Music Theory 2 Composition Recital

Our class Composition Recital will take place in Room 326 (the Band Room) on Monday, Nov. 23 at 1:00 PM. So that I can make a program for the recital, please have Program Notes and a Title/Personnel listing to me by 8 AM on Monday. There is an assignment on Sakai.

Program notes: Write a paragraph about your piece. This should be aimed at a GENERAL audience, not necessarily people with musical backgrounds. Imagine your non-musician friends will be in the audience (in fact, go ahead and invite them to be in the audience). Because this is written for a general audience, you shouldn't use technical vocabulary, though you should discuss the music with some level of detail.

Title/personnel listing: Give the proper spelling of your piece, and list all the people who will perform it, along with their instrument or voice type. For example:

Sally O'Malley, clarinet
Joe Schmo, piano

Here are a few examples from previous semesters:

Playful Otters
This duet for Bb clarinet encompasses the playfulness and liveliness of North American River Otters, while the piano mimics the sound of a babbling brook in the distance. The piano and clarinets blend and meld together to create a cute little melody.
–Autumn Mayle

Blooming Apple Blossoms, for Piano
This piece was composed with the inspiration of the Apple Blossom Festival, which is held in Martinsburg, West Virginia. The piece starts slowly and softly to represent the start of the blossoms budding on the trees. As the piece continues the speed picks up slightly till it reaches its peak on a V chord. This peak in the music represents the flowers blooming into beautiful flowers. As the piece comes to a close, the melody descends to represent the last of the flowers blooming so that the entire tree is filled with these gorgeous flowers.
–Anna Gross 

Rainforest & Savanna
These pieces are composed with two very different types of biomes from Africa in mind. The rainforest is very densely populated with plant life due to its extreme rainfall. The savanna has less plant life due to its much dryer climate. Despite their differences, these biomes house some of the most exotic and beautiful plants and animals on earth.

These short pieces utilize double lateral strokes, as well as double vertical strokes. Both of these stroke types are used in four-mallet playing, and require both inside and outside rotation of the wrist, as well as the “knocking” motion. 

*In this performance, I use two different grips for holding two mallets in one hand. The first grip is Stevens Grip, which is considered an independent grip because the fingers hold the mallets in a way that they do not touch in the hand. The other grip I utilize is Cross Grip and as the name states, the mallets cross in the hand. Both grips are acceptable for any type of four-mallet playing, and both have their pros and cons.
–Robert Moore 

 

You will also upload to Sakai your annotated score (annotated to show the concepts that you're using) and a brief analytical paragraph. This analytical paragraph will use technical language.

Zoom Link: In the interest of safety, only class members will be allowed in the room. Other audience members may attend through my Personal Meeting Room in Zoom; feel free to forward this link to friends and family members.

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