This Thursday rehearsals will resume at Heritage HS 7pm-9pm.
In December I attended the Midwest Clinic in Chicago which is the world’s largest gathering of professional musicians annually. I ate some good food, heard some great bands-the Chicago Symphony, and attended some workshops to challenge me to be better on the podium. I’ll be applying some of the techniques during rehearsals in the coming weeks.
As we prepare for the coming concerts here’s what we’ll be doing this Thursday.
Warm-up (breathing exercise) 10min
Rhapsody in Blue 45min (even though we won’t be playing this piece till May it’ll be good to get it under our fingertips. It has some challenging keys.)
The March from 1941 by John Williams 25min
Mambo from West Side Story 25-30min Challenging multiple percussion!
Disney at the Movies 20min
Please have all music printed and ready just in case.
See you then!
Jim