Wesleyan University Orchestra
MUSC 439
Fall 2019
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| This course may be repeated for credit. |
The Wesleyan University Orchestra is a student-community ensemble that is open to everyone with a passion for orchestral literature and an intermediate-to-advanced skill level of performance on an orchestral instrument: Wesleyan music majors, nonmajors, faculty and staff, and community musicians. The orchestra performs music from all genres and time periods, ranging from the 18th-century "classics" to the contemporary academic and popular compositions.
The orchestra presents four hour-long concerts each year:
Middle of October: a "masterworks" program, featuring one of the department's private lessons teachers, or a guest artist, as a soloist
Early December: a program of popular, film, and holiday music
Early March: Children's Concert
Early May: a "masterworks" program, featuring the winner(s) of the annual Wesleyan Concerto Competition
The Orchestra occasionally collaborates with the Wesleyan Concert Choir. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA MUSC |
| Course Format: Performance | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (MUSC) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
TBA
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Examinations and Assignments:
Occasional score study and listening assignments (mandatory, to be submitted via Moodle)
Most Wednesday rehearsals will be devoted to sectionals (mandatory)
Important dates:
Thursday, October 24th, 7:00pm - dress rehearsal at Connecticut College
Saturday, October 26th, 4:00pm dress rehearsal, 8:00pm concert (at Wesleyan)
Thursday, October 31st, depart from Usdan at 4:30pm, dinner, sound check, and concert at Connecticut College
Wednesday, December 4th, dress rehearsal at 4:30pm, concert at 8:00pm (Crowell)
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
An informal meet-and-greet audition is required for all new members. This will be a placement audition, designed to evaluate one's current level of performance, and assign them a part that will be both challenging, and satisfying to perform. There are no specific requirements for the audition, play what you like. There will be a short intermediate-level sight-reading assignment.
Some sections of the orchestra fill up quicker than others. It is recommended to inquire about an audition ahead of time.
The first class meeting of every semester, a.k.a. Open Rehearsal, is a great opportunity to learn more about the ensemble. Open to absolutely everybody, no obligation to join, RSVP to secure a part.
Fall 2019 Open Rehearsal -- ALL ARE WELCOME!
Monday, September 2nd, 6:30-9:00pm, Crowell Concert Hall
Repertoire for Fall 2019 (subject to change, in no particular order):
Shapiro, Frankenstein LIVE! (collaboration with Connecticut College Orchestra)
Ewazen, Flute Concerto (featuring private lessons instructor Sarah Bouchard Stockton)
An overture (TBA)
Tchaikovsky, a chorus from "Eugene Onegin," or
Verdi, a chorus from "La Traviata" (collaboration with Wesleyan Concert Choir)
A popular/holiday medley
This course may be repeated. Undergraduates may take this course up to two times for a letter grade and up to four times for credit towards graduation. |
| Instructor(s): Potemkina,Nadya Times: .M..... 06:30PM-09:00PM; ...W... 04:30PM-06:00PM; Location: CROWELL; CROWELL; |
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