Presentation for Director of Bands Search Committee.

1. DREXEL UNIVERSITY
Marian Stewart - Presenter/Candidate
PART 1 - The Drexel Concert Band
Somewhere by Bernstein/Bocook

2. What are outstanding musical issues that you would
fix and what techniques would you employ?
Trumpet Solo/Accompaniment
Ensemble Sound
Intonation
Balance
Precision - particularly ends of phrases

3. What are outstanding musical issues that you would
fix and what techniques would you employ?
Trumpet Solo/Accompaniment
Ensemble Sound
Intonation
Balance
Precision - particularly ends of phrases

4. What points of musical interpretation would you do
differently?
Phrasing - Lead to climax of phrase
Articulation - More connected in the brass
Transitions
Releases

5. What points of musical interpretation would you do
differently?
Phrasing - Lead to climax of phrase
Articulation - More connected in the brass
Transitions
Releases

6. Interpretation continued
Transitions
Releases

7. Interpretation continued
Transitions
Releases

8. Due to Drexel's co-op cycles there is actually a fairly large
turnover in spring and in essence a different band from what
you would have fall and winter terms? How do you handle
such a turnover and try to maintain musical consistency from
winter to spring?
Focus on concepts that carry through the entire
ensemble.
Schedule?
Outside help?

9. PART 2
Rutgers Wind Ensemble
The Beethoven Machine by Michael Colgrass

10. What was your initial concept for the piece?
General approach to score study
Beethoven’s Sonatina in G
Playful “Children’s Orchestra” in contrast to the
“Adult Orchestra”
“The Machine” as it related to the Children’s
Orchestra
Accessible quality music

11. What were the conducting challenges you faced and
how did you overcome them?
Smooth transitions
Sparse scoring
Tempo from A section to B section - 2 or 4?

14. Having hind-sight, is there anything you would do
differently? Why?
Focus on melody rather than the contrast
Recording session

15. Are there any demonstrations or results of
techniques in this piece that would demonstrate how
you could improve upon the performance of
Somewhere?
Transitions Releases Playing within the
sound

16. Are there any demonstrations or results of
techniques in this piece that would demonstrate how
you could improve upon the performance of
Somewhere?
Transitions Releases Playing within the
sound