{"id":1379,"date":"2017-08-16T21:10:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T19:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smm.nu\/wordpress\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2017-08-16T21:13:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T19:13:35","slug":"philip-harper-om-jonkopingslagret-fantastic-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smm.nu\/wordpress\/?p=1379","title":{"rendered":"Philip Harper om J\u00f6nk\u00f6pingsl\u00e4gret: ”Fantastic week”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hela l\u00e4gret utanf\u00f6r S\u00f6dra V\u00e4tterbygdens Folkh\u00f6gskola i J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

31 juli \u2013 6 augusti h\u00f6lls \u00e5rets sommarmusikskola i J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping<\/a>, och g\u00e4stdirigent var elitbrasset Cory Bands<\/a> musikaliske ledare, Philip Harper. H\u00e4r ber\u00e4ttar han om sina intryck mitt under p\u00e5g\u00e5ende l\u00e4ger i en intervju som ursprungligen publicerades p\u00e5 den brittiska brassbandssajten 4barsrest.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week sees the 45th course for brass and wind take place in J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping, the picturesque city on the edge of Lake V\u00e4ttern in Sweden.<\/p>\n

There are 85 musicians from all over Sweden who are participating in three bands, which will be conducted by four conductors: Yngve Nordstr\u00f6m, J\u00f6rgen \u00c5dvall, Berit Palmquist and Philip Harper. As well as taking part in sectional rehearsals and full band rehearsals, course participants also have the chance to have individual lessons from one of the ten tutors in attendance, or take part in extension activities such as Big Band or Music Theory classes.<\/p>\n

There will be a final concert at Immanuel Church in J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping on Saturday evening, where the bands will perform such pieces as: Connotations, Caravan, The Marriage of Figaro, Fantasy on British Sea Songs, Nicaea, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg amongst many others.
\nCory Band\u2019s Musical Director Philip Harper, making his first trip to the course, said: \u201cAt the midway point I can say it has so far been a fantastic week of music-making, with a unique atmosphere where young and old, experienced and less-experienced bandspeople all relish the opportunity to play and learn together. I arrived on Sunday to be met by the organiser Berit Palmquist who has everything tightly under control \u2013 she\u2019s been running the course for the last 30 years, although I believe this particular venture began way back in 1972. Then the participants started arriving on Monday morning, we did some \u2018get to know you\u2019 sessions, and then it was straight into the routine of rehearsal, eat, rehearsal, eat etc!<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Swedish hospitality is as good as it always has been, and we have enjoyed some brilliant hard-working rehearsals, as well as some cosy fika, which is a uniquely Swedish term for \u2018coffee and buns\u2019. Evenings have all had an activity too, such as an excellent tutors\u2019 concert last night, some hands-on team-building workouts, and tonight it\u2019s my turn with a talk about building a band.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s also been very interesting to be able to conduct each of the three bands every day \u2013 two brass bands and a wind band, all with different personalities and characteristics. Considering how to get the best out of a group is one of my fascinations with conducting, so it has been very rewarding to have three groups with which to build up a rapport. I\u2019m also looking forward to delivering some workshops and seminars to the conducting course which has begun today and will run alongside the camp, being led by Torgny Hanson. It is to the credit of the Swedish band movement that this conducting course is only one of a series of regular meetings for the participants, which offers a great opportunity to develop over a longer period with a greater level of reflection.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always a great pleasure to come to Sweden and this week has been no exception. I\u2019m really looking forward to the last few days and then the final performance!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

31 juli \u2013 6 augusti h\u00f6lls \u00e5rets sommarmusikskola i J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping, och g\u00e4stdirigent var elitbrasset Cory Bands musikaliske ledare, Philip Harper. H\u00e4r ber\u00e4ttar han om sina intryck mitt under p\u00e5g\u00e5ende l\u00e4ger i en intervju som ursprungligen publicerades p\u00e5 den brittiska brassbandssajten 4barsrest.com. This week sees the 45th course for brass and wind take place in J\u00f6nk\u00f6ping, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1379","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nyheter","7":"czr-hentry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smm.nu\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smm.nu\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smm.nu\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smm.nu\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smm.nu\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1379"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.smm.nu\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1386,"href":"https:\/\/www.smm.nu\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions\/1386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smm.nu\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smm.nu\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smm.nu\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}