Post-Haste REed Duo
Project
Dr. Sean FREDENBURG, saxophone
Dr. Javier RODRIGUEZ, bassoon
Fall 2021
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SEMESTER SCHEDULE (Subject to Change)
SEMESTER SCHEDULE (Subject to Change)
Link to Fall 2021 MFAC128 Weekly Schedule - or - visit the Google Calendar!
Week Number: Dates Monday/Wednesday
All assignments are due at the beginning of class.
Acronyms: BB = Blackboard, LCR = Lacroute Composer Readings, PHRD = Post-Haste Reed Duo; Days: Su, M, U, W, H, F, Sa
1: 8.30 / 9.1
M: Introduction to the PHRD project, syllabus (BB), Composer Portfolios
W: Composers Studio technology (Notation software, MIDI, DAWs)
HW #1 is due; directions for all assignments on BB (2021FA-MUSC202-203-40303...)
Listening: Kristin Kuster, Red Pine
H: 9.2: Faculty Recital, Ice Auditorium - 7 p.m.
2: 9.6 / 9.8
M: HW #2:
Check out the orchestration poster for transposing instruments >>
Listening: David Biedenbender, Refractions
In-class Listening: Michael Daugherty, Dead Elvis
W: HW #3
Listening: Valerie Coleman, Umoja for Woodwind Quintet (listening journal)
Listening: Paul Desmond, arr. Alexandre Silvério, Take Five for bassoon quartet
NASM Orientation
3: 9.13 / 9.15
M: PHRD visit #1 "Writing for Saxophones and Bassoon" (Zoom)
Listening: Ruby Fulton, Donut Robot! For Alto Saxophone and Bassoon (listening journal)
Listening: Colin Matthews, Bassoonova
W: Progress check
4: 9.20 / 9.22
M: Guest composer and bassoonist Jamie Leigh Sampson (Zoom)
Listening: Jamie Leigh Sampson, Strife
See Blackboard for the link to the other listening assignments and the document to write your questions for Ms. Sampson.
W: Guest composer, alumnus Alex Zhang (Zoom)
Listening: Sofia Gubaidulina, duo sonata for two bassoons (1977)
5: 9.27 / 9.29
Su 9.26: Portland Taiko, Ice Auditorium - 4 p.m.
M: Guest composer, alumnus Dr. Zach Gulaboff Davis (Zoom)
Listening: see Blackboard
W: NASM presentation
Listening: Takuma Itoh, Snapshots for alto saxophone and bassoon (2017) (listening journal)
Extra Listening: Edward J. Hines, Hommage: Saygun et Bartok en Turquie 1936: Chanson de Hatice Dekoiglu
Extra Listening: Robert McClure, Desert Miniatures: Insects
6: 10.4 / 10:6:
M: No class, fall break 10.4 and 10.5
W: Composition Masterclass with Alumni Composers Alex Zhang and Dr. Zach Gulaboff Davis (MFAC 128)
F: 10.8 Homecoming Choir Concert - 7:30 p.m. REQUIRED
(premiere performances of works by Zhang and Davis) at 7:30 p.m.
7: 10.11 / 10.13
M: first complete draft due (score/parts)
Listening: see Blackboard
W: first draft of bio, program notes (BB)
Listening: see Blackboard
8: 10.18 / 10.20 - BUSY WEEK
M: Meeting with PHRD to discuss first drafts (Zoom)
Bios, Program Notes, Headshots due (BB)
- paste notes and provide link to headshot in the Google doc
- update these items in your portfolio
U: travel to rehearsal of Reinkemeyer, Water Sings Fire, Eugene Symphony
W: No seminar today, to give you time for updates, etc.
(Rose City Brass Quintet will read the orchestration class projects at 2:30;
attend IPS to hear their recital)
H: travel to performance of Reinkemeyer, Water Sings Fire, Eugene Symphony
9: 10.25 / 10.27
M: TBD
Listening: see Blackboard
W:
Listening: see Blackboard
10: 11.1 / 11.3
M:
Listening: see Blackboard
Tuesday: Fall Choir Concert, Ice at 7 p.m.
W:
Listening: see Blackboard
11: 11.8 / 11.10
M: Final drafts of PHRD projects due - bring printed score and parts to edit in class
Listening: see Blackboard
W: Final copies due - email me the following PDFs: score, performers' parts
Listening: see Blackboard
H: CJ Turley Senior Capstone Presentation - Delkin at 7 p.m.
12: 11.15 / 11.17
M: TBA
U: Rachel Barton Pine, Ice at 7 p.m.
W: TBA
11.22-26 Thanksgiving break
13: 11.29 / 12.1 - BUSY WEEK
Lacroute Composer Readings and Chamber Music Masterclass Program residency with Post-Haste Reed Duo
M: REQUIRED EVENTS
1-2:30 p.m.: Rehearsal of Student Composer pieces - Woolley or Ice
2:30-3:30 p.m.: Readings of Orchestration Class Projects - Ice
7pm: Post-Haste Reed Duo Recital Ice
U: REQUIRED EVENTS
4:15-5:15: Instrumental Masterclass during Concert Band Rehearsal (Delkin)
5:30-6:30: Play Your Passion, during the Vocal Performance Seminar (Delkin)
7 p.m. Public presentation of Student Pieces (Delkin)
W: debrief
14: 12.6 / 12.8
M: Semester Reflection / Portfolio Due - no class to make up for last week
W: Portfolio Presentations to Class (Jury preparation)
W: Winter Choir Concert - Ice Auditorium at 7 p.m.
12.13 Finals Week / Juries
Saxophone Listening
Saxophone Listening
From Dr. Fredenberg (saxophone):
As for pieces they should hear-since our instrument hasn't been around as long we don't have four eras of repertoire. For this project I think I want them to maybe listen to chamber music more than our traditional saxophone/piano stuff. I'll just come up with some youtube links and then maybe your students can explore from there.
-One of the first saxophone quartets written specifically for our instruments (SATB) and not arranged was written by Caryl Florio, a pseudonym (real name-William Robjohn). Here is the Kenari Quartet playing both movements: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRkaRpNDe3M and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvtp1mWHthc.
-Another ubiquitous composer and piece in our repertoire is the Quatuor by Alexander Glazunov. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqCfyPT0sV0
A multi-movement neo-romantic work, Glazunov's compositional inspiration. Once your students listen to this performance, there's a score follower version on youtube (not the best performance, but a valuable resource). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DdNtK6vbs0&t=15s
-In between super traditional and contemporary lies Alfred Desenclos' Quatuor. Lots of diminished chords and patterns but a really interesting use of timbre and range of each of the four instruments which your students might find appealing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwK_p2UWpLo
-Two more quartets that are a bit "different" than our traditional repertoire are by Xenakis and Donatoni. If your students are into more contemporary music, I'll include these two pieces (also, they are the subject of my dissertation so I know a bit about them). Donatoni- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5ggF-xzwQ8 Xenakis- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dQkukQ9TMk
-I'll just put a little bit more chamber music here. Obviously your students can listen to both of our albums or anything on our youtube channel to get an idea how the saxophone and bassoon fit together. A couple saxophone things:
Ars by Cristian Lauba for 2 soprano saxophones
Konzerstucke for 2 alto saxophones by Hindemith
Karate by Alex Mincek for 2 tenor saxophones
One mixed chamber piece- Greg Wanamaker's Duo Sonata for alto saxophone and clarinet
Please encourage your students to dive deeper into the libraries of these performers and even composers to try and find any nuggets that they'd like to use in their own writing!
Sorry this was so long, hope it was helpful! -Sean
bassoon listening
bassoon listening
The Links should work on campus, otherwise, see Blackboard!
From Dr. Javier Rodriguez:
"For bassoon, repertoire is broken down into four categories: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary.
Baroque: Vivaldi wrote 37 concerti for bassoon (to this day, the most by any known composer). There are many to choose from, but some of my favorites are RV 504 in Bb Major or RV 495 in g minor.
Classical and Early Romantic: We have our "Big Three" concertos: Mozart/Weber/Hummel, with the Mozart being asked in most orchestral auditions.
Bassoon Concertos - THEOFANIDIS, C. / HUMMEL, J.N. / MOZART, W.A. / KÕRVITS, T. (Kuuskmann) - link
Bassoon Concertos - WEBER, C.M. von / BITSCH, M. / JOLIVET, A. / CRUSELL, B.H. (Plath, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, McFall) - linkLate Romantic - few solo works came out of this era, one of the few being the Elgar Romance and the Saint-Saens Sonata (my favorite piece for bassoon)
Bassoon Recital: Geoghegan, Karen - HUMMEL, J. / WEBER, C. M. / BERWALD, F. / JACOBI, C. / ELGAR, E. / GERSHWIN, G. - link
SAINT-SAËNS, C.: Oboe Sonata / Bassoon Sonata / POULENC, F.: Oboe Sonata / Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano (Goritzki, Thunemann, Requejo) - linkContemporary - Many advancements in composition techniques for bassoon have really helped the bassoon become a much much in-demand solo and chamber voice in the past 50 years. The bassoon works of Sofia Gubaidulina (Duo Sonata/Concerto/Quasi Hoquetus) really changed how people view the modern bassoon.
GUBAIDULINA: Bassoon Concerto / Duo Sonata / Quasi hoquetus - link
Bassoon Recital: Sambeek, Bram van - BODDECKER, P.F. / ROSSINI, G. / SAINT-SAENS, C. / GUBAIDULINA, S. (Bassoon Kaleidoscope) - link
Hope this helps!
JR
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears! - link
Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears! - link
2021-1129-LCR-PHRD.pdf
2021-1130-Lacroute-PHRD-Program-Composer_Readings.pdfComposition Seminar, F'21
Composition Seminar, F'21
Orchestration Course WW readings - Conzetti's class
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