East Central College Bands

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Tomorrow we start new music! If you have been considering joining our socially distant ensemble, now is the time! Woodwinds- 5 pm in the theater Percussion- 5:30 pm in the band room Brass- 6 pm in the choir room... Please invite your friends, we hope to see you then!

Join us LIVE tonight at 7 p.m. for a special presentation from the ECC Concert Band and the ECC Jazz Band. Following the link, sit back, relax and enjoy the show! www.facebook.com/EastCentral/live/

Tonight's performance at 7 p.m. CST will be live streamed on East Central College Facebook page, as well as here on our page. Please join us and spread the word! We will be performing: Percussion Ensemble... Piece For Percussion Mitchell Peters Brass Choir (all brass arrangements by Walter H. Barnes unless otherwise noted) Intrada- A Fanfare Pezel (1639-1694) My Country, Tis of Thee/God Save the Queen ‘Air’ from Water Music Handel (1685-1759) Fugue in Eb Bach (1685-1750) Ave Verum Mozart (1756-1791) The Last Leaf by Jeff Smallman Woodwind Choir Rondo Alla Turca Mozart arr. David Marlatt The Tides of Fate Ryan Meeboer In the Hall of the Mountain King Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) arr. David Marlatt Brass Choir Hosanna! Palestrina (1525-1594) The Lord Bless and Keep You Peter Lutkin (1858-1931) The Silver Swan Gibbons (1583-1625) Ave Maria Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Jazz Band Whisper Not Benny Golson edited Christopher Crenshaw featuring: Andrew Bay trumpet Oliver Williams trombone Caitlin von Seckendorff piano Jarred Snider tenor sax Flirtibird Duke Ellington transcribed by David Berger featuring: Hannah King Alto Sax I’m Gonna Go Fishin’ music by Duke Ellington words by Peggy Lee arr. Nelson Riddle featuring: Chloe Sinklear - vocals

The band concerts this week have been consolidated to Tuesday evening at 7 pm. We will not allow audiences but will be streaming the performance live. I will keep you posted on where you can find this. Stay tuned and spread the word!

Jazz Band is preparing for our outside Friday evening gig. Join us from 5-6:30 as we open for the theater production Epic Proportions. You must get tickets ahead of time found here: https://www.ecctheatre.com/box-office

Come early and hear the band!

It’s not to late to join us on Monday nights! Next Monday, September 14th, Woodwinds will meet on stage at 5 pm, Percussion will meet at 5:45 in the band room, and Brass will meet in the choir room at 6 pm. Join us and be a part of something unusual yet special!

We start tomorrow! If you are able to join us for Community Band, don't forget to bring: Mask Your own stand if you have one... Rag for spit (brass) We will meet in the theater. There are chairs and stands available. Please be sure to wipe down BEFORE AND AFTER each use. I look forward to seeing your eyes and foreheads tomorrow!

Some things you can do/prepare for when you arrive to help us have a safe and socially distant rehearsal on Monday: - Mask at all times when not playing. We DO plan to take advantage of this weather and rehearse outside when we can, but if we are inside we will mask up! - There will be shields provided for those interested in using that during rehearsal as well. While it doesn't "replace" the mask, it is another option for protection. - When you arrive, Monday, go directly t...o the theater. There are already spots marked for socially distancing. We will start rehearsal there before splitting up for rehearsal in sections. Again, pending weather we MIGHT be able to go outside too. - If you have your own stand, please feel free to bring it. If you don't, you may use ours but please wipe it down before and after use (I will have spray and rags for this as well). - Brass will have rags/paper towels available for spit. If you have your own, it might be easier to just bring a rag with you. Either way, we can't have spit particles (ewwwww) all over the place... I am sure I will think of other things and let me know if you have any questions! Please spread the word, we are going to have a FUN semester! :)

Mr. Bounds is preparing for our first rehearsal next week. We hope you can social distance and join us!

ECC Band Alumni Cody Anderson and Colton Bunkley are hard at work at MSU! Keep it up!

Our facilities team has been removing desks, rearranging classrooms, placing signs and much more to promote social distancing within our buildings. That is jus...t one measure we are taking to help safeguard our students, faculty and staff before classes begin Aug. 24. We appreciate the hard work from the entire staff who is creating a safer and healthier environment at East Central College. #StrongerTogether