“Musical comedies aren't written, they are rewritten.”
AUTHOR: Stephen Sondheim
“No art is created perfectly the first time.”
COMPOSER
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Christmas Eve Suite (1895)
Although made into a suite, "Christmas Eve" ("Noch' pered Rozhdestvom), was originally an opera Rimsky-Korsakov composed in 4 acts with a libretto written by himself in 1894-1895 and based on a short story of the same title, "Christmas Eve," by Nikolay Gogol's "Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka." The same story also formed the basis of Tchaikovsky's operas "Vakula the Smith" and "Cherevichki."
I. Christmas Night
II. Ballet of the Stars
III. Witches' Sabbath and Ride on the Devil's Back
IV. Polonaise
V. Vakula and the Slippers
GENERAL MUSIC:
01. MUSICAL ALPHABET WORKSHEET GRAPHS
........a. REVIEWED THE 7 NOTES OF THE MUSICAL ALPHABET FORWARD and BACKWARDS
........b. MEMORIZED THE MUSICAL ALPHABET BACKWARDS
02. PASSED BACK GRADED WORK COLLECTED IN YESTERDAY
03. RECORDERS
.......a. PRACTICED FOLLOWING THE CONDUCTOR and SILENT BODY LANGUAGE DIRECTIONS
.......b. DISCUSSED HOW TO "WHISPER" BLOW ON A RECORDER
.......c. DISCUSSED ARTICULATION and TONGUING USING THE "TAH" or "DAH" TONGUE PLACEMENT
.......d. ECHO RHYTHMS USED BY THE TEACHER TO HAVE STUDENTS PRACTICE THEIR BLOWING TECHNIQUE WITHOUT PUTTING ANY FINGERS DOWN ON THE INSTRUMENT
........a. REVIEWED THE 7 NOTES OF THE MUSICAL ALPHABET FORWARD and BACKWARDS
........b. MEMORIZED THE MUSICAL ALPHABET BACKWARDS
02. PASSED BACK GRADED WORK COLLECTED IN YESTERDAY
03. RECORDERS
.......a. PRACTICED FOLLOWING THE CONDUCTOR and SILENT BODY LANGUAGE DIRECTIONS
.......b. DISCUSSED HOW TO "WHISPER" BLOW ON A RECORDER
.......c. DISCUSSED ARTICULATION and TONGUING USING THE "TAH" or "DAH" TONGUE PLACEMENT
.......d. ECHO RHYTHMS USED BY THE TEACHER TO HAVE STUDENTS PRACTICE THEIR BLOWING TECHNIQUE WITHOUT PUTTING ANY FINGERS DOWN ON THE INSTRUMENT
ADV. STRINGS
01. LOS MACHETES
02. PIRATES
03. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
........a. WORKED ON THE 16TH NOTE PASSAGE TO SYNCHRONIZE IT WAS THE BASS/CELLO PARTS
04. SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW
05. YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME
01. LOS MACHETES
02. PIRATES
03. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
........a. WORKED ON THE 16TH NOTE PASSAGE TO SYNCHRONIZE IT WAS THE BASS/CELLO PARTS
04. SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW
05. YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME
BEG. STRINGS
01. WARM-UP: OPEN STRING ONE OCTAVE MAJOR SCALES SLURRING 2 NOTES PER BOW AT L.H. and U.H.
02. LOS MACHETES (MELODY)
01. WARM-UP: OPEN STRING ONE OCTAVE MAJOR SCALES SLURRING 2 NOTES PER BOW AT L.H. and U.H.
02. LOS MACHETES (MELODY)
........a. PRACTICED THE FIRST PHRASE
03. MY HEART WILL GO ON (MELODY)
....... a. WORKED ON THE FIRST PASSAGE FOR BOWING and ARTICULATION
........b. PLAYED THE ENTIRE PIECE FOR CONTINUITY
03. MY HEART WILL GO ON (MELODY)
....... a. WORKED ON THE FIRST PASSAGE FOR BOWING and ARTICULATION
........b. PLAYED THE ENTIRE PIECE FOR CONTINUITY
