Wesleyan University Orchestra
MUSC 439
Fall 2020
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01
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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
| Examinations and Assignments:
From Nadya Potemkina (August 24th, 2020):
1. Auditions for all new members will be conducted online. Follow this link for instructions and procedures: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rtjlu3fafvjxbuLy-ViKWXRHWAtX6ya2?usp=sharing
2. The first class meeting (Monday, August 31st) will be held online. A link to the Zoom classroom will be posted here and on Moodle on Monday, August 24th.
Modes of Instruction:
3. Woodwind and brass players - online only, working on excerpts from advanced standard symphonic literature. The students will be able to custom-build their repertoire selection, participate in Zoom masterclasses with professional orchestral musicians, and learn about part preparation and score study.
4. Strings, percussion, harp, keyboards - hybrid in-person. Mondays 6:30-9:00pm, in Crowell, masked at all times, with two 20-min breaks. Depending on the number of players in each section, Wednesdays may be used for in-person coaching, one section at a time, alternating weeks, 5:00-6:00pm, in Crowell. On their Wednesdays "off" students will be required to submit practice assignment recordings on Moodle. |
| Instructor(s): Potemkina,Nadya Times: .M..... 06:30PM-09:00PM; ...W... 04:30PM-06:00PM; Location: CROWELL; CROWELL; |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 30 | Permission of instructor approval will be granted by the instructor during pre-registration through the Electronic Portfolio. Click "Add to My Courses" and "To request a POI electronically, click here" to submit your request. |
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