Final Exam Sound clips

Morning Sing - Homecoming 2012

Morning Sing - Homecoming 2012

Here are the videos - and other important links

Find your video here and review it:

https://vimeo.com/album/2095792

Here is where you sign up for your review time with Dr. Copeland:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhavEaU0HOJZdHpmVFkxQ25kNGh3bU04YlYyUTdTMVE#gid=0

And remember, here is where you log in your conducting practice:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhavEaU0HOJZdDgyczdCdk9HQlZtLXdtYnNad2tkVkE#gid=3

Conducting Video SignUp

Signup for your conducting review time here - I've added Tuesday morning as a possibility.


https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhavEaU0HOJZdHpmVFkxQ25kNGh3bU04YlYyUTdTMVE

Rubric for My Country and Joyful Joyful

Conducting - Rubric for MyCountryTisofThee and Ode to Joy -

9-24-2012

Quizlet for next Terms Test

Bethany was nice enough to create another QUIZLET for us.

Again, you need to LOG IN YOUR CONDUCTING PRACTICE.

Slight changes to syllabus

As I told you at the beginning of class, I would be making slight changes to the syllabus during the course of the semester.

Here is what changed:

1.  Better definition to the "objectives" of the course.

Old:

New:

2.  I've also brought more specificity to the part about the "conductor's mindset" in the above chart.

3.  Your "conducting log" is now worth 5% of your semester final grade.  See here:

Entire syllabus:


Conducting Syllabus - Fall 2012 -

Link to Log

Reminder:

1.  We've defined part of the undefined portion of the original syllabus.  The 10% part of the grade that was "participation and special projects" is now 5% participation and 5% conducting log.
From September 19, 2012 until the rest of the semester, I am counting your conducting practice as part of your grade.

Minimum expected:  15 minutes a day for six days a week.  (total of 90 minutes)

Revised Link. 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhavEaU0HOJZdDgyczdCdk9HQlZtLXdtYnNad2tkVkE

Grading rubric for conducting

Quizlet created by Bethany

Bethany Orick was VERY nice and shared her QUIZLET of our vocabulary words for Wednesday.

http://quizlet.com/13304879/music-terms-set-1-flash-cards/

Click here.

Syllabus, Schedule

Syllabus for Conducting

Course Schedule for Conducting

Terms for Fall 2012

1. A capriccio-Whimsical
2. A piacere-At pleasure
3. A tempo-Previoius tempo (used after one of the above variations)
4. Accelerando-Gradually faster
5. Adagio/Lento-Slow
6. Agitato-Agitated
7. Agogic accent-Accent by longer duration of a note
8. Alla misura-Strict tempo
9. Allargando-Gradually slower and louder
10. Allegretto-Moderately fast
11. Allegro-Fast, quickly
12. Andante-Slow but moving
13. Andantino-Moderately slow
14. Animato-Animated
15. assai - very
16. caesura - a break in the musical line
17. Calando-Gradually slower and softer
18. Cantabile-Singing
19. cola parte - with the other part
20. Con bravura-With boldness
21. Con brio-With vigor
22. Con fuoco-With fire
23. con moto - with motion
24. Con tenerezza-With tenderness
25. Crescendo (cresc.)-Becoming louder
26. Crescendo e diminuendo (cresc. e dim.)-Gradually louder, then gradually softer
27. Crescendo molto (cresc. molto)-Becoming much louder
28. Crescendo poco a poco (cresc. poco a poco)-Louder little by little
29. Decrescendo (decresc.)-Becoming softer
30. Diminuendo (dim.)-Diminishing
31. Dolce-Sweetly
32. Dolente-Sad, mournful
33. doppio valore - twice as slow
34. Dynamic accent-Accent by stress or reinforcement
35. Espressivo-Expressively
36. feroce - wildly or fiercely
37. Forte (f)-Loud
38. Forte-piano (fp)-Loudly-softly
39. Fortissimo (ff)-Very loud
40. fuoco - fire
41. Giocoso-Humorously
42. Grave - tempo-Very slow and heavy
43. Grave -character-Solemn
44. grazia - gracefully
45. ictus - the point of the beat
46. Irregular accent-Accent on a normally unaccented beat
47. L'istesso tempo-Same tempo (beat remains the same even though meter changes)
48. langsam - slow
49. Larghetto-Very slow but moving
50. Largo-Very slow and broad
51. Legato-Smoothly connected
52. leggiero - lighly or airy
53. lento - slowly
54. Maestoso-Majestic
55. Marcato-Marked emphasis
56. Meno mosso-Less motion
57. Mezzo forte (mf)-Moderately loud
58. Mezzo piano (mp)-Moderately soft
59. Moderato-Moderately paced
60. molto - much
61. Morendo-Dying away
62. mosso - motion
63. non troppo - not too much
64. ossia - otherwise, or refers to a simplified part
65. Pesante-Heavy
66. Pianissimo (pp)-Very soft
67. Piano (p)-Soft
68. Piu allegro-More lively
69. Piu mosso-More motion
70. pochissimo - very little
71. poco - little
72. Portato-Slurred staccato
73. Prestissimo-As fast as possible
74. Presto-Very fast
75. Rallentando-Gradually slower and broader
76. retenu - held back
77. Rinforzando-Accent by strengthening
78. Ritardando-Gradually slower
79. Ritenuto-Suddenly slower
80. ritmico - rhymical 
81. rubato - phrasing, give and take, shading of tempo, borrowing of time
82. Scherzando-Playful, jesting
83. Secondary accent-Accent on a beat other than the down beat, e.g. beat three in common time
84. Semplice-Simple, unaffected
85. sempre - always
86. Senza misura-Freely
87. simile - in a similar manner
88. Sforzando (sfz)-Loudly accented
89. Sforzando/Forzando-Accent by forcing/pressure
90. smorzando - dying away
91. Sostenuto-Sustaining
92. Sotto voce-Subdued voice
93. spicato - springing or bouncing of bow off the string (a staccato technique)
94. Staccato-Detached
95. stentato - labored
96. Stringendo-Gradualy faster and hastening
97. Subito forte (sub. f)-Suddenly loud
98. Subito piano (sub. p)-Suddenly soft
99. tacet - silent for a particular instrument
100. Tempo giusto-In exact tempo
101. Tempo primo-First tempo
102. Tempo Rubato-Taken freely
103. Tenuto-Held, sustained
104. tessitura - the range within most notes lie
105. Tonic accent-Accent by rise of pitch, rather than by stress
106. Tranquillo-Gently
107. troppo - too much
108. tutti - everyone
109. Vivace-Lively
110. vivo - lively or brisk; spirited

Rutter Te Deum - start at 1:32

Rutter Te Deum - start at 1:46

Post Spring Break

What we did in class (if everything goes like I plan):

1.  Overview of future - handout of "tweaked" class schedule.
2.  Focus 1:  Text - Dickson article
3.  Focus 2:  Terms test on Wednesday (see blog post below)
4.  Focus 3:  Conducting - Pergolesi, O My God, Bestow Thy Tender Mercy

• be ready to play any of the parts on piano
• be ready to sing with accuracy every part
• sing with nuance any of the parts
• will begin working rehearsal concepts into times in front of the class:
• repetition
• nuance
• gesture tied to nuance
• reinforcement
• complete teaching cycles

Terms Test 2

These are the terms for Wednesday, March 28:

1. pochissimo - very little
2. poco - little
3. quasi - as if it were, nearly
4. recitative - vocal declamations, free in rempo and rhythm
5. retenu - held back
6. ritenuto - suddenly slowing rate of speed, held back
7. ritmico - rhythmical
8. rubato - phrasing give and take, shading of tempo
9. schmachtend - languising, longing
10. sempre - always
11. soli - several players on a part
12. solo - alone, one player on the part
13. spiccato - springing, bouncing bow, off the string, staccato
14. staccatissimo - very detached, separated
15. subito - suddenly, immediate
16. takt - beat, regular measurement of time
17. tempo primo - original tempo
18. tenuto - stretched, sustained, held back
19. tessitura - the range within which most notes lie
20. tranquillo - calmly, quietly
21. tres - very
22. troppo - too much
23. tutti - all, the entire ensemble
24. valse - waltz
25. vivo - lively, brisk, spirited

Sectional rehearsals

For today, everyone will start in the choir room and then go to:

Sopranos:  Regular choir room
Altos:  BUCHN 119
Tenors:  BBS 311
Basses:  BUCHN 301

Observation Form and All State Schedule

See below. Link to the forms here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/84327810/Schedule-and-Observation-Form-Allstate

Schedule and Observation Form - Allstate

Lord for thy tender mercy's sake

As a part of your conducting grade for this assignment, provide a one paragraph review of three conductors on our piece:

Do You Have the Personality for Teaching

Do you have the personality for teaching copy

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Myers-Briggs and Leadership Models

The brief presentation I gave in class today:

Myers briggs and leadership models

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First day - assignments

Greetings, all.  It looks like we will have an outstanding class.

Here is what we said to do today and in the coming few days:

1.  Take an online Myers-Briggs personality test.  This looks like a good one.
2.  Read about the Myers-Briggs test.
3.  Read about your specific personality type.  (go to the detailed version - this is one for the ENTP - my tested personality type, although I think I am also an INTP)
4.  Find and Purchase Stephen Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People."  Kindle version here.  Amazon has them here.  Used ones here.  Jefferson County Library has plenty.

Renaissance pieces

If ye love me (Thomas Tallis)

Ave verum corpus (William Byrd)

Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake (Farrant/Hilton) (alternate)