聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 For the grade five and six students in band from Carlyle Elementary School and the Senior Band from G.F.Kells performed in their annual Spring Concert, including a solo performance by Jory Dyck on the Alto Saxaphone as he was asked to compete at the Provincial Music Festival on Saturday, June 6.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Dyck had been given a recommendation following his performance of Vocalise at the Redvers Music Festival. He performed on Monday, June 1, at the band concert as practice for his performance on the Saturday.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Speaking of all his students, Director Kevin Dyck stated: 鈥淭hey鈥檝e come a long way throughout the year.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Grade 5 Band took to performing first. They played 鈥淗eroes and Glory鈥� by Swearingen and 鈥淟et鈥檚 Go Band鈥� by Ahronheim.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 This group since their performance last fall have grown a lot as a band and as individual musicians.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭here鈥檚 always such a huge change even just in a few months,鈥� Dyck said. 鈥淵ou鈥檒l notice the pieces get substantially longer too, so they鈥檙e not just more technical but they have to work on their stamina as well if they鈥檙e going to make it through the whole piece.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 These improvements were evident as the Grade 5 Beginner Band played.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Next up was the Grade 6 Junior Band who performed four pieces including 鈥淎nasazi鈥� by Edmondson, 鈥淭he X-Brigade鈥� by Longfield, 鈥淎ztalan鈥� by Sweeney, and 鈥淐onflict鈥� by Clark.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淭his group just wanted more, more, more, and they just kept tearing it up, so instead of doing two pieces for you tonight we鈥檙e doing four,鈥� Dyck explained.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Not only did they simply play these pieces, but within 鈥淎ztalan鈥� they performed using exposed playing, where individual instruments are heard without the big band backing them at that time, and they introduced a new instrument 鈥� the rain stick. Additionally because they鈥檙e a smaller band without trumpets, the clarinet players performed their part within the music as well as some of the trumpet parts leading to the players performing the 鈥渃larinumpet.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Senior Band then took the stage with help from Redvers and Oxbow students who helped to bolster the sound of the band.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e have a few imports, as you can see,鈥� Dyck said. 鈥淲e have students from Redvers and Oxbow who we would like to thank for coming and for filling out our sound a little bit.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Senior Band, made up of grades 7-12, performed five pieces for the crowd amassed at G.F. Kells. They took on three typical band pieces including 鈥淓ntrance of the Tall Ships鈥� by Swearingen, 鈥淐eltic Air and Dance鈥� by Sweeney, and 鈥淩enegade Dances鈥� by Shaffer.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Additionally they took on two songs of popular music including 鈥淏orn this Way鈥� by Lady Gaga and 鈥淪uper Hits Mega Mix鈥� by Lavender which is made up of classic rock. Videos of these two performances can be found online at carlyleobserver.com.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Grade 5 Band had Sydney Bouchard, Brooklyn Delorme, Ryley Himmelspeck, Addyson Morse, Summer Rutten, and Presley Wilcox on the flute; Brandon Fleming and Riley Gilks on the clarinet; Cooper Humphries and Denita Shepherd on the Alto Saxophone; Trystan Barta, Jason Hietanen, Caitlyn Joya, Madison Magotiaux, Riley Park, and Kaysha Turner on the trumpet; Jaydin Dustyhorn on the trombone; Nolan Pelletier and Logan Romaniuk on the euphonium; and LJ Tinio on percussion.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Grade 6 Band performing included Kenna Hagel, Jessica Moffat, and Trinity Morrissette on the flute; Victoria Flynn, Taris Rae, and Kendra Schultz on the clarinet; Jonah Dyck, Jamie Hill, and Brock Newell on the Alto Saxophone; Coty Hofos on the baritone saxophone; and Morgan Robertson on percussion.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Senior Band included Emily Bouchard, Josie Morrissette, and Kiri Biberdorf on the flute; Alana Aalbers on the clarinet; Spencer Bell on the bass clarinet; Ethan Dyck, Natalie Haddow, and Jory Dyck on the Alto Saxophone; Nathen Schmidt on the baritone saxophone; Sydney Flynn, Logan Young, Kaelie Bouchard, Marshall Delorme, and Kelly Hume on the trumpet; Terran Baker on the euphonium; and Brayden Hill, Jake McLeod, Marissa Owens, and Payton Littlchief on percussion.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Senior Band was joined by students from both Redvers and Oxbow including Becky Aulie, Ryan Aulie, Christina Berry, Maizy Delmaire, Chaelynn Kitz, Matthew Ravet, Nathan Rutledge, Jillian Sanborn, and Sherry Stewart.
