Hi Musicians,
Last rehearsal, I heard a great deal of improvement on the Christmas Festival. Keep it up! If you'd like to hear any of the pieces(except Cakewalk and Prelude), you can go to jwpepper.com and type in the name of the piece and composer and listen to the mp3.
Starting this week, we'll have challenges for different seats. 3 challenges per rehearsal for the next 3 weeks. Here's the catch...it can be any piece any measure.
Please work on Sheep May Safely Graze with a metronome. Ms. Chen says violins should be very familiar with, "Subdivide". Celli and bass, please make sure to practice your Portamento bow strokes. Viola, play out, beautifully, you have tricky intonation at m. 67 - 71.
Continue practicing Christmas Festival and your "Dance of the Tumblers".
Challenge: Think of a story line for "Sheep May Safely Graze". For example, the beginning sounds like the setting of the story...velvety green rolling hills, sheep dotting those hills, babbling brook that runs through, etc. Remember the plot arc, introduction, climax, and conclusion.
Also, for last week's challenge there were some great similes for "Forte". Here are just a few...Ear-splitting, Lippy, Wild, Confident, Forceful, Shocking, Roaring, Wakes the dead, Vociferous, Full, Heavy, Intense.
See you next rehearsal and remember, "Early is on time, and on time is late!"
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