Grade 7 Start-Up Letter (went home early September)
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Grade 7 Band Lessons:
Lessons are once per cycle during the school day. The first band lessons start Sept 17th: Day 1 - Burntwood (first day Sept 17) Day 3 - Westwood (first day Sept 21) Day 4 - Deerwood (first day Sept 22) Day 5 - Juniper (first day Sept 23) Day 6 - Riverside (first day Sept 24) |
Rehearsals @ RDPC:
Grade 7 Band are split in half for the time being, starting the week of September 27. Woodwinds & Percussion Tuesdays @ 3:45-4:30 (percussion stays until 5:00) *first rehearsal Sept 28 Brass Fridays @ 8AM-8:40 *first rehearsal Oct 1 |
Instrument Exemplars
Flute - Jorge Pardo - Spain (with Chick Corea live in Barcelona)
Clarinet - Clarinet Quartet - Candide Overture
Trumpet - Alison Balsam - Hummel Concerto
Trombone - Trombone Shorty - Second Line
Euphonium - David & Robert Childs - Brilliante (with Gwent Alumni Brass Band)
Percussion & Electric Bass -
- Mark Walker, feat. Berklee percussion faculty - Island Hopping
- Steelpan and Jazz Vibes - Village Vibe
Brass Ensemble - The Canadian Brass - Carnival of Venice
Clarinet - Clarinet Quartet - Candide Overture
Trumpet - Alison Balsam - Hummel Concerto
Trombone - Trombone Shorty - Second Line
Euphonium - David & Robert Childs - Brilliante (with Gwent Alumni Brass Band)
Percussion & Electric Bass -
- Mark Walker, feat. Berklee percussion faculty - Island Hopping
- Steelpan and Jazz Vibes - Village Vibe
Brass Ensemble - The Canadian Brass - Carnival of Venice
Cleaning your Instrument
Flute:
- Wipe the lip plate with an alcohol wipe.
- Swab the inside of the instrument using the tuning rod and the cleaning cloth. Run it through a few times until the instrument is dry inside.
- Wash the cleaning cloth in the laundry. If you are concerned about the colour running, you can hand wash with laundry detergent.
Clarinet:
- Fill a short, narrow glass half-full with mouthwash. Place your mouthpiece upside down, ensuring the mouthwash does not touch the cork part of your mouthpiece.
- Swab the inside of the instrument using the cleaning cloth. Run it through a few times until the instrument is dry inside.
- Wash the cleaning cloth in the laundry. If you are concerned about the colour running, you can hand wash with laundry detergent.
Saxophone:
- Fill a short, narrow glass 3/4 full with mouthwash. Place your mouthpiece upside down in the glass. The entire mouthpiece can be submerged, as sax mouthpieces don't have cork. Soak for a few hours, rinse and dry.
- Swab the inside of the instrument using the cleaning cloth. Run it through a few times until the instrument is dry inside.
- Wash the cleaning cloth in the laundry. If you are concerned about the colour running, you can hand wash with laundry detergent.
- Wipe the lip plate with an alcohol wipe.
- Swab the inside of the instrument using the tuning rod and the cleaning cloth. Run it through a few times until the instrument is dry inside.
- Wash the cleaning cloth in the laundry. If you are concerned about the colour running, you can hand wash with laundry detergent.
Clarinet:
- Fill a short, narrow glass half-full with mouthwash. Place your mouthpiece upside down, ensuring the mouthwash does not touch the cork part of your mouthpiece.
- Swab the inside of the instrument using the cleaning cloth. Run it through a few times until the instrument is dry inside.
- Wash the cleaning cloth in the laundry. If you are concerned about the colour running, you can hand wash with laundry detergent.
Saxophone:
- Fill a short, narrow glass 3/4 full with mouthwash. Place your mouthpiece upside down in the glass. The entire mouthpiece can be submerged, as sax mouthpieces don't have cork. Soak for a few hours, rinse and dry.
- Swab the inside of the instrument using the cleaning cloth. Run it through a few times until the instrument is dry inside.
- Wash the cleaning cloth in the laundry. If you are concerned about the colour running, you can hand wash with laundry detergent.
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Trumpet, Trombone & Euphonium ONLY: How to give your instrument a BATH
*Make sure you have a cleaning snake, slide grease, and valve oil* - Fill bathtub with warm (not hot) water and squirt of dish soap - Take apart entire instrument (but set valves aside as the felt must not get wet. Also take note of the numbers on the valves) - Soak instrument, slides and mouthpiece for 20 minutes - Use snake to clean inside each piece - Rinse, remove from water, and set all pieces on a towel to dry - Grease all slides and then reassemble (the valves have numbers and must go back in the right order) |
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2020-2021 Dates
December 17, 2020 - Virtual Winter Concert
April 28, 2021 - Virtual Spring Concert
June 24, 2021 - Final Virtual Concert
April 28, 2021 - Virtual Spring Concert
June 24, 2021 - Final Virtual Concert
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Silver Scepter draft June 16
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Manitoba March @ 94 BPM
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