In this episode, Josh responds to a listener request to talk about his process to preparing his concert bands for sight reading at Large Group Performance Evaluation.  Josh gives you his month by month preparation plan and breaks down the timing and reasoning behind each step in the process.

5 tools we use for sightreading:
1.  Rhythm sheets

• Fussell Rhythms
• UIL Level Rhythm sheets

2.  Method Book

• Foundations for a Superior Performance (Freshmen Band)
• Habits for a Successful Musician (Middle Band)
• Tone and Technique (Mastery Band)

3.  Sight Reading Factor generated excerpts

4.  Concert works from the State List

5. UIL Sight Reading Charts

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