Re: sousaphone for concert band


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Posted by AW on June 18, 2002 at 13:49:10:

In Reply to: sousaphone for concert band posted by ken k on June 17, 2002 at 21:41:06:

When I was in high school (more years ago than I care to remember), we had an excellent director who had extremely high musical standards. My section also had only sousaphones, mostly BBb and a couple in Eb. We were trained to play well over a full dynamic range, down to ppp. We had tall stools to rest on, but usually stood to play. All the reports I heard from musicians in the audience indicated that our balance and tone were quite good. For what it's worth, my school's band won the New England championship fifteen years in a row.

I vote for using sousas, and training the students to play them well. Bring back those huge Conns!



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