Our KCB director, Dr. Tom Evans of Kalamazoo College, is always telling is to "listen to the music, it will always tell you how to play it" and that approach works, along with everyone singing parts on occaision on difficult ensemble passages, whether melodic or rhythmic. The more experience one has is absorbing as many different styles of music over the years, the easier it is to translate to the sound you need to come out of your horn.
For our next concert on the 12th, we are doing several numbers in big band style with a female vocalist and getting many people to "swing" when some are not used to it, has been a bit of frustration to Tom, but we are getting better.
Please check out our revised website
Kalamazoo Concert Band. There are quite a few clips you can play if you like.
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Dave Rafferty
07 Barrington Trumpet
55 Besson 8-10 trumpet
52-55? Roth by Reynolds Cornet
73 Olds Ambassador Cornet
? Czech small bore Trumpet
Getzen 80 cornet
66 Olds Ambassador Trumpet
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