Wesleyan University Orchestra
MUSC 439
Spring 2020
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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:
Depending on the difficulty of a program, there may be occasional sectional rehearsals, short written listening observations assignments, and/or video- or audio-recorded practice quizzes (to be submitted on Moodle). Usually, not more than one of each per concert program.
Concert performances stand in place of midterm and final examinations.
Dress rehearsals normally take place on the day of the concert.
Attendance of every Monday rehearsal is mandatory; possible scheduling conflicts with the Wednesday rehearsal slot will be dealt with on case-by-case basis. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
An informal meet-and-greet audition is required for all new members. This will be a placement, not elimination, 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 can. 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.
Spring 2020 Open Rehearsal:
Monday January 27, 2020
6:30-9:00pm
Crowell Concert Hall
To schedule an audition and/or to RSVP for the Open Rehearsal, contact Nadya Potemkina, npotemkina@wesleyan.edu |
| Instructor(s): Potemkina,Nadya Times: .M..... 06:30PM-09:00PM; ...W... 04:30PM-06:00PM; Location: CROWELL; CROWELL; |
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