Rehearsal

the first time at the archery hut, and I experienced their joy and camaraderie while everyone sang old camp songs around the weekly campfire. When I became the drum major of my high school band and gained more opportunities to teach music and lead rehearsals than I had as a section leader, I began seeing parallels between my band members and my summer camp experiences. When a student I worked with finally played a passage she struggled with…

with many students, but there are a lot of administrative tasks to complete as well. I find that I’m really tired most of the time and like I don’t have enough time in the day to go to school, attend marching band rehearsals, and then go home and prepare fully for the next day’s rehearsals. I also get nervous standing in front of the different ensembles, knowing that everyone (including my co-op) is watching me. It does get a bit easier every day, however. 6. What have been your greatest joys…

having to be done all in one week – which was very stressful. One example of a very stressful week was the 4th February. In this week we had to host the dress rehearsal, sell tickets, take in requests from acts for the lights used during their performance, find out which acts needed a backing track and collect any letters concerning the rehearsal that hadn’t been collected in yet. Not only was that a stressful week but it was ridiculous in terms of how close to the show it all was. Considering…

connects an actor to their audience. Over the past few weeks we have explored breath and many other aspects of voice. I have learned how to incorporate these different aspects into a practical acting setting through the development of a warm up, poem rehearsal, and…

That is why things such as phone numbers only have 7 digits. Peterson and Peterson’s study showed that short term memory lasts for 18-20 seconds and improves with rehearsal techniques. The Working Memory Model that Baddeley created, shows that short term memory is separated into different slots when it comes to visual or audio senses. Shallice and Warrington completed a study that supports the model. Richard Knox tested…

staggering. This next few paragraphs will touch on just a few of the many benefits. The first and perhaps interesting benefit is its use in real world events. As most military folks know, the key to success is rehearsals or rehearsal of concept (ROC). When producing a risk matrix for a rehearsal, it provides insight on the possible dangers hiccups that may occur during an operation. This enables all parties to adjust prior to “boots on the ground” to ensure that minimal risk is taken.…

Today I attended a rehearsal event at East Los Angeles College. This particular event was a piano rehearsal by Andree Ann Deschenes and took place in the S2 recital hall on October 13 and lasted about one hour. She performed and discussed piano music by Darius Milhaud “Sausages do Brasil, op.67”, Ignacio Cervantes “Danzas Cubanas”, and Ernesto Lecuona “Andalucia Suite”. One interesting thing about this event is we had a special guest and was Anita Garay who she played percussion instruments.…

There are several things that I can do personally to make this marching season amazing. First, I want to maintain a healthy diet. I think being able to have a healthy diet can help me come to rehearsal and have plenty of energy. Secondly, I will start having a morning routine of workouts. These workouts will help me during the season so I will give my best performance. Also, another thing I want to do is improve my self confidence. Self confidence has been a little bit of a problem with me this…

Have you ever been amazed by a musician’s performance? Did you wonder how he or she could make an instrument produce beautiful, flawless music? It takes a great deal of natural talent, training, and long hours of practice to play that way. Much of the professional life of a musician revolves around practicing, rehearsing, performing, and sometimes recording. Practice (often for 4 or 5 hours a day) is a central aspect of a musician’s life. Without practice, musicians’ performances and…

It’s a bit comical that this book was written before the twenty-first century was here, and that it was written before many in the conducting class were alive. Yet, the majority of the information within the text was spot on for even today’s society. It is an amazing time to be alive in the twenty-first century and many people could not have fathomed that music would have headed this way. Ray Robinson as he was writing this chapter seem to have the foresight, that was needed to even give people…