D. Regular Rehearsals

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Last updated: Aug 01, 2019
Regular Rehearsals
    1. Indoor
      1. Winds
      2. Percussion 
      3. Guard
    2. Outdoor
      1. Winds
      2. Percussion 
      3. Guard
      4. Full band

Indoor Rehearsals:

Indoor rehearsals are scheduled during preseason, as needed throughout the season, or when weather is too inclement for outdoor rehearsals. Trucks need to drive down from W-lot and Percussion and Sousaphones must be offloaded and carried into the Music Building.

a. Winds normally rehearse in room 102: Rehearsal begins with the UCMB Warm-up with tuner accompaniment. Because of limited space all winds usually have to rehearse together. Rehearsals generally deal with rhythmic accuracy, balance, blend, intonation, uniformity of style, and musical effect. Dynamics which may range from 3 to 10 need to be reduced to 1-7 or less. Members must restrict talking to absolute minimum, strict attention to instructions and comments is crucial. 

b. Percussion: Drumline rehearses in room 108 and Front Ensemble in 109 unless conflicts require all to start together in 102. 

c. Color Guard will normally rehearse outside except in inclement weather. In bad weather it will rehearse in Radcliff-Hicks Arena, contact for R-H Arena is Vickie Reiser in Agriculture, at 6-2919 or at Victoria.Reiser@uconn.edu

Outdoor Rehearsals   

After pre-season almost all rehearsals are held outdoors at the Band Rehearsal Field beside W-lot. 

Sections are given tarps and areas for storage of cases and belongings. Members are encouraged to arrive early and warm-up on their own. Ball playing and frisbee throwing in the rehearsal area is discouraged because of the potential for accidental damage to instruments or people. Prior to rehearsal sound systems and field markers are set up. All members are to be in place in their appropriate warm-up block space.  Warm up begins at 4:00 with the UCMB Warm-up. Careful attention to detail in the warmup as it covers important playing fundamentals for every section. It is as much a developmental exercise as a "warm up". Attention to pitch is especially important with a constant appropriate pitch referenceÂ