New Music

Here's a few new links for the New Year.

Grade 8:
Cartoon Symphony arr. by Larry Clark




Chorale from Jupiter by Gustav Holst arr. by Curnow
(this link is not the arrangment we're studying, but it is an excellent recording)


Jazz Band:
C Jam Blues

This is a highschool group, and there are some smokin' soloists featured.


This is one of my favourite versions. It features Ella Fitzgerald. She does some amazing things with her voice. What an instrument.


Grade 7
Magma by Larry Clark
This version is performed by an orchestra of grade 3-6 students. I think it's great.


This is the version we are playing. This is a really good band.



Hope these are useful.

Happy New Year

Welcome back everyone! Hope you had a great holiday!

Check out this great guitar player.

Kaki King rocks out to "Pink Noise" Video on TED.com
Kaki King, the first female on Rolling Stone's "guitar god" list, rocks out to a full live set at TED2008, including her breakout single, "Playing with Pink Noise." Jaw-dropping virtuosity meets a ...
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/kaki_king_rocks_out_to_pink_noise.html

Music We're working on right now!

Grade 8:

Swahili Folk Hymn arr. by Kevin Mixon http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/look_inside/18451183/audio/77818

The Nutcracker (Overature and Trepak) by Tchaikovsky arr. by Brian Balmages http://www.fjhmusic.com/band/b1360.htm

Ten Masters in Two Minutes arr. by Timothy Loest
http://www.fjhmusic.com/band/b1328.htm

Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson arr. by Michael Story http://www.alfred-music.com/player/BelwinConcertBand2008/29572/player.html?osCsid=c4150a0f13e66cfbc3b26a52b9729d1a

Grade 7:
The Little Drummer Boy arr. by John O'Reilly http://www.alfred-music.com/player/AlfredConcertBand2006/24628/player.html

Enjoy!

Merry Christmas from the Band Room
Thank you to all the students and parents who participated in the Mom’s Pantry fundraiser. Also a big thank you to the Band Booster volunteers that spent many hours sorting and distributing orders at the high school!

Upcoming Events:

DEC. 14th – Christmas Concert at 7:00 pm in the ESRSS Gym. This performance is mandatory for all band students. Grade 7 students are asked to arrive by 6:30 pm to warm-up in the band room. Grade 8 students need to be in the school by 7:00. The concert is open to the public. Please come and enjoy a musical evening with the grade 7 & 8 concert bands as well as the grade 8 jazz band.

Jan. 21st-Jazz Night at SVRSS. More info to follow.

Feb. 23rd-26th-Optimist Festival in Winnipeg. Look for information regarding this trip to be coming home shortly after Christmas Holidays. This is the big band trip for the grade 8 band classes this year!

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Christmas Concert! Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Mrs. Jones

Grade 8 Music Samples

Here are some links to the music we're looking at in Grade 8 Concert and Jazz Band!

Celtic Air and Dance no. 2 http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/look_inside/18175130/audio/75831

Night Flight of the Gargoyles http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/look_inside/6729875/audio/37801

Fat Burger http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/look_inside/17498595/audio/69285

Green Onions http://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.do?itemid=7470717&lid=0&keywords=Green%20Onions&subsiteid=1&

Welcome all band students. The year is off and rolling very quickly! I am very excited about the music and sounds we've been able to make in the band room. It is going to be a great year!

Some exciting events coming up:

Beginning Band Workshop! Friday Sept 25th (6:45 pm-9:00 pm) and Saturday Sept. 26th (9:00am-12:30 pm) - This is one of the best weekends in the band year. All the beginner students get together and work with instrument specialists. They definitely don't sound like beginners at the end of the weekend. Students need their instruments, and red books...but do not need to be dressed up. Public Concert on Saturday in Gymnasium at 11:30am!

Static in the Stars- October 15th 11:00am at SVRSS. A Manitoba based band is going to host a session for all grade 7-12 students that will cover topics such as making it in the music business. This should be an exciting and rare opportunity for our grade 7 & 8 students.

Band Booster AGM-October 20th in SVRSS cafeteria. Grade 8 band will be performing. Students need to be dressed in black pants and shirts. They need their music and instruments for the performance. All parents are encouraged to come out to the meeting and concert. We need to support our band booster club because they do an excellent job of supporting our students.

Getting Started

This is my first attempt at blogging. I wanted to set up a blog for my band students and their parents as another means of communicating band happenings for the year. Hopefully it will be a helpful and informative tool.

Here it goes!