Bandology

Happy Music Monday, in our previous band camps we had drumline activities and our community partners at Burlington Teen Tour Band also have drumline opportunities if they interest you! Check out their Drumline Feature at their 2019 concert #bandology #musicmatters #musiceducationmatters #talentshow #drumline Burlington Teen Tour Band Boosters

Time for another composer spotlight! Morgan Lovell is an improviser, composer and cellist and based in Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada. Here is a recording of Lovell’s piece Revolve performed by Morgan Lovell, Isaac Mailach, Dylan Murphy, Chris Yoon, Jeremy Hunter at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2017 If you want to learn more about Lovell and our other composer spotlights, check out bandology.ca/composer-spotlights #bandology #musicmatters #musiceducationmatters #composerspotlights #morganlovell Laurier Music Laurier Alumni

#TBT to an awesome night with the Bandology team talking about music and life at Town of Oakville Downtown Oakville Midnight Madness event in 2019! Plus we had an amazing series of Play A Gig performances inside Knox Oakville! #bandology #musicmatters #Oakville #KnoxOakville

Time for another composer spotlight! Sri Lankan-born Canadian Dinuk Wijeratne is a JUNO award-winning composer, conductor and pianist. Wijeratne’s Concerto for Percussion Quartet and Wind Ensemble entitled Invisible Cities, was commissioned by TorQ Percussion Quartet and premiered with the University of Saskatchewan Wind Orchestra directed by Darrin Oehlerking. Here is a video of TorQ playing one of the movements from Invisible Cities. If you want to learn more about Wijeratne and our other composer spotlights, check out bandology.ca/composer-spotlights #bandology #musicmatters #musiceducationmatters #composerspotlights #dinukwijeratne The JUNO Awards

#fbf to the fantastic brass quintet that performed at the final concert for Band Camp 2019!

#fbf Rehearsals at Band Camp!

This Research weekly we’re bringing you a study from The University of Sheffield in the UK. In 2012, they investigated the self-reported well-being of brass band musicians! Scroll through the photos to learn more. . . . #bandology #bandcamp #musicmatters #research #science #art #music #education #musiceducation #artseducation #musiceduationmatters #artseducationmatters... OMEA - Ontario Music Educators' Association Canadian Band Association Ontario Band Association See more

This Research Tuesday we’re bringing you a study from the University of North Texas. In 2003, a researcher investigated the benefits of adults learning to play the piano! Scroll through the photos to learn more. . . . #bandology #bandcamp #musicmatters #research #science #art #music #education #musiceducation #artseducation #musiceduationmatters #artseducationmatters OMEA - Ontario Music Educators' Association Canadian Band Association The Royal Conservatory

This Research weekly we’re bringing you a study from the University of Cambridge in the UK. In 2013, they investigated how playing music games in a group affected children’s empathy! Scroll through the photos to learn more. . . . #bandology #bandcamp #musicmatters #research #science #art #music #education #musiceducation #artseducation #musiceduationmatters #artseducationmatters OMEA - Ontario Music Educators' Association Canadian Band Association Ontario Band Association

Happy Music Monday, we are happy to be partnered with multiple different organizations! One of our local friends is CRASH Rhythm! They provide great alternative introductions to music education. Crash uses rhythm and group lessons to teach the basics of music. They use bucket drumming to teach the foundations of music theory, ensemble work, improvisation and musical creativity. Have you seen the CRASH JUNKLINE? It’s a drumline but on trash cans! Check it out #bandology #musicmatters #musiceducationmatters #junkline #drumline

Time for another composer spotlight! Salvador Alan Jacobo, Composer has composed music for an array of musical settings from wind ensembles to brass ensembles to marching bands and everything in between. The piece we chose by Jacobo is Colors Ever So Vibrant (2017). It was premiered in 2019 by the Mid America Freedom Band, conducted by Lee Hartman. If you want to learn more about Jacobo and our other composer spotlights, check out bandology.ca/composer-spotlights #bandology #musicmatters #musiceducationmatters #composerspotlights #salvatorealanjacobo

Happy Music Monday everyone! Did you see last week’s Music Monday with the Octobasse at the Musical Instrument Museum - MIM? We wondered what would happen if a multi-instrumentalist was left alone in this museum turns out YouTuber Joe Penna (also known as Mystery Guitar Man ) got to experience that and made a video called One man, 90 Instruments check it out: #bandology #musicmatters #musiceducationmatters #musicalinstrumentmuseum

It’s Sunday which means it's time to learn about a contemporary composer, in our composer spotlight series! We want to share a piece by the fantastic composer, Alex Shapiro. LIGHTS OUT for concert wind band and prerecorded track. Here is a video of University of Memphis Symphonic Band performing this piece! If you want to learn more about Shapiro and our other composer spotlights, check out bandology.ca/composer-spotlights #bandology #musicmatters #musiceducationmatters #composerspotlights #alexshapiro

Congrats to Laura Lee Marwood Matthie and Laura Christie who've created a virtual band to fulfill the musical yearnings of their students at Orillia Secondary School. Way to go!! Just another fabulous story about music teachers showing their innovation, dedication and determination - the same transferrable skills that they teach their students! #musicmatters #musiceducation #band #concertband

Here is a performance by Aleks Jurcev of an original song called Dirty Job from our Virtual Jam series! Feel free to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more videos from our virtual jam series! The link can be found below! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLImL7eWwBP6JPGzOHZbrtw?... #bandology #musicmatters #musiceducationmatters #virtualjam

Congrats to fabulous music teacher Amy Abbott and and her talented students at T. A. Blakelock High School Music Department, along with the other four high schools, for taking part in this innovative project!

#tbt to drumline at Band Camp 2019!!!!

It’s Wednesday which means it's time to learn about a contemporary composer, in our composer spotlight series! The half-Cree, half-Mennonite, two-spirit Juno Awardnominated cellist and composer, Cris Derksen is known for their unique musical palette which blends classical music with traditional Indigenous music. Here is a video of Cris playing one of their solo electric cello pieces live, it is called Water Bourne. If you want to learn more about Derksen and our other composer spotlights, check out bandology.ca/composer-spotlights #bandology #musicmatters #musiceducationmatters #composerspotlights #crisderksen Sofar Sounds Toronto

So happy to hear about some music making happening in our community! #musicmattera #musiceducationmatters #bandology #osyo

This Research Tuesday we’re bringing you a study from the University of California and Cal Poly Pomona. In 2008, they examined the effect of integrating the arts into teaching writing to secondary students! Scroll through the photos to learn more. . . . #bandology #bandcamp #musicmatters #research #science #art #music #education #musiceducation #artseducation #musiceduationmatters #artseducationmatters OMEA - Ontario Music Educators' Association Canadian Band Association

Happy Music Monday! We are fascinated by uncommon instruments, especially instruments we don’t typically see in the band and orchestra classroom. Have you seen a double bass before? It’s the typical largest member of the bowed string instrument family. Well we have found an even LARGER instrument in this family it’s the Octobasse, and you need a ladder just to play it. Check it out! #bandology #musicmatters #musiceducationmatters #uncommoninstruments #octobasse Musical Instrument Museum - MIM

The second exercise for Part 2 of the rhythm series is the Paradiddle Pyramid exercise. The link to the full lesson on YouTube can be found below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAKbPWY2pZw