Class

Orchestra

Assignment

SEPTEMBER  - Sight-reading

OCTOBER – Practice copies handed out: Children's Concert Music

Holiday Music:  

NOVEMBER – TEST ON HOLIDAY MUSIC

DECEMBER:   PRACTICE FOR HOLIDAY CONCERT

JANUARY – MIDTERM EXAM - Prepare scales, review concert material, begin Music Theory :  Harp and Circle of Fifths

Prepare test areas:  Find in boxes

Dates for 1^st  part of exam (performance): Scales

octaves depend on class and level

Violins:  C, D, F, G 

Violas:  C, D, F, G

Cello:  D, Eb, F, G

Bass:  E, G, A, C

January 27th – DAY 1

February 3rd – DAY 2  

(Periods 3,4 or 7)

January 25th – DAY 3

January 26th – DAY 4

Written Exam:  February 2nd – scheduled Period 8 – Midterm  

Listening Exam:  Identify parts of the Four Seasons

Compare and contrast listening samples :  Multiple choice on listening exam.

Honors:  Performance of the Four Seasons with individual spot check as part of listening exam

Review hand out from Orchestra and Folder Music 

January and February : Listening and Critique Exercise

The Four Seasons

By: Don Antonio Vivaldi

Explanatory Sonnet

Spring

I.   Allegro

Spring has arrived, and joyfully

the birds greet her with glad song,

while at Zephyr’s breath the streams

flow forth with a sweet murmur.

  Her chosen heralds, thunder and lightning,

come to envelop the air in a black cloak;

once they have fallen silent, the little birds

return anew to their melodious incantation:

II.   Largo

            then on a pleasant, flower-bedecked meadow,

to the happy murmur of fronds and plants,

the goatherd sleeps next to his trusty dog.

III.   Allegro

            To the festive sounds of rustic bagpipes

nymphs and shepherds dance beneath the beloved sky

at the glorious appearance of spring.

Summer

I.   Presto

 Alas, his fears are only too real:

            the sky fills with thunder and lightning,

            and hailstones few off the heads of proud cornstalks.

Autumn

I.   Allegro

            The countryman celebrates with dance and song

            the sweet pleasure of a good harvest,

            and many, fired by the liquor of Bacchus,

            end their enjoyment by falling asleep.

II.   Adagio

            Everyone is made to abandon singing and dancing

            by the temperate air, which gives pleasure,

            and by the season, which invites so many

            to enjoy the sweetness of sleep.

III.   Allegro

            The huntsmen come out at the crack of dawn

            with their horns, guns and hounds;

            the quarry flees and they track it;

            already terrified and tired out by the great             noise

            of the guns and hounds, the wounded beast

            makes a feeble effort to flee but dies in agony.

Winter

 I.   Allegro non molto

            To shiver, frozen, amid icy snow

            in the bitter blast of a horrible wind;

            to run, constantly stamping one’s feet;

FINAL EXAM 2010

Performance Exam Dates:

June10th - June 15th

Written Exam:  June 16th - 10:00 a.m

Must know information on Rossini handed out in orchestra (green sheet)

Must know spring concert program:  study program handed out on the night of performance 

Saturday ~ May 22, 2010

2009-2010 Paramus High School

Music Faculty

 

Co-Presidents	Mr. Jeff Horowitz Mr. John Vasile
President Emeritus	Mr. Fred Rohdieck
Vice President-Fund Raising	Mrs. Deb Horowitz
Treasurer	Mrs. June Locke
Recording Secretary	Mrs. Michelle Wolfer
Corresponding Secretary	Mrs. Christine Wu

Paramus High School Symphony Orchestra

 

Sopranos	Altos	Tenor/Bass
Gaby Bucholz	Kristina Bacich	Simon Apilando
Jennifer Choi	Brianna Cardinale	Ian Colthart
Nicole Costello	Elizabeth Cole	Julian Chokkattu
Kelly Cullinane	Noelle Feil	Tim Kim
Gabriella DeGennaro	Colleen Finnegan	Shyam Lad
Janelle Dryer	Erin Finnegan	Daniel Lattimore
Christina Frankel	Reina Hamayama	Robert Pathrose
Marissa Gennarelli	Jill Herb	Lester Pernala
Mir Cherie Hands	Hannah Kim	Arun Phillip
Nicole Herrmann	Minsun Kim	John Sapida
Stephanie Ho	Julie Lee	Manny Scoullos
Michelle Hsu	YeKyung Lim	Michael Secreti
Niki Hwang	Lauren Manas	Andrew Seo
Antionette Kassas	Rina Noguchi	Seth Stern
Leah Klasman	Jennifer Pagliaro	Justin Sullivan
Rachel Kordell	Anny Parra	Andy Tsang
Taylor LaRocca	Deep Patel	Joseph Vasile
Julie Lee	Crystal Pathrose
Sarah Lee	Gowry Reddy
Rachel Marichal	Vanessa Santiago
Nikki Marks	Samantha Shatkin
Lara Meyer	Paulina Shin
Victoria Meyer	Marija Trpeska
Angela Park	Lauren Villanella
Hyemin Park	Rachel Waxman
Samantha Pena	Ashley Wu
Tori Sartor	Gabrielle Zeiler
Preeti Saundade
Ashley Shah
Jessica Sweatlock
Carla Teperino
Lisa Thampan
Kristen Windram
Alexis Wolfer

 

President	Jungyoon Jessica Lee
Vice President	Kyong-Chan Paul Kwak
Secretary	Hyunsuk Andrew Seo
Treasurer	Jessica Lee
Librarians	Jeremy Balise Jennifer Choi JungHun Cho Jeniffer Kim

 

President	Evan Dickerson
Vice President	Shawn Stern
Secretary	Josephine Tan
Treasurer	Chrysten Angderson
Librarians	Kristina Bacich
	Ajit Matharu
	Rebecca Sheng

 

Drum Majors	Tyler Ehrlich
	Josephine Tan
Color Guard Captains	Adelle Girvan
	Cassandra Palumbo
Section Leaders	Jason Chu
	Evan Dickerson
	Tai Kyung Hairston
	Julian Han
	Jacqueline Liang
	Alexis Wolfer
Field Captains	Max Benat
	Chrysten Andgerson
Drum Line Section Leader	Zech Abraham
Pit Section Leader	Michael Wirth
Prop Design	Yuri Kim

 

Dr. James Montesano	Superintendent
Gary S. Lane	Assistant Superintendent Business Administrator/Board Secretary
Dr. Joseph Lupo	Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction

 

Mr. Kurt Karcich	Principal
Ms. Lina Gudelis	Vice Principal
Mr. Louis Natalo	Vice Principal
Dr. Michael Pilacik	Vice Principal
Lisa Vartanian	Supervisor Fine, Performing and Practical Arts

A special thank you to the Board of Education, Dr. Montesano, Dr. Lupo, Mr. Lane, the administration, the teachers, the Music Parents Association, parents and students for supporting music education in Paramus. To see the nation wide results, visit:

Spring Ensemble Concert Music:

(Chamber Strings)

"The Swan" from the Carnival of Animals Camille Saint-Saens

Celli solo: Jungyoon Lee, Paul Kwak, Alex Chang, Jennifer Choi

Oboe Concerto No. 3 in g minor…Adagio….. G.F. Handel

Oboe soloist: Sarah Shin

Waterfalls Martha Bishop

Harp soloist: Ruriko Terada

Concerto No. 24 George Frideric Handel

Violin solos: Alice Oh and Jeniffer Kim

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION:

1.  All major scales:

1st violin - 3 octaves

2nd violin - 2 octaves

viola - 2 octaves

Honor viola - 3 oct.

cello - 2 octave

Honor cello - 3 oct.

String Bass - 1 oct.

Honor St. Bass - 2 oct.

2. Sight reading:  New passage

3.  Past concert piece:

perform chosen passage from past concert music

All scale sheets handed out in lessons. 

 PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!!!