- Call time is 6:15, in room 310
- Concert Dress
- Be ready to help with the clean-up after the show
- Return your music folder
- Eat some ice cream!
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Spring Concert May 10
Thursday, May 2, 2013
DYFA on Tuesday May 7
The band travels to the distant Town of Mono on Tuesday, to serve as host band (along with the CDDHS band). Arm yourself with the traditional black and white clothing, your music and instrument, and be in the music room by 8:40 am.
Need a permission form? Please return to Mr. McIlwain asap.
Don't forget: Bring a lunch as the usual food sources will be closed by the time the bus gets back to school.
Need a permission form? Please return to Mr. McIlwain asap.
Don't forget: Bring a lunch as the usual food sources will be closed by the time the bus gets back to school.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Next rehearsal Feb. 5
Hi Everyone,
Rehearsals start again the first week of the new semester. Till then, Good Luck to you all on your exams!
Rehearsals start again the first week of the new semester. Till then, Good Luck to you all on your exams!
Monday, January 7, 2013
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
A Christmas Interlude
On the off chance that someone, in addition to the tuba player, could use this, here is a version of this piece, arranged by John Edmondson, presented without any of the usual messy context.
http://youtu.be/dc6JckKczek for our email readers (Hi Guys!).
http://youtu.be/dc6JckKczek for our email readers (Hi Guys!).
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Christmas at the Movies
This piece is a medley of three movie themes, arranged by John Moss. Moss is a composer for films, as well as a writer and arranger of band and orchestra music for publisher Hal Leonard. Not surprisingly, he has also worked as a public school music teacher.
Here is a speedy version of the piece, from a high school band.
http://youtu.be/eqFhjAXWp8Y
And this is a slightly slower version, possibly from the publisher, by way of Japan.
http://youtu.be/m_Ufilu6pc4
Here is a speedy version of the piece, from a high school band.
http://youtu.be/eqFhjAXWp8Y
And this is a slightly slower version, possibly from the publisher, by way of Japan.
http://youtu.be/m_Ufilu6pc4
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
It Came upon a Coventry Carol
This medley was created by Bill Calhoun. It was published this year, which might explain why there are no versions yet on YouTube. Here's a link to the publisher's audio file of the piece.
This piece combines two Christmas carols. It Came upon a Midnight Clear started out as a poem written in 1849 by Edmund Sears. The poem has been set to two different melodies. In North America, we are most familiar with the melody written by Richard Storrs Willis in 1850. This was a piece called Carol,and that is the melody used in this medley.
The second carol used in the medley is The Coventry Carol. This carol is much older, originating in England in the 16th century. This haunting song is a mother's lament, as she fears for the life of her child, based on the biblical story of the Massacre of the Innocents.
Do you find it helpful when you're practising to know how the words fit the melodies? If so, here are a couple of videos that might help.
This is It Came upon a Midnight Clear by Kutless http://youtu.be/GaxB0xEbO0c.
And here's The Coventry Carol performed by Annie Lennox http://youtu.be/ltVWs4jDYsw
Now a question for you. What do you think of the combination of these two pieces in the medley we're playing. One is hopeful, the other is mournful. Do they work together?
This piece combines two Christmas carols. It Came upon a Midnight Clear started out as a poem written in 1849 by Edmund Sears. The poem has been set to two different melodies. In North America, we are most familiar with the melody written by Richard Storrs Willis in 1850. This was a piece called Carol,and that is the melody used in this medley.
The second carol used in the medley is The Coventry Carol. This carol is much older, originating in England in the 16th century. This haunting song is a mother's lament, as she fears for the life of her child, based on the biblical story of the Massacre of the Innocents.
Do you find it helpful when you're practising to know how the words fit the melodies? If so, here are a couple of videos that might help.
This is It Came upon a Midnight Clear by Kutless http://youtu.be/GaxB0xEbO0c.
And here's The Coventry Carol performed by Annie Lennox http://youtu.be/ltVWs4jDYsw
Now a question for you. What do you think of the combination of these two pieces in the medley we're playing. One is hopeful, the other is mournful. Do they work together?
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