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Upcoming Events...
Feb 09 -- Feb 11
 CMU Jazz Festival
Leave after school on Thursday Performance on Friday Return Saturday morning

 
 

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Quick Fact...

The College Board identifies the arts as one of the six basic academic subject areas students should study in order to succeed in college.

- Academic Preparation for College: What Students Should Know and Be Able to Do, The College Board.

 

Music for High School Bands

Recordings
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Wind Ensemble

Reference Recordings:
1) Caderna
2) Poem
3) Aerodynamics
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2011 MSBOA District XVI Band Festival:
1) Scoccia Electrica - Puccini
2) An American Elegy - Ticheli
3) Cityscape - Boerma

Symphonic Bands

Reference Recordings:
1) TBD
2) Hebrides Suite - Mvt. I
3) Hebrides Suite - Mvt. II
4) Hebrides Suite - Mvt. III
5) Hebrides Suite - Mvt. IV
6) Undertow

2011 MSBOA District XVI Band Festival:
1) They're Off! - Jewell
2) Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song - Hazo
3) Flashpoint - Moss

Concert Band

Refrence Recordings:
1) Spania!
2) Asian Sunrise
3) The Phantom of Dark Hallow
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2011 MSBOA District XVI Band Festival:
1) St. Petersburg March - Vinson
2) Pax - McMichael
3) Snake Charmer - Standridge

9th Grade Cadet Band

Reference Recordings:
1) See Concet Band...
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2011 MSBOA District XVI Band Festival:
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9th Grade Symphonic Band

Reference Recordings:
1) Pacifica
2) To Dream in Brushstrokes
3) Reverberations
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2011 MSBOA District XVI Band Festival:
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Jazz Ensemble

Reference Recordings:
1) Bb Blues Progression @ 100bpm
2) Bb Blues Progression @ 120bpm
3) Bb Blues Progression @ 140bpm
4) Afternoon in Paris
5) Something
6) Higher Ground
7) Boplicity
8) Punta Del Soul
9) Red Clay
10) Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
11) Skyhawk
12) St. Louis Blues
13) 25 or 6 to 4
14) Oop Bop Sh'Bam
15) Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
16) Watch What Happens
17) C Jam Blues
18) Summertime
19) Chameleon
20) Caravan
21) Killer Joe
22) Doxy
23) Changes: Stapes (slow)
24) Changes: Stapes (fast)
25) Changes: Softly
26) Changes: St. Louis Blues (48-86)
27) Changes: St. Louis Blues (86-110)

28) Changes: Red Clay
29) Changes: Oop Bop Sh'Bam
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Solo Section Changes:

2011 CMU Jazz Festival:
1) Count Bubba - Goodwin
2) In A Sentimental Mood - Ellington
3) Sky Dive - Hubbard

2011 MSBOA State Jazz Festival:
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