CPB Concert Band
Dear CPB!
THANK YOU for our productive rehearsal on Thursday! We were able to get a lot done and I loved your energy! WELCOME to all of our wonderful new members! We are all very excited to welcome you to our CPB FAMILY!
CPB is the place to BE in 2023!
To assist you in preparing for Thursday's rehearsal, I have listed the exact sections of each piece we will rehearse along with some details for you to focus on in yellow. Thank you in advance for your preparation for our rehearsal
I have also included several performance links to assist you in your preparation. As always, thank you for downloading and practicing your music prior to our rehearsals.
During our rehearsals, please take notes and bracket areas in your parts for you to practice prior to our next rehearsal.
Liaisons, please make lists of sections you will address in our upcoming sectionals.
Rehearsal Schedule for this Thursday, August 31st
PERCUSSIONISTS - I have listed the percussion instruments for each work below the video links in purple to assist in your part distribution and preparation.
Location: Park Road Baptist Church
Schedule:
6:55 - Welcome and introductions of our new members
7:00 - FRALEY - Chorale No. 3 - Irish Tune
7:05 - COPLAND/SINGLETON - The Promise of Living from "The Tenderland"
1-E - Write your vertical slashes in the measures that have tricky syncopated rhythms to best prepare. As some of you are playing in duple meter, others are playing in triple meter. Practice with your subdividing metronome as we have discussed.
Percussion - PIANO, 2 Marimbas, Timpani, Glockenspiel, Crash Cymbals, Xylophone
7:20 - BARBER - Commando March
D to J - Accidentals, dotted eighths sixteenths versus quarter and eighths in six eight time.
Percussion - Xylophone, Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Suspended Cymbal, Crash Cymbals, Triangle, Wood Block
7:35 - GIROUX - The Greatest Generation
49-81 (review), 131-END. Practice at quarter note equalling 100 to begin and go faster as your accuracy increases. Work on the accidentals, syncopated rhythms, write your vertical slashes, and practice with your subdividing metronome
Percussion - PIANO, Timpani, Suspended Cymbal, Ride Cymbal, Snare Drum, Crash Cymbals, Floor Tom Tom, Bass Drum, Bells,
7:50 - SAINT SAËNS/FRACKENPOHL - Pas Redoublé
79-137 - Practice at quarter note equals 80 and continue to increase the tempo as your accuracy improves. Make a bigger difference between the accented and staccato notes throughout. Crescendo through all sixteenth note passages to the last note of each run. When playing upbeats, feel the downbeats stronger and use your subdividing metronomes.
Timpani, Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals
8:10 - Announcements and Break
8:25 - MURTHA - September - O'Shae Best, Conductor
ALL - Make a bigger difference between accented and staccato notes throughout. Exaggerate all dynamic contrasts - especially the forte pianos. Make a bigger difference between the tenuto and staccato eighth notes throughout. At 29 and 31 - no rushing in Trumpets. At 35 - play lighter so the tempo does not drag. 51 - no rushing here. Release all ties on time throughout. The tempo drags a bit during the last 4 bars.
Percussion - DRUM SET, Small Shaker, Bongos, Xylophone, Bells, Vibes, Timpani
8:35 - GALANTE - Red Rock Mountain
18-26 - Clarity of articulation. Practice at quarter note equalling 80 for clarity. 89-END - Rhythmic accuracy, accidentals, phrasing and stylistic contrasts.
Percussion - Timpani, Triangle, Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Glockenspiel, Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Chimes, Mark Tree, Vibraphone, Xylophone, Slapstick, Tambourine
8:45 - STANDRIDGE - Gently Blows the Summer Wind
1-50 - Rhythmic consistency and phrasing.
Percussion - Bells, Vibraphone, Timpani, 3 Triangles, Suspended Cymbal, Bass Drum, Crash Cymbals
8:55 - NISHIMURA - Water Reflections
1-31 - Rhythmic and stylistic consistency, phrasing.
Percussion - Timpani, Glockenspiel, Snare Drum, Suspended Cymbal, Triangle
9:00 - Dismissal
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