Composers and Schools in Concert. A Day in the Life of a Composer

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1 Composers and Schools in Concert A Day in the Life of a Composer

2 TITLE A Day in the Life of a Composer WHAT 6 composers to present 6 workshops FOR Music Students WHEN Saturday, March 1, 2014 WHERE CTB McGraw-Hill Monterey Office SPONSOR CSIC/McGraw-Hill Education/CTB

3 The Program Each Student Can Attend 2 Workshops: one morning session and one afternoon session Student Check-in 8:15 Morning Workshops 9:00 to 11:30 3 rooms Lunch 11:30 to 12:30 Cafeteria Afternoon Workshops 12:30 to 3:00 3 rooms Final Performance and Public Reception Student Celebration - All Composers and Students - Photos 3:15 to 5:00 Lobby Public Reception and Student Performance. All members of the public are welcome. Meet the composers, CSIC staff and mingle with Monterey Peninsula music educators and superintendents and learn about CSIC's educational programs. Afternoon Public Reception Student Performance open to the public 2:15 to 3:15 3:15 4:15 Customer Center Lobby Composers and Students Wrap Up and Photos 4:15 5:00 Customer Center

4 Classical Graphic Scores and Improvisation Students will write their own open-form compositions and learn conduction techniques History of Improvisation in Music and Graphic Score Explore music of John Cage, Morton Feldman and Earl Brown Group Work Graphic Score Steve Horowitz Winner Grammy Award Teacher Academy of Art University Composer Super Size Me "Improvisation is at the heart of what we do as humans and musicians"

5 Orchestrating American Folk Songs Exposure to Americana Orchestra s unique approach to arranging traditional American folk songs How music can preserve cultural heritage and depict historical events Intro to work of Bela Bartok and Aaron Copeland Analysis of melody, implications of harmonic structures, notation, performance strategies and dynamics Karl Cronin Director Center for New Music and Artistic Director of Americana Orchestra Research effects of music on cognitive development Harvard Lab for Music Neuroimaging

6 Creating the Blues Intro to the blues through games to explore groove, walking baselines, blues notes and improvisation Learn bassline, melody, comping, rhythm patters, blues form and chord changes Improvise melodies using the blues scale Rehearse and perform blues for peers Katrina Wreede Award-Winning Composer and Violist Formerly with famed Turtle Island String Quartet Over 30 years individual and ensemble instruction

7 Scoring and Sound Design for Film, Television and Games How to score a film using digital audio workstation (DAW) and notation software Fundamentals of recording, form, tempo, timeline mapping and use of digital audio workstation and notation software Students mix audio sound effects and export the session to a new QuickTime movie Steve Kirk Teacher Blue Bear School of Music Composer: The Princess and the Frog, FarmVille, Voodoo Vince PC Video Games: Zodiac

8 Improvising and Conducting Strategies for Jazz Ensemble Examine techniques when improvising within a large group Hand cues, graphic notation and game structures and strategies Global awareness and listening, strategies for achieving maximum variety and avoiding stagnation Foreground/background, solo/support, intention / non-intention Of interest to any practice where Improvisation is important - dancers, live video art, acting Gino Robair Composer-in-residence CA Shakespeare Festival Session player, Tom Waits Creator of music for dance, theater, radio, television

9 Instrument Building, DIY Students are exposed to how the use of objects found in our everyday environments can be used to create exciting and innovative music Demonstrations and discussions on the definition of a musical instrument and how it has changed Building instruments from raw materials, DIY electronics, composition and improvisation techniques, notation, and performance strategies and dynamics Edward Schocker Director of thingamajiggs performance group Highly original musical practice influenced by cultures across the Pacific Rim