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HCB Rehearsal Notes May 24

Hi all,
Our next rehearsal will be on Tuesday May 24, beginning at 6:30 pm, in the Band room of Halifax West HS.
Our concert is scheduled for Tuesday June 7, beginning at 7 pm in the Bella Rose Auditorium of Halifax West HS. We will have an extra rehearsal on Monday June 6, for those who can attend.
Here is the running order for next Tuesday’s rehearsal. As much as possible, we will run the order without specific rehearsal points.
Also, after the order list, I am including a detailed listing (by measure numbers) of all dynamic, rehearsal and articulation markings as well as tempo indications for Prayer for Ukraine. All of these annotations are global, meaning that they will apply to all parts. I would ask that you take the time to mark your own parts prior to rehearsal so that we won’t need to take time during rehearsal. By the way, I am not rehearsing that piece this week.
1) Chorales-More Assorted 1, 5, 2 and 4 2) Warm-up Piece-Three Ayres from Gloucester #1-Jolly Earl of Cholmondeley 3) Tuning-Bb (by SATB sections) 4) We Want It All 5) Lincoln 6) Curtain Call 7) Childhood Remembered 8) Jump in the Line 9) Sea Songs 10) Waltz in the Old Style 11) Star Trek
*_Prayer for Ukraine _* Global markings (dynamics, tempo, articulations and rehearsal numbers) (*extra percussion markings-see below)
M1  mf M3 crescendo symbol (mf to f) M4 decrescendo symbol (f to mf) M5 mf M8 crescendo symbol (mf to f) accelerando M9 mf (subito), piu mosso, add rehearsal number “9” (9 enclosed in a square box) M11 mp M17 mf, a tempo, add rehearsal number “17” M19 crescendo symbol (mf to f) M20 decrescendo symbol (f to mf) M23 decrescendo symbol (mf to mp) M24 mp and crescendo symbol M25 f, add rehearsal number “25” M26 mp M27 mf and crescendo symbol M28 f M29 pesante, accents over both half notes, add rehearsal number “29” M30 accent over 1st eighth note or 1st quarter note M32 crescendo symbol M33 ff, add “slight rit” M34 fermata symbol
*cymbal part is fine as marked except all crescendos should increase volume to the next level (ie.-p to mp). Also, timpani part at M15 and 16 is mp, M 28 is mf crescendo to f (M29), M32 is f crescendo to ff (M33).
Thanks and see you Tuesday. Dave
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HCB Rehearsal notes May 17

Hi all,
Our next rehearsal will be on Tuesday May 17, beginning at 6:30 pm, in the Band room of Halifax West HS.
Our concert is scheduled for Tuesday June 7, beginning at 7 pm in the Bella Rose Auditorium of Halifax West HS. We will have an extra rehearsal on Monday June 6, for those who can attend.
Our rehearsal order for this week will be:
1) F scale 2) More Assorted Chorales # 4, 2 and 1 3) Tuning 4) Warm up piece-Prayer for Ukraine 5) Sea Songs 6) In Their Honor 7) We Want It All 8) Curtain Call 9) Lincoln 10) Waltz in the Old Style 11) Jump in the Line
The Concert Order of pieces will be:
Curtain Call Childhood Remembered Lincoln Sea Songs Waltz in the Old Style Prayer for Ukraine In the Honor Star Trek Jump in the Line We Want It All
Thanks and see you Tuesday. Dave
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HCB Rehearsal Notes May 10

Hi all,
Our next rehearsal starts at 6:30 pm on May 10 in the Halifax West HS Band room.
Our spring concert is planned for Tuesday June 7 in the Bella Rose Auditorium. There will be an extra rehearsal on Monday June 6 in the Band Room at 6:30 pm.
Here is the rehearsal list of pieces and order for Tuesday, May 10th.
1) F major scale in rounds 2) Chorales- More Assorted 3, 1 and 4 3) Warm-up-Ayre for Eventide from Gloucester 4) Curtain Call 5) Childhood Remembered 6) Lincoln 7) Jump in the Line 8) Prayer for Ukraine 9) Star Trek 10) Waltz 11) (if time) requests
Thanks and see you Tuesday Dave

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HCB Rehearsal Notes May 3

Hi all, Here are the rehearsal notes for Tuesday, May 3rd. The rehearsal is in the band room of Halifax West HS and starts at 6:30 pm.
1) Warm-up- Scale and Tuning 2) Chorales- Son of Assorted #s 3, 5 and 4 3) Warm-up piece TBA 4) Lincoln 5) A Childhood Remembered 6) In Their Honor 7) Sea Songs 8) Waltz in the Old Style 9) We Want It All 10) Jump in the Line 11) Curtain Call ( if time)
Thanks and see you on Tuesday Dave

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HCB Rehearsal Notes April 26

Hi all,
Thanks for an excellent run-through of our repertoire this past Tuesday. It’s so good to be back! Here’s our rehearsal plan for April 26th in the band room of Halifax West HS, beginning at 6:30 pm.
1) Warm-up on various scales with rhythm variations and rounds
2) Chorales
3) Ensemble piece-Three Ayres from Gloucester
4)Tuning
5) Praeludium
6) We Want It All
7) Lincoln
8) Star Trek Through the Years
9) Jump in the Line
10) Curtain Call
11) Waltz in the Old Style (if time)
Dave

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HCB Rehearsal Notes April 19

Hi all,
I am very much looking forward to being back on the podium this coming Tuesday night! Before that happens though, I would like to send out a huge THANK YOU to Mark Cuming for stepping in and running rehearsals for the last few weeks and expertly grooming a very good set of pieces for our upcoming Spring Concert!! Thanks Mark for all that you do!
I thought what would be best for the April 19th rehearsal would be for me to hold a “mock performance” run-through of most or all of the pieces that you have been working on in my absence. Some of these will be a revisit for my conducting duties and some indeed will be more of a sight reading task for me, most notably the Kent Steerwell titles. We’ll run some chorales at the beginning and then I’ll call titles in no particular order to get a good idea of the progress being made.
Thanks and see you Tuesday. Dave