Thursday, January 28, 2016

Please take the time to listen to the following 3 pieces before Monday's sight-reading:


Mackey: Foundry (uses "found" percussion... like metal bowls, wooden objects, and piles of metal...)
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWJt431LyKU
-If you want to look at the score while you listen: http://www.ostimusic.com/images/Foundry-locked.pdf

Grundman: Concertante for Saxophone (we will definitely play this--Amy McGlothlin, alto saxophone soloist)
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZEa9YK7Gc4

Here is a recording of the one we read today WITH TICHELI CONDUCTING!!!!:
Ticheli: Shenandoah
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8msdQugzkm0

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Looking for some music enrichment this summer? Check out what they are offering at The Boston Conservatory.  Summer courses ranging from French horn classes to composition!

https://www.bostonconservatory.edu/extension-programs