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Band Technique

The document discusses challenges facing modern students and strategies for music educators to effectively teach and connect with them. It outlines issues like short attention spans, technology use, and mental health facing today's youth and argues that music education can help address these issues. The document provides advice and frameworks for educators to prepare lessons, analyze scores, structure rehearsals and make their teaching impactful.

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Band Technique

The document discusses challenges facing modern students and strategies for music educators to effectively teach and connect with them. It outlines issues like short attention spans, technology use, and mental health facing today's youth and argues that music education can help address these issues. The document provides advice and frameworks for educators to prepare lessons, analyze scores, structure rehearsals and make their teaching impactful.

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SCORE

STUDY
AND PREP FOR
ALL OF US!
DR. FRANK TRACZ
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY
MIDWEST BAND AND ORCHESTRA CLINIC
DECEMBER 20, 2017
THE BEGINNING:
v YOU
v ME
v THEM
OUR LIVES:
v COMPLICATED
v FAST
v BUSY!!!!
KIDS TODAY:
Instagram Entitled Tweets

Facebook CNN

Texting Director Fox

Students
E-Mails MSNBC

Administration Social Media


Parents Short Attention Spans

WHITE HOUSE BANNED/BAND WORDS: balance, blend, T.Q., intonation, rhythmic skills, dynamics, articulation.
RESULT:
v Not enough time
v Lack of focus
v Limited patience
v Lack of empathy
v Little or no respect
iGEN
Jean M. Twenge, PhD
“Why Toady’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy
– and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood” * and What That Means for the Rest of Us.
WHAT IS:
Less desire to drive……..
WHAT IS:
Kids who work during high school……..
WHAT IS:
How they spend their “screen time”……….
WHAT IS:
Daily social media use……….
WHAT IS:
SAT scores……….
WHAT IS:
Kids who get together with friends everyday…….
WHAT IS:
iGEN loneliness……..
WHAT IS:
Depression………
WHAT IS:
Suicide rate…….
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?????
v There is a need.
v You can provide what is needed.
v What you do matters most.
v Teaching music is your tool to change lives.
v Change lives from the podium!
Macro – Micro – Macro
MACRO What is.

MICRO “me”

MACRO What could be.


Teacher’s Creed
v Tell them what you are going to teach them.

v Teach them

v Tell them what you taught them.


Know Your “Stuff”
Personality
+
Talents
+
Technique
+
Presentation
=
Your Ensemble!!!!
Framework

Apply Plan

Reflect Teach
1. PLEASE STAND

2. TURN/SHAKE HANDS.

3. OTHER HAND ON SHOULDER

4. SMILE/FROWN

5. TRUMP/CLINTON
Instruction

Performance

Evaluation

Correct Response Incorrect Response

Reinforcement Identify Error


(Feedback) (Feedback)
THE SCORE REVEALS:
vYOU!!!
vMusician
vEducator
vRehearsal Technician
vMotivator
vConductor
vValues
YOUR ENSEMBLE LEARNS ABOUT:
1. Music
2. Technique
3. History
4. Theory
5. Relationships
6. YOU
THEY LEARN THROUGH “YOU”
1. Repertoire
2. Unit Study
3. In Depth Analysis
4. Score Markings
5. REHEARSAL
ORDER OF THE PROCESS:
1. Repertoire selection.
2. Unit Study.
3. Graph Analysis.
4. Score Marking.
5. Rehearsal/Conducting Planning.
6. Rehearsing/Conducting.
7. Evaluation.
UNIT STUDY:
1. COMPOSER – Talk about the composer.
2. COMPOSITION – Talk about the piece: “Who, What, Where, When, How”
3. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE – Why was it composed, When, significance?
4. TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS – The components: instrumentation, solos, ranges, meter, etc.
5. STYLISTIC CONSIDERATIONS – Markings, articulations, dynamics, phrasing.
6. MUSICAL ELEMENTS – Melody, Harmony, Rhythm, Timbre.
7. FORM AND STRUCTURE – Introduction, Themes, Development, etc.
8. SUGGESTED LISTENING – Other pieces by composer, same era, similar style/sound/etc.
9. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES – Recordings, articles, analysis, other sources.
SCORE MARKING
vPurpose
vMethod
vMaterials
vSystems
vTechnique
vUse
GRAPH ANALYSIS
THE REHEARSAL
vPlan (Strategy)
vOrganize (Time)
vManage (Time, People)
vTechniques (Methods of Delivery)
vEvaluate – Everything!
BOTTOM LINE:
vPrepare

vPractice

vExecute

vReview

vEvaluate

vStart Over!!!!
FINAL THOUGHTS:
v Kids need you!!

v Kids need Band!!!

v Kids need Music!!!!

v YOU make the difference!!!!!


REFERENCES:
Basic Conducting Techniques, Joseph A. Labuta
Teaching Music Through Performance in Band, Richard Miles, Editor
Guide to Score Study, Frank Battisti and Robert Garofalo
The Modern Conductor, Elizabeth A. H. Green
The Conductor and His Score, Elizabeth Green, Nicolai Malko
The Creative Conductor, Edward S. Lisk
On Becoming a Conductor, Frank L. Battisti
The Grammar of Conducting, Max Rudolph
Developing the Complete Band Program, Shelley Jagow
Teaching Band and Orchestra, Lynn G. Cooper
The Art of Interpretation of Band Music, Compiled and edited by Mark Walker
Score Rehearsal Preparation, Gary Stith
GRATITUDE:
v Kansas State University Bands

v Conn-Selmer

v GIA Publishing, Garwood Whaley

v Dr. Robert Spradling, Western Michigan University

v Dr. Larry Blocher, University of Troy

v Dr. Alex Wimmer, Asst. Dir. of Bands, K-State


CONTACTS:
Dr. Frank Tracz
Director of Bands
Kansas State University
226 McCain Auditorium
Manhattan, KS. 66506
785-532-3816
[email protected]
WWW.KSU.EDU/BANDS
(click “Downloads”)

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