Archive for the 'band' Category

Do blind people hallucinate?

May 20, 2008

Author’s note: This blog is a very long account of my recent adventure to Six Flags this past weekend. I won’t make you read all of it if you don’t want to.

Friday afternoon I left with the vocal jazz and jazz band for Chicago, IL to perform for a music competition. We left around 1p [...]

A Letter to the Music Department

May 13, 2008

The G-E-T High School band and jazz band will be performing tomorrow night, marking my last high school band concert. This has sparked many thoughts about my high school band experience and my adventures through music. I learned how to play a hand-me down clarinet I bought from a guy down the street at a yard [...]

Beyond the Black and White

April 24, 2008

Today was large group contest for many area middle and high school band and choirs. The choir performance was amazing. The adjudicator said that we were the first choir of the day (and we performed late in the day) that moved his heart. He also said he had no criticisms, which I found very hard [...]