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    MUC-319 S01: Advanced Orchestration

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    MUC-319 S01: Advanced Orchestration

    Fall 2020 (2 CR)

    Instructor: Dr. Jonathan Sokol Location: K318


    E-mail: [email protected] Day/Time: M, W 8:35a.m. –
    9:25a.m.
    Office Hours: By Appointment (K223)
    Course Description / Objectives:
    Advanced Orchestration builds on the techniques explored in MUC-318: instrumental color,
    decision-making, doubling and layering, and transcription. Special focus will be given to writing and
    orchestrating for large orchestra and wind ensemble, as well as writing idiomatically for the “choirs”
    of those ensembles, especially percussion. Examples from the repertoire will be used often to
    investigate and analyze breakthroughs in orchestrational development.

    Required Materials:
    Blatter, Alfred. Instrumentation and Orchestration. 2nd ed. New York: Schirmer Books, 1997.
    Online: Instrument Studies for Eyes and Ears (ISFEE)

    Attendance/Participation (10%)
    Attendance is required for all class sessions. If the course meets three days a week, you may miss up
    to four classes without penalty. If the course meets two days a week, you may miss three classes
    without penalty. Each additional absence will result in the lowering of your final grade. One absence
    over the limit lowers your grade by 3% (a third of a letter grade), a second over the limit lowers it by
    a full letter grade (9%), and a third over the limit results in failure of the course.

    An absence is any time that you miss class, whether for sickness, performance obligation, or any
    other
    reason. All Absences are treated the same! There is no difference between an excused or
    unexcused absence. You are responsible for learning all materials that you miss, and you are
    required to make up all work missed as a result of absence by the beginning of the next class session.
    You may also be marked absent for coming to class unprepared, for being inattentive (i.e.: sleeping,
    texting, doing homework for other classes, for unreasonably long or numerous trips to the restroom)
    during class, or for leaving before the end of the lesson.

    Assignments, Observations (40%)


    Assignments geared toward the exploration and better understanding of the weekly topic.
    Assignments will be given Thursday and due the following Tuesday, and will include writing for
    isolated orchestral families, listening, and observations.

    Be prepared to attend concerts (on- and off-campus for variety!) and document moments of interest
    in terms of orchestrational color. Specific details will be given when assignments are issued.
    Symphony and Wind Ensemble are most relevant for observations, but large chamber groups are also
    acceptable. No limitations on style, genre, etc. Chamber music concerts are not acceptable.
    Final Project (50%)
    The final project is a piece written for either Symphony Orchestra or Symphonic Band. Composers
    enrolled in the course who are participating in the Spring Composers Forum will work on their
    orchestra piece; all others will transcribe a piano, organ, or vocal piece to a large ensemble, to be
    decided during Week 1. This is the largest part of the course grade! There is no midterm project,
    per se; instead we will meet individually to discuss edits to your final project draft. You will be
    required to submit sample parts (orch: ww, str, prc; swe: ww, br, prc) in addition to a printed and
    bound score.

    Baldwin Wallace University Statement on Documented Disabilities


    “Any student with a documented disability (e.g., physical, learning, psychological, vision, hearing,
    etc.) who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the impact of that disability should
    contact the Disability Services at (440) 826-5936 in the Ritter Library, Room 207, to establish
    eligibility and to coordinate reasonable accommodations. Students will not be accommodated unless
    they provide their instructors with a letter from Disability Services documenting their eligibility and
    delineating reasonable and appropriate accommodations. The accommodation letter must be updated
    each semester. Students are encouraged to meet with each professor early in the semester to discuss
    their disability letter regarding how to implement their accommodations in relation to specific course
    requirements.”

    COURSE SCHEDULE
    ***Subject to change***
    Week 1:
    Introductions; Syllabus.
    Score and Parts again!! It’s that important! (Your scores will be read by conductors who are not me!)
    Common Threads/History of Orchestration: Brahms, Berlioz, Rimsky-Korsakoff

    Week 2:
    Common Threads/History of Orchestration: Mahler, Sibelius

    Week 3:
    Common Threads/History, continued: Britten, Prokofiev

    Week 4:
    Percussion: Orchestra and Wind Ensemble

    Week 5:
    Winds and Brass: Orchestra and Wind Ensemble

    Week 6:
    Orchestration as color: Stravinsky, Adams

    Week 7:
    Orchestration as color, continued: Druckman, Stucky
    Week 8:
    SCORE DRAFT #1 DUE

    Week 9:
    Orchestra as Experiment: Ligeti, Adès

    Week 10:
    Orchestra as Experiment, continued: Grisey, Haas

    Week 11:
    Wind Ensemble as Transcription: Dzubay, Husa, Whitacre, Mackey
    SCORE DRAFT #2 DUE

    Week 12:
    Wind Ensemble as Classical Genre: Hindemith, Stravinsky

    Week 13:
    Wind Ensemble as Contemporary Genre: Maslanka, Schwantner, Thomas
    FINAL SCORE DUE

    Week 14:
    Orchestra as Popular Medium: Film and Television Scores: Williams, Elfman, Brion, Newman, etc.

    THANKSGIVING BREAK

    Week 15:
    Orchestra as Popular Medium: Film and Television Scores: Williams, Elfman, Brion, Newman, etc.
    SAMPLE PARTS DUE

    Orchestra Repertoire
    Adams, John: Harmonielehre (III)
    Adès, Thomas: Asyla (III)
    Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique
    Brahms, Johannes: Symphony no. 2 in D Major, Symphony no. 3 in F Major
    Britten, Benjamin: 4 Sea Interludes
    Druckman, Jacob: Counterpoise, Windows
    Grisey, Gerard: Partiels
    Haas, Georg Friedrich: Violin Concerto
    Mahler, Gustav: Symphony no. 6 in A Minor
    Prokofiev, Serge: Romeo & Juliet (excerpts)
    Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
    Sibelius, Jean: Symphony no. 7 in C Major
    Stravinsky, Igor: The Rite of Spring
    Stucky, Steven: Concerto for Orchestra no. 2

    Wind Ensemble Repertoire


    Dzubay, David: Snake Alley
    Hindemith, Paul: Symphony in B-flat
    Husa, Karel: Music for Prague
    Mackey, John: Redline Tango
    Maslanka, David: Symphony no. 4
    Schwantner, Joseph: …and the Mountains Rising Nowhere
    Stravinsky, Igor: Symphonies of Wind Instruments
    Thomas, A.R.: Magnetic Fireflies
    Whitacre, Eric: Lux Aurumque

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