Midterm 2016

This year in band, I think that I have really improved my tone quality, and really worked on increasing my skill level. I think that our wind ensemble class is actually a really great bunch of musicians and I know that we are going to rock the spring concert! 

F Scale

D Scale 

A Scale

Clair de Lune (1-19)

All Scales Video

Final Exam 2015

Videos:

Sonata in B Flat Rossini

Chromatics

Concert G Scale

Concert E Flat

Concert D Flat

Concert A Flat

Midterm Exam 2015

Reflection: This year I think I was very well prepared for our winter concert, and I really enjoyed playing with the rest of the band. I can't believe that we pulled off Jesu so well, but it felt so amazing when we did. For the spring concert, I hope to feel similarly about the music that we play, and I can't wait to play Christmas Festival again next year.

F Major Scale:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wzdzRJX9Kc



D Major Scale:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63MZE-GUOUk



G Major Scale:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdkiLtpT50k


Chromatic Scale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bzn2rgw-CU&feature=youtu.be


Symphony No. 5 Excerpt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOat71qm-P0&feature=youtu.be

B Flat Scale and The Who show

B Flat Scale

The Who Show- 220 to the end

Final Exam 2014

A Flat Scale

B Flat Scale

D Flat Scale

E Flat Scale 

Meditation from Thais (recorded on different day)

Essay:

My favorite piece in class this year was Greensleeves. It was definitely my favorite because I love how it challenged our class as a whole and I think that we all really improved as musicians from it. Also I think it was perfect Christmas-time piece and it has always been special to me. I loved the mini solo that I had at the end and was so sad when our winter concert was cancelled (darn snow!). I think I really started to enjoy band class once we played that piece and felt that the focus was really on concert band and nothing else. I still wish we could have played it for the public, but hopefully I will get to do so another time. 

Midterm 2014

Scale #1: B Flat Scale 

Scale #2: E Flat Scale

Scale #3: A Flat Scale

Scale #4: Chromatic

Excerpt: Meditation from Thais, measures 1-16

This year, I am pleased with the progress I have made. I am very glad that I joined band class, and feel that it has helped me immensely as a player and as a person, and is somewhere I can go in school free of stress and drama, where I can just play and no one really asks that much of me. It really is amazing what music can do for one's well-being. I think my tone quality and note accuracy has improved and I am no longer afraid to go for alitissimo notes on my instrument, something that I tried to display in my excerpt. This year I have also learned basic music theory, something that I find very interesting and it's cool to be able to know why music is written or arranged like it is. I also found that music is something I have a great interest in, even though I already knew that through my endless searching of new bands and concerts that I want to go see. Now, I strive to learn even more instruments and hope to pick up the french horn and the flute by next fall. It's amazing to be supported in that change, and I can't wait to get started. 

Greensleeves- Ending