I am currently taking a class a JMU called "Brass Techniques", where students get to learn how to play and teach all of the different brass instruments (trumpet, horn, euphonium, trombone, and tuba). One of our assignments for this class was to observe a public school band program (that in some way, shape, or form included brass players) and write an observation report about the pedagogical approach of the teacher toward the brass section and the response and techniques of the brass students. I went back to my old high school over Thanksgiving break, and my director was kind enough to let me observe one of the Symphonic Band rehearsals. I'm very lucky to have gotten this opportunity, because looking back on it, I realized that I hadn't seen the band from this viewpoint since middle school. Especially now, as I work towards a music education degree, it's really exciting for me to see a rehearsal process more from the view of a director, rather than as a performer. I included the final observation report that I turned in (left), and the notes I had originally taken (right).
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