On Monday I had concert band where we did a lot of work on the second military suite in F. There are quite a few tricky parts in it which needed a lot of work but sounded a lot better after this rehearsal. In contemporary ensemble we got the music for a piece called In C. It is basically made up of 53 cells which contain different rhythmic patterns which are repeated until the player decides to move onto the next one. In choir, we had sectionals for the first hour to work on our two pieces then put it together for the second hour.
I only had choir on Tuesday, where again we had sectionals for the first hour and then came together for the second hour. We started a new piece called "Jesu, joy of man's desiring" by J.S Bach.
On Wednesday I have choir again. In contemporary ensemble we ran through In C before the performance on Thursday. Catherine and I also decided on our piece for guitar and clarinet. I got asked to join the jazz band where I am going to be playing bass clarinet. Simon wants to have two bands. A regular big band and an upside down band which consists of 5 clarinets playing the saxophone parts, saxophones playing the trumpet parts and a rhythm section. We are playing Jumpin' at the Woodside.
On Thursday I had wind band followed by a performance of In C. This lasted for an hour and we could just drop out when needed. I was really tiring and my lip was sore by the end of it but it was really good fun and amazing to be a part of. We then discussed what we are going to be performing at the concert next Thursday.
On Friday I had jazz band where we ran through the piece we are playing. I also taught my first student today which was very exciting. It was strange teaching especially someone I know but it was fun. I hope to get more students to teach.
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