Set up?
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nafmeadminI am considering changing my set up for band. I currently have flutes in front left, oboe front middle, clarinets front right. Trumpets behind flutes, saxes behind clarinets, horns in the middle. Low brass in back from right to left: trombone, euphonium, tuba.
How do you set up your band, and what is your reasoning? Instruments playing the same parts, intonation issues, accoustic issues, etc.
nafmeadminHi Heidih,
My set up that I’ve been working with is sort of similar to yours mine is as follows below but in an arc obviously.
Perc ————–Perc
Hrn—Hrn-Tpt—-Tpt-BariSax–BSax-Euph–Euph-Tromb—–Tromb
Cl2&3—-CL2&3-AlSax—-AlSax-TSax–TSax-FL———-FL-B.Cl–B.Cl
CL1—CL1-OB–OB-FL————–Fl
Hopefully that makes sense.
The reasoning behind this is the pure size of the group. With 79 high school students currently we struggle to even fit them in the room that we are working with. The room itself is tiled so the sound is very muddy and bouncy. The largest areas of focus when planning this was placing the strong horns on the end of the 3rd row and to keep the percussion as close to the podium as possible.
Christopher M. Johnson, Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy, is currently the Chair of the Music Education and Music Therapy Department and Director of the Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. Johnson earned his Ph.D. from the Florida State University.
Since his arrival at The University of Kansas, Johnson has taught courses in Instrumental Conducting, Teaching Instrumental Music, Managing Behaviors in the Music Environment, Psychology and Acoustics of Music, and Research Methods in Music Education and Music Therapy. Johnson served two terms as the editor of the International Journal of Music Education: Research, the research publication of the International Society for Music Education. He is currently serving his second term on the National Association for Music Educations Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. He also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education, and one earlier term as the Chair for the MENC Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. Johnson also served as the Chair for the Research Commission of the International Society for Music Education.
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