard scales. Youtube some Vic Firth and John Wooton exercises!
6. SCALES, SCALES, and more Scales!!If you're thinking about Jazz band participation, might want to investigate blues scales while you're at it. And EVERYONE needs to brush up on CHROMATIC!
7. Can't expect you to play good music if you don't listen to good music. So, find some time to listen to all of the new pieces (Elegy for A Young American; Ave Maria; Prelude to Act 3 Kunihild; etc) YouTube is a great resource.
8. Want to see and listen some top-notch concerts? Of course you do. Check out "Lincoln Center Special: Joshua Bell with the New York Philharmonic" tonight on WLPB 7:00 pm and on WLPB2 at 9:30. On New Year's Day, on WLPB, see "American Masters: Marvin Hamlisch" this is a wonderful show...I got to see him live once at EPCOT Center in the early 90's! And New Year's Night, check out "From Vienna" the annual New Year's Celebration with the Vienna Philharmonic! The show airs on PBS at 7, 9:30, and midnight! Enough choices? I am sure there are more. I usually don't watch parades, but you might enjoy the Tournament of Roses. Always very good! And there are still a number of Bowl Games...maybe, just maybe you'll get a quick glimpse of a live band!
9. Have a musical day!
JSquare, NBCT
Director of Bands
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