Santa Clara Vanguard 2023 Announcement Thread

[scheherazadesghost]

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[OG84]

It was on SCV’s Facebook page and should still be there.

 

OG84

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[gbass598]

2 hours ago, jjeffeory said:

There's a different expectation in concert band versus marching, obviously....

Since I'm not a brass player. Is it actually a different playing technique or just a different "style" in arranging that causes the player to approach the music differently? I know concert percussion and front ensemble should ideally be approached with the same technique but they arranging style of how the parts are written are significantly different.

[Jeff Ream]

3 hours ago, Mello Dude said:

There's a Hallmark movie deal to made there somewhere.....

no....more like Vice

[scheherazadesghost]

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[OG84]

This is all true. No brass player learns how to move air like one playing a 2v G bugle, 3v G bugle, or even the most efficient Yamaha Xeno.

”Breathe to protect the end of the phrase,” was something that Tim Salzman said to us a thousand times in 84. But what he really said was that on his tombstone he wanted these words, “He said, ‘breathe to protect the end of the phrase.’” That’s how important it was to him, or at least that’s what he told us.

 

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[scheherazadesghost]

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[C.Holland]

12 hours ago, gbass598 said:

Since I'm not a brass player. Is it actually a different playing technique or just a different "style" in arranging that causes the player to approach the music differently? I know concert percussion and front ensemble should ideally be approached with the same technique but they arranging style of how the parts are written are significantly different.

you're forcing air, to try to get sound 500-1000 feet away.  trying to either fill the space, or give it lazer like direction so you can give that impact we're used to in drum corps.  it puts stress on your face, jaw, chops, lungs...etc. Because you need to support your chops to deal with that much volume of air. 

its much less stress on the body to play within a section where everyone is seated 2' from you, and the audience is 15' away. 

[gbass598]

13 minutes ago, C.Holland said:

you're forcing air, to try to get sound 500-1000 feet away.  trying to either fill the space, or give it lazer like direction so you can give that impact we're used to in drum corps.  it puts stress on your face, jaw, chops, lungs...etc. Because you need to support your chops to deal with that much volume of air. 

its much less stress on the body to play within a section where everyone is seated 2' from you, and the audience is 15' away. 

Fair enough points. In a world with 75-80 member brass sections it sounds like more of a proponent of using amplification for brass as well instead of criticizing the costs of amplifying front ensemble. However, is the stress on face, jaw, lungs, etc. just conditioning or is it detrimental to the sound and the instrument itself like overplaying on a keyboard?

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