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Walk This Way: Here Come the Tech Monkeys

by Dave Brumbaugh | Nov 5, 2019 | Upcoming Events

Walk This Way: Here Come the Tech Monkeys Behind the scenes at any Uptown Music Collective performance there is a unique support culture that the audience only gets an occasional glimpse of. It’s this culture which has made the school’s performances successful, and...

Walk This Way: First Steps of the 2019-2020 Performance Season

by Dave Brumbaugh | Nov 5, 2019 | Upcoming Events

Walk This Way: First Steps of the 2019-2020 Performance Season The first Special Performance Group 1 rehearsals of the year took place over the weekend. Two days, and 10 hours of rehearsal. 27 Aerosmith songs. 27 young musicians. For 8 of them it was their first time...

Runnin’ Down a Dream: Reps and 14 hours of Rehearsal

by Dave Brumbaugh | Apr 9, 2019 | Upcoming Events

Runnin’ Down A Dream: Reps and 14 hours of Rehearsal The key to success in any performance oriented activity, whether it’s ice skating, football, music, or basket weaving, is repetition. As a young man I learned the phrase “repetition is the mother of skill”,...

Runnin’ Down a Dream: Supplying the Other 60%

by Dave Brumbaugh | Apr 9, 2019 | Upcoming Events

Runnin’ Down a Dream: Supplying the Other 60% In my years of performing and directing performances I have found the most challenging aspect to be the performance of simple music. Roots music, like folk, blues, traditional R&B, and other simple forms seem on...

Dress Rehearsals For More Than A Feeling

by Dave Brumbaugh | Nov 12, 2018 | Upcoming Events

More Than a Feeling: 70’s Arena Rock: Dress Rehearsals I missed a few posts due to some confusion about how and where we are going to post my blog. Hopefully with this post that will be completely worked out and we can move forward. In the meantime, let me catch you...

Third Walk Thru Rehearsal for More Than A Feeling

by Dave Brumbaugh | Oct 30, 2018 | Upcoming Events

More Than a Feeling: 70’s Arena Rock: Third Walk Thru Rehearsal Our Sunday rehearsals are this programs bread and butter. It’s when we truly get down to the nitty gritty, and get the work done. I knew going in that it was going to be ridiculously long day, so I warned...