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Title: AREA OF STUDY 3 ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE


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AREA OF STUDY 3ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
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Whats an Ensemble?
  • School and community bands/orchestras and choirs
    as well as small groups organised by the students
    themselves within the class or partnership.
  • Church choir or musical group/band
  • Not necessarily primary instrument.

3
Which Instrument?
  • Primary instrument
  • Secondary instrument
  • Conducting
  • Voice

4
Key Knowledge
  • Background of ensemble works being prepared for
    study
  • Practice, preparation and performance of
    contrasting ensemble works in a prepared program
    by a range of composers and/or performers.

5
  • Ways of contributing to ensemble development and
    musical balance within the ensemble
  • Performance in an ensemble as part of a program
    demonstrating ensemble performance skills,
    including mintaining amusical role as appropriate
    to the selected styles.

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Key SkillPractice, prepare and perform
contrasting ensemble works in a prepared program
by a range of composers and/or performers.
7
  • Genius may be born but great performances are
    created together

8
Keep a log or diary of each rehearsal.
  • A means of recording the progress and attendance
    of each rehearsal.
  • Setting specific goals for each rehearsal.
  • Observing group dynamic issues and noting how
    this effects the efficiency of the rehearsal
  • Outlining different practice and rehearsal
    strategies.
  • If possible, record or video rehearsals and
    review regularly

9
Research composers and Musical Styles
  • Listen to recordings of different groups,
    comparing the interpretations of same works
  • Encourage students to try new material, outside
    of the familiar
  • Experiment with different instruments at
    different settings
  • Experiment with different styles eg
    accoustic/electronic, funk/reggae, Bach/Schubert,
    bebop/trad.

10
Seek out performance opportunities
  • Good performance comes from good performance
    practice
  • Performance feedback from the Teacher, Band
    Director and STUDENTS
  • Directed student feedback encourages objective
    listening
  • Concert practice and/or Masterclasses
  • Concerts for Senior citizens, PFA, lunchtime
    student performances, Music nights, assemblies
    etc
  • Local restaurants, council etc

11
Key SkillContribute constructively to
ensemble development and musical balance within
the ensemble..
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Shared contribution, shared responsibility.
  • Each student is responsible for contributing at
    least one musical idea/piece of repertoire to the
    group.
  • Assign roles to members of ensembles eg Band
    librarian, section leader in the choir,
    leadership of sectional rehearsals, Rehearsal
    set-up etc.
  • Experiment with changing positioning within the
    group.
  • Experiment with changing roles within the
    ensemble.
  • Experiment with altering style of piece eg
    adapting dynamic ideas from one style into
    another, swinging the rhythm, accoustic to
    heavy rock etc.
  • Dropping in, dropping out

13
Key SkillPerform in an ensemble as
part of a program demonstrating ensemble
performance skills commensurate with skill level
in solo performance work, including maintaining a
musical role as appropriate to the style.
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Utilising outside Professional ExpertiseInstrume
ntal Teachers and other Performing Groups
  • Enlisting the expertise of IMT staff to guide
    students into suitable repertoire.
  • Have students play with IMT staff to gain insight
    to a higher level of performance (sometimes)
  • Engage Professional Groups to perform at school
    and offering M/Classes, workshops.
  • Organising trips to Concerts/ Performances of
    group performers
  • Top Act/Top Class performances
  • Work experience opportunities.
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