Thursday, October 31, 2013

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2013

QUOTE:
“If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. 
  Therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.”
AUTHOR: Robert Schumann
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“No single person becomes successful on their own; it takes the support 
  of others.”











COMPOSER
DVORAK



Humoresque
Yo Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBDmAxSFt6A&feature=related


Humoresque
Heifetz plays Dvorak's Humoresque
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB8mzdO3MnI&feature=related


humoresque F


A humoresque (hu·mor·esque) or German Humoreske [German Humoreske, from Humor, humor, from English humor] is a type of character piece, generally a short whimsical or fanciful composition expressing a mood or a vague nonmusical idea, usually more good-humored than humorous. Robert Schumann, the first composer to use the term as a musical title, called his Opus 20 (1839) Humoreske (it is atypically like a long suite). His Opus 88, No. 2, is a humoresque for violin, cello, and piano. The best-known is Antonín Dvořák’s Humoresque in G-flat, the seventh in his collection Eight Humoresques for piano (1894). Gustav Mahler originally called his Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1888–99; Songs From the Youth’s Magic Horn) “Humoreske.”

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/humoresque



GRANADA ADV. STRINGS
1.  TUMBALALAIKA

INTRO. TO INSTRUMENT
GRANADA
1.  RECORDER
a.  DONDE ESTA SANTA CLAUS
b.  New Note: High C (T02)
c.  JOY TO THE WORLD

HILLVIEW
1.  VIOLIN
a.  LEFT PIZZICATO REVIEW
b.  RIGHT PIZZICATO
1)  Performed first in guitar position
2)  Performed in regular position
3) Songs played with Right Pizzicato:
CRIPPLE CREEK
BATMAN

GRANADA BEG. STRINGS
1.  GREENSLEEVES
2.  ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
a.  Fingering review
b.  Playing

HILLVIEW ORCHESTRA
SECTIONALS: first 25 minutes
1.  STRINGS:  MISTER SANTA
2.  WIND ENSEMBLE: POCHAHONTUS
3.  Bb INSTRUMENTS:  TUMBALALAIKA
4.  SAXOPHONES:  MISTER SANTA
5.  REMAINDER OF STUDENTS AT KEYBOARDS

EVERYONE: LAST 25 MINUTES
1.  MISTER SANTA