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HONOR BANDS

districtstatemusic1920.pdf
File Size: 7900 kb
File Type: pdf
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ECKMEA District Honor Band & KMEA All State Band/Orchestra
This material is for grades 10-12. All students in Symphonic Band and Wind Ensemble will play portions of this material for their November seating/part assignment test (including freshmen). All the wind and percussion music is one PDF and most parts are multiple pages...so scroll through to find the music you need and print only those pages. Students must sign up for the auditions by Monday, October 7 at http://bit.ly/HonorBandreg.
NEKMEA District Jazz Band & KMEA All State Jazz Band
You can find the material at Jazz. Students may audition and be selected to both the concert and jazz bands at the district level. You may audition for both at the state level, but may only be selected to one. The instructions are also posted on that page.
Kansas John Philip Sousa Honor Band
Freshmen students are eligible to audition for the JPS Honor Band. You can find the material and information at http://ks-sousahonorband.org. Audition recordings, paperwork and entry fee must be turned in to Mr. Coughlin by Wednesday, October 16 along with completing the form at ​http://bit.ly/HonorBandreg.

Getting your Dell to work with SmartMusic

Dell released an updated driver for the microphone in the student laptops on December 22. This, along with adjusting the microphone level in the settings appears to solve the issue we have been having. You will need to download the driver installation package (link below), install it, then use the instructions below to adjust the mic settings.
Step 1: Download and install new driver
RealTek Driver
File Size: 166940 kb
File Type: exe
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When you run the installer, it will take you through the process and require a restart twice...once to remove the old driver and the second time to install the new one.
Step 2: Adjust the microphone input
  • Right-Click on the speaker icon in the bottom right menu bar
  • Choose "Open Sound settings"
  • When new window opens, find the Input section. It should list your input device as "Microphone (RealTek(R) Audio). Click on the blue "Device Properties" text link below that.
  • In the Microphone Properties window that opens, click on the "Levels" tab at the top.
  • Slide the "Microphone" slider up around 90-95. Do not adjust the Microphone Boost setting. Then click "OK" to save that change.
Step 3: Open SmartMusic and open any file
  • You should be able to open a scale or something like that in "Exercises"
  • Once open, click the red record button and it will ask you to do the mic check. Make sure you don't have headphones plugged in...the microphone has to "hear" the rising tone sound that happen.
  • If everything worked, it should say you are ready to go