Double Reeds
Mission: Possible
Educational Objectives
Take a journey through the history of double reeds, experiencing music from the Renaissance to the present.
Learn how the double reed works, the interesting sound of the instruments, and what makes them unique and fun to play.
Reviews:
The Coastal Reeds performed a concert for the Community Music School in Centerbrook CT this past year. It was an exciting, well received event! Each member of this unique ensemble is a highly accomplished instrumentalist with great fluidity and skill, so it was a joy to hear the double reed instruments played at such a high level. Their program was smartly crafted mixing musical styles and examples from the past though the present and also traced the evolution of the double reeds throughout music history. The educational part of their program featured many captivating visual components and was fun, interactive, and upbeat and related well to our student audience. I highly recommend this talented, versatile ensemble for all school programs and concerts!
Thomas Briggs, Music Director, Community Music School
This program is fun and engaging for students of all ages! Not only do they teach you about the instruments in the double reed family, the Laurel Double Reed Ensemble also engages students through music they can connect to. The Laurel Double Reed Ensemble takes you on a trip through history with their program, starting from the Renaissance era to present, popular music. My students were so impressed by their playing and the music, many wanted to switch to a double reed instrument!
Charlotte D’Aleo
Band Director-Henry James Memorial School
Simsbury, CT
I wanted to thank you for the spectacular performance by The Coastal Reeds yesterday as part of Make Music Southeastern CT. The reviews by staff, students and families have been just wonderful, we so enjoyed having you and would gladly host The Coastal Reeds any time! Thank you for making the day so special, I hope we will have the opportunity to work together in the future.
All the best,
Kersten Elenteny
Director of Development, The Riverfront Children's Center, Inc
Mission: Possible
Educational Objectives
Take a journey through the history of double reeds, experiencing music from the Renaissance to the present.
Learn how the double reed works, the interesting sound of the instruments, and what makes them unique and fun to play.
- School programs
- To introduce students to the double reed instruments
- Students will be able to identify the oboe, oboe d’amore, English horn and bassoon, and know which is the highest and lowest pitched
- Students will learn the difference between single and double reeds
- Vocabulary: Soprano, alto, tenor, bass, vibration, pitch, timbre
- Music is played from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary periods including a Janissary band from Turkey, taking students on a journey through the periods to see how the double reeds evolved
- American history is paralleled with music history, including Native American instruments, Christopher Columbus, Mayflower settlers, George Washington, Industrial Revolution, Civil War, Pop Music.
- Students are asked questions about what may have been happening in America when the double reeds were being developed in Europe.
- Students are invited to play on straws to experience what a double reed feels like. Students are asked to march to a beat during the Janissary band segment and at the end during a rap.
Reviews:
The Coastal Reeds performed a concert for the Community Music School in Centerbrook CT this past year. It was an exciting, well received event! Each member of this unique ensemble is a highly accomplished instrumentalist with great fluidity and skill, so it was a joy to hear the double reed instruments played at such a high level. Their program was smartly crafted mixing musical styles and examples from the past though the present and also traced the evolution of the double reeds throughout music history. The educational part of their program featured many captivating visual components and was fun, interactive, and upbeat and related well to our student audience. I highly recommend this talented, versatile ensemble for all school programs and concerts!
Thomas Briggs, Music Director, Community Music School
This program is fun and engaging for students of all ages! Not only do they teach you about the instruments in the double reed family, the Laurel Double Reed Ensemble also engages students through music they can connect to. The Laurel Double Reed Ensemble takes you on a trip through history with their program, starting from the Renaissance era to present, popular music. My students were so impressed by their playing and the music, many wanted to switch to a double reed instrument!
Charlotte D’Aleo
Band Director-Henry James Memorial School
Simsbury, CT
I wanted to thank you for the spectacular performance by The Coastal Reeds yesterday as part of Make Music Southeastern CT. The reviews by staff, students and families have been just wonderful, we so enjoyed having you and would gladly host The Coastal Reeds any time! Thank you for making the day so special, I hope we will have the opportunity to work together in the future.
All the best,
Kersten Elenteny
Director of Development, The Riverfront Children's Center, Inc