On Saturday, 11/11/17, Parker played with the all-district honor band at Augustana College. He had a great day and got to play some awesome music with a great band! His conductor for the day was one of Ms. Smith's band directors in college. Parker was happy to report that he had a great time. Auditions for the 2018 honor band will take place next fall! Let's take more than one person next year! Congrats, Parker!
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One of the coolest and most challenging parts of music is sticking with a piece of music for a long period of time. We have been working on Barrage for about two months, here and there. We don't work on every piece every day. Barrage is going really well and we are ready to begin working on the finer elements of music-- adding expression!!
We are going to work on playing dynamics(changing volumes), articulations​(how we attack the note), and style (when to play long/short, pretty/aggressive, etc.). Here is what our piece sounds like before we begin this process!! You will see the finished product at our Winter Concert on 12/8/17. ​ |