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SOLID BRASS has given numerous workshops, clinics and concerts to college, high school and young audiences, performing for over 200,000 students and educators.SOLID BRASS is again touring the schools in New Jersey during the 2006-2007 school year with its new educational programs. Under the auspices of Project Impact, located at Bergen County Community College in Paramus, NJ. a quartet with percussion ("Beat the Brass") will present a forty minute program designed for grades K through 8 (adaptable for High School). This is the fourteenth season that SOLID BRASS has collaborated with Project Impact. Previously, the ensemble performed in nearly 300 schools, playing for more than 200,000 students, faculty and staff. "BEAT THE BRASS - Part 1: What to Listen for in Music: The Elements", a newly designed program, has three goals: to introduce students to the brass and percussion instruments, to present the basic building blocks of music (melody, harmony, bass, and rhythm), and to provide historical perspectives of the music to contemporary student understanding. Musical selections include Jurassic Park, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Beauty and the Beast, Lassus Trombone, The Elephant (from Carnival of the Animals), Semper Fidelis, Music of J.S. Bach, a game of Name That Tune, and a medley Aladdin and The Flintstones. The second program, "BEAT THE BRASS - Part 2: What to Listen for in Music: The Forms", investigates the architecture of music and includes various sectional, fugal and rondo forms. The goal of the next several programs is to combine two curricular areas, music and history, to pique students' interest so that they continue to study and learn. The group weaves historical anecdotes into their musical numbers and using posters, humor and student participation, gives youngsters an insight into the creation and development of our country and, says Doug Haislip, "how we came to be what we are." "Part of our mission is to bring joy to students through music, show them how music can be a powerful part of their lives and how they can have fun with it." The third program, " A Musical History Tour of New Jersey",
introduces the history and famous people of New Jersey in a delightfully new and refreshing way. This program is an adventure into the broad scope and breadth of a brass quartet's repertoire of lively marches, jazz, rock, movie themes, and patriotic tunes. The musicians will illustrate the early history of New Jersey from the Lenni Lenape and the American Revolution
MEET THE PRESIDENTS, Part 1 and Part 2, was designed for the 2001-2002 school year. Part 1 will include the music, pictures, and anecdotes of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Dwight David Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy. Part 2 will cover James Madison, Grover Cleveland, Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Ronald Reagan. We believe this creative approach of linking the arts to other areas of the curriculum is a vehicle to help promote an enthusiastic interest in music.
In OUT OF MANY, ONE - THE STORY OF IMMIGRATION. SOLID BRASS embarks on a fresh approach to the history and folklore of the men, women and children who left everything to immigrate to this Great Country. From their travel to and their experiences at Ellis Island, we look at the adventure of those who have helped to shape our nation’s destiny. Using music of their era, posters, humor and student participation, children will gain an insight into the greatest experiment in freedom and liberty the world has known. A review of the brass instruments will include a description of sound production. Various percussion instruments will be presented for the richness in color they provide. The following musical selections will be included: This is My Country, Sea Songs, Amazing Grace, Do Re Mi, Schindler’s List, America from West Side Story, America the Beautiful, and God Bless America. Show length is approximately 45 minutes. "Where in the World is.....Solid Brass?" is our newest program. We hit the road with maps, tubas and trumpets to go on a musical, geographical vacation - and you are invited! This multimedia, interactive program will thoroughly involve students. Concentrating and listening skills are needed to guess the location being communicated through the music. Students will have the ability to participate as well. A review of the trumpet, trombone, tuba and horn will include a description of sound production. Various percussion instruments will be presented for the richness in color they provide musically. This show is so much fun that children will not realize how much they are learning. The following musical selections are included: Olympic Fanfare, Waltzing Matilda, British Grenadiers, Italian Tarantella, German Polka, La Marseille, Arab Dance, Chinese Dance, Russian Trepak, Bare Necessities, Hakuna Matata, Lonely Bull and America, the Beautiful. "Where in the Country is.....Solid Brass? continues the travels of Solid Brass. The following musical selections will be included: This is My Country California Girls America the Beautiful Oklahoma This Land is Your Land Sewanee River You Are My Sunshine Closer Walk with Thee/When the Saints Take Me Out to the Ballgame New York, New York
A new program especially designed for smaller budgets, the Solid Brass Trio presents a program on "How to Listen to Music - Melody, Harmony, and Bass". Demonstrating a variety of instruments in the brass family, the Trio engages students into the joy of making and listening to music. Using humor, historical instruments and games, the students are drawn into the performance. SOLID BRASS has provided programs and workshops to students (click here to read what the students think) all across the country as well as in Mexico and Canada. In addition to the K-8 program, SOLID BRASS has conducted workshops on rehearsal techniques and performance attitudes, arranging for the brass ensemble, repertoire, life as a professional musician, and various aspects of tone production and instrumental technique. The ensemble has also performed for various community groups such as the Cub Scouts and youth organizations. If you would be interested in having SOLID BRASS perform for your organization, please contact us. |
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What to Listen For in Music - The Elements Introduction to the Brass instrument family Melody, Harmony and Bass Historical perspectives What to Listen For in Music - The Forms |
Workshops for established ensembles, student, amateur, or professional Rehearsal Techniques and performance attitudes Repertoire Arranging for the brass ensemble Life as a professional Musician |
Student, Amateur or Professional Aspects of Tone Production Solo literature Ensemble Literature |
To arrange bookings for school performances in New Jersey, please contact:
Peggy Siebecker impact@bergen.edu
Project Impact
c/o Bergen Community College
400 Paramus Road
Paramus, NJ 07652
Tel 201-493-2033 Fax 201-493-2036
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