The day before our dress rehearsal my elementary jazz band had yet to be able to make it to the end of our version of Enter Sandman.
We had only decided on the ending the day before. I had told them that if on the dress rehearsal we couldn't make it all the way through the song without stopping, it was getting cut. I had prepped myself to hold firm to this ultimatum.
Amazingly, I didn't have to.
Here is a video of my lovely kids performing Metallica's Enter Sandman as posted by an anonymous student. My ego cautions me against sharing it as you will hear we got 2 beats off when I failed to cue the saxes in midway through the verse. But, as I've related my frustrations and trepidations about doing this tune several times on this blog, I'd be remiss not to share the grand summation of the Enter Sandman Saga.
I'm not quite sure what this performance says about the state of music in today's educational system. Nonetheless, I give you Enter Sandman, elementary jazz band style:
Sunday, June 22, 2008
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5 comments:
Congrats DT!!
I hope/trust the kids enjoyed the journey?
The saga is complete
Great Job Kelly and Band! Loved the performance.
-Glenn Firester
Arts teachers unite!
I just stumbled across your stuff and spent the afternoon listening to the streaming music on the website - love the Mingus influence!
You are a clearly both a talented teacher and a mad genius. They all sound lovely. :)
Hope you're having a kick-ass 4th of July weekend!
COLD HARD MONEY
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