| Band Retreat Prep! | Get your snare technique back in shape and review a few rudiments! Visit https://ae.vicfirth.com/education/40-essential-rudiments/ for videos and exercises to help you. Start with Tier 1 and Tier 2. | For our Band Retreat music, please look over: Stand Up and Cheer, Star Spangled Banner (by Standridge), Crazy Train, Kernkraft, and Mr. Blue Sky. To access .pdfs of the music, click on Documents and then on Pep Band music. | Choose a part that you would like to learn: snare, bass drum, cymbal, or quad toms. | Click on Professional Recordings to help you listen to and learn our new music! | The YHS Band is hosting a Summer Social at West Point! Join me on Sun 8/31 for their Labor Day Concert, featuring fireworks over the Hudson! More info: https://westpointband.com/calendar.html | SO excited to see you Tues 8/26 3-8pm for our annual YHS Band Retreat! All students are requested to attend. |
| Happy summer practicing! Login to Dashboard for pdf's and mp3s of our music for the fall! | Start your practice session here! Click on Documents, then on Warm Ups, then on Five Minute Drill. Play a few exercises to get warmed up. | Next, go click on Snare Rudiments tab and explore the Quadrants. Keep a steady tempo by using a metronome. Use the Vic Firth 40 Essential Rudiments link for pro videos on how to perform each! https://ae.vicfirth.com/education/40-essential-rudiments/ | Click on Professional Recordings to help you listen to and learn our new band music and Pep Band songs! | I'm SO excited to share our new music! Go to Documents, then your ensemble. Fun new Concert Band, Jazz Band, Wind Ensemble, and Pep Band songs are posted! | Save the date for our YHS Band Retreat! Tues 8/26 from 3-8pm at YHS. All students are requested to attend. We'll play fun games, rehearse new music, have dinner and then enjoy our Music Dept Ice Cream Social. I'm excited to see you there! | The YHS Band is hosting Summer Socials at West Point! Join me on Fri 7/4 for their Independence Day Concert, and Sun 8/31 for their Labor Day Concert - both feature fireworks over the Hudson! More info: https://westpointband.com/calendar.html |