Art Songs

This semester, we will have the opportunity to compose new songs for soprano and piano!

FIRST DRAFT DEADLINE: FEB. 22

FINAL DRAFT DEADLINE: MARCH 8

PERFORMANCE: April 2, 2021, 7-8 p.m.

Lacroute Composer Readings and Chamber Music Masterclass Program Recital

Friday, April 2, 2021, 7 – 8pm

Event will be hosted online

Featuring Arwen Meyer, soprano, and Susan McDaniel, piano.

Note about attendance:

Current Linfield University students, faculty and staff may attend in person in Delkin Recital Hall, Vivian Bull Music Center.

Community members may view the concert virtually, platform TBA.

PARAMETERS:

• Compose a new piece for soprano and piano between {{3 and 7 minutes in duration}}

• You must choose an existing poem or poems in the public domain (you may not write your own text)

PERFORMERS:

• • Arwen Myers, soprano

    • • Info about Arwen's voice

  • Susan McDaniel, piano

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

    • Pedal Markings

    • Lyrics with dictionary-approved syllables

• Your score and parts should be:

  • • legible

    • fully notated and input into notation software (available in the Composers Studio)

Subject to change, but keep these dates in mind to fulfill the six-concert requirement for lessons!

• Fear No Music Residency:
  Composers should attend all of these events (bold = counts for concert credit)

  • 2/1 at 4:30 - Masterclass during IPS

  • 2/1 at 7:30 - James Shields Clarinet and Bass Clarinet Recital, Virtual

  • 3/1 at 7:30 - Amelia Lukas Flute Recital, Virtual

  • 3/18 at 4:30 - Virtual Masterclass with Monica Ohuchi, piano; Kenji Bunch, viola and composer

  • 3/18 at 7:30 - Kenji Bunch, Viola/Composer & Monica Ohuchi, Piano Recital, Virtual

  • 4/5 at 7:30 - Jeff Payne Piano Recital, Virtual
    

• TBA: Composer Readings
  Including two recitals and joint VIPS with guests
  (3/29-4/2)
  

• 4/7 at 4 p.m: Chamber Recital - update

• 4/9-10: Dance Showcase

• 4/15 at 7 pm: Opera and Musical Theater Workshop

• 4/16 at 7 pm: CJ Turley Senior Project with the Linfield Concert Choir

• 4/20 at 7 pm: Spring Band Concert (tentative)

• 4/22 at 5 pm: Pedro Graterol, viola

• 4/26: Student Symposium Honors Recital

Campus Days Off: 2/9, 3/10, 4/8

Last Day of Classes: 4/22

SCHEDULE:

• Arwen Myers, soprano: "Meet and Greet" during Composition seminar the week of JANUARY 25 (REQUIRED)

• FIRST DRAFT DEADLINE: FEB. 22 (REQUIRED)

• FIRST DRAFT READING: MARCH 1 (REQUIRED)

• Arwen Myers, soprano & Susan McDaniel, piano: "Revisions" session during composition seminar, the week of March 1 with final drafts due the following week

• FINAL DRAFT DEADLINE: MARCH 8 (REQUIRED)

• Tuesday, MARCH 30, 4:30 - vocal performance master class (REQUIRED)

• Tuesday, MARCH 30 at 5:30 - talk during the instrumental performance seminar (REQUIRED)

• PERFORMANCE-READING: APRIL 2, 2021, 7-8 p.m. (REQUIRED)

What is an art song?

Read: Marit MacArthur and Lee Miller. After Scansion: Prosody, Deforming, and Listening to Poetic Prosody >>
Listen to the "After Scansion" podcast >>

Semester Goals Chart: fill in your semester goals

Composition Assignment:

• Listening with score/recording to Copland's Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson

• Choosing texts

Listening (upload link to your semester goals chart)

Composition Assignment:

• Listening with score/recording to Vaughan Williams' Songs of Travel and Amy Beach, I Shall be Brave, and "Hermit Thrush"

• Annotate, analyze, begin memorization of your text

• Begin setting first verse, stanza etc. with piano accompaniment in notated score form (can be rough sketches)

Composition Assignment:

• Listening with score/recording to Britten's Winter Words

• Annotate, analyze, complete memorization of your text

• Complete setting first verse, stanza etc. with piano accompaniment in NOTATED SCORE form (can be rough sketches)