Hey everybody. Good job on Monday night. We made some real headway on In the Stone and Ride the Wind. There was a good deal of chatting going on about where to place additional solos and such, and as pieces become more polished, these are the kind of issues that will arise in turn. It's nice to have the drum solo added into "In the Stone" and I think where we placed it is decent. Comment below if you think otherwise (or on the facebook wall), and that way we can continue the conversation outside of practice and save time in practice.
Next week the french horns are coming in to practice and so for half of the practice we will be extremely polishing (to a brilliant luster) Malaguena. The other portion of practice we will be working a lot on "The First Circle," as that's the piece that needs the most work of the whole set.
So again, great job, and see you next week.
P.S.: The track list for the CD will be on the next blog post, as well as a couple of links to pieces under consideration for the summer and beyond. Next year (2011) is the 100th birthday of both Stan Kenton and Johnny Richards (who did a lot of composing for Kenton). So, you might want to listen to the Cuban Fire Suite... youtube it... because some of us are thinking ahead that if all goes well... next year... it might be a birthday bash... ;)
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