District concert & honor band music

Good morning,

Please READ this... So many of the issues that we had throughout the evening last night were due to directors not reading their email. It only hurts the students.

Once again, thank you to everyone who had a hand in last night's auditions. An event like this truly takes a village and I am incredibly grateful for all of your work.
Thank you to all the directors for working with your students to ensure that they were successful. Congratulations on the success of all your kiddos!

Within your email you will find Google Drive links to the music for each group. In addition to the music itself, you will find a Google Doc that contains the part assignments. I apologize if there are any oddities in the scanning. The music was sent to me by the clinicians in the format that you are viewing/printing it.

PLEASE READ - IMPORTANT POINTS before you begin distributing music...

• PRINTING - Make sure that you print ALL pages of each piece! Some of the tunes have up to 4 pages. HINT:  If the bottom right corner does not have a double bar line, it's NOT the end. It is also wise to check the number of the last measure on one page and the first measure of the next to ensure that you are not missing a page in the middle.
• PART ASSIGNMENT - Please look over the part assignment document CAREFULLY before printing/copying the music. Handing your students the wrong music today will lead to a very stressful time for them in January.
• MISSING PART - I am missing the Alto 2 part for Homage to Bharat. I have contacted the clinician to remedy this but if any of you have the part and can scan and send it to me, please do. We all know how busy everyone is.
• CONTRA CLARINETS - If you have a Contra Clarinet kiddo, make sure that you know whether the instrument is a ContraAlto (pitched in Eb) or a ContraBass (pitched in Bb). Believe it or not, many composers are unaware of the difference and will write/label the parts incorrectly. If there is not a part available...
  • ContraBass - Print the bass clarinet part.
  • ContraAlto - You have 2 options (depending on their range competency):
    • Print the Baritone Saxophone part and read it as is.
    • Print the Tuba part and read it as if it is in treble clef. But...
      • Add 3 sharps! Here are some examples for reference:  If there are 3 flats in the key, just remove them and read it as if it is in C. If there are 5 flats, remove the last 3. If there are 2 flats, remove the flats and add 1 sharp (F#)
      • Call or email me if you are confused
• HONOR TRUMPETS - The Gallop has 3 trumpet parts and 2 cornet parts. Be sure to look at the part assignment document carefully before handing your student music. 

As always, let me know if you have any questions.

Have a great day!

Chris

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Chris Sacco
SCMMEA HS Band Vice President
Associate Director of Bands 
Ava R-I Schools
507 North Spring St. 
Ava, MO 65608

scmmeahsband@gmail.com
School:  (417)683-5747 x1329
Cell:  (417)860-4542
csacco@avabears.net
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