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THIS Sunday morning, MLG will be playing at the 9:30am mass at St. John Cathedral in Milwaukee, WI. (directions) MLG is part of a small chamber ensemble, consisting of flute, violin, viola, cello, french horn, trumpets, and trombone. The mass will also have a full choir and handbell choir. MLG will also be performing a
The recruiting season for marching band has officially begun! Students: Pick up your posters in the band room and hang them EVERYWHERE! Here’s a quick recap to those that missed rehearsal: MUSIC: Breathing Exercises Tonight and A Few Good Men MARCHING: Position of Attention – 5 points of alignment, posture Parade Rest – Left foot
HEY I added High Maintenance to the CYO Jazz Band page. GO GET IT and put it on your IPODS, Cell phones, Black Berries, Blue Berries, etc etc MLG
Everything from the first CD was lost! I’m not sure what happened, but I’ve been having problems with the CD burner I’m recording to. I’m going to try bring the minidisc recorder on Thursday so that we’ll have a backup copy … just in case! I’m also going to try some new brand of CDs
Our rehearsal clips will not continue to improve unless several things happen: 1) All band members LEARN their parts. No more wrong notes! No more fumbles! 2) Band members LISTEN to these recordings. Find your sound. Analyze what you hear and think about what YOU can do differently 3) Focus and give 100% during ALL
Here are the sound clips from last night’s rehearsal. Please feel free to post your CONSTRUCTIVE comments and share your thoughts. We are not interested in this was good and this was bad (that’s evaluation) … we want OBSERVATION. “When the trumpets played the octave slurs it was smooth, however, their sounds were very forced
A couple of my students are playing this duet … called “Shades of Jazz” by Ben Reehl With a little more time (and practice), the following video can be edited to become a full feature film! RIGHT! Or, if the trumpet players could play, then no editing would be required. Go figure! Here is the
