After registering we went browsing around the vendors. There were so many. I purchased a set of suspended cymbal mallets that have no contact noise.
The first clinic I went to was on wind partials and the overtone series. It was okay and I received a very useful handout. It made me realize that I need to review my wind instrumental fingering and pitch tendencies.
The 2nd session of the day focused on string bass technique. Got lots of good info and also purchased two books with exercises and etudes for string bass. The new goal is to spend more individualized time focusing on the basses
The last clinic of the day focused on string bowing. Good info too and a good packet. After that I was speaking with H. Watanabe about method books and next year I am going to switch to a new method. The year after I want to incorporate the Essential Elements Book 4 as well.
To close out the night we watched the Marine Corp band (pic below) and then the Michigan State Jazz orchestra (which totally rocked!).
To recap goals/lessons from today:
- work on relearning wind instrument fingerings/tendencies
- incorporate overtone series into score study (be proactive about intonation)
- create a set-up for percussion ALL THE TIME
- focus on bass technique/development more (individualized attention)
- Incorporate more right hand technique exercises into warm up (pencil)
- transition to new method book over next two years
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Location:Chicago, Illinois
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