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We're going to Symphony Hall!
Please fill out this form to confirm your availability next Saturday April 11. |
Vote for our 3rd Piece!
The piece that we DON'T choose for this concert will likely be performed at MICCA in the spring. |
Seating Auditions are Wednesday 9/17
All groups will perform on Wednesday 9/17. You will receive an individual grade, though part of your score involves balance and communication with the group. The complete score and full parts are attached below. The excerpt is from mm 85-127 In the video the excerpt is from ~2:20-3:25 |
| Attachments:
bauman.parts-08272014142704.pdf
bauman.score-08272014142547.pdf
Small group performances
Greetings all, You should have received an email from me this afternoon with the performance schedule and some performance tips but I'm afraid it didn't send. Friday performances: groups 2, 3, 8 And the Rhythm Bee Preliminaries Monday performances: 1,3,4,5,6,6,7, 9 And Rhythm Bee Finals (last day of orchestra, 85 min review block) |
Tempo Check!
Here is the link to our recording from class on Friday. It's one long track. Everyone is required to listen to the recordings. The tempo survey is optional (but helpful).Friday, March 21 Run Through You can also click at the bottom of the survey to check on the other responses. My thoughts are below the survey. MOZART: Intonation is coming along. Most of the enduring problems occur in the melody part, higher in range. Inner voices are balanced (and in tune) with each other but are still overpowered by Violin I and Cello. The melody still lacks shape, we'll work that in class tomorrow.The tempo starts out appropriate but slows every time we approach a section with half note ties (like mm. 8-12ish). It then continues to slow until we have a slight rit. (mm. 30, 97). Then it pops back up to the original tempo. It's a neat effect, but it's not at all intentional. The coda has improved an enormous amount, but the penultimate chord is still out of tune in the violins. Choreography II: We begin the movement at 1/8=80 then begin to speed up after about 3 bars. Usually this happens when sections have 8th notes at the end of a measure. We crescendo through the notes (lovely phrasing, intentional) but also rush to the downbeat (unintentional, inadvertently releasing the tension that our lovely crescendo created). By the end of the movement we're at 1/8=95 Fortunately, we stay together very, very well. It is clear that you are all listening to each other and that you are aware of what other sections are doing. The end of the movement needs to be softer. Despite the drastic tempo shift, this movement is very musical. |
Practice group recording assignment #1
Next week your groups will be asked to record the following excerpts IN CLASS: Creston: mm. 15-downbeat of 37 Mozart: pickup to mm. 56 (or rehearsal 7) through downbeat of mm. 98 (measure before reheearsal 13) Choreography II: mm. 23-31 Please continue to work on all of your music in during your group rehearsals not just the tiny fraction I ask you to record. |
MICCA Seats!
Here is your seating for MICCA. For clarity, when I refer to 1st violin or 2nd violin, it will be your CRESTON parts, not Choreography.  |
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