<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hey Band,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am looking forward to our <b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Monday night</b> zoom meeting and I hope you can attend. The idea (actually Denise’s idea) is to for me to go over three potential pieces while you have music in hand (and a pencil). I will provide information on tempos, style, technical considerations and basic info about the piece and composer. I promise not to be long winded and hope to keep the description of three pieces, with time for questions, under 45 minutes.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I ask your patience as this is the first time I have tried anything of this sort (though someone compared it to the instruction period of sightreading contest). I will appreciate your feed back and we may try it again if it seems helpful.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">The three pieces we will look at are:</b></div><div class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Strike Up the Band<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Gershwin</b></div><div class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Courtly Airs and Dances<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Nelson</b></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 14px;"><b class=""> </b></span></div><div class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Festive Overture<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Shostakovich/Hunsberger</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Richard has scanned the parts and they should be available for printing. I suggest you print the same part as you played on the last February concert.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have studied multiple reference recording and a here are the links to the ones I found most useful.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Courtly Airs and Dances<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiAQ4CHS0Yc" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiAQ4CHS0Yc</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Festive<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26ERmsti8oc" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26ERmsti8oc</a>. Band</div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fQKKh24Gg" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fQKKh24Gg</a>. Orchestra 1</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rAzg7Fuuh0" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rAzg7Fuuh0</a> Orchestra 2</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Strike Up the Band<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I was not able to find a recording I though a good enough reference. There are recordings out there if you want to google them. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I challenge you to work on your parts and maybe we could celebrate our first rehearsal back with a straight through reading of one of these pieces!!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">See you Monday,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Joe</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>