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Yamaha Class Bands play together! Video Project 2.0

Dear reader, It is very important to keep all Class Band students and teachers together. Therefor we
organize the video project 2.0.
In these months of COVID-19 we are aware formation about this. We asked all teachers/students in all European countries to participate and send a movie.
of the difficulties in most European coun- The last weeks we had several meetings with I will merge this to one video and publish this on social media / internet.
tries. There are schools where Class Band teachers through ZOOM and also we could This time the pieces will not be that easy as last time. The students (and teachers!) have
is not allowed at the moment and there are see some lessons from distance! Of course to practise! And in this way they will be making music again - together in a distance. Also
schools were everything is just as normal - it is an alternative to see the class band onli- senior Class Bands are asked to join again.
with or even without special restrictions like ne but we really hope that we can join in real The music will be the piece arranged for the European YCB Festival in 2019: a mix of the
distance and cleaning. One Europe but so in the future soon! European Anthems Te Deum (Charpentier) and final part of Symphony 9th (Beethoven).
many differences within!
It is a difficult time also for planning - when
are we able to organize concerts again? #Stay Safe and #Stay Healthy!
When can we do exchanges again?
We had to postpone the Teachers Congress Kind regards,
from Februari 2021 to November 2021. And
now with the last developments we never Vincent de Leur
know if that will be possible - but let’s hope Head Yamaha Class Band Europe
so!
And in spring 2023 hopefully the next Eu-
ropean Yamaha Class Band Festival in Riva
del Garda! It looks far away but as time flies
we have to start organisation in time! I star-
ted already with a new piece of music to be
played there by all participating classes.
This piece will also be played hopefully by
all participating teachers at the Teachers
Congress in November 2021.

Most important is to stay safe and healthy
and be careful. It is for many students a hard
time in which they are not able to play to-
gether as they used to. Some teachers told
us that they are afraid of loosing students
during these months. To keep them with us There are class bands in Europe doing this
we decided to launch the YCB video project kind of projects by themselves. But this is a
2.0! In this magazine you will find more in minority. It is a good tool to involve the stu-
dents in a positive way. They feel responsa-
ble for their own playing and being a part
of something with the group - although with
distance.
How to make projects like this?
You’ll need: * computer with good memory
(at least 8GB RAM and a dedicated video
card. Software like Movavie or Adobe Pre-
miere. If you want to know more, just send
your request by email to classband@yama-
ha-europe.com