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02/10/12 Pyramid Concert

Next event: Pyramid Concert, 23 February 2012 at 7pm.....

PROGRAM

Yorktown Chamber Orchestra

Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8

..... Arcangelo Corelli

A beautiful work from the Italian Baroque, featuring the famous Pastorale

Simple Symphony

..... Benjamin Britten

Two movements from Britten’s orchestral version of piano pieces he wrote as a child. A great masterwork of the string orchestra repertoire; neither simple, nor exactly a symphony

Arlington Traditional School Orchestra

Fiddler's Hoedown

..... Robert Gillespie

with a fiddling interlude by Andrew Dabczynski and Bob Phillips

Swanson 6^th Grade Strings

Dempster March

..... Thomas Hartman

1812 Overture

..... Pyotr Illich Tchaikowsky

Andrew Balent’s arrangement of three of the famous themes for beginning orchestra

Combined 6^th Grade Strings

Clog Dance

..... Elliot Del Borgo

A pyramid concert tradition: Williamsburg and Swanson in collaboration rather than rivalry

Williamsburg 6^th Grade Strings

Russian Music Box

..... Soon Hee Newbold

Tribal Dance

..... Brian Balmages

----- INTERMISSION -----

WMS Concert Orchestra

Pavane from Renaissance Suite

..... Elliot Del Borgo

The Harmonious Blacksmith Suite

..... George Frederic Handel,

arr. Isaac

Selected by Merle Isaac from some of Handel’s most famous works

Combined 7^th & 8^th Grade Orchestras

March of the Meistersingers

..... Richard Wagner

Sandra Dackow’s grand arrangement, played by the largest middle school orchestra ever assembled in Arlington

Swanson String Orchestra

Three German Dances

..... Franz Josef Haydn

Dramatic Essay

..... Mark Williams

Drama! Contrast! Spiccato! Syncopation! Pianissimo! Fortissimo!

Fantasia for Strings

..... Elliot Del Borgo

Yorktown String Orchestra

Alice in Wonderland

..... Danny Elfman

With music drawn from Tim Burton’s film, there are no Disneyfied tunes here!

Minuetto and Country Dance

..... Ludwig van Beethoven

Merle Isaac arranged one of Beethoven’s most beloved piano melodies and followed it by a virtuoso showpiece for the first violins

Legend

..... David O’Fallon

Bartok and the Minor Blues Scale meet Heavy Metal

Orchestra

Yorktown Orchestra Syllabus 2011-2012

Maestro Thomas Hartman

I. Class Participation: 30%

When students follow the class guidelines, participate fully and practice consistently they will receive a daily letter grade of B+. Students who attend class without necessary equipment, such as instruments and music as required, cannot participate fully and will receive a substantially lower grade.

II. Quizzes and Tests: 20%

There will be at least 10 performance quizzes during the year. There will be at least 3 performance tests, graded on a pass/fail basis.

III. Performances and Concerts: 40%

Public performances are required, as they are a direct outgrowth of rehearsal time and classroom instruction. The concert schedule is published as part of this syllabus. Concert absences may be considered excused for emergencies, previously notified religious observance, and some other extenuating circumstances. The average of the performances for the marking period will count for 40% of the grade. Unexcused absences will count as an E=0%. Attended performances will count as an A or B.

It is required that Orchestra members participate in one of the following per year: Arlington Youth Symphony, VBODA Senior Regional Orchestra, VBODA District XII String Orchestra or VBODA Solo and Ensemble Festival.

IV. Project: 10%

There will be a 2500 word project on an approved subject related to orchestral music or the student’s principal instrument. A guidance and information sheet will be available at least one month before the project due date.