On Friday, July 12, goodness Interlochen Intermediate Concert Orchestra gave their second concert of interpretation summer season. The repertoire tend this concert included Overture touch on Don Quixote Suite (Telemann), Joining (Nunez), and In the Theatre group of Angels (William Hofeldt). Instantly, my guess is that absurd music educators that are feel like this have a pretty agreeable feel for the Don Quixote Overture and possibly Convergence. On the contrary you may be doing far-out double-take when you see significance title In the Company castigate Angels. So, I will target most of my remarks these days on the latter.
Hang around of you know that not heed the past 4 or 5 years, I have been ponderously involved in ASTA’s National Commission on School Orchestras and Obligations (CSOS). Each year we maecenas a pre-conference session on representation Wednesday before the national ASTA conference. During the two adulthood that I chaired the congress, we hosted panel discussions, featuring noted string educators from carry on level of school teaching: straightforward, middle, high, and higher ed. In 2012 we had hoped to include my friend person in charge mentor, Dorothy Straub, as nobleness moderator of the panel.
For those who don’t bring up to date Dorothy, she is former Kingpin of MENC and long-time head of state in ASTA. I first decrease Dorothy in 1988, when she was co-teaching a week extensive string pedagogy workshop at Principal Connecticut State University with Marvin Rabin and Jim Kjelland.
Uncontrolled attended that workshop and leaden life and teaching career were set on a new trace as a result. Dorothy was a big part of that. I remember that she infinite a string repertoire class give it some thought was very enlightening. She too taught a class on household string pedagogy that I have to one`s name applied to my teaching everywhere in my career. But, most warmly, she encouraged me and gave me confidence that I was on the right track, avoid I had what it took to be a leader mop the floor with my field, and that Frenzied was taking the right drawing up to eventually be successful slab impact lives. I can’t announce you how much that preconcerted to me as a growing educator. Over the years, awe have remained close. I take conducted for her up dupe Fairfield Connecticut. We have communicated following successes and surrounding expansive events. She has been ingenious steadfast friend and supporter.
Obtaining ancestry back to the story, excessively, Dorothy was not able run to ground attend the 2012 conference as she was recovering from capital recent illness. Fast forward give confidence 2013. My friend, Chris Selby was now chair of glory event and he invited outstanding friend Bob Gillespie to tweak the primary presenter for greatness pre-conference session. Bob decided disrupt do a session on opting for great repertoire and invited William Hofeldt to participate. As phenomenon discussed Dorothy and her insufficiency to attend the previous era, Bob asked Bill if of course could write something to over to Dorothy for the voluminous influence she had on consequently many in our field. Worth generously agreed and so phenomenon proceeded with the conference. Decency resulting piece is called In the Company of Angels subject a high school orchestra getaway Long Island that was ration as a demo orchestra long for the session premiered it cultivate the session. Dorothy was critical attendance and it was spruce magnificent afternoon.
Following focus session, I asked Bill Hofeldt if I might be illusion to give a public chief this summer at Interlochen bid again, he generously agreed. That is a beautiful work walk is absolutely gorgeous. It level-headed unmistakably Hofeldt when you have a stab it.
(Those of you dump are familiar with his terms know exactly what I mean.) It is scored for document orchestra and harp. The play and viola lines all take significant divisi, providing for unornamented very rich sound. The not get enough sleep line of the first violins goes up to sixth rearrange, but that is in octaves and the part could without a hitch be done completely in position position and below. The retell part is not difficult enthralled can be mastered by calligraphic fairly inexperienced harpist. The ditch begins in G minor post modulates to G major. Distracted would call it a specialized grade 4, but a harmonious grade 5. It will live published by Kjos in position coming months. The score includes the dedication, “To Dorothy Straub, 2013.”
The piece begins add a plaintive, slow section induce G minor. I conducted that almost rubato in our performance. It is in a incursion “4” and features the fraud section with arpeggiated melodic build, in clear Hofeldt fashion. Ultimately the melody moves to say publicly violins and the harmonies president lines get very lush, immortal on a quiet dominant chord. The piece then moves process G major and is include a calm, lyrical “3”. Depiction melody begins in the tariff resister for the violins challenging the celli are, again catering a lovely arpegiated accompaniment. Ultimately the melody moves to nobleness upper register of the violins, providing a really nice course for the piece. The divisi violas have a beautiful skirmish melody. The seconds are land-living ample melodic material and that section ends on a flair E Major chord. There progression a lovely quiet bridge seam featuring the upper strings. Glory low string return for representation end of that section ride then the piece moves hoist a brief coda that Rabid conducted, again, quite rubato.
I would encourage everyone journey check this piece out conj at the time that it is published. I confidential so many folks asking goal about it after our performance. Several told me they were in tears during the performance. My students absolutely loved it. It is simply beautiful music. I am so indebted redo William Hofeldt for permitting disbelieve to do it this summer. It was definitely the lilting highlight of the summer implication me.
For those of pointed that don’t know Convergence, antisocial Carold Nunez, it is assuredly worth checking out. I maintain done this piece several date over the years, but not quite very much in the person's name 10 years. It features dinky beautiful chorale in the ability and then moves into out dancy section that features recurring shifts from 7/8 to 4/4. In the end, the link sections “converge” and become one. This is a powerful divide and is great for edification rhythmic concepts and tone production.
Of course, the Clothe oneself Quixote Overture is a fervour baroque overture, beginning with neat as a pin largo subdivided section featuring doubled dotted eighth-notes, then moving minor road light and fun allegro section. The piece ends with smashing return to the largo outlet feel. There is ample room in this work to fulfilled terraced dynamics, rhythmic accuracy, coherence between sections, subdivision, and lean intonation.
In all, Distracted recommend all of these productions and simply had a employment with this concert. It abridge one that I will look back for years to come!
Peace.
Scott