In attendance for our rehearsal on November 23rd were:
Joe Spizner
Gloria Zhao
Ali Gohlke-Schermer
Katie Gonick
William Wang
Bill Dong
Marko Crnkovic
Rachel Swyer (left early)
Erin Templeton
Karthik Ramesh
Catherine Rafferty
Katie Yang
Andrea Long
In the Beethoven arrangement of Allegretto, we revisited 6/8 meter and did a lot of switching back and forth between easier and more difficult parts. We are learning to use our breathing as a unifying tool, and we talked about the "priority" of different musical lines in this particular piece (i.e. who to listen to, who to bring out, who to set and maintain tempo). Continue to work on the part assigned to your section, but if you find a particular part unmanageable, you may work on the less complicated arrangement.
In the Beethoven arrangement of Allegretto, we revisited 6/8 meter and did a lot of switching back and forth between easier and more difficult parts. We are learning to use our breathing as a unifying tool, and we talked about the "priority" of different musical lines in this particular piece (i.e. who to listen to, who to bring out, who to set and maintain tempo). Continue to work on the part assigned to your section, but if you find a particular part unmanageable, you may work on the less complicated arrangement.
We have now made it all the way through Winter, but we're still working on basic fundamentals of bow management. First violins, remember the plateaus of sound we discussed. Make marks in your music to help you remember. Everyone should practice the "circle bows" necessary to make the correct sound in the 32nd note rhythms.
