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April 24, 2012 - great practice on Sunday. Thank you to all that attended. This is a professional band playing our arrangement of Bolero (no 4 bar intro and no repeat at 21-38)
Bolero - click here
April 13, 2012 - Friday Band Piece - Terminal Velocity - click here
April 12, 2012 - Massed Band Piece Bolero - click here to play or download the sound file
April 11, 2012 - Massed Band Rehearsals - have been set for April 22 and May 12. We are having a "pub-night" after the May 12 rehearsal and everyone is invited. You'll need to bring a stand to these rehearsals.
March 6, 2012 - Tuesday Night Band - Sneak Attack files
Full Speed version - click here
Slow Speed version - click here
March 1, 2012 - Newsletter Launched - March Newsletter - click here
March 1, 2012 - Minutes to Feb. 10 Executive Meeting
Minutes - click here
February 22, 2012 - Friday and Tuesday band resource:
Here is the accompaniment for the Star Wars exercise we did last week (one with the melody and one with only the accompaniment).
Members Only/Star Wars Exercise accomp only.mp3
Members Only/Star Wars Exercise with melody.mp3
February 15, 2012 -We welcome a new member to our musical family - Lucia! Now 2 days old! (Dad and mom: Leo - and Meagan - of the Monday afternoon band).
Thank you everybody for your messages,
Lucía Pilar Solano-Rivers was born on Thursday, February 9th at 11:38pm, weighing 8.3 pounds, at Sunnybrook hospital in Toronto, Canada.
Megan, Lucía (and Leo) are all doing well. We are home, looking forward to introducing her to our friends and family after ww've had a few days to recover.
Hugs,
Leo, Megan & Lucía
February 11, 2012 - Fantasia resources - check out these clips for a sense of the piece
2. "Dance of the Hours" by Amilcare Ponchielli: Starts at 2:03
3. "Night on Bald Mountain" by Mussorgsky
4. "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" by J.S. Bach
January 16, 2012 - Monday Afternoon Group!!! - band will begin at 1:30 from now on and will end at 3:30pm.
September 21, 2011 -ANNOUNCEMENT!!! - JAZZ JAM
Over the Summer Sheryll, Dave Rego, Gail and I got together a couple of time to try to play a few jazz numbers. We're eager to continue this Fall and everyone who wants to join in is very welcome. The next jam is at my house the evening of Oct 21st.
I live at 9 Oaklands Ave (one long block from the Summerhill Subway station between Yonge and Avenue Road).
We have been working on a couple of Monk numbers, Girl from Ipanema, and other straight forward pieces. Anyone who is interested should contact Dave or Sheryll who can email you the sheet music. We're all beginners so it's a great opportunity for anyone who would like to learn to play jazz to get started.
If you can't make this one just let us know you're interested and we'll make sure you hear about the next jam.
Jeff
October 11 - Tuesday Group - great rehearsal last night! It was so nice to be back in the Clinic Hall and to see everyone there. So, now that we have worked through the book up to #49 it is time to take a little breather to review, use and practice what we've leraned. Next week's "assignments": #22 to 84bpm, #23 memorize at least first 4 bars, write out #39, Rattlers Ridge to bar 30 is up to you now, practice the chromatic scale going up (#185) - try to get it perfect up to 72bpm.
Note for next week: I would like to see EVERYONE at 7:30 (not just trumpets and flutes, we're going to learn this all together).
Sept. 29/11 - Friday group - we will be meeting in the Salvation Army Hall again. See you there. Bring your pencils and a few extra sheets of paper.
Sept. 29/11- Thanks to the Tuesday group for such an amazing "roll with the punches" attitude". I felt we managed to salvage a great night and got a lot of important theory covered. Thank you. I hope that next week we will be able to apply all that theory to Grapevine. In the meantime, have a look at your parts: mark them - in pencil- practice saying the rhythm first then play each bar or phrase slowly - it has to be perfect so don't rush yourself. Any questions or frustrations, please call me!!! We'll give it a try next week. Until then, be good to yourself. Click below to hear the opening of Grapevine...
Looking forward to a new season of music, friends and fun!!!