Student Teaching Day 17

My Day

Today I listened to the orchestra rehearse and then I listened to scale tests and musical pit auditions.  I rehearsed the concert band on the piece “The Phantom of Dark Hollow” and I felt it went well.  I also ran a clarinet sectional and we got a lot done.  We worked on rhythms and I found the best way to have the students get their interlocking rhythms was to have every other student count 1+2+3+4+ and the other students play, and then switch.  I rehearsed the Wind Ensemble with “An American Elegy” and for some reason it did not go as well as it has before.  I think I am beginning to repeat or work on stuff that we have already hashed out even though it needs it, but I need to find a better way to word it and work it out.  Also, this day proved to me that even the best groups can have off days.  I worked on “Kentucky 1800” with the Symphonic Band and it went really well.  I felt more prepared than I have been yet, and I was able to really hear what was going on and what needed attention.  I would still like to really work on developing my ears and ability to hear mistakes more quickly and speed up my response time. 

 

General Instruction

Orchestra

            -Tune at the beginning, concert master leads

                        -Tune with drone, tune each string

                        -Tune (re-tune) throughout rehearsal if needed

            -Scale tests, individual tests in office for teacher

                        -Hand positions, bow positions, intonation

                        -Phrase in scales, sync bowing

Band

            -Triplets

            -During warm up work on not breathing for 4 measure, phrasing

            -Counting

                        -Version 1: holding the beat one “ooooonnnne” = quarter note

                        -Version 2: count sub divisions while clapping rhythm (I like this one!)

-Version 3: say “think” during the hold of a long note for how many beats “One think” = quarter note

            -While fingering along have horn in playing position

            -“An American Elegy”

                        -m. 117 to end

                                    -Intonation, trumpet solo, suspensions (trombone)

            -“Kentucky 1800”

                        -Letter D to end

                                    -Style changes, play scale alternating styles

                                    -Phrasing, melody set phrase, accompaniment follow

                        -Next time work on off beats and check notes in brass