{"id":93,"date":"2013-03-02T17:47:23","date_gmt":"2013-03-02T23:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/thegirls\/?p=93"},"modified":"2013-03-02T17:48:05","modified_gmt":"2013-03-02T23:48:05","slug":"march-2nd-solo-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/thegirls\/2013\/03\/02\/march-2nd-solo-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2nd: Solo Fest!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was Solo Fest! The way Solo Fest works is that Kayla’s band director let her choose a piece of music many months ago to prepare. She had a choice of “The Entertainer” or “Pachelbel’s Canon”. She thought the canon looked trickier with the 16th notes (she is thinking of trying that next year), so she chose “The Entertainer”. She had two rehearsals with a piano accompanist, and then she faces the judge in a room. She performs both the piece and two scales of the judge’s choosing appropriate to her level in band. He had her play a concert E flat scale and a chromatic scale. The judges have a rubric sheet with various categories including tempo, dynamics, appropriate dress, etc.. When she was done playing, he called her over to his desk, where he gave her some positive feedback and then asked her to try a few things for him, like tonguing her notes better. Here is Kayla before her performance:<\/p>\n

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And here is her performance:<\/p>\n