#bandlife
The largest class at Bellarmine Prep.
What is Concert Band?
The thing that tells us what key a composition is in.
"Quietly" in Italian.
What is piano?
The total number of virtual concerts produced in this pandemic by the Bellarmine music department.
What is 4?
The names of our two drum majors for this and next year.
What are Richard Glaman and Karla Huber?
The thing that tells us how many of what goes in a measure of music.
What is the time signature?
Forte means this in music.
What is "loud or forcefully?"
The amount of feet apart that players must stand in any sort of musical rehearsal involving wind/voices, according to the Washington Department of Health.
What is 9?
There were five sets of band siblings in the program this year. These are the names of at least one of those sets as well as the instruments they play.
Derek and Katie Su - Alto Sax and Flute
Emily and Olivia Wiebe - Trumpet and Trombone
Aidan and Austin Moore - Alto Sax and Trombone
Bernice and Benita Samson - Clarinet and Flute
Caitlyn and Brandon Lo - Tuba and French Horn
The four main keys that band instruments are pitched in.
What is C (or Concert), Bb, Eb, and F?
You do this when you see da capo al coda on your music.
What is "go to the beginning and then take the coda?"
Mr. Whitson’s favorite moment in sleigh ride is the whip solo played by this person.
Who is Levi Coovert?
This band senior received a special leadership award this year.
Who is Hayden Kaleiwahea?
The note being played by a Bb clarinet when Mr. Whitson asks for a concert D.
What is E?
Dolce means this in Italian.
What is "Sweetly?"
Mr. Whitson takes full credit (in his own head) for the introduction of regulations allowing for the return to live rehearsals after he called the state epidemiologist to try and elevate the issue. He knows this person through this contact they had in the past.
What is "Mr. Whitson gave trumpet lessons to his daughter back in college?"
According to its members, drumline is this line.
What is best line?
The note being played by an F Horn when Mr. Whitson asks for a concert Eb.
What is Bb?
The precise definition of staccato as it pertains to music.
What is "sharply separated or detached?"
The order that groups appeared on the 2021 end of year virtual concert.
What is: 1|Combined Choirs - 2|Concert Band - 3|Chamber Orchestra - 4|Jazz 2 - 5|Wind Ensemble - 6|Percussion Ensemble - 7|Vocal Ensemble - 8|Jazz 1 - 9|Concert Band - 10|Jazz 1.