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Small Band Programs: Strategies for Success
Phillip M. Hash, Ed.D.Calvin College
Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Clinic
• Personal experience• Working w/ small bands– Rural– Private– Urban
• Defining “Small”
Shabbona HS
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Basic Principles
• Wide range of abilities• Everyone contributes• Cover all parts• 5 yrs.?
• Not all solutions “ideal”• “Will _____ create a
more musical experience for students?”
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Instruments
• Insts. in good repair• Mouthpieces & Reeds• Beginning Band Priorities– Woodwind
• Double Reeds– Brass
• Horns• Use similar equipment• Leave out piccolo?
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Non-Traditional Instrumentation• EEb Ctra. Clarinet• EEb Tuba • Valve Trombone• F or Eb Alto Horn
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Last Resort Instrumentation
• Marching brass• Drum set in concert band• Electric keyboard• Electric bass• “Will this strategy…?”
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Seating
• Acoustical cup • Same parts together• Stack large sections • Directional brass• Bass voices centered
together• Perc. centered
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Fundamentals
• More apparent in small bands– Tone– Intonation– Balance– Blend
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Chorales
• All ensemble basics• Musical context• Chorale Characteristics– Simple, Homophonic– Easy keys and ranges– Consistent SATB scoring– Soft mallets & timpani only
• 3 & 4 part chorales in handout• Unisons & Octaves – 1 part at a time
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Altering Parts
• Rewriting or redistributing parts– Missing instruments– Strengthen weak sections– Reduce upper/increase lower parts– Simplify for an individual
• Goals when altering parts– Maintain composer’s original intent– Leave all parts intact
• Examples: Air and March Purcell/Gordon
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Flexible Repertoire
• Ken Harris Marches• Old arrangements– Band Music PDF Library
• European Arrangements
• Flex-Band Series• American Instrumental
Ensemble Series
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Jazz Band Music• Belwin Jazz Ensemble Series
– Grades 1-4– Works w/ reduced inst.– Alt. pts. for flute, clar., horn,
bar. T.C., tuba (bass line)• Essential Elements Jazz
– Grade 2– Alt. pts.
• Little Big Band Series– Hal Leonard– 3 sax, 1 tr., 1 tbone, rhythm– Extra pts. alto, ten., tbone
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Performance Alternatives
• Non-Rated Festivals • “Comments Only” • Guest Conductor or
University Visit• State Capitol• Combined– Parades– Pep Band– Concerts
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Thank You!