Angela Kinerk MUSE 375 2/9/14 Marching Band Show Show Theme: Phantom of the Opera Pieces: (available

on JWPepper.com) Title Length The Phantom of the 2:24 Opera Wishing You Were 2:00 Somehow Here Again Masquerade 1:47 The Music of the 1:48 Night Creative Ideas: Formation: Crashing Chandelier Formation: Mask Masks/Capes for color guard and/or band Red/White/Black color scheme Waltz-marching Curricular Concepts/Activities: (National Standards) Opera History (#9) Brief History of the Phantom of the Opera (#9, 8, 5, 4, 3, 2) o Andrew Lloyd Webber o Broadway o Book, movies, etc. o Silent Film Have students improvise/write music to go with a scene Different Meters (#8, #6b&e movement) o Waltz - Actually have students do a little waltzing and possible use it in the show Singing (#1) o Teaching students the lyrics and having them sing instead of play the melody may help with memorization and can be helpful in rehearsal to rest chops. Challenges: Trumpet solo in Music of the Night Waltz feel in Masquerade changing meters, tempos Strange chords at end of Music of the Night Memorization (always a challenge) Explaining significance, if some students are unfamiliar with the musical

Composer/Arranger Paul Lavender Jay Bocook Jay Bocook Jay Bocook

Publisher Hal Leonard Hal Leonard Hal Leonard Hal Leonard