WIND ENSEMBLE
Flutes (A)
- Warm Ups: E Major (Two-octaves, in the pattern at q=100).
- Technical Exercises:
- Etudes: “The Chase” flute choir piece up to m.49 at q = 126
- Band Music: Elegy for musicality, Rondo for fingers
Clarinets (B)
- Warm Ups: E Major. (Two-octaves, in the pattern at q=100).
- Technical Exercises:
- Etudes: Clarinet NYSSMA Solo all of page 1 at q = 76, BASS Clarinet NYSSMA Solo all of page 1 at q = 76
- Band Music: Elegy for musicality, Rondo for fingers
Saxophones (C)
- Warm Ups: E Major (in the pattern at q=100).
- Technical Exercises:
- Etudes: Sax Quartet “Fugue” up to m. 43
- Band Music: Elegy for musicality, Rondo for fingers
Trumpets (D)
- Warm Ups: LIP SLURS, E Major (in the pattern at q=100).
- Technical Exercises: Double tonguing #77 at q = 100 (say “toe-koe” for lower notes, tu-ku for mid-range, and ti-ki for higher notes). Practice saying these syllables as you are walking to and from classes :)
- Etudes: NYSSMA Solo all of page 1 at q = 120
- Band Music: Elegy for musicality, Rondo for fingers and notes
WE French Horns (E 1)
- Warm Ups: LIP SLURS, E Major (in the pattern at q=120).
- Technical Exercises:
- Etudes: NYSSMA Solo up to letter D at q = 80
- Band Music: Elegy for musicality
CB French Horns (E 2)
- Warm Ups: LIP SLURS, memorize the D concert scale (in the pattern at q = 100)
- Technical Exercises:
- Etudes: NYSSMA Solo up to letter B
- Band Music: Foundry, Among the Clouds m. 1 – 30
Low Brass (F)
- Warm Ups: LIP SLURS, E Concert Scale. (in the pattern at q=120).
- Technical Exercises:
- Etudes: Saint’s Trombone Q-tet up to m. 80 TUBAS, first 5 lines of the NYSSMA Solo
- Band Music: Elegy for musicality, Rondo for tempo and notes
Percussion (G)
- Warm Ups: E major Scale. (Two-octaves where possible, in the pattern at q=100).
- Technical Exercises:
- Etudes: NYSSMA Solos (Maple Leaf up to m.21, Ragtime Rudiments pg.1 at q = 100, Bacchanalia up to m.25)
- Band Music:
CONCERT BAND
Flutes (H)
- Warm Ups: D concert (two octaves, in the pattern at q = 100).
- Technical Exercises:
- Etudes: NYSSMA Solo (Flute up to letter D, Oboe up to m.25).
- Band Music: Foundry
Clarinets (I)
- Warm Ups: D concert (two octaves, in the pattern at q = 100).
- Technical Exercises:
- Etudes: NYSSMA Solo (Clarinet up to D at q = 120, Bass Clarinet first 4 lines).
- Band Music: Foundry
Saxophones (J)
- Warm Ups: D concert (in the pattern at q = 100).
- Technical Exercises:
- Etudes: NYSSMA Solo (up to variation II) at q = 88
- Band Music: Foundry
Trumpets (K)
- Warm Ups: LIP SLURS and D concert scale (in the pattern at q = 100).
- Technical Exercises:
- Etudes: NYSSMA Solo (learn first page).
- Band Music: Foundry
Low Brass (L)
- Warm Ups: LIP SLURS and D concert (in the pattern at q = 100).
- Technical Exercises:
- Etudes: NYSSMA Solo (Trombone/Euphonium up to m.45, TUBA up to letter C).
- Band Music: Foundry
Percussion (M)
- Warm Ups: D concert (in the pattern at q = 100).
- Technical Exercises:
- Etudes: NYSSMA Solos (Entertainer up to m.17 or 1st ending, Internet Drag up to m.10).
- Band Music: Foundry