Spring semester - January 31st, 2010

Rehearsal/Homework - Sinfonietta

Notereading class 3-3.30pm:
-This is a "come when you want to" class & you do not have to attend weekly.
-We had Rita, Jack, Amelia & Carlos in attendance.

Air & Caprice:
-2nd violin & viola-work on the notes of m 4.
-1st violin-please look out for the C naturals (low 2 on A).
-everyone must practice clapping & counting m 55-59.

Suite for Strings:
-we began the Aria.
-It consists of 2 important ideas: a quarter note idea that switches back & forth between upper & lower strings; a dotted quarter note rhythmic idea.
-1st violin-watch the C natural (low 2 on A).
-everyone should take this to their teacher for help on the slurs.
-hwk: from beginning to B.

Fancy Fiddles:
-everyone must work on m 21-28, especially the rhythm.

Music History:
-please find out about the composer Beethoven. I would like you to look up when & where he was born & died.

Rehearsal/Homework - Sinfonia

6 REHEARSALS LEFT BEFORE THE CONCERT!

Everyone must focus on the highlighted sections of their music. These are the parts that we KNOW are problems.

Ave Verum:
-please focus your practice on C to the end.

Lovers' Waltz:
-we managed to get through a substantial amount of this piece today, which tells me that you are practicing this. Thank you.
-the rhythm is giving us the biggest problem in this piece so it would be smart to clap & count every day.
-1st violin have the bulk of the melodies in this piece & that is what everyone is listening to. You have a big responsibility to really work on your parts. Please work on the rhythm/bowing in m 10 & m 14. I will quiz you again next week on m 41-46.

Skywalker Scenes:
-I am very impressed at how fast you are able to play this already!
-1st violin-please fix the bowings of m 33-64.
-viola-please review the C# (high 3).
-everyone must practice m 33-64 with the metronome.

Music theory:
-it seems that most people have learnt the order of flats... WELL DONE! Be prepared for a quiz on the order of sharps/flats at any time...
-the rhythm sheet #43 was decently prepared. Please continue to work on this as it will help you with the rhythms in Lovers' Waltz.

Please keep up the hard work. I am impressed with the effort that you are putting into this music.
Have a great week,
Louise :)