Today we'll start going to sectional rehearsals in the Virgil Henson Activities Center. First we'll visit the junior high school trombones. Mr. Prieto is their teacher.
Mr. Lefevre has the junior high school symphonic saxophones.
While the woodwinds are in same-instrument classes, the brass and percussion have a sectional. This is the junior high school brass/percussion sectional. Mr. Walker is at the podium.
Mr. Roberts and Ms. Mitchell work with the junior high school concert band woodwinds.
Next is the junior high school varsity band. Ms. Rivera and Mr. Owen are the directors.
Junior high tuba/euph class with Mr. Lancaster.
It looks like we interupted the Philharmonic violin/viola sectional in the Buffalo Room. Ms. Attebury conducts this orchestra.
The Symphony Orchestra meets in the Alumni Banquet Hall. Dr. Bartley directs this group. The winds join at the 4:30 p.m. rehearsal.
Mrs. Lopez works with the Philharmonic cellos.
Now we're in the second hour around 10 a.m. Mrs. Granados, director of the high school maroon band this week.
Here are some saxophones with Mr. Yett.
Aliens.
Mr. Strahan and (maybe) the high school white tuba/euphs.
Camp office staff. Dayton, followed by Zoe, Becky, and Kaitlyn.
High school maroon saxophones.
Some floor.
Junior high school tuba/euphs.
High school honor saxophones with Dr. Barger, who is performing life-saving surgery.
High school honor band bassoons. Mr. Cameron is their instructor.
Kaitlyn and Zoe intserting themselves. Perhaps even imposing.
Mrs. Crutchfield's high school honor band oboes.
Next victims: junior high school honor band horns with Mr. Dixon.
Next door are the junior high school honor band trumpets with Mr. Lough.
Interloper/observer.
Dr. Takacs has the HS concert band trumpets (as the camera looks into the sun!)
HS maroon band oboes with Mrs. Takacs.
[Kaitlyn found a way to get herself into another picture.]
"My reed doesn't work!"
Mrs. Olsen, RN, our camp nurse for this week.
Time flies! Third period. Dr. Webster and the HS symphonic clarinets.
Mr. Lefevre with the honor band woodwinds.
Dr. Teweleit shares the podium with Mr. Lefevre for the honor band.
Meanwhile Dr. Manfredi has the honor band horns.
Across the hall live the honor band tuba/euphs. Dr. Lewis is their teacher.
Upstairs are the honor band trombones with Dr. Hahn.
These are also trombones, but they're maroon band trombones. [Can you tell the difference? It's obvious to the discerning eye.] Mr. Zorn is their teacher.
Finally, some relief. Bass clarinets...of the HS symphonic band kind. Mrs. DuBois is their teacher.
Mrs. McMillan has the JH varsity band oboes...but they weren't home. [We jsut missed them. We'll try again.]
Mr. Swails teaches the HS white band bass clarinets. [Question: Is it possible to have too many bass clarinets?]
[Answer: Apparently not! America wants more.]
The HS school white band bassoons. Mr. Doege is their teacher.
Do you recognize the room? That's right. It's F-260. Get ready for the JH varsity clarinets with Mrs. Lough.
They packed up and already left. But Let's jump ahead to the 1:45 high school saxophone ensemble.
Next door are the tuba/euph ensemble with Dr. Lewis. .
Oh-oh!
HS saxophone 2 ensemble with Mr. Martin.
Dr. Brooks with his music theory class.
Dr. Barger's (woodwind) jazz improvisation class.
Mr. Hinds has the brass jazz improvisation campers.
3 pm high schol assembly in Northen Recital Hall.
Student Events taking attendance.
3 pm assembly at Legacy Hall for the junior high school campers.
Directors Band meets at 3:30. Dr. Garner conducts the ensemble. Dr. Buckley is the soloist.
At 4:30, there are three jazz bands. Student audtion for these ensembles. This is jazz band 1 with Mr. Hinds.
Campers in between Northen and the Fine Arts Complex...
...on the way to jazz band 2 with Mr. Barger.
And jazz band 3.
At 7 p.m.assembly, Dr. Chris Bukley, our guest artist, performed for the campers. He started with the junior high campers in Legacy Hall. The Omni Brass Quintet, a student ensemble at WT opened ths program. The group will be going to Australia soon to perform and teach. I took a picture on a person taking a picture of them.
Dr. Buckley and Dr. Rausher then did a full recital.
Dr. Christopher Buckley is a low brass specialist and music educator in the Washington DC area. A native Texan, he grew up in Laredo, TX, and competed in several international solo competitions including winning first prize in the Leonard Falcone Solo Competition. Dr. Buckley completed a Doctorate in Euphonium Performance at The University of North Texas where he studied with Dr. Brian Bowman. He earned his Master's degree in Euphonium Performance from UNT in May 2005, and a bachelor's degree in Music Education from West Texas A&M University in December 2002 where he studied with Dr. Joseph Cox. Throughout his musical career he has competed in several solo and chamber music competitions and continues to be active as a soloist and clinician.
Dr. Buckley is currently a Sergeant First Class in the United States Army Band "Pershing's Own". He has played with the Lone Star Wind Orchestra, Dallas Civic Wind Ensemble, Dallas Wind Symphony, Capital Wind Symphony, NOVA Wind Ensemble, Brass of the Potomac Brass Band, Spires Brass Band, Rockville Brass Band, and the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra. He has been featured with the Baltimore Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Maryland Symphony, Fredericksburg Symphony, and York Symphony. As a regular member of the United States Army Herald Trumpets he has performed with acclaimed film composer John Williams, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and performs regularly in the Military District of Washington at the White House, Pentagon, and Arlington Cemetery. He currently performs regularly with the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) Brass Ensemble and Brass Quintet as a member of the Doughboy Foundation. Dr. Buckley is also a Willson performing artist.
Dr. Buckley is graciously sponsored by Tarpley Music Company for this summer's camp.
It was phenomenal. See you tomorrow.