Spring semester - February 28th, 2010

Here is the info regarding our upcoming Sinfonia performance:

Sunday 21st March, 2010
Scottish Rite Temple, Charles St. Baltimore
Concert 4pm
Call time for Sinfonia members has not been decided but you can assume that it will be at least a couple of hours before the concert so that we can rehearse & do a run through on stage.
Sinfonietta members are expected to attend this concert, although they are NOT performing. There will be no rehearsal for Sinfonietta on March 21st.

Everyone needs to commit to working on anything in their music that is highlighted or circled.

Rehearsal/Homework - Sinfonietta

Notereading class 3.10-3.30pm:
-Jack, Amelia & Rita are making significant progress. I am very pleased with their willingness to do extra work to improve their musical skills.

Air & Caprice:
-upper strings need to continue to work on m30-40 for rhythm & notes.
-everyone must take m74-77 to their teacher & practice with the metronome & clap & count.

Suite for Strings-Aria
-cellos need to take D to their teachers.
-vlns must work with their tuners on D.

Fancy Fiddles:
-work @ the dynamics m65-end.
-practice this with your metronome with 1/4 note=80

Technique:
-please learn/review the difference between ties & slurs. Take your exercise sheet to your teacher who can check that you are doing them correctly.

Music History:
-listen to a new piece by Mozart & come to the next rehearsal able to talk about it.

Music Theory:
-I would like you to memorize the meanings of the A words on your musical terms sheet.

Rehearsal/Homework - Sinfonia

2 REHEARSALS LEFT BEFORE THE CONCERT!

I am disappointed that nobody had attempted the research on Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus. This will take a few minutes of your time & you should always know the background of every piece that you learn, in your lessons & in orchestra. Please make sure that you take care of this before our next rehearsal.

Ave Verum:
-vln 1 must work on m17-21, section E & prepare m45-46 for a test next week.
-vln 2 must study section E with a tuner & take this to your teacher.
-everyone must focus on pitch by using a tuner.

Skywalker Scenes:
-I was very excited to have our percussionists join us in our rehearsal. The piece is extra exciting with the new sounds added.
-the whole piece needs work with the metronome.

Music history:
-please read the biography of Mozart that was handed out. Highlight 5 items & memorize them.
-research the piece by Mozart that we are playing-Ave Verum Corpus. Find out when it was written & why it was composed.

Music theory:
-please clap & count the rhythms containing sixteenth notes #67-70.
-on your sheet of musical terms please review the meanings of the words A-F.

Have a great week,
Louise :)