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Assignments & Repertoire
(Click here to go down to Repertoire)
Assignments:
- Initial
beginner handouts and assignments
from the two large group,
after-school lessons at Akron. (Remaining links for the items
below will be added as the documents become available.)
- General
- Violin/Viola
- Cello
- Assignments: Lesson 1, Lesson 2
- Instrument hold, bow hold & correct
bowing, left hand position
- Memory
songs (2nd lesson)
- Finger
drills (2nd lesson)
- Reports
for "The Carnival of Venice" (from Building Technic with Beautiful
Music Vol. II, song #1) - Write a report on "Venice"
and a report on "Paganini," being sure to observe all of the
following:
- Good grammar and correct spelling must be used.
- Reports must be in your own words.
- Each should be at least 1/2 page if typed, or a whole page if
hand written.
- In addition to the links provided here, you must find and use
at least two other resources for each report, and
must list the other resources at the end of your report (this is
called a "Bibliography," and is always a part of quality
research).
- Click here for suggested reference
links. If you find a good site not included here, please
send the address to Mr. Reed!
- Double check your work, and have fun!
Repertoire:
- Orchestra
Literature - these are songs which the orchestra has done (as
arrangements)
- December 2009 concert selections:
- 5th Grade Orchestra
- Clog Dance
- Let It Snow
- Ruolph/Holly Jolly
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- Several students will also be playing in Angels We Have Heard on High, Coventry Carol, and/or Deck the Hall.
- Previous concerts have included:
- Brandenburg Concerto #5 - Bach/Merle Isaac
- Can Can - Offenbach/Richard
Meyer
- Celebration
(La Rejoussance, from Royal Fireworks Suite)
- Handel/Merle
Isaac
- Country Wedding (from the "Moldau") - Smetana/Sandra
Dackow
- Dance of the Toy
Flutes (from the
Nutcracker) - Tchaikovsky/Richard
Meyer
- Deep Sea Fandango - Deborah Baker Monday
- Kaiser ("Emperor") Waltz - Johann
Strauss/Mitchell Bender
- Finale (from Symphony #5, last movement) - Beethoven/Richard
Meyer
- Finale
from Symphony No. 2 in C "Little Russian" - Tchaikovsky/Sandra Dackow
- Flop-Eared Mule -
Traditional American/Andrew Dabczynski
- Hunter's Chorus - von
Weber/Sandra Dackow
- Irish Tune from County Derry - Traditional/Anthony Maiello
- Merry Go Rondo -
Gerald Anderson
- Minka - arr. Grant
Hill
- Ragtime Fiddles -
Bruce Chase
- Russian Sailor's Dance - Gliere/Michael
Allen
- Sarabande - Handel/Merle
Isaac
- Serenade
and Dance - Mozart/John
O'Reilly
- Spring (from the
"Four
Seasons") - Vivaldi/Richard
Meyer
- Symphony #3 (Fourth
Movement) - Beethoven/Dabczynski
- Symphony #8 (Third Movement)
- Johann
Stamitz/Phillips
- Telemann Sinfonia - Telemann/Robert
B. Brown
- Deep Sea Fandango -
Deborah Baker Monday
- Additional
Materials:
- Supplemental Materials
- Music for church: Sacred Settings
(by Robert Frost/ published by Kjos) is an excellent collection
of 24 hymns for students who have started lesson Book Two. Each
hymn can be played as a solo, duet, or trio with like instruments,
or with other string instruments if the book(s) for the other instrument(s)
are purchased. Price is approximately $5.00 (order from your music
dealer using the above information), and a piano accompaniment book
is also available.
- Christmas Music
- For beginners:
- Non-beginners:
- Recommended
Listening:
- Suggested Home Library
- One of the best ways students grow musically is by hearing
good music. You are encouraged to have several of the recordings
listed on this handout in your home for your child to listen to
(and for your own enjoyment as well!). Be sure to periodically
add a new recording or two! For
further listening resources, click here.
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