HockeyDad Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, cixelsyd said: Thanks for that. I now understand where you are coming from. One tiny piece of advice, if I may. Try not to confuse equality-of-opportunity with equality-of-outcomes. Edit: my post below is meant to be in response to acolli17. How I managed to botch it under a cixelsyd post I don’t know. My apologies—— acolli17, Your FB post is a good read. Thank you for sharing. You’ve obviously put some self-reflection into this. So, it made me think....why do I remain bugged by this, and what is it that’s bothering me? I keep going back to one thing you wrote - just a whole bunch of white guys. Now, I suspect you wrote this to be light hearted or self effacing. But others in the popular culture today like to weaponize these things. So I keep thinking this: we can support, or build up, a person or group, without having to tear down another person or group. Kinda - a rising tide lifts all boats - approach. So if you were to say, yeah, this is the music I chose, and it’s good stuff. Solid stuff. But I’m thinking, let’s look for some options from women composers. Or, keeping with Regiment’s theme, French composers. Or Catholic composers. Whatever or however the spirit is moving you today. It’s a way to lift up someone without at the same time criticizing another. I guess that’s it. Thanks for listening. Edited June 6, 2019 by HockeyDad 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acolli17 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 9 hours ago, cixelsyd said: Thanks for that. I now understand where you are coming from. One tiny piece of advice, if I may. Try not to confuse equality-of-opportunity with equality-of-outcomes. That's a good thing to keep in mind, I'll be sure to do that. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acolli17 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 9 hours ago, HockeyDad said: Edit: my post below is meant to be in response to acolli17. How I managed to botch it under a cixelsyd post I don’t know. My apologies—— acolli17, Your FB post is a good read. Thank you for sharing. You’ve obviously put some self-reflection into this. So, it made me think....why do I remain bugged by this, and what is it that’s bothering me? I keep going back to one thing you wrote - just a whole bunch of white guys. Now, I suspect you wrote this to be light hearted or self effacing. But others in the popular culture today like to weaponize these things. So I keep thinking this: we can support, or build up, a person or group, without having to tear down another person or group. Kinda - a rising tide lifts all boats - approach. So if you were to say, yeah, this is the music I chose, and it’s good stuff. Solid stuff. But I’m thinking, let’s look for some options from women composers. Or, keeping with Regiment’s theme, French composers. Or Catholic composers. Whatever or however the spirit is moving you today. It’s a way to lift up someone without at the same time criticizing another. I guess that’s it. Thanks for listening. I appreciate the response, for sure. And you're right about my "white guys" comment, it was meant in a sarcastic manner. I've worked really hard this year to first program music that was of high quality, but also to keep in mind the diversity of composers and compositions I've selected this year. This is the program that I had for the high school I teach at this past year (and of course we had to do a Bernstein theme for his 100th birthday as well): Indoor Marching Concert Concert Band English Folk Fantasy, by Anne McGinty Slavonic Dance No. 8, by Antonin Dvorak arr. Harnsberger Music for Happiness, by Gerald Oswald Marching Band “Season Highlights” Winter Concert Concert Band Chasing Sunlight, by Cait Nishimura A Celebration of Hannukah arr. Howard Rowe Somewhere - Bernstein arr. Brown Sleigh Ride, by Leroy Anderson (mass band) Wind Symphony Solace Dance, by Nicole Piunno A Simple Song, by Leonard Bernstein arr. Sweeney Sounds of the Season, arr. John Moss Sleigh Ride, by Leroy Anderson (mass band) Symphonic Band A Musical Toast, by Leonard Bernstein arr. Grundman Tight Squeeze, by Alex Shapiro The Nutcracker Suite, by Pyotr Ilytch Tchaikovsky arr. Johnson Sleigh Ride, by Leroy Anderson (mass band) District Band Festival Concert Band Land of Liberty, by James Swearingen Earth Song, by Frank Ticheli Sunchaser, by Carol Britton Chambers Wind Symphony Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite, by Karl L. King arr. Kerchner On A Hymnsong of Philip Bliss, by David Holsinger Blaze the Trail, by Lisa Galvin Symphonic Band The Belle of Chicago, by John Philip Sousa Elegy for a Young American, by Ronald Lo Presti Il Burlone, by Julie Giroux (State Band Festival Selection) O Magnum Mysterium, by Morten Lauridsen arr. Reynolds (State Band Festival Selection) Spring Concert Concert Band The Rainbow Bridge, by Anne McGinty The Hunger Games, by James Howard arr. Bocook Nemesis, by Gary Fagan Wind Symphony How to Train Your Dragon, by John Powell arr. O’Loughlin Second Prelude, by George Gershwin arr. Krance Spring Festival, by Chen Yi Symphonic Band Carnegie Anthem, by William Owens Lake Superior Suite, by Cait Nishimura John Williams in Concert, by John Williams arr. Lavender Pixar Movie Magic arr. Brown 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acolli17 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 As a follow up to my last comment, I understand putting together a band concert and programming a drum corps show are two magnificently different challenges. There are far more things to take into consideration for an elite corps. I will definitely still cheer for Phantom loud and hard this summer, and I'm sure their show will be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 On 6/5/2019 at 3:51 PM, yogitom said: Also, most schools in the northeast stat their school year after Labor Day. fewer and fewer. We started 8/21 I believe...ending tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbobcat Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 7 hours ago, Jeff Ream said: fewer and fewer. We started 8/21 I believe...ending tomorrow In North Jersey some schools have football games the weekend before Labor Day. They start practice around 8/1. Having classes start after Labor day gives coaches a month of practice without any conflicts with classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjaminzein Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 12 hours ago, acolli17 said: I appreciate the response, for sure. And you're right about my "white guys" comment, it was meant in a sarcastic manner. I've worked really hard this year to first program music that was of high quality, but also to keep in mind the diversity of composers and compositions I've selected this year. This is the program that I had for the high school I teach at this past year (and of course we had to do a Bernstein theme for his 100th birthday as well): Indoor Marching Concert Concert Band English Folk Fantasy, by Anne McGinty Slavonic Dance No. 8, by Antonin Dvorak arr. Harnsberger Music for Happiness, by Gerald Oswald Marching Band “Season Highlights” Winter Concert Concert Band Chasing Sunlight, by Cait Nishimura A Celebration of Hannukah arr. Howard Rowe Somewhere - Bernstein arr. Brown Sleigh Ride, by Leroy Anderson (mass band) Wind Symphony Solace Dance, by Nicole Piunno A Simple Song, by Leonard Bernstein arr. Sweeney Sounds of the Season, arr. John Moss Sleigh Ride, by Leroy Anderson (mass band) Symphonic Band A Musical Toast, by Leonard Bernstein arr. Grundman Tight Squeeze, by Alex Shapiro The Nutcracker Suite, by Pyotr Ilytch Tchaikovsky arr. Johnson Sleigh Ride, by Leroy Anderson (mass band) District Band Festival Concert Band Land of Liberty, by James Swearingen Earth Song, by Frank Ticheli Sunchaser, by Carol Britton Chambers Wind Symphony Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite, by Karl L. King arr. Kerchner On A Hymnsong of Philip Bliss, by David Holsinger Blaze the Trail, by Lisa Galvin Symphonic Band The Belle of Chicago, by John Philip Sousa Elegy for a Young American, by Ronald Lo Presti Il Burlone, by Julie Giroux (State Band Festival Selection) O Magnum Mysterium, by Morten Lauridsen arr. Reynolds (State Band Festival Selection) Spring Concert Concert Band The Rainbow Bridge, by Anne McGinty The Hunger Games, by James Howard arr. Bocook Nemesis, by Gary Fagan Wind Symphony How to Train Your Dragon, by John Powell arr. O’Loughlin Second Prelude, by George Gershwin arr. Krance Spring Festival, by Chen Yi Symphonic Band Carnegie Anthem, by William Owens Lake Superior Suite, by Cait Nishimura John Williams in Concert, by John Williams arr. Lavender Pixar Movie Magic arr. Brown As a current band director in Texas, I need to be better and play more music by female composers. Copying your rep and adding it to my library asap!! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 14 hours ago, acolli17 said: This is the program that I had for the high school I teach at this past year (and of course we had to do a Bernstein theme for his 100th birthday as well). That's one busy year for the musicians. Well done a17. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HockeyDad Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson. Is there anything more classic for that December concert? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandandl Posted June 8, 2019 Share Posted June 8, 2019 And Regiment's Community performance review while Acolli has hijacked the thread to pad his resume'...??? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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