Posts Tagged ‘concert’
Posted by glennled on June 29, 2014
Two great leaders and positive thinkers who excel, Russell Wilson and Daniel Rowe
The “Year-End Band Concert” by the outstanding four bands from Hamilton International Middle School in Seattle on 12 June brought the audience to its feet for two standing ovations, as the director, Mr. Daniel Rowe, made the stunning announcement that he would be retiring after 35 years of teaching music in public schools. But four days later, after the weekend, he said he had re-thought his plans and announced that he would teach another two years—whew!–the band students and parents must have heaved a huge sigh of relief.
No doubt, three other people did, too: Cindy Waters, HIMS Principal; Angela Babbitt, Director, Beginning Band; and Zari Magness. President, FOMAHI (Friends of Music at Hamilton International), the booster club. They all participated in the concert, held at Lincoln High School Auditorium in the Wallingford neighborhood.
The 49-member Beginning Band played five pieces, including the crowd-pleasing “Slidin’ and Glidin’,” featuring the trombone section. The 93-member Cadet Band played four pieces, concluding with “Fiero.” And the 91-member Concert Band played three pieces, “Into the Storm,” “Shenandoah,” and “Highlights from ‘Frozen.'”
Trumpet trio, Juliana, Aadi, and Colin play “Bugler’s Holiday”
The Symphonic Band began its four-piece set with “Bugler’s Holiday,” by Leroy Anderson, featuring a trio of double-tonguing trumpeters. [Recall from my post of 21 June that a trumpet trio from the Wind Ensemble from Inglemoor High School had played the same piece just one week earlier. And I recall that I’d played it in a college band concert long ago.]
Mr. Rowe has each band vote for three annual awards: Most Inspirational, Most Improved, and Outstanding Musician of the Year. Two trumpeters won such awards: in the Cadet Band, Corinna Sanger was voted Most Inspriational, and in the Symphonic Band, Colin Ovens was voted Outstanding Musician.
After Mr. Rowe made his shocking announcement, he led the band in what he had planned to be his final concert piece–the “Overture to Candide” by Leonard Bernstein, arranged by Clare Grundman. Later, I asked him about the signicance of this music to him. He said that during his first year at HIMS, he’d had his Symphonic Band play it. That was five years ago, and the band had 41 members. He wanted to conclude his career by having his current 88-member band play it, too. Whoever succeeds him in 2016, will inherit a very strong band program.
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Angela Babbitt, Director, HIMS Beginning Band
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Angela Babbitt
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Trumpeters (12), Beginning Band
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Angela Babbitt features her band’s trombonists
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Trombones are “Slidin’ and Glidin'”
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Zari Magness, FOMAHI President, thanks key supporters and volunteers
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Cindy Watters, HMIS Principal, thanks Zari Magness, FOMAHI President
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Daniel Rowe conducts the Cadet Band
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Trumpeters (18), Cadet Band
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The HIMS Concert Band
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Trumpeters (16), HIMS Concert Band
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HIMS Concert Band plays “Highlights from ‘Frozen,'” the Disney movie
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Russell Wilson, QB, Seattle Seahawks, Super Bowl 48 Champions–one of several gifts to Daniel Rowe
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Symphonic Band (88 members) accompanies the trumpet trio in “Bugler’s Holiday”
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Trumpeters (8) in HIMS Symphonic Band
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Stunning retirement announcement–coming in two years
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Benjamin, my first trumpet student, switched to tuba–oh, no, how could he?!
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Trumpet soloist
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Standing ovation for Mr. Daniel Rowe and HIMS Symphonic Band after the “Overture to Candide”
Posted in School Concerts | Tagged: band, beginning, Bugler's Holiday, cadet, concert, Daniel Rowe, Hamilton International Middle School, symphonic, trumpet, trumpeter | 4 Comments »
Posted by glennled on May 30, 2014
On 6 December 2013, two elementary school bands performed their Winter Concert for parents, relatives and friends at Skyview Jr. High School in Bothell. The first-year (5th grade) band and the second-year (6th grade) band are quite a contrast in size but not in quality–both are developing very well at their respective levels. Shawn McGinn, Director of Instrumental Music, was on materity leave at the time, so Sarah Lawson, his substitute, conducted the concert.
Posted in School Concerts | Tagged: band, Bothell, concert, elementary, Shawn McGinn, Skyview Jr. High | 2 Comments »
Posted by glennled on August 21, 2013
Trumpet Soloist, Symphonic Band, HIMS
Dan Rowe, Music Director of Concert and Jazz Bands at Hamilton International Middle School (HIMS) in the Wallingford district of north Seattle, ended the school music year on 6 June with an expert Spring Band Concert at Lincoln High School Auditorium. He conducted four bands comprised of almost 300 students in total: the Beginning (58 members), Cadet (87), Concert (72), and Symphonic (75) bands.
Two trumpet players were among those singled out in each band for special awards. The Outstanding Musician Award for the Cadet Band went to trumpeter, Carter Eng. The Most Improved Musician Award for the Concert Band went to trumpeter, Juliana Silldorff.
The music program at HIMS is supported by Friends of Music at Hamilton International (FOMAHI). Please see www.fomahi.org. FOMAHI was headed in 2012-2013 by Alicia Edgar, President. For my article and photos about last winter’s band concert, please see my blog post of 24 December 2012.
Below is a gallery of photos from the concert. Please click on any photo to enlarge it.
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Beginning Band, HIMS
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HIMS Beginning Band
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Trumpeters, Beginning Band, HIMS
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Cadet Band, HIMS
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Trumpet Section (14), Cadet Band
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Dan Rowe presents Outstanding Musician Award, Cadet Band, to Carter Eng, trumpeter
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Concert Band, HIMS
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HIMS Concert Band
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Trumpet Section (9), Concert Band
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Piano soloist, Concert Band, “”The Seal Lullaby” by Eric Whitacre
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Symphonic Band, HIMS
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Trumpet Section (10), Symphonic Band, HIMS
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Trumpet Duet
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Balloon Soloists, Symphonic Band, HIMS, “Rondo” by W.A. Mozart/Arranged by Larry Clark
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Clarinet Section, Symphonic Band, HIMS, “Pie In the Face Polka” by Henry Mancini/Arranged by Johnnie Vinson
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Posted in School Concerts | Tagged: band, concert, Dan Rowe, FOMAHI, Friends of Music at Hamilton International, Hamilton International Middle School, HIMS, musician, symphonic, trumpet, trumpeter | Leave a Comment »
Posted by glennled on February 4, 2013
Trumpeters! Want to become your best? Want a quick study on playing the trumpet? Feel like you’re stuck on something and just not getting any better at it, no matter what? Want to hear how advanced, professional trumpeters do things and what they’ve learned through their years of experience? Want to ask them a question about something?
Here’s your chance on Sunday, 3 March—attend the Trumpet Arts Festival being held at Seattle Pacific University (SPU) in Queen Anne. Please see http://trumpetarts.com/NW_Trumpet_Arts_Festival/Welcome.html.
The following trumpeters are featured this year: Peter Bond, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, NYC; Anthony Di Lorenzo, soloist; Chad McCullough, jazz soloist; Judson Scott, University of Puget Sound; and Brian Chin, SPU. To learn more about them, please see http://trumpetarts.com/NW_Trumpet_Arts_Festival/Artists.html.
It’s a full program:
- At 2 p.m., the Masterclass: “Practicing Fundamentals”
- At 3:30 p.m., the Masterclass: “Practicing Improvisation”
- At 4:30 p.m., Student Concert open to the public
- At 7:00 p.m., Artists’ Concert open to the public
- At 9:00 p.m., After-hours Jazz Jam at Thai Fusion, 15 Nickerson St
If you like, you can bring your horn and piano music and play for the Artists. They will give you written comments on your performance. This is supportive, professional, expert feedback, not a contest. Bring your own pianist/accompanist, or rehearse for a half hour and perform with the pianist furnished by the Festival. An extra $40 fee covers the cost. For details, please see http://trumpetarts.com/NW_Trumpet_Arts_Festival/Students.html.
The location is the E.E. Bach Theater, SPU, 3307 Third Avenue West, Seattle. The cost is $25 tuition for the day and $10 for the evening concert only. Come learn more about yourself and your horn and hear some great music!
Posted in Festivals & Competitions | Tagged: Anthony Di Lorenzo, arts, Bach Theater, Brian Chin, Chad McCullough, concert, festival, horn, jam, jazz, Judson Scott, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Peter Bond, piano, Seattle Pacific University, SPU, Thai Fusion, trumpet, trumpeters, University of Puget Sound | 2 Comments »
Posted by glennled on December 24, 2012
Symphonic Band, Hamilton International Middle School, Seattle
“The music program at Hamilton is thriving,” said Daniel Rowe, Music Director of Bands, “and we’re making beautiful music!” The standing-room only audience responded in loud applause as the Symphonic Band from Hamilton International Middle School (HIMS) prepared to play the concluding, ever-popular piece, “Sleigh Ride,” by Leroy Anderson. The two-hour Winter All Bands Concert was held on 13 December in Lincoln High School Auditorium in Wallingford in Seattle.
Concert Finale: Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride”
The total membership of the four bands at Hamilton is 295 student musicians: the Beginning Band has 58 members, Cadet (86), Concert (75) and Symphonic (76). That’s almost one-third of the entire student body of about 1,000. The growth that’s underway is exceptional. Mr. Rowe recalled that the Concert Band had 31 members only three years ago. Some 600 students are involved in the bands, orchestras, jazz ensembles, and choir. The music program is supported by the non-profit organization, The Friends of Music at Hamilton International (FOMAHI)—see www.fomahi.org, which coordinated arrangements for this concert. This year, Hamilton musicians will perform in almost 40 concerts. Before Mr. Rowe came to Hamilton, he taught in the highly successful music program at Eckstein Middle School (see my post of 14 December 2011).
Six trumpeters in the Cadet Band, HIMS
I went to hear one of my trumpet students, a 6th grader, perform in the Cadet Band. On top of that, I got an unexpected surprise—my very first cornet student also performed in the Symphonic Band (see my post of 14 August 2009). He’s now an 7th grader, and he switched to tuba last year. Both these students had made the Seattle Public Schools’ All-City Honors Elementary Band (see my posts of 10 April 2011 and 2 April 2012). It was a thrill to me to see and hear them both perform on the same stage on the same night! Both come from great families, and it was fun to see the relatives there, too.
Each band had its highlights, and I’ll mention only a few. The Cadet Band featured its 15 trumpeters in “Trumpets of Symphony Hall” by Don Brubaker. Among the four pieces played by the Concert Band, “The Hunger Games,” arranged by Jay Bocook, was very impressive. The clarinet soloist, Sadie Morriss, accompanied by the Symphonic Band, drew a standing ovation for her performance of “Viktor’s Tale” by John Williams. And the Symphonic Band demonstrated its high skill level by performing the superb “My Neighbor Totoro” by Joe Hisaishi, arranged by Yo Goto.
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Beginning Band, HIMS
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Student Guest Conductor, “March Miniature”
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Cadet Band, HIMS
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Five trumpeters, Cadet Band, HIMS
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More trumpets, Cadet Band, HIMS
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Cadet Band trumpeters rise to play “Trumpets of Symphony Hall” by Don Brubaker
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15 trumpeters (standing), Cadet Band, HIMS
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Daniel Rowe, Director (L), and Alicia Edgar, President, FOMAHI Board of Directors (R)
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Two of 9 trumpeters in the Concert Band, HIMS
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Daniel Rowe conducts Symphoic Band, HIMS
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Clarinet soloist, Symphonic Band, HIMS
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Symphonic Band and clarinet soloist conclude “Viktor’s Tale” by John Williams
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Five of 11 trumpeters in the Symphonic Band, HIMS
Posted in School Concerts | Tagged: All-City Honors Elementary, band, beginning, cadet, concert, Daniel Rowe, Don Brubaker, FOMHI, Friends of Music at Hamilton International, Hamilton International Middle School, HIMS, Jay Bocook, Joe Hisaishi, John Williams, Leroy Anderson, My Neighbor Totoro, Sleigh Ride, symphonic, trumpet, trumpeters, Trumpets of Symphony Hall | 4 Comments »
Posted by glennled on December 20, 2012
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7th-Grade Band, SJH
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Six trumpets, four trombones, one baritone
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Two French Horns
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8th-9th Grade Band, SJH, entertains orchestra (upper right), 7th grade band (middle right), and full-house audience
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The Brassy side of the band
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The Woodwinds side
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Trumpets (lead on left)
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More trumpets…
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And more trumpets…
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And even more trumpets…
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Hit it!
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Who’s playing? Saxes, tuba, baritones and French horns
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Muted trumpets
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Front and center
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Full orchestra
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Advanced orchestra
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Mr. Shawn McGinn, SJH Director of Instrumental Music
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Jazz 1 Band, SJH
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The Four trumpets
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Trumpet solo 1 (lead)
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Trumpet solo 2
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Trumpet solo 3
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Trumpet solo 4
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Alto sax solo
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Tenor sax solo
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Baritone sax solo
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Piano solo
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Mr. Shawn McGinn conducts
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Jazz 2 Band
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Four trumpets
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The Four Trumpeters
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Dawn Mark, SJH Principal, congratulates Shawn McGinn on the concert and the music program
Posted in School Concerts, Skyview Junior High | Tagged: band, concert, Dawn Mark, instrumental, jazz, music, muted, orchestra, Shawn McGinn, Skyview Jr. High, solo, trumpet, trumpeters | 6 Comments »
Posted by glennled on May 26, 2012
The two elementary bands were joined at their final concert of the 2011-12 school year by the 8th-9th grade band on 15 May at Skyview Jr. High School in Bothell. The elementary students come from Fernwood, Crystal Springs, and Canyon Creek elementary schools. The concert was conducted by Mr. Shawn McGinn, Director of Instrumental Music. I am his assistant for elementary brass instruction (trumpet, trombone, French horn, and baritone). The concert left the parents, relatives and friends in the audience excited about the benefits to and growth of these kids through playing music! We hope many will go to a summer band camp. Here are selected photos from the concert. Please click on any photo to enlarge it.
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8th-9th grade band (center), 5th grade band (left), 6th grade band (right)
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Mr. Shawn McGinn conducts 5th grade band
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Mr. Shawn McGinn
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Trombone and trumpet sections, 5th grade band
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Trombone section, 5th grade band
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Trumpet section, 5th grade band
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6th grade band
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Mr. Shawn McGinn conducts, as the 6th grade band plays and the audience sings “America the Beautiful”
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Trumpet section, 6th grade band
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8th-9th grade band (right), 5th grade band (left)
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8th-9th grade band
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Mr. Shawn McGinn conducts 8th-9th grade band, Skyview Jr. High, Bothell
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Trumpet section, 8th-9th grade band
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Mr. Shawn McGinn, Director of Instrumental Music, Skyview Jr. High, Bothell
Posted in School Concerts | Tagged: America the Beautiful, band, camp, Canyon Creek, concert, Crystal Springs, elementary, Fernwood, instrumental, music, school, Shawn McGinn, Skyview Jr. High, trumpet | 2 Comments »
Posted by glennled on April 2, 2012
2012 Seattle All-City Honors Elementary Band
Last Saturday, another of my trumpet students played in the annual concert performed by the Seattle Public Schools’ All-City Honors Elementary Band and Orchestra. This year it was held at Chief Sealth International High School in West Seattle. He’s now a 5th-grader at Lawton Elementary School where Lindsey Dustin is band director (see my blog posts of 17 February 2012 and 14 November 2010). Next fall, he plans to attend Hamilton International Middle School in Wallingford.
The 123-member band representing 41 schools packed the large stage, and the auditorium was almost full, too, with parents, relatives, friends and a few tutors like me. He was one of only 18 trumpet players in the 2012 honors band. Think of that—one of the best 5th grade trumpeters in Seattle Public Schools—that’s impressive! The band’s guest conductor was Marcus Pimpleton, a 2002 graduate of the University of Washington who now serves as music department head at Denny International Middle School, Chief Sealth International High School, and the Seattle Schools All-City Marching Band. Mr. Pimpleton was a drum major with the UW Husky Marching Band (see http://www.huskymarchingband.com/). He now has a Master’s in Theology and a Doctorate in Religious Education from Bishop A.L. Hardy Academy of Theology in Seattle.
Part of the 18-member trumpet section
The talented honors band sounded very solid when playing three pieces: “Oxford Overture,” “I’m An Old Cowhand,” and “A Little Cha-Cha Music.” The Honors Orchestra was conducted by Heather Shaffer, who is Director of Orchestras at Denny and Sealth. They played “Hunter’s Chorus,” “Jamaican Spice,” and “Legend of Dark Mountain.” At this level, the orchestra is comprised solely of strings. There were 88 students representing 32 schools—a great honor, indeed!
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Dr. Marcus J. Pimpleton
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2012 Seattle All-City Honors Elementary Orchestra, Heather Shaffer, Guest Conductor
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2012 Seattle All-City Honors Elementary Band, Dr. Marcus Pimpleton, Guest Conductor
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Part of the Honor Band’s 18-member trumpet section
Posted in School Concerts, Student Competitions, Honors & Awards | Tagged: band, concert, drum major, elementary, Heather Shaffer, honors, Husky, Lawton, marching, Marcus Pimpleton, orchestra, trumpet, trumpeters, University of Washington, UW | Leave a Comment »
Posted by glennled on March 29, 2012
Grandfather and grandsons form the Brass Trio, playing "The Victors" march
Every four years, there’s a presidential election. Every four years, there is a Community Band Concert at Kamiakin Jr. High in Kirkland. Ward Brannman, Director of Bands, says he started these special concerts in 1986, as a means of involving his band students with musicians in their own families, school alumni, and the local community.
The concert opened with The Washover Fans, a folk music quartet, and closed with Curb Appeal, a 6-member rock and roll band. Kamiakin’s speech pathologist, plays in the former, and Kamiakin’s registrar, plays and sings in the latter. See www.thewashoverfans.com and www.wearecurbappeal.com.
The school’s Jazz Ensemble and three bands performed: Concert Band (7th grade), Symphonic Band (8th grade), and Wind Ensemble (9th grade). In between their performances, four other groups played and sang, including the Zydeco Trio (“It’s So Hard to Stop”) and Brass Trio (“The Victors”).
Two audience members join Zydeco Trio and Ward Brannman in playing "It's So Hard to Stop"
Trumpeters were featured in the Jazz Ensemble (“Take Me Out to the Ball Game”), Symphonic Band (“Overture on a Shaker Tune”), and Brass Trio (two trumpets, one trombone). Mr. Brannman said the Zydeco Trio and Brass Trio epitomize the purpose of this concert. Two members of the Zydeco Trio are fathers of band members. One trumpeter in the Brass Trio plays in the Wind Ensemble, and his younger brother, the trombonist, plays in the Beginning Band. The second trumpeter is their grandfather!
One of my trumpet students was the featured soloist in the Shaker tune overture! She is the principal of the trumpet section, and Mr. Brannman awarded her a Certificate of Achievement for the 3rd quarter of this school year (see photos). Incidentally, he also received an award this year: he was named Middle School/Junior High Music Educator of the Year by the Washington Music Educators Association (WMEA) at its annual state conference in February.
Kids and adults dance to "Don't Stop Believing" played by Curb Appeal
Seth Kuhns, Kamiakin alum, attended the concert to hear the premier performance of his composition, “Like Yesterday,” by the Wind Ensemble. It was commissioned by last year’s Wind Ensemble.
The concert closed with kids and adults dancing in a massive huddle on the gym floor as Curb Appeal played the ever-popular song, “Don’t Stop Believing.”
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Sarah D., principal of trumpet section, Symphonic Band, solos in “Overture on a Shaker Tune”
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Sarah D. receives Certificate of Achievement from Ward Brannman, band director
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I.J., Junior All-State Band member, solos in “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” played by Jazz Ensemble
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Jazz Ensemble accents
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Jazz Ensemble finishes
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Ward Brannman plays spoons and washboard with Zydeco Trio
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Jammin’
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Concert Band, 46 members, features Tool Kit Quartet on “Tool Time Tango”
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Kamiakin teachers comprise Tool Kit Quartet
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Concert Band plays “I Just Can’t Stop Loving You”
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Symphonic Band, 47 members
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Trumpet section, Symphonic Band
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Ward S. Brannman, Director of Bands
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Wind Ensemble, 44 members
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Trumpet Section, Wind Ensemble
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The Washover Fans
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Curb Appeal
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Grandfather and grandsons form the Brass Trio, playing “The Victors” march
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Two audience members join Zydeco Trio and Ward Brannman in playing “It’s So Hard to Stop”
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Kids and adults dance to “Don’t Stop Believing” played by Curb Appeal
Posted in School Concerts | Tagged: band, community, concert, Curb Appeal, Don't Stop Believing, ensemble, folk, jazz, Kamiakin, Overture, rock and roll, Shaker, symphonic, trumpet, trumpeters, tune, Ward Brannman, Washover Fans, wind | 6 Comments »
Posted by glennled on February 17, 2012
For the second year in a row, one of my trumpet students has been selected by the Seattle Public Schools music program to perform in the annual All-City Elementary Instrumental Music Honors Concert. The band will play at Chief Sealth International High School, 2600 SW Thistle, Seattle, on Saturday, 31 March, at 4 p.m. The concert is free.
Students were selected because of their dedication to improving their skills and their exemplary musicianship. The event celebrates their success and provides the city schools’ best 5th-grade musicians the opportunity to play together among their peers. I’m very proud of my student—indeed, he is among the best! He attends Lawton Elementary School in Magnolia, where Lindsey Dustin is the Instrumental Music Teacher (see www.LawtonElementary.org).
Posted in School Concerts, Student Competitions, Honors & Awards | Tagged: 5th grade, All-City, band, concert, elementary, honors, instrumental, Lawton, Lindsey Dustin, music, musicians, school, trumpet | Leave a Comment »
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