Program for Stories, Legends and Fairy Tales 11.30am, 25 October 2015 10.30am, 27 and 28 October 2015 The Courier-Mail Pizza, South Bank Parklands
The Program - Stories, Legends and Fairy Tales The Program includes: GRIEG Peer Gynt, Suite No.1 Morning In the Hall of the Mountain King PROKOFIEV Cinderella, Cinderella s Waltz HUMPERDINCK Hansel and Gretel Pantomime R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels Merry Pranks op.28 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade, op.35 STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite, excerpts 4. The Festival at Bagdad ANTILL Corroboree Symphonic Suite No.1, excerpts DUKAS The Sorcerer s Apprentice, excerpts
The Conductor Nathan Aspinall From 2012 to 2013 Nathan held the position of Young Conductor with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. In this role Nathan assisted Chief Conductor Johannes Fritzsch and visiting guest conductors and conducted concerts for the education series. Nathan studied french horn and conducting at the University of Queensland and was awarded the Hugh Brandon Prize. In 2012 Nathan attended the Aspen Music Festival studying. He was awarded the Robert J. Harth Conducting Prize, and was invited to return to Aspen in 2013. Nathan has participated in the Symphony Australia Young Conductors Program, working with the symphony orchestras in Tasmania, Adelaide, Queensland and Western Australia as well as the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and Orchestra Victoria. In January 2012 Nathan made his Sydney Symphony Orchestra debut at Symphony in the Domain. He also acted as assistant conductor for Opera Queensland s productions of Macbeth and Carmen. In 2014 and 2015, Nathan returns to the Queensland and Adelaide symphony orchestras and makes his professional debut with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Nathan studies Orchestral Conducting with Hugh Wolff at New England Conservatory. Conductor: A person who directs the performance of an orchestra. A conductor s role includes leading the rehearsals and performance and ensuring the musicians play together. The conductor sets and changes the tempo (speed) and dynamics (loud/soft).
Australian Curriculum Music Elements of Music Rhythm Pitch Dynamics & Expression Form and Structure Timbre Texture Creating Performing Responding Foundation to Year 2 Beat and rhythm Fast/slow Long/short High/low Pitch direction Pitch matching Unison Forte, piano Introduction Same/different, echo patterns, repetition Verse, chorus, round How sound is produced Every voice and instrument has its own sound Melody Accompaniment Drone Creating sounds using voice and instruments Playing instruments in groups Moving to beat and rhythms 3 and 4 Tempo changes ostinato Pentatonic patterns Melodic shape Intervals Treble clef and staff Dynamic gradations pp to ff Legato & staccato Question & answer Repeat signs Binary (AB) form Ternary (ABA) form Recognise orchestral instruments by sound In isolations and in combination Patterns occurring simultaneously Rhythms 5 and 6 Compound metre Major scales Pitch sequences, arpeggio, riff, Bass clef Staccato, legato accent Theme, motif Phrase Rondo (ABACA) form ostinato Acoustic and electronic sounds Voice and instrument types Contrast within layers of sound Playing and reading melodic and rhythmic excerpts 7 and 8 Time signature Rhythmic devices - anacrusis, syncopation, ties and pause Minor scales Key and key signatures Major/minor chords Ledger lines Dynamic gradations Articulations relevant to style Repetition and contrast Theme and Variation Verse chorus, bridge Recognise instrumental groups Layers of sound and their role. Unison, homo/polyphonic 9 and 10 Regular and irregular time subdivision triplet, duplet motif, augmentation/ diminution Tonal centres, Modulation Consonance/ dissonance Chromaticism Rubato, vibrato, ornamentation Motivic development Sonata form Interlude, cadenza Improvisation, Identify instruments by name and sound production Horizontal/vertical layers countermelody Sing and play in two or more parts Respond to the stories Historical context Awareness of ensemble