Wesleyan University Orchestra
MUSC 439
Spring 2022
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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
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Examinations and Assignments:
Occasional score study, listening, and practice assignments (mandatory, to be submitted via Moodle)
Most Wednesday rehearsals will be devoted to sectionals (mandatory)
Midterm/Final Performances: TBA
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Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
Occasional score study, listening, and practice assignments (mandatory, to be submitted via Moodle)
Most Wednesday rehearsals will be devoted to sectionals (mandatory)
Midterm Performance (Children's Concert): TBA
Final Concert (Concerto Competition winners): Saturday, April 30, 8:00pm, in Crowell
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***ATTENTION: all wind players are required to have a GatorCases double-layer face mask with magnetized cotton flap: https://www.amazon.com/Gator-Double-Layer-Magnetized-Performance-GBOM-MEDIUMBK/dp/B08H5WL2FW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3VA2DY1A3CXAD&keywords=gator%2Bcases%2Bface%2Bmask&qid=1641945151&sprefix=gatorcase%2Caps%2C99&sr=8-1&th=1
Other makes and models of instrument masks are allowed, but they must have a proven record of successful collaboration with your face and embouchure (make sure you can actually play in a mask before you bring it to rehearsal.)
Flute players must contact the conductor to inquire about a well-functioning flute mask.
Placement auditions are mandatory for all incoming members as well as former participants who took time off, for any reason. To inquire about an audition contact Nadya Potemkina, npotemkina@wesleyan.edu.
Some sections of the orchestra fill up quicker than others. It is recommended to inquire about an audition ahead of time.
Spring 2022 Meet-and-Greet and Sight Reading:
Monday, January 31, 6:30-9:00pm, Crowell Concert Hall
The first rehearsal is open for all, no obligation to register.
RSVP to secure a part, and to confirm ownership of appropriate PPE (npotemkina@wesleyan.edu)
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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