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(not yet updated for 2024, but most information remains the same)SACRAMENTO CONCERT BAND SYLLABUS – FALL 2023

An adult education class of the San Juan Unified School District

Instructor:  Grant Parker                                                      (916)204-0990
Symphonic Band section
64051-SY24                           M: 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Location:  Rio Americano High School                            Room: M1
Fee:  $140 for term Aug 21 to May 20                             Email: 
grantaparker@att.net and                                                                                                      bandcouncil.sacconcertband@gmail.com 
Registration:                                        https://go.asapconnected.com/?org=4793#EventID=2427319

COURSE INFORMATION

Catalogue Description:  We welcome those who have played an instrument and wish to have fun continuing their band experience.  We perform a variety of music from classics to pop.  Performances include formal indoor settings and outdoor casual park concerts.  Class enrolls new students throughout the year based on space and interest.  Class meets at Rio Americano High School in the Band Room most Monday evenings from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. (Downbeat 7:00)

Fee/Scholarships:  Fall registration is $140 for the year.  For new members joining in the spring, registration is $70 PROVIDED that the band has 49 paid members currently enrolled.  If you cannot afford the registration fee please contact Grant as there may be scholarship money available to cover part or all of the registration fee.

Qualifications:  No audition is required.  We have many members who have returned to playing after a break of 20 or even 40 years.  A love of music, a desire to produce quality sounding music and the ability to contribute are all that is necessary.  The director may chair sections for musical balance. 

Covid protocols:  We follow the K-12 protocols of the SJUSD and state of California.  These protocols will likely change during the term and will be communicated separately.  Privacy notice: The band council email address goes to Grant, Patty (Band President) and Bari Bob (Communications).  If you need to report an illness and wish it to remain confidential please use grantaparker@att.net  

Rehearsals:  Rehearsals start in mid August and end in May.  There is a break after the December concert, and rehearsals resume the second Monday in January.  The room opens at 6:30 pm for set up and warm up.  Please be warmed up and ready to play by 7:00.  There will be a fifteen minute break near 8:15, and rehearsals end at 9:15.  Dress rehearsal downbeat is at 6:30 and may last until 10:00.   There are no rehearsals on school holidays unless announced.  School holidays and non instructional days for this year are:

September 4    Labor Day
              October 2         Non instruction day - no rehearsal
              November 20 Thanksgiving week, we will rehearse if we can use the room
              December 18   No rehearsal (day after concert) (non class day)

January 1          New Year’s observed
January 8          Non instructional day, we will rehearse if we can use the room
January 16        Martin Luther King

February 19     Presidents’ Day
              March 25          Spring Break

May 20              Last class session 

Attendance:  Prompt consistent attendance and positive participation in class is expected and is essential for musical success.  As a skills acquisition class, work/musical experiences cannot be made up, and absences affect the balance and blend for the other musicians.

Absences:  Please email bandcouncil.sacconcertband@gmail.com and section leader.  Please work to find a substitute if possible.  For last minute illness, please text the director at 916-204-0990. 

PAC (Performing Arts Complex):
  It is important that we leave the facility in the state we find it (or nicer). Rack all chairs and stands following rehearsal.  Be certain to return these items exactly as you find them during setup.  If we are larger than Rio’s ensemble we may pull a 4th rack of stands from the hallway and 4th chair rack from the storage room across the hall.  If you move any piece of equipment please put it back where you found it.

Etiquette:  With limited rehearsal time, please place your phone in silent mode during rehearsals.  Do not hold social conversations until break time.  Please do not talk about the music when the music is cut off so that you and others can hear the information being given by the director.  Please socialize before rehearsal, during break or after rehearsal.  Our primary purpose at rehearsal is to improve our musical performance.  Do everything you can to help us have good rehearsals and great performances.

Public Performances:  You will be notified at least four weeks in advance of all performances, and more notice than that will be given whenever possible.  Typically there is a fall concert in early December (formal), a spring concert in May (formal), a park festival concert in the first weekend in June (informal), and the Adult Education ceremony in mid-June (informal).  Other performances may be added.  Keep an eye on www.sacramentoconcertband.net for updates. 

Concert Dates  

December 17th, 2:30 pm                                      Rio Americano HIgh School PAC (formal)

Sunday, May 19st, 2:30 pm                                   Rio Americano High School PAC (formal)

Saturday or Sunday , June 1 or 2, TBA              Carmichael Park Band Festival (informal)

Wednesday, June 5, 6:30 pm                              Citrus Heights Community Center (informal)

                                                                                       (San Juan Adult Education Graduation)

Performance Dress

              Formal:  Dress black.  Men in black tuxes, black bow tie, black socks and shoes with white shirt.  A tux can be simulated with black jacket, white shirt, black slacks, and black bow tie.  Women in all black (no colored sequins or accessories) or a women’s tux.  Think symphony formal, so covered shoulders and long skirt length or dress slacks. The December concert may include optional holiday accents.

              Informal:  Official blue polo shirt and black slacks.  Shirt should say PORT AUTHORITY in the collar. Orders for new shirts will be taken a month or more before they are needed.  The price will be around $25. 

Music and Folders:  Original music is not passed out as we have had difficulty retrieving music when people have moved or left the band.  Copies will be distributed and do not need to be returned at the end of the season.  Copies should be destroyed following the season to comply with copyright regulations.  Copies may be returned for recycling.

Band Council

The Band Council supports the band and band director by taking on some of the organizational responsibilities.  The council meets on Zoom one Sunday a month at 4 PM or as needed.  Minutes will be posted in the members section of the website.  The council is elected by the band each fall and elects their officers at the first meeting following that election.  Elected officers are Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer.  Other positions may be held by council members or by band members not on the council including:

 

Webmaster – maintain and update www.sacramentoconcertband.net – Arnie Williams and Grant
Recruiting contact - Jill Sommers

Personnel Director  – Les Corbin

Loadmaster – responsible for getting equipment to and from concerts – Gregg Rasmussen
Stage Manager – responsible stage setup at concerts – Dawn David
Communication –mass e-mails, band database, website liaison – Bob Allshouse

Band shirts – Provides blue shirt for informal concerts – Patty Howard

Librarian – provides music on site at Rio and maintains SCB library storage –

Position open (on site) Bill Parker (at library)

Publicity – publicizes SCB performances – Arnie Williams

Rehearsal snacks – Mark Severeid

 

Section Contacts

              Not published on web version of the syllabus

                            

Communications

Our standard communication methods are 1) email notices, 2) rehearsal announcements and 3) website.

Website – sacramentoconcertband.net

Concert information for the public will be posted on the main page. 

The Director

Grant Parker has conducted the band since 1990 and been a member since 1986.  He retired after 18 years as Music Professor and Music Department Chair at Cosumnes River College.  Parker was co-conductor of The Sacramento Valley Symphonic Band for their 1996 tour of Russia.  He has conducted several local honor bands and served as the sight reading conductor for the CMEA Capitol Section Honor Band for more than a decade.  He has also served as a clinician for festivals in the Central Valley and Northern Nevada and as wind and percussion adjudicator for the Music Teachers Association of California.  Mr. Parker received his Masters in Wind Band Conducting from CSU Sacramento where he studied under Dr. Robert Halseth.  Previous teaching positions include El Dorado HS (1990-2001), Mira Loma HS (1985-90), CSU Sacramento (Grad. Asst. 1983-87) and Folsom HS (1981-83).  Professional affiliations have included the College Band Director’s National Association, The Music Association of California Community Colleges, The California Music Educator’s Association and is a Past President of The California Music Educators Association Capitol Section.  Grant is a current board member of The Sacramento Valley Symphonic Band Association, it’s past president and chairs The Community Band Festival at Carmichael Park and the SVSBA Youth Artist Award.  As a performer Mr. Parker has been a member of this ensemble, The Camellia Symphony Orchestra and since 1981 has been lead trumpet of The Fred Morgan Big Band which he become director of in 2014.

 

Don't forget to PRACTICE AT HOME!


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    NEW: SACRAMENTO CONCERT BAND SHIRT POLICY

  • Whenever possible men's and women's sizes will be available.

  • The color, fabric and style of the shirt will be decided by the SCB Council members and all others involved.

  • Members purchase a shirt at a cost set by the SCB Council.
  • Shirts are to be provided for temporary band members who will be expected to return them.


Here are the Minutes of SCB Council Meetings and other Band business.

 


The Sacramento Concert Band is an adult education class of the member of the San Juan Unified School District, is a member of The Sacramento Valley Symphonic Band Association and the Association of Concert Bands.   Band Council

President: Patty Howard
Vice President: Mark Severeid
Treasurer/Personnel: Les Corbin
Secretary: Norm Hill
Stage Mgr: Dawn David Communications/Programs:
Bob Allshouse
Band Shirts: Patty Howard
Website: Arnie Williams