@rye@ioc.exchange improvs over a backing track?

Typically it's gonna be pop music covers on sax though, eh.

@kctipton@mas.to someday!

@duchessofsnork@musicians.today pics pics pics pics!

@washingtonwindsymphony@mastodon.social ha! I was wondering how soon I'd see KPop on a wind band concert set list.

How is the arrangement? Do the players like it?

Hello from Canada

@carliermusic@musicians.today very cool I had a blast last time my uni band held an alumni concert (McMaster, out east in Hamilton, Ontario)

Says here there are some premieres too. Do you know which pieces they are (Meechan and Stetner)?

@carliermusic@musicians.today whoa, what band is this?!

That is one hell of a concert. Is it streaming

@carliermusic@musicians.today been years since I played Gandalf. Are you doing Hobbits too?

@proseandpassion@mastodon.social nice! Best of luck!

@sgcrawford@dice.camp congratulations! Nice to see other music directors on fedi

Hi @proseandpassion@mastodon.social! I've seen a couple of your posts about the Cowley Orchestra. The play-through orchestra is an interesting approach compared to the traditional "membership" band/orchestra.

I'm certain I can guess the answer but I wanted to ask whether you found a lot of new membership that way?

I think community orchestras and community wind bands have the same challenges re: recruitment, and I was suggested "dust off the case" nights as a means to recruit. Your posts immediately came to mind! If anything we'd probably try it only a couple times a year, but it sounds like Cowley does this as a matter of course?

@krparadis@techhub.social are they... throwing plates into a garbage can?

Is that bubble wrap? Wow, that must've been a ton of fun!

I like how you can see who in the orchestra is having fun with it and who is taking it far too seriously

Edit: oh gosh they're barking at each other

@brianvastag@mas.to ask her to post on the Sax on the Web forum? I'm sure it's still kickin' around and some of the folks there may be interested.

Does anyone have expertise with midi controllers and audio output? My understanding is that this is a midi controller, and we need something like an iPad+Mainstage to output sounds.

It looks like I need to also buy something called a USB Audio Interface to link it together into a signal for the amp? Something like the MOTU M2 or similar? Do I actually need this or can the iPad handle everything?

@braydenwise@mastodon.sdf.org great tips, thanks!

@braydenwise@mastodon.sdf.org if I may ask... did you apply with a lot of conducting experience?

I've heard that the MMus programs are... selective about applicants whose only podium time is a school-age wind band

I'd argue that gives you a unique insight into rehearsal, but what do I know...

@braydenwise@mastodon.sdf.org congratulations!

I'm hoping to do something similar myself, but it's hard to commit with young children at home

@roundsparrow@autistics.life oooh, thanks for sharing this. I love this song, and it's an excellent cover!

Five Mellow Winds, by David Schanke

For sax quintet and concert band! It's up there in the upper register, so there's quite a bit of attention that needs to be paid intonation-wise.

Also it's quite the lesson for those who don't know how to play the upper register... mellow-ly.

Good god my ears.

P.S. not my notation written in! Date with an eraser coming up.

@robbielink@c.im I initially wrote a different reply aimed for a non-musician but on re-read that's not you

I'd say if the conductor takes you out of the performance, then try your best to focus on the music without the visual component (e.g. closing your eyes, etc.)

As a musician it's also my job to watch the conductor but I like to watch purely to see if my interpretation differs from that of the conductor!