Monday, March 26, 2012

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

Thursday, March 15, 2012

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

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

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

Monday, March 5, 2012

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: