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1 Composition Lesson Expectations Performa
Composition Lesson Expectations Performance: The students will play on an instrument, conduct, or sing gestures, motives, lines, textures or phrases from their weekly work. In addition, MIDI performances or recordings are useful to get an idea of the music composed as a whole. "!Talk about the music: The students will talk about the structure, the content, and the technical and expressive aspects of their music in an articulate manner. "!Repertoire: In agreement with their instructor, the students will establish a reference repertoire that will serve as a model for certain aspects of their composition. The students should be well acquainted with this repertoire both aurally and analytically. !Minimum requirements for Freshman and Sophomores: By the end o
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f the 4th semester, the student must have mastered the following forms and have a portfolio of the following examples: $%!A short cycle of miniatures for piano, exploring simple forms (binary, ternary, dance forms, aria da capo, ritornello forms, etc). &%!Excerpts or exercises of 2 or 3 Each student must complete at least one work for orchestra or wind orchestra at some point during their degree. (%!The graduate recital must include a minimum of 60 minutes of music a Sight-read a Bach chorale and pieces from Books 1 & 2 of Bartok's Mikrokosmos. Prior to the scheduled Junior, Senior, and Master Recital, students are required to schedule a hearing of their recital repertoire with the composition faculty. The date of this hearing will be scheduled based on eve
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ryoneÕs availability 1 month prior to the recital. At the hearing, 75% of the music should be ready to share with the faculty, upon which the student will receive feedback. pportunities for Composition Students:There will be reading/recording sessions of selected students compositions by the Wind Orchestra, the Orchestra and a professional chamber ensembles. In order to participate in these readings, students must:Sign up for the readings at the beginning of the semesterSubmit a composition proposal to their instructor, following the Orchestra and Wind Symphonyreading guidelinesRegularly show work progress to their instructor and make the necessary revisionsHave their compositions scores and parts ready 3 weeks before the readings, following theOrchestra a
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nd Wind Symphony reading guidelinesThe concerts will consist of classics of the 20th and 21stcentury, recent compositions by international composers, works by visiting composers and student compositions. Students will be required to submit works after approval by their teacher at least 6 weeks prior to any Nextet concert.All concerts will be at Doc Rando Recital Hall at 7:30 PMTentative schedule of work(applicable to all levels) Week 1 Layout plan of work for the semester: number of pieces to be composed, instrumentation, duration, performance possibilities. Determine reference repertoire. Week 2 and 3 Analyze the compositional aspects of the reference repertoire corresponding to the level in the composition program and to the semester work. Sketch style ex
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ercises as well as ideas to be used d developed during the composition period Week 4 and 5 Define formal, harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, and general technical, expressive, and aesthetic aspects of the pieces to be composed. Sketch all of theseaspects in manuscript paper and submit to discussion with your instructor. Week 6 to 12 Compose the pieces planned in the previous weeks. Submit sketches and drafts for weekly discussion with your instructor. Be prepared to play, conduct, sing, or perform in an expressive and rhythmically accurate manner your sketches in front of your instructor. Weeks 8 to 12 During any of the weekly composition seminars, present a report on the work in progress to all students in the composition studio. Week 13 to 14 Transcribe drafts
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into a professional notation software (Finale, Sibelius, MuseScore) and complete composition of the pieces. Discuss notation decisions, tempos, dynamics, articulations, and balance with your instructor and performance students and faculty. Report on this work to your instructor. Week 15 to 16 Revise final notation of the project, elaborate parts for individual performers. Have ready score and parts for final juries and for performance during the following semester. F,"+&08%.%(G2#$%*!Q5&),-$%&)12)H!H*#1'60&+& http://www.unlv.edu/asc)1-)#$00)702-895-3177:)Q5&)"BS)47(0%(*,)(/)01#$+&%)$#-1//)2-1')+5&)B+7%&*+)B&-3(#&/)S1'60&A)IBBSO:)"#$%&'(#)/7##&//)#1$#5(*,)(/)01#$+&%)1*)+5&)/*%)2011-)12)+5&)BBS)I"BS)S1$#5(*,)B61+O:)J-16 :)U&4&0'$(0)(/)=�?@G/)122(#($