Music 341 & 395A Secondary Project
Section I
To find out information about how teachers select their repertoire, I went to the National Music Educator Association (MENC) website and went to the Band forum. After scanning through the pages of forum topics, I stumbled upon several threads that offered various methods for selecting repertoire for various levels of band. Some of the various methods offered for selecting band repertoire include:
-Purchasing Lynn Cooper's Teaching Band and Orchestra solely for the repertoire lists at the back and using those to help make your decision.
-Using GIA's Teaching Music Through Performance in Band.
-Going to JW Pepper's website and researching repertoire there.
-Asking your local music store representative what everyone else at your level likes, is ordering, and is performing.
-Going to as many concerts in your area and/or music conferences as possible. While there, take a pen and mark what music you liked in the program.
-Going to your state's music convention. While there, attend any and all concerts at your grade level.
-Attending Midwest Conference or other major music conferences.
-Spending Saturdays at your music store and hang out in the print music section with other directors. While there, ask questions & lots of them.
-Using Smartmusic to help choose music. Downside is that a lot of classic band repertoire is not available through Smartmusic.
-Attend the concerts of the other schools in your district. Great way to show support for other band directors and great way to hear a lot of music that you should be able to borrow for free.
To find out information about how teachers select their repertoire, I went to the National Music Educator Association (MENC) website and went to the Band forum. After scanning through the pages of forum topics, I stumbled upon several threads that offered various methods for selecting repertoire for various levels of band. Some of the various methods offered for selecting band repertoire include:
-Purchasing Lynn Cooper's Teaching Band and Orchestra solely for the repertoire lists at the back and using those to help make your decision.
-Using GIA's Teaching Music Through Performance in Band.
-Going to JW Pepper's website and researching repertoire there.
-Asking your local music store representative what everyone else at your level likes, is ordering, and is performing.
-Going to as many concerts in your area and/or music conferences as possible. While there, take a pen and mark what music you liked in the program.
-Going to your state's music convention. While there, attend any and all concerts at your grade level.
-Attending Midwest Conference or other major music conferences.
-Spending Saturdays at your music store and hang out in the print music section with other directors. While there, ask questions & lots of them.
-Using Smartmusic to help choose music. Downside is that a lot of classic band repertoire is not available through Smartmusic.
-Attend the concerts of the other schools in your district. Great way to show support for other band directors and great way to hear a lot of music that you should be able to borrow for free.
Section II
Choral:
1. American Choral Directors Association
This website is very well-organized, has plenty of free resources available to anyone, and is a trusted source of valuable information (not just another music publishing or distributor website).
2. Santa Clara Music Publishing
This website was very well-laid out with lots of variety in available repertoire and gave lots of helpful information for each repertoire selection (voicing, duration, level of difficulty) as well as listening and score excerpts.
3. Alliance Music Publishing
Website devoted to advanced choral repertoire for "discriminating directors." Provides information about all the composers whose works they carry and a link to those compositions and has a clear search engine for searching music in their online catalog. The one drawback to this site is that you have to order the music through e-mail, not through the website.
Strings:
1. Luck's Music Library
Claiming to be the world's largest distributor of orchestral sheet music, Luck's Music Library holds true to their claim and much more. Their vast library of just string and orchestra repertoire exceeds any other site I have been on and every repertoire selection has lots of important information and score and mp3 excerpts for some to help in the repertoire selection process.
2. Boosey & Hawkes
Very helpful publishing website with lots of information on composers, works, and tons of free resources. One drawback is that they give very limited information about their repertoire (difficulty, background, duration, etc.)
3. Shar Music
Website dedicated to string instruments, their accessories, and sheet music/method books. While the website appears more like an online marketplace than information center, it does have a lot of valuable materials as well as a specified store for string instruments, accessories, method books, and solo repertoire.
Band:
1. The National Association for Music Education
MENC's website was great for many different areas of musical emphasis, but I found it particularly useful as a resource for band directors. All the information on the forums is easily accessible without registering, but registering is free and great for getting any questions answered by fellow colleagues across the country.
2. JW Pepper
While it may only be a mainstream music distributor, JW Pepper has a large selection of repertoire of all levels to choose from, provides helpful information about each repertoire selection, has score and mp3 excerpts for some repertoire, and has lots of resources and selections for multiple areas of band, not just concert band. Lots of teachers and educators advocated thorough repertoire research on JW Pepper when selecting repertoire for their ensembles.
3. Band Director.com
Unique website just for band directors with lots of free articles, videos, forums, product information, and more. One drawback is it is very commercialized, especially the homepage.
Choral:
1. American Choral Directors Association
This website is very well-organized, has plenty of free resources available to anyone, and is a trusted source of valuable information (not just another music publishing or distributor website).
2. Santa Clara Music Publishing
This website was very well-laid out with lots of variety in available repertoire and gave lots of helpful information for each repertoire selection (voicing, duration, level of difficulty) as well as listening and score excerpts.
3. Alliance Music Publishing
Website devoted to advanced choral repertoire for "discriminating directors." Provides information about all the composers whose works they carry and a link to those compositions and has a clear search engine for searching music in their online catalog. The one drawback to this site is that you have to order the music through e-mail, not through the website.
Strings:
1. Luck's Music Library
Claiming to be the world's largest distributor of orchestral sheet music, Luck's Music Library holds true to their claim and much more. Their vast library of just string and orchestra repertoire exceeds any other site I have been on and every repertoire selection has lots of important information and score and mp3 excerpts for some to help in the repertoire selection process.
2. Boosey & Hawkes
Very helpful publishing website with lots of information on composers, works, and tons of free resources. One drawback is that they give very limited information about their repertoire (difficulty, background, duration, etc.)
3. Shar Music
Website dedicated to string instruments, their accessories, and sheet music/method books. While the website appears more like an online marketplace than information center, it does have a lot of valuable materials as well as a specified store for string instruments, accessories, method books, and solo repertoire.
Band:
1. The National Association for Music Education
MENC's website was great for many different areas of musical emphasis, but I found it particularly useful as a resource for band directors. All the information on the forums is easily accessible without registering, but registering is free and great for getting any questions answered by fellow colleagues across the country.
2. JW Pepper
While it may only be a mainstream music distributor, JW Pepper has a large selection of repertoire of all levels to choose from, provides helpful information about each repertoire selection, has score and mp3 excerpts for some repertoire, and has lots of resources and selections for multiple areas of band, not just concert band. Lots of teachers and educators advocated thorough repertoire research on JW Pepper when selecting repertoire for their ensembles.
3. Band Director.com
Unique website just for band directors with lots of free articles, videos, forums, product information, and more. One drawback is it is very commercialized, especially the homepage.
Section III
Band:
CD: Composer's Collection series (ex. Composer's Collection: Percy Aldridge Grainger)
Performers: North Texas Wind Symphony
Conductor: Eugene Migliaro Corporan
Music Label: GIA Publications
CD: Wind Master Series collection (ex. Volume 1: Overtures)
Performers: Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
Condcutor: Frederick Fennell
Music Label: Kosei Publishing Company (available through Southern Music Company)
CD: Frederick Fennell: Holst-Suites 1 & 2 ; Vaughn Williams-Folk Song Suite & Toccata Marziale; Mennin-Canzona; Persichetti-Psalm; Reed-La Fiesta Mexicana
Performers: Eastman Wind Ensemble
Conductor: Frederick Fennell
Music Label: Philips
Strings:
CD: Dvorak, Grieg, and Tchaikovsky: String Serenades
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Music Label: Decca Music Group Limited
CD: Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3
Performers: English String Orchestra
Conductor: William Boughton
Music Label: Nimbus Records
CD: Jean Sibelius: Works for String Orchestra
Performers: Virtuosi di Kuhmo
Conductor: Peter Csaba
Music Label: Odine
Choral:
CD: The Westminster Choir Sings Familiar American & British Folk Songs
Performers: Westminster Choir
Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
Music Label: Gothic Records
CD: Panis angelicus: Favourite Motets from Westminster Cathedral
Performers: Westminster Cathedral Choir feat. Iain Simcock, Andrew Carwood, and Nicholas Keay
Conductor: James O'Donnell
Music Label: Hyperion UK
CD: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, R.: Mass in G minor / Silence and Music / MACMILLAN, J.: O bone Jesu / Mairi (Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble, Creed)
Performers: Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble
Conductor: Marcus Creed
Music Label: Haenssler Classic
Band:
CD: Composer's Collection series (ex. Composer's Collection: Percy Aldridge Grainger)
Performers: North Texas Wind Symphony
Conductor: Eugene Migliaro Corporan
Music Label: GIA Publications
CD: Wind Master Series collection (ex. Volume 1: Overtures)
Performers: Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra
Condcutor: Frederick Fennell
Music Label: Kosei Publishing Company (available through Southern Music Company)
CD: Frederick Fennell: Holst-Suites 1 & 2 ; Vaughn Williams-Folk Song Suite & Toccata Marziale; Mennin-Canzona; Persichetti-Psalm; Reed-La Fiesta Mexicana
Performers: Eastman Wind Ensemble
Conductor: Frederick Fennell
Music Label: Philips
Strings:
CD: Dvorak, Grieg, and Tchaikovsky: String Serenades
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner
Music Label: Decca Music Group Limited
CD: Respighi's Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3
Performers: English String Orchestra
Conductor: William Boughton
Music Label: Nimbus Records
CD: Jean Sibelius: Works for String Orchestra
Performers: Virtuosi di Kuhmo
Conductor: Peter Csaba
Music Label: Odine
Choral:
CD: The Westminster Choir Sings Familiar American & British Folk Songs
Performers: Westminster Choir
Conductor: Joseph Flummerfelt
Music Label: Gothic Records
CD: Panis angelicus: Favourite Motets from Westminster Cathedral
Performers: Westminster Cathedral Choir feat. Iain Simcock, Andrew Carwood, and Nicholas Keay
Conductor: James O'Donnell
Music Label: Hyperion UK
CD: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, R.: Mass in G minor / Silence and Music / MACMILLAN, J.: O bone Jesu / Mairi (Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble, Creed)
Performers: Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble
Conductor: Marcus Creed
Music Label: Haenssler Classic
Section IV
Black Lake Senior High
presents
The SATB Choir, Symphonic Band, String Orchestra, & Wind Ensemble
in
A Winter Musical Gala
December 1, 2009
Program
presents
The SATB Choir, Symphonic Band, String Orchestra, & Wind Ensemble
in
A Winter Musical Gala
December 1, 2009
Program
SATB Choir
Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
Published by Walton Music Corporation, Medium-Advanced difficulty
I love how this work weaves a rich choral tapestry interpretive of light and the soft singing of angels for the newborn child. Expression will help the ensemble flow smoothly over the lyrical lines.
Zion's Walls by Aaron Copland (1900-1990), Arranged by Glenn Koponen
Published by Boosey & Hawkes, Medium difficulty
The wonderful melody and Americana feel brings this revivalist song to life. Diction and dynamics will play an important role in maintaining the folk spirit that Copland and Koponen envisioned.
Symphonic Band
October by Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
Published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, Grade 4
This rich serenade is full of beautiful melodies and warm harmonies. Ensemble color is important to the soothing nature of the flowing solo and accompaniment lines.
El Camino Real (A Latin Fantasy) by Alfred Reed (1921-2005)
Published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, Grade 4
A festive Latin piece that brings some zest to the ensemble. Rhythm and style are important to maintaining the brilliance and drive of the piece.
Intermission
String Orchestra
Rakastava, for Timpani and Strings, Op. 14 by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
I. Rakastava (The Lover)
II. Rakastetun tie (The Way of the Lover)
III. Hyvaa iltaa...jaaa hyvasti (Goodnight, my Beloved...Farewell)
Reprinted by Breitkopf and Härtel, Grade 5
Sibelius's Rakastava has a simple and elegant beauty, while also being pictorial. Articulation and rhythm are critical to an excellent performance.
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Published by G. Schirmer, Inc., Grade 5-6
This selection is hauntingly beautiful. Expressiveness will be a major challenge for players with slow, lyrical lines in all voices.
Wind Ensemble
Sketches on a Tudor Psalm by Fisher Tull (1934-1994)
Published by Boosey & Hawkes, Grade 5
A classic in band repertoire based on the same Tallis psalm setting that Vaughan Williams used in his Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis. Style will be important for the musician as they move from one style to the next.
Divertimento for Winds and Percussion by Roger Cichy (b. 1956)
I. Exaltation
II. Follies
III. Remembrance
IV. Salutation
Published by Daehn Publications, Grade 5
A lively homage to several of the great American composers who had incorporated elements of jazz into their music: Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin. Articulation and attention to character of the movement is critical to successful performance of this jovial work.
Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
Published by Walton Music Corporation, Medium-Advanced difficulty
I love how this work weaves a rich choral tapestry interpretive of light and the soft singing of angels for the newborn child. Expression will help the ensemble flow smoothly over the lyrical lines.
Zion's Walls by Aaron Copland (1900-1990), Arranged by Glenn Koponen
Published by Boosey & Hawkes, Medium difficulty
The wonderful melody and Americana feel brings this revivalist song to life. Diction and dynamics will play an important role in maintaining the folk spirit that Copland and Koponen envisioned.
Symphonic Band
October by Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
Published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, Grade 4
This rich serenade is full of beautiful melodies and warm harmonies. Ensemble color is important to the soothing nature of the flowing solo and accompaniment lines.
El Camino Real (A Latin Fantasy) by Alfred Reed (1921-2005)
Published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, Grade 4
A festive Latin piece that brings some zest to the ensemble. Rhythm and style are important to maintaining the brilliance and drive of the piece.
Intermission
String Orchestra
Rakastava, for Timpani and Strings, Op. 14 by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
I. Rakastava (The Lover)
II. Rakastetun tie (The Way of the Lover)
III. Hyvaa iltaa...jaaa hyvasti (Goodnight, my Beloved...Farewell)
Reprinted by Breitkopf and Härtel, Grade 5
Sibelius's Rakastava has a simple and elegant beauty, while also being pictorial. Articulation and rhythm are critical to an excellent performance.
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 by Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Published by G. Schirmer, Inc., Grade 5-6
This selection is hauntingly beautiful. Expressiveness will be a major challenge for players with slow, lyrical lines in all voices.
Wind Ensemble
Sketches on a Tudor Psalm by Fisher Tull (1934-1994)
Published by Boosey & Hawkes, Grade 5
A classic in band repertoire based on the same Tallis psalm setting that Vaughan Williams used in his Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis. Style will be important for the musician as they move from one style to the next.
Divertimento for Winds and Percussion by Roger Cichy (b. 1956)
I. Exaltation
II. Follies
III. Remembrance
IV. Salutation
Published by Daehn Publications, Grade 5
A lively homage to several of the great American composers who had incorporated elements of jazz into their music: Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein and George Gershwin. Articulation and attention to character of the movement is critical to successful performance of this jovial work.