Online Tools for Home Practice

Every instrumental music student should own a metronome and a tuner. If you do not, here is an option if you regularly practice near a computer – an online metronome and an online tuner. You will need a good set of speakers in order to hear the metronome and some kind of microphone in order for the tuner to work. Screenshots are below. Keep practicing!

“School of the Drum” Begins This Week!

For all current and prospective 2010 MP Drumline members, Mr. Hritz’s “School of the Drum” will begin this week on Thursday, February 4 at 3:30pm. The group will be meeting each week to hone skills needed for participation in the drumline for 2010. Your attendance at these sessions is not required, but will most certainly affect your ability to perform well at auditions. Hoping to see you all there beginning this Thursday at 3:30!

Check out this Amazing Elementary Band From Japan!

This elementary band from Japan is performing Leonard Berstein’s Slava! Oh, and it’s memorized, too! Enjoy!

Senior High Concert Band Adjudication

Once again this year, the Senior High Concert Band will be participating in the PMEA Large Ensemble Adjudication Festival at Westminster College. In the spring of 2009, the band received an “Excellent” rating in their first-ever participation in the event. This year’s event will be held on Tuesday, March 9, 2010. The band will be performing at 12 o’clock noon. Students will be excused early from school that day to participate. More details will be coming soon…please stay tuned!

Concert Band Spring Semester Listening

Below are sound files of our literature for the upcoming spring semester. Please take some time to sit down and listen to these recordings with your music in front of you. By listening, we gain greater understanding of characteristic sound, intonation, articulation, harmony, and style. Enjoy!

Senior High Concert Band

Snakes! by Tomas C. Duffy –

The Genius of Paul Simon by Tom Wallace

Novena by James Swearingen

Shenandoah by Frank Ticheli

Come, Sweet Death by J.S. Bach/Arr. Alfred Reed

Overture for Winds by Charles Carter –

First Suite in Eb – III. March by Gustav Holst –

Middle School Concert Band

Train Heading West (And Other Outdoor Scenes) by Timothy Broege –

Hatikvah by Elliot Del Borgo –

Upcoming Winter Concert to be Broadcast Live on the Web!!

The upcoming Middle and Senior High Band Winter Concert is going to be simulcast on the web live!! Please join us on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 7pm! The link to the live audio stream will be posted here. When you click on the link, it will automatically open the live stream in your default media player. We are hoping you will join us. We will possibly do a test run during our dress rehearsal on Monday, Dec. 7 between 6-8pm. If you are able to join us for that, please do, and post any comments you may have here about the audio quality, etc. so that we can get it set just right for the concert! The link will also be posted on the Sharon Tiger Bands Facebook page!

Indoor Marching Band Concert CDs Now Available!!

CD Recordings of our first ever Indoor Marching Band Concert are now available for only $10! See Mr. Butchy ASAP to get yours today! There are only a limited number available!

Playoffs, Jazz Ensemble, and Pep Band, Oh my!

Lots of news from the Sharon Band Program today!

MP Playoff Game – Our Sharon Tigers have advanced to the District 10 Championship game! The game will be held this Friday, Nov. 27 @ Slippery Rock University. We will meet at 3pm in order to play for the team’s send-off. Immediately following, we will have a brief rehearsal in the stadium and then prepare to leave for the game at approximately 5pm.

Jazz Ensemble rehearsals will begin on Monday Dec. 14 at 3:30pm. If you would like to participate in jazz ensemble, but do not have it scheduled, please see Mr. Butchy.

Pep Band’s first rehearsal will be on Monday, Dec. 7 at 3:30pm. We need to prepare for the Winter Sports Meet the Tigers Night which will be held on Wed., Dec. 9 at 6:45pm. We will be playing before and after the event. If you would like to play in Pep Band and have not signed up with Mr. Butchy, please see him ASAP.

Don’t Forget! The Middle and High School Band’s Winter Concert will be on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 7pm! Click here for more information!

Middle-High School Band Winter Concert

The middle-high school winter concert will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 7pm in the SHS Auditorium. Concert attendance for middle-high school band members is mandatory and a large part of the students’ grade, since band is a performance based class.

We will also be holding a mandatory dress rehearsal the evening before on Monday, Dec. 7. Middle school students will rehearse from 6-7pm, and senior high students will rehearse from 7-8pm. Again, this rehearsal is also mandatory, and will count for a portion of the students’ grades.

Middle School Band will be performing Christmas Time is Here, The Headless Horseman, Variations on a Chinese Folk Song, and Let It Snow! The Senior High Concert Band will be performing First Suite in Eb, Overture for Winds, Canto, Ye Banks & Braes O Bonnie Doon, Amazing Grace, Greensleeves, and Sine Nomine.

Looking forward to a great concert!

Sharon Light Up Night

Once again, the Sharon Tiger Band has been invited to perform at the annual Sharon Light Up Night. This years’ event will take place on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. The band will be performing at approximately 6pm. This will be a stand still performance for MP musicians only. The band will play various holiday selections for approximately 15-30 minutes. All MP musicians are required to attend, as it is part of our calendar for the year. This evening is always an enjoyable way to kick off the holiday season! It’s hard to believe it is that time of year again!

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