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Re: Sibelius7/Junior school band

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Subject: Re: Sibelius7/Junior school band
From: Martin Taylor <m.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 09:46:06 +0000
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 Nigel Wears <nwears@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Feb 14, 1996  1:00 pm wrote:

>At the moment I'm finding great joy in a little band that I started in a local
>Junior School, Newlands School, Morley. The children are aged 7 - 11
>at the school, and I've got a little group of 8 cornets,
>3 tenor horns 2 euphoniums, percussion, and a mum who plays bass.
>It is a great thrill to see the children progressing, but I wonder if anyone
>can give me any advice regarding material. I have to write it out myself
>at the moment. I'd be very interested in peoples experiences with
>ensembles of children so young. 

Regarding material, I'm tempted to say, almost anything by Stuart Johnson
:-). Specifically, "Preliminary Band Book", which leads on, I think, to
"Progressive Band Book" and "Further Progressive Steps". I imagine very
many list subscribers must have cut their musical teeth on these. I think
what I have always liked about it is that it tries very hard not to be what I
would call "toy" music. Incidentally, Elland Silver Juniors (some of whom
looked about 5 :-)) played some of this stuff - admirably - at a recent
NYBB/JSVB concert in Halifax.
There's also the Hinrichsen "First Band Book".
We do deal with chidren as young as 7 at Wantage, but I'm not the
person who deals with them. If you have any specific queries, you're
welcome to email them to me, and I'll see if I can get a useful reply for
you.

Regards
Martin Taylor

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