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School year: 2005-2006 | 2004-2005 | 2003-2004

String Orchestra (grades 7/8)

2005-2006 Junior Conservatory String Orchestra
(L-R) Joyce Ahn*, Halle Davis, Stephanie Zapata, Megan MacDougall*, Lizzy Faurot, Carlen May-Mann, Clark Mizera, Alana Voldman*, Elise Resybergen, Aaron Morgan, Natalya Novotny, Mr. Wie, Nathan Brenton*, Tawny Tsang*, Michelle Song, Macie Slick, Gregory Yung, Paya Sarraf, Juan Cortez (people marked * are guest performers from Senior Conservatory; guests not pictured: Suzie Lee and Rose Rodgers).

Syllabus PDF

Textbooks:
Starer, Robert - Rhythmic Training
Green, Elizabeth: Orchestral Bowings and Routines

Parts (OLD):
Corelli, Arcangelo - Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8 - Vln1 | Vln2 | Vla | Vcl | Score
Handel, G.F. - Overture to Aggripina - Vln1 | Vln2 | Vln3 | Vla | Vcl | Score
Tchaikovsky, P.I. - Crysostomos liturgy Op. 41 - Vln1 | Vln2 | Vla | Vcl | Score
Vivaldi, Antonio - Concerto La Stravaganza - Solo | Vln1 | Vln2 | Vla | Vcl | Score

Concert No. 1 - Wednesday, 11 January 2006, 7:30pm, Symphony Hall

Ticheli, Frank - Amazing Grace
Lalo, Eduoard (ed. W.R. Kennedy) - Intermezzo from Symphonie Espagnol
Tchaikovsky, P.I. - Crysostomos liturgy Op. 41
Taylor, Jim - Suite for String Orchestra Op. 84
 

Concert No. 2 - Monday, 15 May 2006, 7:30pm, Symphony Hall


W.A. Mozart - Divertimento in F Major K.138
Chinese Traditional - Pastoral Song and The Joy of Spring
Jason Barraba - World Premiere: Study in Orange (2006)
Bela Bartok - Roumanian Folk Dances


 

String Masterclass (grades 9-12)

Syllabus PDF
 

*** Semester One: Introduction to Chamber Music ***

Ensemble assignments PDF (Sep/Oct)

September 14 - Vivaldi La Stravaganza
September 21 - Corelli Sonatas No. 1 and No. 3
September 28 - Haydn Divertimento AND Mozart Polonaise
October 5 - Vivaldi La Stravaganza
October 12 - Telemann Triosonate AND Vivaldi La Folia
October 19 - Corelli Sonatas No. 1 and No. 3
October 26 - Haydn/Mozart/Telemann

Ensemble assignments PDF (Nov/Dec)

November 2 - Guest Masterclass with Jerzy Kosmala (observe)
November 9 - Mozart Quartet K156 AND Vitali Sonata
November 16 - Mozart Quintet K581
November 30 - Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3
December 7 - Handel Sonatas (ALL)
December 14 - Guest Masterclass with William Fitzpatrick, Bach O.S. No. 3
January 4 - Schubert Quintet
 

Download Parts [PDF]:
Handel Sonata - Violin | Piano
Vitali Sonata - Violin 1 | Violin 2 | Basso | Score
Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 - All Parts File

*** Semester Two: Orchestral Training ***

February 1: Guest Speaker + Part Assignments
Corinne Olsen, Violin Performance Graduate
SUNY Potsdam - Crane School of Music (New York)

February 8: Orchestral Training: Developing Functional Bowings
Anton Webern - Langsamer Satz

February 15: Multi-part Day
11/12 Graders - Room 200 for E. Tanguy Masterclass
9/10 Graders - Room 305 for Scales/Tetrachords (w/ instruments)

IN SYMPHONY HALL ON STAGE, w/ instruments through APRIL

February 22:  Orchestral Training: Mozart "Style"
W.A. Mozart - Divertimento K.138

March 1:  Orchestral Training: Effective Bow Distribution
Leos Janacek - Suite for Strings: Moderato

March 8: Orchestral Training: One Rehearsal to Concert Level
Josef Suk - Meditation on an Old Bohemian Chorale

March 15: Orchestral Training: Bowing for Tone Colors
Franz Schubert/Gustav Mahler - "Death and the Maiden" Mov. 2

March 22: Orchestral Training: New Music is About Rhythm!
Jason Barabba - Study in Orange (2006)

March 29: Orchestral Training: How to Accompany a Soloist
Antonio Vivaldi - Concerto "The Four Seasons" - Winter

April 5: Orchestral Training: TBA

Download: Lab Orchestra Seating [PDF] - updated 1 March 2006

May 3: Suggested Reading

May 10: Summer Festivals and Programs

May 17: Course Feedback and Film

May 24: Sight-reading (non Symphony-tour musicians)

Music Appreciation (grade 8)

Semester One

Syllabus PDF
Lecture 1 PDF
Lecture 2 PDF
Lecture 2 Listening MP3
Quiz No. 1 PDF
Quiz No. 1 Makeup PDF
Lecture 3 (see reading below)
Lecture 3 Listening MP3

Reading:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Franz Joseph Haydn
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Johannes Brahms
Antonin Dvorak

Semester Two

Music Fundamentals

Quizzes:
Quiz No. 1
Quiz No. 2

Reading:
Conducting
Musical Forms
Ludwig van Beethoven

Please note that most of the music basics and fundamentals (including terminology and use were covered in class, and no electronic notes of those exist! If you have missed class, please ask your classmates for their class notes).

Music and Media (grades 11/12)

Semester One

Syllabus PDF

Project One - Digital Audio Editing

• Download: Audacity 1.2.2 Audio Editing Software [PC/Mac/Linux]

• Download: Audio File 1 [MP3] and Audio File 2 [MP3]
  
  Right-click and select "Save Link As" or "Save Target As" (depending on your browser; I recommend you download Firefox)
   

• Audacity Quick Reference (if you need help working with the software; there's a complete manual you can download on their main website above)

Project Two - Sequencing with a Tracker

• Download: Open Modplug Tracker (version 1.17RC2 for Windows)
  This is a direct download link (OpenMPT_1.17RC2_generic.zip)
• Download :Renoise Music Tracker (version 1.51 for Mac OS X)
  
  Click to obtain either program (depending on your system needs) to your computer, uncompress the zip file, and click on the mptrack_generic.exe or Renoise icons to get started.  Good luck!
   
• Download: Sample Pack
  This compressed (ZIP) file contains hundreds of instruments from a synthesizer that you can load into MPT and/or Renoise.

Project Three - "Game" Music

• FINAL ASSIGNMENT REVISIONS DUE 20 JANUARY 2005
• Download: Assignment Handout [PDF]
• Download: New Template Song with Tuned Instruments [.IT]
  This is a .IT file that can be opened in either MPT or Renoise, that has a set of orchestral instruments that have been tuned for your use.
• Download: Example song "Twinkle" [.IT]
  This file will show you how to use some of the instruments!

Make sure that you have the following loaded in your Modplug configuration: Under the View->Setup->Keyboard menu, make sure you select the keymap file marked
 "US_IT2(lpchip).mkb."

• Download: Start No. 1 Strings [.IT]
• Download: Start No. 2 Piano [.IT]
• Download: Start No. 3 Harp+Oboe [.IT]
• Download: Start No. 4 in 6/8 Time [.IT]

Semester Two

ASSIGNMENT NO. 1 PART 1 [PDF]

Article: Music Engraving
Article: FAQ - Mr. Wie, what the heck is this and why are we learning about it?
Article: Lilypond 2.6 Documentation (Installation and Usage) - TUTORIAL

Download: Lilypond 2.6 Music Notation Software
Download: Adobe Acrobat Reader for PDF
Download (optional): jEdit Text Editor with Lilypond Support

Link: Werner Icking Music Archive (free score archive)

ASSIGNMENT NO. 1 PART 2

• Copy of original score
• Printout of code for your new engraving
• Printout of your new engraved output
• Paper, approx. 400-600 words discussing the issues with the original score, improvements that you have made with your new output, and any criticism you have of LilyPond given its new output and improvements you would suggest to the program.
• Due Monday, March 13, 2006, 3:45pm. Submit either hard copy or electronic version before this due date.

ASSIGNMENT NO. 2

Required reading on discussion subject:

Article: Digital Rights Management (DRM) (Wikipedia)
Article: Sony stops production of rootkit CD's (CNET news.com)
Article: The Customer is Always Wrong (Electronic Frontier Foundation)

Substite for World Music (7 March 2006) - Lecture Notes