July 9
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Warm-Up
BREATHING
3x each - Huff/Candle/Sizzle
BUZZING
1x each - Mouthpiece (low, high, sweep up, sweep
down, siren (3 up/3 down)
PLAYING
Long tones (F x 2, hi Bb x 2, lo Bb x 2)
Schumaker - Legato Etudes - #16 - Andante Cantabile
LOTS OF AIR and Ab Major Scale
June 24
Summer regroup!!
March 4
Schumaker - Legato Etudes
#16 - Andante Cantabile - Add Ab Major Scale to you routine to wake up those finger patterns and muscle memory. Don't shy away from the pencil, and USE LOTS OF AIR, no matter what your choir conductor tells you!
Clean up the scales. Play with air-ogence. (see what I did there?)
Warm-Up
BREATHING
3x each - Huff/Candle/Sizzle
BUZZING
1x each - Mouthpiece (low, high, sweep up, sweep
down, siren (3 up/3 down.
PLAYING
Long tones (F x 2, hi Bb x 2, lo Bb x 2)
February 25
Schumaker - Legato Etudes
#16 - Andante Cantabile
Clean up the scales. Play with air-ogence. (see what I did there?) It is going to be terrific. Believe it, and that will happen all the sooner!
Warm-Up
BREATHING
3x each - Huff/Candle/Sizzle
BUZZING
1x each - Mouthpiece (low, high, sweep up, sweep
down, siren (3 up/3 down.
PLAYING
Long tones (F x 2, hi Bb x 2, lo Bb x 2)
February 18
Schumaker - Legato Etudes
#16 - Andante Cantabile
Warm-Up
BREATHING
3x each - Huff/Candle/Sizzle
BUZZING
1x each - Mouthpiece (low, high, sweep up, sweep
down, siren (3 up/3 down.
PLAYING
Long tones (F x 2, hi Bb x 2, lo Bb x 2)
For Jury (?), Schumaker , First 7 lines
February 11
Breathing in through the mouth!
Come ready to talk about potential Jury selection. (You said you have a favorite)
January 28
Orientation Meeting