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SCMEA
Sussex All County Band 2024
Rehearsals
OCT 30th WED 5:30-8:30pm @ Sparta HS
NOV 4th MON 5:30-8:30pm @ Sparta HS
NOV 12th TUES 5:30-8:30pm @ Wallkill HS
- On Stage, Please be on time, Sectionals planned.
NOV 13th WED 9am-3pm @ Wallkill HS
- On Stage morning, Rehearsal with choir.
Concert
NOV 14th THURS 7pm Wallkill HS
report time 6pm​
All Black | Concert Attire​​​
REHEARSAL NOTES: check back for updates
10/30 notes
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11/4 notes
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11/7 new parts for Rejoicing Sounds ​
Piccolo
Euphonium​
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important listening links below
Sussex All-County 2024
BAND PROGRAM ​
Black Granite III - James L. Hosay
Rejoicing Sounds - Laurie J. Kunzle
Amazing Grace - Frank Ticheli
Estampie - W. Francis McBeth
The Black Horse Troop - J.P. Sousa/ F. Fennell​
CHOIR​
combine piece with choir, ending concert
From Sea to Shining Sea - Whitney/ Wagner
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notes from 11/4 rehearsal:
Preview recordings and scores
Use links above
​also check 10/30 notes
Tprt & Tbn work with mutes and use a tuner.
Black Granite
- Divide your beats. inner beats "1 e & a"
- Grace notes, very close to beats
- WW work all runs for pitch slowly
- Bass lines descending, don't slow down
ie. m.205, 193, 184, 145
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Amazing Grace
- Tempo rubato, no feet tap
- Don't rush triplets
Parts to bring out...
- Suspensions, ends of phrases
TS, Hn2, m.21-24
Tbn 2/3 m.96-98
- Percussion solos
Glock/Vibes m.10,14
C.Cym/Timp m.91
- Accented parts > >
small separations throughout piece
- Very solo like
* LISTEN TO COAST GUARD RECORDING
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Rejoicing Sounds
​- No Cues
- Tempo very consistent
- Separation where marked > .
- Chimes/Bells opening timing!
- Brass bells up on fanfares
- Bsn, BCL, Euph timing m.42+
- WW articulate after D
- Meno Mosso = "Slower"
- Bsn, BCL, AS, TS, Hn, m.120
bring out, tune, separate
Estampie
- Tempo very consistent
- Work timing and not rushed ...
all brass & low reeds, m.54, m150
- Repeated notes, give the phrase direction
- AS, TS, Hns, work synco. phrases ie m.142
- Perc., loud & fast sections, need dampen
​​Black Horse Troop
- Tempo (dotted quarter) =108
- Mark separated notes, reminders
- pp & p needs to happen!
- sfz DO IT !
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one more week ...
GO BAND!
notes from 10/30 rehearsal:
Practice your parts
Preview recordings and scores links above
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Black Granite, tempo (half note) = 96
Written in tribute to the soldiers of the Vietnam War. In Washington DC stands the Black Granite Wall with over 58,000 names etched.
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​Black Horse Troop,
- tempo (dotted quarter) =108
- work separation of small phrases​
- don't rush, work with met
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Amazing Grace
- work with a tuner lots!
- study score and listen how YOUR part fits
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Rejoicing Sounds, tempos on your parts
- many independent parts, study score & listen
- two styles | Fanfare & Cantabile section
- mark beats for counting before entrances
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Estampie, tempos
- m.1 =144 - don't rush, work with met.
- m.65 = (66 - 76) legato, more connected
- m.90 = 144
- fast sections more separation
- No Key Signature!
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Thank you for a great first rehearsal.
GO BAND!
Sussex All County Band Conductor, Laurie J. Kunzle
about LJ Kunzle
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