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Contents 1 Documents 1.1 Sight-singing 1.2 Keyboard 2 Assignments / Meetings 2.1 Week 3 (Jan. 30) 2.1.1 Individual Meetings 2.1.2 Homework 2.2 Week 4 (Feb. 6) 2.2.1 Individual Meetings 2.2.2 Homework 2.3 Week 5 (Feb. 13) 2.3.1 Individual Meetings 2.3.2 Homework 2.4 Week 6 (Feb. 20) 2.4.1 Keyboard assignments for Week 7 2.4.2 Homework 2.5 Week 7 (Feb. 27) 2.5.1 Keyboard assignments for Week 7 2.5.2 Individual Meetings 2.5.3 Homework 2.6 Week 8 (Mar. 5) 2.6.1 Keyboard assignments for Week 9 2.6.2 Homework 2.7 Week 9 (Mar. 19) 2.7.1 Keyboard assignments for Week 9 2.7.2 Individual meeting times 2.7.3 Homework 2.8 Week 10 (Mar. 26) 2.8.1 Keyboard assignments for Week 11 2.8.2 Individual meeting times 2.8.3 Homework 2.9 Week 11 (Apr. 2) 2.9.1 Keyboard assignments for Week 11 2.9.2 Individual meeting times 2.9.3 Homework 2.10 Week 12 (Apr. 9) 2.10.1 Keyboard assignments for Week 13 2.10.2 Homework 2.11 Week 13 (Apr. 16) 2.11.1 Keyboard assignments for Week 13 2.11.2 Individual meeting times 2.11.3 Homework 2.12 Week 14 (Apr. 23) 2.12.1 Homework 3 Lectures 3.1 April 8: Steve Reich 3.2 April 10: Gyorgy Ligeti

Documents

• Syllabus

Sight-singing

• Introductory handout
• Modus Novus, Introduction
• Modus Novus, Chapter 1
• Modus Novus, Chapter 2
• Modus Novus, Chapter 3
• Modus Novus, Chapter 4
• Modus Novus, Chapter 5
• Modus Novus, Chapter 6
• Modus Novus, Chapter 7

Keyboard

• v. 1
• Bartok String Quartet No. 6, mvmt. III (beginning)
• Bartok String Quartet No. 6, mvmt. IV

Assignments / Meetings

Week 3 (Jan. 30)

Individual Meetings

I'm mixed up about who is when, but these are the times:

• Tuesday (1/29) 12:55
• Wednesday (1/30) 12:55
• Wednesday (1/30) 2:30

Homework

• Sightsinging to be done individually (graded!): Modus Novus pgs. 18-19
• Sightsinging to look at, sung together: Modus Novus pgs. 21, 22, and 24
• Dictation: pg. 520 numbers 1 and 2 - please make sure this is neat and turn-inable

Week 4 (Feb. 6)

Individual Meetings

• Tuesday (2/5) 12:50 - Jonathan

Homework

• Sightsinging to be done individually (graded!): Modus Novus melodies numbered 1-4 (pgs. 21-23)
• Sightsinging to look at, sung together: Modus Novus pgs. 26-27 (Ch. 2)
• Dictation: pg. 521 numbers 4 and 5

Week 5 (Feb. 13)

Individual Meetings

• Tuesday (2/12) 12:50 - David
• Wednesday (2/13) 12:30 - Chris
• Wednesday (2/13) 12:50 - Jonathan
• Wednesday (2/13) 2:30 - Jim

Homework

• Sightsinging to be done individually (graded!): Modus Novus pgs. 26-27
• Sightsinging to look at, sung together: Modus Novus melodies on pgs. 27-28
• Singing: Practice melody from beginning of the third movement of Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time (recording)
• Dictation: pg. 522 numbers 2, 3, and 4
• Dictation: Shake your booty for the end of time (harmonies)

Week 6 (Feb. 20)

Keyboard assignments for Week 7

• Please look at the Bartok String Quartet No. 6, movement III (linked above); be ready to play mm. 1-10

Homework

• Sightsinging to be done individually (graded!): Modus Novus pg. 27
  • Jonathan: 28, 29
  • David: 30, 31
  • Chris: 32, 33
  • Jim: 26, 34
• Sightsinging to look at, sung together: Modus Novus all of pg. 27, melodies on pg. 27-28 (Ch. 2)
• More sightsinging: opening melody of Quartet for the End of Time, mvmt. III (recording above)
• Dictation: to be determined

Week 7 (Feb. 27)

Keyboard assignments for Week 7

• Please look at the Bartok String Quartet No. 6, movement III (linked above); be ready to play mm. 1-10

Individual Meetings

• Sightsinging: opening melody of Quartet for the End of Time, mvmt. III (recording above)
• Score reading: mm. 1-10 of Bartok String Quartet No. 6, movement III (linked above)

• Tuesday (2/26) 12:50 - David
• Wednesday (2/27) 12:30 - Chris
• Wednesday (2/27) 12:50 - Jonathan
• Wednesday (2/27) 2:30 - Jim

Homework

• Sightsinging to be done individually (graded!): Modus Novus melodies on pgs. 27-28
• Sightsinging to look at, sung together: Modus Novus pg. 33-34 (Ch. 3)
• Dictation: to be determined

Week 8 (Mar. 5)

Keyboard assignments for Week 9

• Bartok String Quartet No. 6, movement III (linked above)
  • Score reading: be ready to play first page
  • Sing one part and play the others: mm. 1-10
• Bartok String Quartet No. 6, movement IV (linked above); be ready to play mm. 1-10
  • Score reading: mm. 1-7

Homework

• Dictation: pg. 528, #2-3

Week 9 (Mar. 19)

Keyboard assignments for Week 9

• Bartok String Quartet No. 6, movement III (linked above)
  • Score reading: be ready to play first page
  • Sing one part and play the others: mm. 1-10
• Bartok String Quartet No. 6, movement IV (linked above); be ready to play mm. 1-10
  • Score reading: mm. 1-7

Individual meeting times

• Wed (3/19) 12:30: Chris
• Wed (3/19) 12:55: Jonathan
• Wed (3/19) 2:30: Jim
• Thur (3/20) 12:55: David

Homework

• Sightsinging to be done individually (graded!): Modus Novus pg. 34
  • Chris: 17-18
  • David: 19-20
  • Jonathan: 21-22
  • Jim: 23-24
• Sightsinging to look at, sung together: Modus Novus pg. 36-38

Week 10 (Mar. 26)

Keyboard assignments for Week 11

• Be able to sing both the top and bottom lines along with the chord series on pg. 39 in Modus Novus

Individual meeting times

• Wed (3/19) 12:30: Chris
• Wed (3/19) 12:55: Jonathan
• Wed (3/19) 2:30: Jim
• Thur (3/20) 12:55: David

Homework

• Sightsinging to be done individually (graded!): Modus Novus pg. 33
• Sightsinging to be sung in pairs: Modus Novus pg. 36, #1-2
• Dictation: pg. 529, #1-2
• DICTATION QUIZ NEXT WEEK: from Modus Novus, pg. 39

Week 11 (Apr. 2)

Keyboard assignments for Week 11

• Be able to sing both the top and bottom lines along with the chord series on pg. 39 in Modus Novus

Individual meeting times

• Wed (4/2) 12:30: Chris
• Wed (4/2) 12:55: Jonathan
• Wed (4/2) 2:30: Jim
• Thur (4/3) 12:55: David

Homework

• Dictation quiz from Modus Novus, pg. 39
• Sightsinging to look at, sung together: Modus Novus pg. 50 (Chapter 5)

Week 12 (Apr. 9)

Keyboard assignments for Week 13

• Be able to sing both the top and bottom lines along with the chord series on pg. 55 in Modus Novus

Homework

• Sightsinging to be done individually (graded!): Modus Novus pg. 51
  • Jim: #15
  • Jonathan: #17
  • David: #24
  • Chris: #32
• Sightsinging to be done in teams (graded!): Modus Novus pg. 52-3
  • David & Jim: #1
  • Jonathan & Chris: #4

Week 13 (Apr. 16)

Keyboard assignments for Week 13

• Be able to sing both the top and bottom lines along with the chord series on pg. 55 in Modus Novus

Individual meeting times

• Wed (4/16) 12:40: Chris
• Wed (4/16) 12:55: Jonathan
• Wed (4/16) 2:30: Jim
• Thur (4/17) 12:55: David

Homework

• None specified from last week - but please take a look at Modus Novus ch. 6

Week 14 (Apr. 23)

Homework

• Sightsinging to be done individually (graded!): Modus Novus pg. 58
  • Jim: #15-16
  • Jonathan: #27-28
  • David: #19-20
  • Chris: #29-30
• Sightsinging to be done in teams (graded!): Modus Novus pg. 59-60
  • PLEASE NOTE that this is your "final" (or somesuch): it will count more than your usual assignments. I expect excellent pitch and rhythm, and your conducting to be clear and precise.
  • ALSO: as an added bit o' fun, before you sing i will give each of the members of your team a measure that you will sit out - meaning, that person's partner will have to sing it solo.
  • Jonathan & Jim: #1
  • David & Chris: #4

Lectures

April 8: Steve Reich

• Please read the following article by John Roeder: "Beat-Class Modulation in Steve Reich's Music"
• Please listen/look at the score for the following pieces:
  • New York Counterpoint (1985)
    • Score is on reserve: M298.R45 N499 1985
    • I - Fast
    • II - Slow
    • III - Fast
  • Come Out (1966)
    • mp3
    • Recording on Reserve: CD 5756
  • Piano Phase (1967)
    • Score seems to be missing... However, you can get an idea of the score by reading the Wikipedia entry on the piece, and by checking out the score to Violin Phase (M42.R44 1979, also on reserve) that is a slightly more complicated application of a similar process
    • mp3
    • Recording on Reserve: CD 5756
  • Clapping Music (1972)
    • Score SHOULD be on reserve: M298.R45 C537 1980
    • Recording on Reserve: CD 5756
• Please also read an intro to Steve Reich, for instance the the one on Wikipedia

NOTE: It seems as though the library has managed to lose the CD 5756 with Piano Phase, Come Out, and Clapping Music; I'll try to get recordings of some or all of these online, but I won't be able until tonight. Maybe the library will have found it if you come in this evening- who can tell with our beloved little media center?

April 10: Gyorgy Ligeti