ALEXANDRA’S MUSIC ASSIGNMENT PAGE

SPOTLIGHT COMP

  • MOZART K622 – Rondo. Practice at 138bpm
  • Bb performance > YouTube
  • Practice track > YouTube
  • Buy the music and the piano part > LINK

 

SPOTLIGHT REQUIREMENTS: WHAT’S REQUIRED FOR MY CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTAL PRELIMINARY 1 VIDEO AUDITION > INFO LINK

All students begin with a Preliminary 1 video audition. You will present one piece of music. Those scoring highest will advance to Preliminary 2 live auditions in December 2024. If you advance to Preliminary 2, you will be required to play two solo pieces. Those scoring highest after Preliminary 2 will advance to the Semifinals.

You may apply to this category twice with different instruments; separate applications are required for each instrument.

For the Preliminary 1 video round, your solo piece must be from the Baroque/ Classical period (1650-1820 Example: Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, Beethoven, Haydn, etc.)

  • OR from the Romantic, Impressionistic, or Contemporary period (1820-present Example: Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, Stravinsky, Bartók, Hindemith, etc.).
  • For the Preliminary 1 video round, your one piece can be any length.  Should you advance to the Preliminary 2, (live audition round), your two pieces must fit within 10 minutes.  
  • If you choose a contemporary piece, please email the name of the composer for approval at spotlight@musiccenter.org.
  • Original compositions are not allowed.
  • Piano: Concertos are not allowed; only solo piano pieces.
  • Pieces written with accompaniment must be performed with live or pre-recorded accompaniment.
  • If you advance to Preliminary 2, you may change your piece for the next round and will be required to perform one piece from the Baroque/Classical period and one from the Romantic, Impressionistic or Contemporary period.
  • Franz Schubert may be considered as either a Classical or Romantic period composer. Both audition pieces cannot be composed by Schubert.
  • If you advance to Semifinals, only your Baroque/Classical piece must be memorized.

CLARINET MATERIALS

  • CLARINET FINGERING CHART | PDF
  • MELODIOUS & PROGRESSIVE STUDIES
      • D Major etude | PDF
  • GRAND MASTER SCALES | PDF
  • CHROMATIC SCALE (ms) | PDF 
  • CLARINET MAJOR SCALES (High School level) | PDF
  • GLOSSARY OF TERMS | PDF
  • BLUES SCALES IN ALL KEYS > PDF

 

 

TENOR SAX

TENOR REGULAR PRACTICE & MAINTENANCE (and clarinet too!)

  • KLOSE 4, 11, 12 > EVERY DAY, PICK ONE OR NEW ONE
  • SELECTED STUDIES / MELODIOUS & PROGRESSIVE STUDIES
  • OVERTONE SERIES (next lesson) > Bb1, Bb2, F2, Bb3, D3, F3, Ab3, Bb4

JAZZ > MEMORIZING JAZZ SOLOS

JAZZ > ANALYZING STANDARDS

  • How High The Moon (8/15/22)
  • (Next time) Just Friends (Check key w/Chad Lefkowitz-Brown)
  • Blue Bossa

LAYPO > YouTube link:

  1. RAIDERS / Lavendar (more advanced)
  2. RAIDERS (Bocook – easy)
  3. THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
  4. CHORALES, FANFARE AND VARIATIONS
  5. PROCESSION OF THE NOBLES
  6. THE THUNDERER
  7. BRAHMS – SYMPHONY NO1 – MVMT IV
  8. BEETHOVEN CHORAL FANTASY> (entrance – your part)
  9. Gaudeamus igitur 

 

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