Week # |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
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| Week 1 | Go over Syllabus First video taping "My first impression" |
Watch Video "My first impression" Talk about posture |
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| Week 2 | "My first impression" cont'd The preparatory gesture (ictus) Regular & Asymetric patterns (w/metronome) Singing & conducting. Talk about Assignment #1 |
More singing and conducting The internal & final releases (caesura, breath, cutoffs) Read Lessons 1 - 4!!!!! Simple Exercise (Textbook P.30 -31) |
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| Week 3 | Bring Video Tape (Assignment #2 - review of performance!) Sight reading/singing Taping of Exercise #1 |
More Video taping (if needed), critic video Talk about the proper baton Tempo marking terms |
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| Week 4 | Continue review of Video (Exercise #1) Read Lessons 5-8 |
TBA
Assignment #2 is due! |
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| Week 5 |
Introducing: "the left hand!" (have baton by now!) |
More left-hand exercises Things to avoid |
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| Week 6 | Subdivision of Meters (Read lesson 20) Compound Meters (Read lesson 24) Asymmetric Meters (Read lesson 25) |
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| Week 7 | Fermatas (Internal release vs. Caesura) The different clefs!!! (lesson 20) |
Introducing Transpositions (bring your thinking cap!) (Read Lessons 22, 24) | |
| Week 8 |
Simple-Mixed Patterns Exercise
#1
Video Taping Midterm!!!!!!!!! |
Written Midterm (Everything that we have
covered thus far! Bring staff paper)
Assignment #1 is due! |
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Spring Break!
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Spring Break!
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| Week 9 | Using the left hand in class (Read lessons 16, 17) Sustaining Left Hand - The Circle (Pg. 131) Transpositions (Review drills) |
Watch "Art of Conducting P.1" Video | |
| Week 10 | Discussion of Video ("Art of Conducting") | Practical Training (Bring Video Tapes & Instruments) | |
| Week 11 | Glossary of terms Repeat markings (Pg. 148 -149) |
Practical Training (Bring Video Tapes & Instruments) | |
| Week 12 | Rehearsal Techniques Things to avoid. (Bring Assignment #2) |
Practical Training (Bring Video Tapes & Instruments) | |
| Week 13 | Glossary of terms Final review of Transposition |
Practical Training (Bring Video Tapes & Instruments) | |
| Week 14 | Open Class for Discussion..(Read Lessons 28, 29) | Open class for Discussion.... | |
| Week 15 | Wrap-up!!!! | Assignment
#3 is due!!! Video Taping Final (Exercise #2) |
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This is an approximate timeline - Subject to change!!!
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