180 Sqn participates greatly in the Air Cadet music program by having a competing band and sending cadets to music summer training courses. Cadets have the opportunity to be introduced and immersed into military-style marching bands, and to perform and compete.
Drum and Bugle Band
180 Sqn is unique in having one of the few "Drum and Bugle" style marching bands, as opposed to the more common "brass and reed" or "pipe and drum" bands. Cadets play three-valved bugles and marching drums to perform drum-corps style routines at competitions, and act as a service band for 180 Sqn during parades.
The band accepts cadets of all musical levels in the early part of the training year, and trains them weekly in preparation for the band competitions. Cadets normally practice on Saturdays and sometimes on extra days as necessary.
The band competes in a Toronto-area competition and, if successful, in a provincial cadet competition.
Instruments:
- Trumpet (Soprano)
- Mellophone
- Baritone
- Contrabass
- Snare Drum
- Bass Drum
- Quint Drums
- Cymbals
- Bells
Summer Courses
- Basic Musician Course (BMC) - 3 Weeks
- Intermediate Musician Course (IMC) - 6 Weeks
- Advanced Musician Course (AMC) - 6 Weeks
Instruments
Brass Information
How to Hold a Soprane (Trumpet)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3MZpeo0CSg&list=RDw3MZpeo0CSg&start_radio=1&t=2
How to Hold a Baritone or Mellophone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbZ0ySSXS8E&t=6s
The Soprano Info
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtyWmr3t5xg - All About the Trumpet: A "Sop-umentary"
Mellophone Info
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm9rhlpGJWM - All About the Mellophone: A "Mello-mentary"
Baritone Info
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL6H_g7voQ8 - All About the Baritone: A "Bari-mentary"
Contra Info
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyjemE1Ajs4&t=3s - All About the Contra: A Contra-mentary
How to Play Instructions
How to Play Brass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9k4yKcdvpE&list=RDCMUCjX5wLhZv55R1ufvuw-dpMg&index=1 - Beginning Lesson On Making A Tone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zb4TFVylEw&list=RDCMUCjX5wLhZv55R1ufvuw-dpMg&index=2 - Notes and Beginning Technique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFiItVORrmw&list=RDCMUCjX5wLhZv55R1ufvuw-dpMg&index=3 - Learning With A Mirror Plus Easy Songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUCVrqxcUvU&list=RDCMUCjX5wLhZv55R1ufvuw-dpMg&index=4 - Tonguing Beginning Lesson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TwZQRDl5TE&list=RDCMUCjX5wLhZv55R1ufvuw-dpMg&index=5 - Warm Up Lesson
Using The BERP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmUusmnU4Gw - Practicing with a BERP !
Percussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T-puHsPN_Y - How To Hold Drumsticks | Matched & Traditional Grip for Snare Drum Ep. 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns3eCYTUOtM - Traditional Grip Tutorial for Snare Drum | How To Hold Drumsticks Ep. 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ix5S05MkRY - Drum Stroke Technique | Rebound & Down Strokes | Drumline Fundamentals Ep. 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Prk7--wV0 - How to Play a Drum Roll | Double Stroke Roll | Swiss Cheese & Beats Ep. 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nHhZrqbfNk - Marching Snare Drum Fundamental Strokes | Swiss Cheese & Beats Ep. 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-1b06z_RSY - 16th Note 3 Note Timing | Swiss Cheese & Beats Ep. 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pY5MD_35rw - 16th Note Grid | How To Play 16th Note Accent Ep. 8
Marching Tenors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv081s8WBvo - Basic Movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A56ankOCMjk - Around Patterns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be-V0JGiuNo - Building Fast Singles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMqSuq8frKg - Crossovers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNeO97AI_xo - Sweeps and Scrapes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccmkh8C0kjw - Cool Stuff You Should Know
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heNjaR8eFVk - Beyond the Basics
Marching Instruction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKIY-t7Nn4g - Box Drills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHJ5hNqSv80&list=RDJKIY-t7Nn4g&index=7 - Brass Marching Block - Box Drills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9w2d_eX6GA&list=RDJKIY-t7Nn4g&index=18 - Stretch & Body warmup for Marching Band
180 Mosquito Squadron Band Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnlu58pna3k - 180 Mosquito Squadron- Annual Review: Band Routine 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFUtHlaJWic - 180 Mosquito Squadron Drum and Bugle Band - 180 Invitational Competition 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0XVpaHr7a8 - 180 Mosquito Drum and Bugle band - 180 Invitational Competition 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vxtmZ7wDuE - 180 Mosquito Squadron Band. 75th Annual Review 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxUGzR-1zMQ - 180 Mosquito Squadron Band Competition 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaSpWtRn1jw - 180 Mosquito Squadron Phase I Competition (2015) - Band Compulsory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTiKI9fkwzc - 180 Mosquito Squadron Phase I Competition (2014) - Band Compulsory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PvXnFWf0QM - 180 Band 2013 - Supplementary Routine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtP8vS6JJdI - 180 Mosquito sqn Freestyle pt. 1 Provincials 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPyfNA29fDk - 180 Mosquito sqn Freestyle pt. 2 Provincials 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpCBPkwkzVE - 180 Band 2011 Supplementary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0rCh90urdU - 180 Band 2011 Compulsory