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cornetguy · 07-20-2007, 11:15 AM

I once spent 40 minutes rehearsing a good high school band on Col Bogey March. They thought they knew it...

When I judge band festivals and a group comes in doing a march as a warm-up piece I usually fill the critique sheet on just the march, about things like dynamics, accent, precision, tone quality, style things and differences between American, English and Continental, sometimes even tempo (playing a German March way too fast) Very often they wind up getting a II.

As far as I am concerned a March is part of the Band's heritage and we as band directors should program at least one at every concert. I like that the Midwest requires that for performing bands.

07-20-2007, 11:15 AM	#9 (permalink)
cornetguy Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Saint Paul, MN Posts: 746	Re: Sousa and other Marching music I once spent 40 minutes rehearsing a good high school band on Col Bogey March. They thought they knew it... When I judge band festivals and a group comes in doing a march as a warm-up piece I usually fill the critique sheet on just the march, about things like dynamics, accent, precision, tone quality, style things and differences between American, English and Continental, sometimes even tempo (playing a German March way too fast) Very often they wind up getting a II. As far as I am concerned a March is part of the Band's heritage and we as band directors should program at least one at every concert. I like that the Midwest requires that for performing bands. __________________ Per aspera ad astra