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This week due to Mr. Jimeson getting the flu and a two hour delay on Friday when he got back the band room was not open for us to use at all during the week but I have asked my players to practice the music and I have practiced conducting with the recording.
This week after figuring out who was going to play the horn part we had our first rehearsal. Since it was our first rehearsal it was a little rough but we accomplished something. I had them listen to the song and we mad it through the first two pages after a lot of stopping and fixing stuff.
This week I was in London and Paris so I didn't work on the project but I am on track with it.
This week I posted a QR code on a flyer in the band room and have had several people scan it and fill out the form. I have offered a reward of Chic-fil-a gift cards for those who help. I plan to leave the flyer up for a few more days and then choose who I want to play the piece. I have made a few copies of the piece and plan to review it once more with Mr.Jimeson before I hand it out to the three players in order to check for any areas in need of improvement or any places that would be too difficult for high school players.
This week I changed a few things and printed out the score for the piece. I also made a flyer for people to sign up for helping me with my project by playing the song. I plan to do a few final revisions and then start rehearsals once I get the three people to play it.
This week I had Mr.Jimeson and a few of my band friends listen to my song, they all said it sounded good. Mr.Jimeson said that he would like to listen to it again however when there is less noise because it was while the all county band was rehearsing that I showed it to him. He said that it sounded pretty good from what he heard though. The next step once I have finished editing the song is to recruit people to plat it and begin rehearsals.
This week I wrote an ending to my piece. It isn't perfect but it's something. I am planning on having Mr. Jimeson listen to it and give me some advice. since he is an band teacher he will know a lot about music theory. He also has composed a few songs for marching band. I am done with the first draft of the song now and hope to be able to finish revisions soon so I can get some people together to play it.
This week I was having a really hard time figuring out where I want my song to go. i think that I just need to write an ending and then worry about fixing the rest of it. One thing about musicians is that they look for everything that is wrong about the music they play or write so they can fix it. I think that i'm getting too caught up in that and I just need to keep writing. I think i'm going to ask Mr.Jimeson to listen to my composition and give some advice to speed along the process.
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December 2019
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