Would like to see bands out there, what kind of raised platform do you use? Or if you can recommend me some link.

I can’t seem to find podiums on google…. Dk where to purchase it.

I wrote out "Baby Shark" in all 12 keys for band students. I've attached a link.

https://benblessing.com/resources-for-new-band-students/

https://youtube.com/shorts/F4Dd8-GX3Ec?feature=share

Sheet Music Available Here:
https://www.jwpepper.com/Swingin%27-Silent-Night---for-Brass-Ensemble/10831256.item

https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/swingin-silent-night-for-brass-ensemble-20662620.html

Im doing a solo, duo, and trio and I haven't got the music what do I do to prepare?

I’m an adult clarinet and bass clarinet player and just moved to a rural area, where the closest community band is 1 hour away. Too far for me to drive. I used to participate in the Virtual Concert Band until it ended. I’m desperate for opportunities to play wknd band music but my online searches are coming up short. Any ideas?

I just wanted to share this as a band kid it made my heart happy. My sister got in the car today, and when I asked her how band was like I always do she broke into a huge smile and said "It was awesome! I got a sticker! Wanna know what it was for?" I obviously was like of course! And she says "It was for tonguing!" It just brought me back to those days and I wanted to share it with fellow band peoples. Have a great day and always remember to tongue. Unless there's a slur!

https://www.jwpepper.com/Groove-Ye-Merry-Gentlemen/11572103.item

i'm trying to look for a japanese-composed piece, preferably around grade 4-5? it's for competition, and the main restriction is that it has to be around 7 minutes long... i've looked at tons of possible pieces already, and none of them fit my band's vibe, you know what i mean? i've already totally ruled out any pieces by masanori taruya, satoshi yagisawa, hirokazu fukushima.

some pieces that my band has played before, and we really liked were:

1. ryojinhisho - hirokazu fukushima
2. the witch and the saint - steven reineke

in short, my band really likes pieces with a good 'fast' part, and with passionate 'slow' parts nearing the end. it can't have tons and tons of runs for the woodwinds, and hard trumpet and french horn parts are a BIG no-no...

does anyone have suggestions similar to these? thank you so much!!

I'm a tuba player, we were playing The Marines' Hymn and our band instructor handed out to everyone a flute part...

(Flute part that was handed out)

She translated to different clefs for us

Just letting you know, this is in 2|4 time, at 120 beats per minute.

Thinking of something programmatic in nature, or at least somewhat if not entirely. About 8+ mins in length, or a diverse suite.

Something that is more modern in terms of harmony, and has dramatic moods. Also interesting percussion colours.

Not really looking for too much minimalism or cliche “parade” type music either.

Some example of the type of piece I’m looking for are Barnes’ Pagan Dances, De Meiji’s LOTR Symphony, Sailors and Whales, The Solitary Dancer, Salfelder’s Cathedrals etc.

I’m not looking for something peak difficulty. Our ensemble is a mix of post secondary music students, and driven high school students/community members, so while we play material that is somewhat ambitious in a local sense, we do not have the skill level to play the hardest of the hardest.

But having said that, we are looking for somewhat of a challenge in musicality or dramatics. (Again, Pagan Dances or LOTR type stuff)

Like the title said, I’m starting to miss Band. I was in band doing the 6th and 7th grade and I had some good and bad experiences because people who took band wasn’t taking it seriously and made it into their recuses time to play around and plus in the 6th and 7th grade my sleep schedule was so bad I mean like staying up till 3am everyday on a school day and only getting 3 hours of sleep and since we had band practice I would always be tired so I will always skip it to go home and sleep and plus band practice lasted 2 hours so we was there until 5:30pm and I had to wait for my mom to come which was another 20 minutes so I was at school until 6pm so I will always fall asleep and forget to do my homework and people was also disrespecting the band director and stuff and they will make fun of you if you didn’t play the music correctly but the times they really did lock in was the best part of band I mean playing in a park for the locals or a Christmas song we played for people after school was the best but at the same time people will also be on their phones and not be paying attention to the band director so it really made me start to hate band because of that main reason but now since I’m in the 8th grade and go to a different school I miss playing my instrument and playing music with my friends in band again even tho sometimes they will do to much and we will have to do push ups or something but it was still fun but it did give me a lot of stress since I had to do homework and stay after band practice and I will have to hurry and do my homework in class or have to stay up late and study for a test because I was at band practice for like that whole day but since I’m at a new school now I didn’t join band because I thought the kids here will be the same from my last school and I hated band in the 6th and 7th grade because I was forced to do it by my mom and big brother but now I kinda regret not taking it all that serious back then I mean I took it semi serious but I didn’t put my full attention and time to it because I never took my instrument home to practice or anything and I will always skip band practice and almost got kick out doing the 7th grade and so that I wouldn’t get kicked out I had went to band practice for the remaining 2 months of school we had  left so I was so behind everyone else and that made me feel guilty and felt like I was holding everyone back and my mom said I didn’t have to join band in the 8th grade if I didn’t want to so I didn’t but now I just wanna join it again I can’t since we was only able to change our schedules doing the first nine weeks and now it’s the second nine weeks so I can’t change my schedule and when I told my mom about this she said I can always join it in Highschool or something but the thing is I’m started to gain different hobbies i like to play soccer and I’m also trying to learn German and since I’m in art classes at my school I also like to draw so I’m trying to learn how to draw and I feel like if I join band it might add stress to my day since when I get home at 3:25 I do my homework and for the rest of the day I spend doing my hobby but if I join band and have to do band practice doing my hobbies might become difficult so idk what to do and Im thinking about joining band again when I enter the 9th grade. sorry for the yap and to tell you the instruments I played in the 6th and 7th grade was tuba in the 6th grade I was the best tuba player and my teacher said I had potential to be a good tuba player I never took it serious and he thought I didn’t like playing tuba so in the 7th grade he made me play tenor saxophone since we had a lot of tubas and only 3 tenor saxophone players also in the 7th grade he made my play alto saxophone since our lead alto saxophone player had changed schools and he needed someone to take her place as a alto saxophone player and I was the one who took her place even though I wasn’t the best I was a decent player and that’s really it do you think I should join band again i want to but I think it will get in the way of my hobbies and other stuff.

I have a question for any knowledgeable people here…I about to take over (as a volunteer) the social media arm of a community band. I’m wondering if anyone knows the legal aspects of posting video clips on YouTube and Facebook? While I’m not exactly new to social media, I am new to handling a 501(c)(3). Any guidance would be greatly appreciated and welcomed as I don’t want to, unintentionally, land our organization in a legal quagmire.

i didn’t make district :(

I've been trying to find these 3 songs:

Brave Spirit - Suspended Symbol Rain - All Bellset/Mallet pieces, Marimba, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel, etc Storm Clouds - Timpani

Any help? Any websites or stores or online stores that could have these? Thanks

Heya! So a friend of mine asked me about sheet music for 5th division orchestra. I don’t know if this is the right term for it in English, but what I’m talking about are those bands of brass, woodwinds and percussion. He is in the 5th division level, but I’m not sure what this entails and I can’t find anything on internet relating to horn music.

Can anyone help and explain it a bit and give some examples of pieces (and where to find sheets)?

Thanks in advance!

Ps. This system probably isn’t used outside of my country. The description of the orchestra I translated down here:

The orchestras are divided into the following sections:

A. Harmony

This means an orchestra, consisting of both wooden and copper Wind instruments, percussion instruments, sometimes supplemented by celli, Double bass, harp(s) and piano. The main group of the orchestra is formed by Wooden wind instruments, with the multiple instruments of the Clarinet register is characteristic.

And for the division system:

Each section is divided into the following divisions:

A. Introduction division

B. 5th division

C. 4th division

D. 3rd division

E. 2nd division

F. 1st division

The Concert Division is placed above the 1st Division. This is subject to a separate Regulation.

I play bassoon! I am in the very front row next to our Oboist, Clarinets and Flutes. Am I supposed to be up here? Will it affect the songs considering I am not the melody? To me, I sound off because of this.

Hoping somebody can help come up with words to help advertise a community group that plays European marches. The marches aren't from any single specific country but they're generally Hungarian, Czech, Polish and German marches.

What words might you suggest to help bring people in the door?

We get chair placements on Monday!!!

I’m planning on auditioning for OMEA JH Honor band. And I know when auditions are but i don’t know when application deadline is or where to find the audition materials

I got first chair alto sax for our schools symphonic band with a score of 45/50 as an 8th grader

Hello! I’m on the board of a community band in Northern Virginia that’s converting to nonprofit after 40 years as a random entity, for better or worse. I wanted to ask other nonprofit and community band folks some questions about how you make things work and hopefully connect to other people doing what we do!

We’ve found that our membership is getting younger but also less dependable and we have entire sections practically empty. What are you doing for recruiting and how do you recruit for specific instruments? Anyone know any percussionist or euphonium players in the DC burbs?

How are you handling music licensing and performance licenses? We’ve found the concert band association and are likely joining that once we finish our nonprofit status. Any other ideas?

How do you find places to play? We’re looking to meet some of our local officials to get into some county events, but we’re currently playing at assisted living homes, community association events, one federal park, and random other places.

We’re more of a community oriented band, looking to get out into the world, not a sort of twice annual big concert band like some others in our area. I generally refer to us as a gigging band. Our concert band performs holiday shows and summer shows but have considered a spring program. How often do other bands perform?

I think that’s it for now.

TL;DR: community band looking for friends and ideation! Thanks!

I fell in love with Autumn Dream by Archibald Joyce, performed by the Exemplary Orchestra of Interior Forces of USSR MOI and conduced by Victor Makarov. I want my band to play it so bad but I can not find the sheet music anywhere, doesn’t help that some sites blocked me as I am in Canada and do not have a VPN.

If anyone has any tips they would be much appreciated :D

i’m going for all district tenor sax and i’ve been practicing this for about 2 months, and i feel like i’m not getting anywhere

any tips??

got 98 on NYSSMA (lvl 6), Made it to a bunch of honor bands, and made all county 4 times. we ball.

Vandoran V12

Marching season is over and we’re getting music for our chair tests on Monday. It’s my first chair test and I need advice. So do you have any advice for me?

I've learned all the materials and I've had them since May but in still really nervous. Wish me luck, I have the ability to make it I'm just nervous.

People only call it the mini tuba because they can’t spell yufonyuhm!

Concert