Symphonic Band

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Second Chances Symphonic Band
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2025 Winter Season
Week 4
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at 7pm
Location: Aurora North End Parish Church
5666 Sebastian Street, Halifax

FOR MORE INFORMATION about the symphonic band, contact the executive director of the Second Chances Music Program, Chris Ward at eloboesolo@gmail.com

Objectives for this rehearsal include:

Warm Up: we will begin by playing C Concert Scale
Sight Reading:
mvt.6 Lost Lady Found: read through followed by a more in depth look at rhythms. @18-34 we will remove melody and work with inner parts, then add melody back in. @34-50 need to look at the FHrn and Btn parts, then add bassoon and tuba parts. @50 is more horizontal playing… don’t slow tempo, melody is picc and alto clarinet. @66-82 look at inner parts separately. @82 look at parts labeled ‘to the fore’, these should be heard above all others. @98 horn part is isolated… perhaps I will need to double this in the trumpets (stay tuned for that). @122 rhythms here are tricky. @130 dotted half notes should be bell-like. We will rehearse the transition back into three 5 measures from the end.
James Bond: read through first, then we will start at the end and work backwards. We will focus on the 3/4 to end… then 2nd ending to the end. Then move back to @144 to the end. Once we have this secure, then we will jump back to @137 and work the accelerando into @144 a few times. Then back again to @129 Live and Let Die, while focusing on the transition into ‘double time’ at @132.
IF TIME: we will continue working backward to include Skyfall
Loch Lomond: read through, then we will start from the beginning and work through details. Focus will be on rhythms, notes, balance and dynamics.
IF TIME: Three Ayres mvt1: read through, then working on rhythm, balance and style.

SYMPHONIC BAND: WINTER 2025 REPERTOIRE
1. Ancient Airs of Ireland (Michael Sweeney)
2. Blackwater (Fergal Carrol)
3. Bond… James Bond (arr. Stephen Bulla)
4. Irish Rhapsody (Clare Grundman)
5. Loch Lomond (Frank Ticheli)
6. Lincolnshire Posy (Percy Grainger)
– we will begin with mvt.6 The Lost Lady Found
7. Perthshire Majesty (Samuel R Hazo)
8. Three Ayres from Gloucester (Hugh Stuart)

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Second Chances Symphonic Band
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2025 Winter Season
Week 3
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 7pm
Location: Aurora North End Parish Church
5666 Sebastian Street, Halifax

FOR MORE INFORMATION about the symphonic band, contact the executive director of the Second Chances Music Program, Chris Ward at eloboesolo@gmail.com

Objectives for this rehearsal include:

Rehearsal was cancelled due to bad weather

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Second Chances Symphonic Band
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2025 Winter Season
Week 2
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 7pm
Location: Aurora North End Parish Church
5666 Sebastian Street, Halifax

FOR MORE INFORMATION about the symphonic band, contact the executive director of the Second Chances Music Program, Chris Ward at eloboesolo@gmail.com

Objectives for this rehearsal include:

Warm Up: we will begin by playing C Concert Scale
Sight Reading: Perthshire Majesty
Irish Rhapsody: read through followed by a more in depth look at transitions, tempos and style. We will be focusing primarily on correct rhythms.
Blackwater: read through first, then we will start at the beginning and dig into this work
Ancient Airs of Ireland: read through, then we will start from the end and work backwards. We will clean up the last 8 measures, then include the two bars of slower 4, then jump back to the beginning of the 6/8 section @148, the tune entitled Behind the Bush in the Garden. IF TIME: we will also look at the Song of the Chanter section beginning @109

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Second Chances Symphonic Band
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2025 Winter Season
Week 1 – Reading Session
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 7pm
Location: Aurora North End Parish Church
5666 Sebastian Street, Halifax

FOR MORE INFORMATION about the symphonic band, contact the executive director of the Second Chances Music Program, Chris Ward at eloboesolo@gmail.com

Objectives for the Reading Session include:

Warm Up: we will begin by playing C Concert Scale
Irish Rhapsody: read through
Ancient Airs of Ireland: read through
Blackwater: read through
Lincolnshire Posy mvt.6: read through
Perthshire Majesty: read through
Bond… James Bond: read through
Loch Lomond: read through
Three Ayres: read through

FEES for Winter 2025:
In January each member of the Second Chances Symphonic Band will be asked to pay the winter season’s registration fee.

$175 registration fee (1st group)
$90 registration fee (for any additional group)
$50 registration fee for a student currently in high school or attending a recognized post secondary institution

Halifax Community Band Festival
Also, don’t forget about our very own Halifax Community Band Festival being held at Mount Saint Vincent University on May 23rd through 25th 2025! This is the weekend we host players from various different community bands from all over the Maritime provinces for a fellowship of music making and networking. Make sure you mark it on your calendar! Its a great chance to learn from great guest conductors and meet new friends who love to play as well!
website: https://www.secondchancesband-ns.com/hfx-band-fest/

Second Chances Community Music Society of Nova Scotia

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