Monday - April 1st rehearsal
7:30 - 9:30 pm
at Weston High School
115 School Rd, Weston, CT 06883
(please arrive around 7:15 pm)
Rehearsals are MONDAYS 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Bedford Middle School 88 North Avenue, Westport.
Hello All,
Just the note as promised reminding you that our rehearsal this coming Monday, April 1st, will be held in the auditorium at Weston High School!! Please be there as close to 7:15 as possible so that we can get set on stage and situated. You should park in the large lot at the high school and come in through the main entrance. The band room is at the end of the hallway on the left, or you can come directly into the auditorium and come up to the stage that way. We will be using the band room as a staging area on Sunday and I will walk you through that process once we are finished rehearsing.
The groups performing on the 7th will be the Weston High School Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, and us. The concert should last approximately 70 minutes or so, finishing up with an encore that we will rehearse on Monday. Here is but one version of that tune...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSgU_WAZmOM
It should be fun, and we will play the "solo sections" as full sections as opposed to soloists.
Send me an email if you have any questions at all!! See you at Weston High School on Monday!!
Sal
Khan
Yosemite
Sleigh Ride
American Elegy
Beguine for band
KHAN
performed by the Texas Music Educator Association's 5A Symphonic Band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I-edFvtkfc
Hello All,
Here are some of the items promised Monday evening:
If you are planning on playing in the April 7th concert, please try to make the next 2 rehearsals. I need to get a sense of how many players we are going to have with us that day. Of course, if you are not able to play on the 7th, I still would hope that you would continue to come to rehearsals these next two weeks. I just want to make sure that I am connected to all that are going to be here! As always, it goes without saying that attendance is critical in the weeks before a concert.
Upcoming concerts:
Our proposed concert at the Weston Library is on Saturday, June 29th at 1:30 PM on the lawn at the library. We will perform with as many players who are available and interested in playing. This is a great public relations opportunity as well as one more chance to play together this season. Please check your calendars and I will poll the band next week to see what kind of instrumentation we have.
The Children's Concert at Stepping Stones in Norwalk is on June 23rd at 2:00 PM. There is a need for a smaller group for this concert as the stage size is a restricting factor. 35 to 40 players maximum. We will perform music geared to a younger audience which will feature marches, energetic selections, and music that will engage movement... I'll figure that out as soon as our April 7th concert is over!!
We are playing at the Weston 4th of July Fireworks event again this year for the 27th (or so) consecutive year. That event is a 5:15 call for a 6:00 Downbeat. The Weston Fireworks day is a wonderful event and our players and families can play and then stay for the show for free.
Our final concert of the season will be at the Levitt Pavilion Concert is Tuesday, July 9th
Performance at 7:00 PM, Call: 6:15 PM. There will be one final rehearsal before that concert at either the pavilion or another location depending upon weather and facility availability. More information on this as we get closer.
And finally (yes, I know the moment I hit send I will remember several things I forgot to mention) there are some spots in Yosemite and Khan that could use a bit of polish. Please make sure that you get a chance to clean up some of the more challenging sections this week so that we can spend a bit of extra time on the musical nuances that are there to be discovered... Oh, and if you need a part to Sleigh Ride please let me know! We need to put a bit more horsepower into that tune this week!!
See you Monday...and you know what's on the musical menu for next week!! See you then!!
Sal
There are several concerts coming up that may be of interest to some of you. Most can be found on social media pages like FaceBook, Instagram, etc. Here are a few:
The US Coast Guard Band on March 24th at 2:00 in the Leamy Concert Hall at the Academy:
https://www.uscg.mil/community/band/
The US Army Field Band has several local concerts in Ridgefield, Stamford, and New Haven. Here is the Ridgefield concert information:
https://news.hamlethub.com/ridgefield-connecticut/united-states-army-field-band-free-concert-at-ridgefield-high-school-on-april-4
There are also a number of local community bands performing their spring concerts in the next month or so. Information for these events can most easily be found on the CT Community Bands Facebook page. If you are a Facebook user why not join that page and be a part of that ever-growing community of musicians!
Joint Concert with the Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band in Weston
Sunday, April 7th
Performance at 6:00 PM
Weston High School
115 School Rd, Weston, CT 06883
Memorial Day Parade
Monday, May 27th
Arrive 8:00 AM
Parade step off at 9:00 AM
Saugatuck Elementary School
Westport, CT
"Make Music Week Celebration" Concert
Sunday, June 23rd
Performance at 2:00 pm
Stepping Stones Museum
303 West Avenue
Norwalk, CT
Weston Library Concert
Saturday, June 29th
Performance at 1:30 PM
Weston Library
56 Norfield Rd, Weston, CT 06883
Fourth of July Concert
Thursday, July 4th
Performance at 6:00 PM
Arrive - 5:15 PM
Weston High School
115 School Rd, Weston, CT
Levitt Pavilion Concert Dress Rehearsal -
Monday, July 8th
7:30 - 9:30 PM
Location TBD
Levitt Pavilion Concert
Tuesday, July 9th
Performance at 7:00 PM
Arrive - 6:15 PM
Levitt Pavilion
40 Jesup Rd, Westport
America, the Beautiful- Arr. Dragon
An American Elegy - Ticheli
Beguine for Band - Osser
Big Band Signatures - Higgins
Celtic Hymns and Dances - Ewazen
Chorale Prelude: Be Thou My Vision - Stamp
Concerto for Trombone - Rimsky-Korsakov
Crescent Moon - 松田 彬人
English Folksong Suite - Vaughan Williams
First Suite in Eb for Military Band - Holst/ Arr Matthews
Hypnotic Memories- Galante
Khan - Giroux
Let Freedom Ring - Arr Lowlin
March of the Women Marines - Salerino
Overture “1812” - Arr Lake
Scenes from “The Louvre” -Joio
Sleigh Ride - Anderson
The Star-Spangled Banner - Arr. Stamp
Star Wars Medley - Williams
The Symphonic Duke - Arr. Newsom
Taps - Marine Corp version - Knox
~ for brass and saxes only
West Side Story - Arr. Duthoit
The Yellow Rose of Texas Variations - Buckley
Yosemite Autumn - Camphouse
The official title is: "Crescent Moon Dance" and the composer is Akito Matsuda
Here is a recording made by Senzoku Gakuen College of Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SHhvHwtfZE
"Big Band Signatures" And I agree with one of our members who said in an email last night that we had more than a few members of the swing royalty icons rotating in their graves last night! But... I am sure that they will be more than happy with the final product!!
A.F.O. P.2023 (the new service medley)
An American Elegy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EovQC3BBUHs
Scenes From The Louvre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4xQP6x8CLk
March of the Women Marines (performed by The President's Own)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4i3b8SSgd4&t=59s
Let Freedom Ring (performed by the President's Own Brass Ensemble)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YutlHAZGkHs
Star Wars Medley (performed by the Marion Concert Band)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq-3lYyXO04
American Elegy (performed by the Jacksonville University Wind Ensemble, Ticheli conducting)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBNveHXwL7Y
American Elegy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9v73n4zbkU
William Elias, President
David Muller, Vice President
Patty Gelineau, Treasurer
Nanette Jordan, Secretary
Peter Coleman
Mark Goldenberg
Elizabeth Lockhart
Pam McLaughlin
Ken Pond
Ken Robins
Jim Salvatore
Videographer - William Elias
Videographer - William Elias
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Stepping Stones Museum Concert
Future Conductors
We’re on News 12 CT!!
#News12Ct
#Westportcommunityband
#JackStamp
#greenwichhighschool
#communitybands
Master Class Recordings
For those who have missed these - or want to view them again - below find links to prior Master Classes. Enjoy!
Carolyn Barber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpSLCE-JTOA
Milt Allen: https://youtu.be/_h0qWzcOfkc
Sam Hazo: https://youtu.be/DacF4Nn8GOU
Mark Camphouse: https://youtu.be/wCUSaPUaJ5I
Jerry Rife: https://youtu.be/KDoVMkok64I
Anne McGinty: https://youtu.be/NxYoKRy7UYA
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~Updated March 2024
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