Catalog Description:
Individual instruction for the development of
technical facility and performance proficiency on B-flat Soprano Clarinet, Alto
Saxophone and Tenor Saxophone. The lessons and consequent requirements will be
tailored to four types of instruction: as Principal Instrument of a Music Major;
as Secondary Instrument of Music Major; as Principal Instrument of a high
school or community performer; as Competency Development for teachers whose
primary instruments are keyboard, string, brass or percussion.
Prerequisite:
Score reading ability; familiarity with common musical terms and symbols of
expression, tempo and style; advanced proficiency on another instrument, or, at
least two years of clarinet/saxophone instruction.
Credit:
2.0 Semester Hours
Course Objectives:
1. Develop advanced technical
facility through progressive study of scales, scale studies, daily exercises and
etudes.
2. Develop advanced musical expression through progressive
melodic studies and appropriate classical repertoire.
3. Present opportunities for public performance which may
include (but are not limited to) solo recitals, group recitals, or small
ensemble performance.
4. Develop techniques to limit performance anxiety allowing
for technical fluency and confident musical expression.
Course Expectations:
1. Consistent weekly attendance at
assigned lesson time. The lesson time will be mutually decided upon by
instructor and student.
Once decided, it is expected that the lesson time will
be kept for the semester. If an illness or unavoidable conflict occurs, a
make-up time will be
made available at the discretion of the instructor.
2. Diligent and conscientious preparation of assigned lesson
material. Mastery is the goal. Material will be assigned that is appropriate to
the
student's level of development. It is expected that the assigned material
will be performed accurately and musically at the next weekly lesson.
3. Assigned lesson material may include (but not necessarily
limited to):
a. Major or Minor scale (depending
upon current semester of study) to be played the entire range of the instrument,
low to high, and back.
b. All, or portion, of a technical
etude.
c. All, or portion, of a musical
interpretation exercise.
AND/OR
d. All, or portion, of a movement(s)
from a solo piece written for, or arranged for, the clarinet or saxophone. The
solo may be accompanied
or unaccompanied.
4. To demonstrate
Mastery, performance of the
assigned material must be accomplished with a refined characteristic tone;
accurate intonation;
consistent meter; accurate rhythms, articulations and dynamics; correct musical
phrasing and style.
5. Final performance, either in recital, or a "jury" with
attending music faculty.
Specific musical materials for study
(etudes, solos, etc.) will be selected based upon the developmental level of the
student as assessed by the instructor.
