We recently had the opportunity to present a workshop with the Freeport Middle School Concert Band while we were artists in residence at the Maine Jewish Museum. What a time we had these young men and women. We worked with the students on our arrangement of Eliyahu Hanavi and shared some of our stories with them. Will and Saskia worked with the horns to help them with their lines. We played various sections over and over and helped them to find their jazz feel with the phrasing. Then we played the piece all the way through. What a big sound we had with 60 musicians playing this arrangment together!!
The afternoon culminated with a big pizza party for the students.
Will Bartlett helped the horn players learn their lines.
Later that evening, at our concert, several students came back and we played the arrangement during the concert. The audience loved it!
During the workshop Jocelyn led the percussionists and taught them some grooving rhythms to accompany the band.
