Pieces for final concert

1.Bond...James Bond
http://www.jwpepper.com/Bond...James-Bond/10427444.item
-It's a piece that could be both challenging and fun for our ensemble, while containing a large percussion section.  It is also a popular theme song that I feel our ensemble would be excited to play.
-It suits our strengths and abilities by being in a comfortable time signature for us(3:4) and it allows every section to be heard on it's own.
- It will challenge us musically, because it is a level up from what we played last concert and it is a longer piece.

2.Guardians of the Galaxy
http://www.jwpepper.com/10490871.item
-This piece would be entertaining for both the band and the audience, keeping them engaged.
- It suits our strengths and abilities by containing simple rudiments and time signature.
- The piece contains many styles, and will force us to work on our dynamic contrast.

Pre-festival blog

https://soundcloud.com/alexander-spina/band-blog

Joy lines 39-51.

Concert 2 Terms

Rit. - decrease tempo
Tempo 1 - original tempo
Accel. Poco a poco to m. 150 - increase tempo slowly until measure 150
Slowly flowingly- short and Connected
Slightly slower- decrease tempo

After rehearsing from a different perspective, what did you hear in the ensemble that you haven't heard previously? How does this affect what you need to do in personal practice, rehearsal, and eventually the performance?

After rehearsing from a different position in the room, I heard a lot more of the flutes and clarinets.  I normally don't hear them as much, because they are at the front of the room, where as I am at the back.  This affects my personal practice by making me play softer, because it showed that the percussion section covers a lot of the other sections' parts when we are playing.

What does it mean to make a truly artistic musical performance? What must our ensemble do before our concert to realize that goal? What are you doing individually to realize that goal?

To make a truly artistic musical performance means to play to the best of your ability.  Our ensemble must focus on improving throughout our practice sessions and not stopping until our concert.  Individually, I try to look through my music and see what I could do in my part to improve the quality of our pieces.

In your personal practice and rehearsal, how are you seeking to improve? What practice techniques are you using to accomplish this?

In my personal practice and rehearsal, I seek to improve by ability to stay at a steady tempo through out a piece without speeding up.  To accomplish this, I use a metronome in the back-round of my playing.

Music Terms

Andante- slow and steady
Poco accel.- speed up
Poco rit.-slow Down
A tempo- Original tempo