In late January the Jazz band took
a trip to Manhattan school of music to listen to their Pre-college jazz band
rehearse. They were playing music similar to our own because it was by the same
composer Charles Mingus. The objective of the trip was to see how a top level band rehearses their music. There were significant differences
between the way they practice and we do, mostly having to do with their skill
level. They have been playing since they were young children while many of us
did not begin to play until our freshman year.
The band worked on three songs; Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, Fables of Faubus and Better Get Hit In Your Souls. They spent 45 minutes
on one song, and 15 on the other two. They spent 10 minutes warming up and did
not do any exercises. The rehearsal was very productive and had very little
laughing and joking around although there was some. I believe this is because
the students did not seem to know one another so they would not have much to
talk about while we have know each other for a year or more. The band was
indeed very talented and sounded amazing, they gave us a level that I believe
we could strive to achieve.
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