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Fall 2020 Project: Cello ensembles
Fall 2020 Project: Cello ensembles
CELLO ENSEMBLE PIECES
CELLO ENSEMBLE PIECES
This semester, we will have the opportunity to collaborate with the cello studio on new pieces for cello ensemble!
DEADLINE: October 1, 2020 - Performance: TBA
DEADLINE: October 1, 2020 - Performance: TBA
PARAMETERS:
PARAMETERS:
Compose a new piece for cello ensemble between 3 and 7 minutes in duration
You are encouraged to use the full cello ensemble (5), though duos through quartets are permitted in consultation with Dr. Reinkemeyer. Here are the performers:
(She will be the coach, but is unable to perform) - Professor Diane Chaplin, professional
1 Advanced Student
3 Intermediate Students (avoid notes over C5 - C above middle C)
Score and Parts
Score and Parts
Your fully notated score and parts should include:
Pitch and rhythm
Meter
Mood indication and tempo marks
Dynamics
Articulations
Technique indications, as needed
Bowings
Your score and parts should be:
legible
fully notated and input into notation software (available in the Composers Studio)
Lucktenberg-bow_strokes.pdfhandout-strings.pdfTextbook
Textbook
8/28:
8/28:
Semester Goals:
Semester Goals:
Link - and follow the directions
Instrument Studies:
Instrument Studies:
Cello - See instructions on Blackboard
Reading:
Reading:
Samuel Adler. Excerpts from Ch. 2 and 3 from The Study of Orchestration
Listening:
Listening:
Choose one video from the Portland Cello Project and complete a Listening Journal; place link to your file in the semester goals
Cello Quiz >>
Cello Quiz >>
9/4:
9/4:
To complete before seminar on Friday!
To complete before seminar on Friday!
Semester Goals:
Semester Goals:
Update daily as you practice composing
Read:
Read:
Belkin. Appendix A: Sketching
Belkin. Chapter 1: Motive (with audio)
Composition Exercise:
Composition Exercise:
Belkin. Ch. 1, Ex. 3 (p. 11 in my copy) - 4 contrasting motives for your Cello Ensemble Piece
Listening:
Listening:
Bach_JS-Cello_Suite-1-IMSLP480707-PMLP164349-bachNBAVI,2suiteI(G-Dur)BWV1007textII.pdf9/11:
9/11:
Semester Goals:
Semester Goals:
Update daily as you "practice" composing
Reading:
Reading:
Belkin. Chapter 2: Phrase (with audio)
Composition Exercise:
Composition Exercise:
Belkin. Ch. 2, Ex. 3 (p. 26 in my copy) - for your Cello Ensemble piece
Listening:
Listening:
Hector Villa-Lobox, Bachianas Brasileiras >>
Paste Links to your LJ files in your Semester Goals file
9/18:
9/18:
Semester Goals:
Semester Goals:
Update daily as you "practice" composing
Reading:
Reading:
Belkin. Chapter 4: Playing (with audio)
Composition:
Composition:
Continue working on your Cello Ensemble piece
Be prepared to share your in-progress work (remember, they are due October 1!)
Listening:
Listening:
Clarice Assad, Lemuria - IV. Sacred MU and V. Lemurians in America >>
Your Choice from all the Suggested Listenings
Paste Links to your LJ files in your Semester Goals file
9/25:
9/25:
Semester Goals:
Semester Goals:
Update daily as you "practice" composing
Reading:
Reading:
Belkin. Appendix B: Presenting Your Piece to the World
Refer to MOLA Guidelines >>
Belkin. Chapter 5: Punctuating (with audio)
Composition Exercise:
Composition Exercise:
Belkin. Ch. 5, Ex. 3 - talk about how you can apply these ideas to your piece
Bring first draft of your Score and Parts to Seminar so we can proofread them (bring pencils or pens to mark on the scores)
Listening:
Listening:
I. Ludus: con moto(you will need to listen to a recording for the second movement)
Violin works that demonstrate varied string colors
Violin works that demonstrate varied string colors
Beyond:
Beyond:
I will update the second half of the semester soon. (I am needing to completely replan the entire semester after COVID prevented the Lacroute Composer Readings and Chamber Music Masterclass Program from moving forward)
10/9:
10/9:
Dr. Robert McClure will be our guest during seminar today; please come on time
Listen to four assigned pieces (see 10/2 email from Dr. R):
Warning Colors for Orchestra
struggling in excess for oboe and fixed media
a veil for piano
Flora for alto and tenor saxophones
By Thursday at 9 a.m., submit at least five questions to the Google doc (see 10/2 email for link) based on your listening, score study, and general composer questions (number them 1-5)
Be prepared to ask your questions during our Zoom session; I will say, "Ok <<Your Name>> please ask question #3" and you will have it front of you ready to ask immediately. Please make every effort to arrive no later than 1:15 next week.
Update your semester goals and Composer Portfolio! You have each elected to complete the following projects in the remaining seven weeks of the semester:
Hannah - senior project
Rain - solo piano
Avery - solo flute
Thomas - SATB setting of the Lord's Prayer
Cheyenne - TBA
10/16:
10/16:
Attend the Unity concert at 1:30 in lieu of Composition Seminar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQe3f7Xd6x4
10/20 - Cello Ensemble Readings in Ice Auditorium, 4:30-5:45 p.m.
10/20 - Cello Ensemble Readings in Ice Auditorium, 4:30-5:45 p.m.
Your Cello Ensemble pieces will be workshopped during the Instrumental Performance Seminar (IPS)
Attendance is required
Check your email for the Zoom link
Plan to come a little early to help set up.
You will each have 15 minutes for the reading. Professor Chaplin will determine the order of pieces.
Bring several copies of your scores to share and one for yourself so you can follow along.
(It's never a bad idea to have a backup copy of your parts, but I think I already have most of them printed and in the manila envelope outside my office)
Bring a pencil to mark the score when you notice something you'd like to hear again.
Do not interrupt the readings while the students are performing.
Do keep in mind that they have had minimal rehearsal on these pieces, so try to remain positive (it won't be perfect!).
Do keep in mind that the performers have been playing their instruments longer than you have been composing, so remain open to suggestions from them. They are a wonderful resource for clarity of notation and what is idiomatic for their instruments.
When asked for comments always start by thanking the performers and Professor Chaplin, something like:
"First, a big thank you for reading through this. I especially liked ... I noticed at m. x, however, that (the following mistake occurred). Could we please run that again by focusing on (suggestion of what to improve). Thank you!"
Or, "I noticed (the following error) happened several times; I'm wondering if there is a clearer way for me to convey my idea to you as performers?"
I plan to record the readings and will post a link to the audio sometime after our session.
10/23:
10/23:
If I didn't give you listening in your lesson this week, then I suggest registering for a free account with the Cabrillo Festival. Consider checking out Kristin Kuster's, When there are Nine (a piece about Ruth Bader Ginsberg) and Stacy Garrop's, Battle for the Ballot (a piece commemorating the hundredth passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution).
BE PREPARED to share you work in progress for your second semester project.
UPDATE: Professor Chaplin and I are working to secure a date to live-stream performances of your cello ensemble works before you all leave for the semester. Once the date is nailed down, you will be able to share the link with your families so they can tune in. For this week, please do not share the Zoom link as these are readings.
10/29 at 5 p.m.
10/29 at 5 p.m.
American Opera Project - register
A series of new songs connecting the women of World War I and the women who fought for suffrage, presented and discussed by the creators.
About this Event
About this Event
Working Women: Songs of Suffering and Suffrage is an online concert tour that features three “Songs of Suffrage” presented alongside excerpts from the chamber opera Letters That You Will Not Get: Women's Voices from the Great War, connecting the women of World War I, the women who fought for suffrage, and the women of today through the power of song, using archival footage alongside documentary-style music videos by filmmaker Lesley Steele.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 29 - 5:00 PM, PDT / 8:00 PM, EDT
LOCATION: Online (private link sent on purchase) or get your free ticket to the In-person watch party at Linfield University's Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall. (Linfield University Community Only, no outside guests permitted.)
Guest Speakers: the creative team of Letters That You Will Not Get – composer Kirsten Volness, librettist and director Kate Holland, librettist Susan Werbe
Host: Mila Henry, music director for the project and Artistic Director of AOP
Presented by The American Opera Project and Linfield University
Running time: One hour
Working Women: Songs of Suffering and Suffrage is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. The development of Letters That You Will Not Get: Women's Voices from the Great War received funding from OPERA America’s Opera Grants for Female Composers program, supported by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, as well as general funding from The Howard Gilman Foundation. Composers & the Voice is supported by a multi-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
10/30:
10/30:
Composer Bio and Program Notes are Due today
Composer Bio and Program Notes are Due today
Be prepared to share your composer bio and program notes for both your individual project and your cello ensemble piece. They don't have to be long.
Reminder:
Reminder:
Make sure to include links to all of your listening journal entries in both your semester goals chart and on the hidden CELLO ENSEMBLE page of your COMPOSITION PORTFOLIO page. Please go back and look at the requirements for the Semester Narrative Reflection to be included in your jury materials.
11/6:
11/6:
We may have a guest, stay tuned!
Catch up on your Listening Journals - many are late - and input the links into your Composition Portfolio for this semester.
Present work in progress on your secondary semester project and write a draft of your program notes.
Final draft of cello ensemble program notes and edits to the score/parts are due; the score and program notes should be uploaded to your Composition Portfolio for Fall 2020.
11/13:
11/13:
I'm seeing about a guest, stay tuned!
The first draft of your semester reflection and program notes for your second project are due today. (provide a link to a google doc or paste text directly into the Composition Portfolio for Fall 2020.
Refer to the email from Shelly sent on 10/27 to learn how to sign up for juries. This must be completed by 11/18. You will present your jury materials to the studio during class on 11/20.
Present work in progress on your secondary project.
11/20: Present jury materials to studio
11/20: Present jury materials to studio
Final Meeting - Prepare to present your jury materials in class
11/27: No Seminar (Thanksgiving Holiday)
12/4: No Seminar (Reading Day)
12/11 3-4 p.m. Please login to hear Hannah's Senior Capstone Presentation
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