What pieces are you learning?

Isabelle · Post by **Isabelle** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:43 pm

I'm not working on any solo peices right now, authough I recently was working on Hyden's "Minuetto in C" very easy peice... Our band is learning "Overture for Winds" ...I can't remember the composer's name... we have been working on this peice all hour every day for the last 2 weeks...I know it by heart...

oh, I remember another one...I'm in a quartet playing McKay's Sonotina Giocosa...I don't know if I got the spelling right, but that's a hard peice... It's not going so well.

remnantpark · Post by **remnantpark** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:49 am

Ha ha. I remember when our band had to play "Overture for Winds"...And the director so angry when nobody practiced it that she eliminated the piece...

Right now, I'm playing Sicilienne by Faure. It's a fairly easy piece...just warming up for harder pieces....

flutytooty91 · Post by **flutytooty91** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:31 am

My band is playing..
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew
and Africa

-piano- · Post by **-piano-** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:25 pm

does anyone know any good melodies for beginners (me)? Besides mary had a little lamb and hot cross buns (most annoying things ever).

well on piano im working on Ride, ride by dimitri kabalevsky. in fact the piano teacher should be coming right about now...

oh im also working on a trio of When the Saints go Marching in for piano, saxophone, and flute (lol i made that part the easy part)

Serpentine · Post by **Serpentine** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:00 pm

Edit,
I'm also playing Cecil Chaminade's Concertino (beautiful piece)
And the 3rd movment of Poulenc's sonata for flute and piano.

fluteguy18 · Post by **fluteguy18** » Thu May 03, 2007 2:46 pm

Update:

I finally got all of my music in for this summer and next semester, and I will be working on / playing before Christmas:

FSK Competition:
Hymn of Pan by Charles Delaney
Telemann Fantasie
Autumn Reflection by Jennifer Higdon

School Concerto Competition
Concertino by Cecile Chaminade

Other Repertoire
Orchestral excerpts [flute and piccolo]
Andersen Etudes Op. 33
Concerto by Jacques Ibert
Charanga by Michael Colquhoun
Lookout by Robert Dick
Concerto in G Major by Pergolesi

Plus:
Major and minor Arpeggios and scales in thirds

Obviously all of these wont be up to performance level, but the competition pieces will be.

FltnPicc_David · Post by **FltnPicc_David** » Sat May 05, 2007 10:09 am

Just Finished:

Solos
Bloch Suite Modale
Saint-Saens Airs de Ballet d'ascanio
Mozart Concerto #1 in G Major

Duets
Beethoven Allegro and Minuetto

Quartets
Bozza Jour d'ete a la Montagne

Now Working On:

Solos
Gaubert Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando
Schubert Introduction and Variations on "Trockne Blumen"
Mozart Andante in C
Griffes Poem

Looking Forward To:

Solos
Martin Ballade
Bach Partita in A minor

fluteguy18 · Post by **fluteguy18** » Sat May 05, 2007 3:19 pm

FltnPicc_David wrote: Griffes Poem

Looking Forward To:

Solos
Martin Ballade
Bach Partita in A minor

I love the Giffes, and the bach partita is rather nice as well.

DivaricationOfMind · Post by **DivaricationOfMind** » Sat May 05, 2007 10:18 pm

I'm currently working on:

Griffes - Poem (for solo and ensemble next year)
Chaminade - Concertino
Taffanel - Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino
Enesco - Cantabile et Presto

as you can tell...I love french music hahaha

for band:

Pierre La Plante - Legends and Heroes
Eric Whitacre - Cloudburst
Charles Ives - Variations on 'America'
Howard Hanson - Chorale and Alleluia

FltnPicc_David · Post by **FltnPicc_David** » Mon May 07, 2007 11:27 pm

The 11th/12th All County Band played Cloudburst this year! I was int he 9th/10th band (being a sophomore) but the piece sounded fun, especially the piccolo part in some section that I can't remember clearly.

Isabelle · Post by **Isabelle** » Fri May 11, 2007 10:29 pm

got a new peice yesterday: Meditation from "Thias" by Massenet.
It's pretty easy, but it sounds really neat with piano. I can't wait to preform it!

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sun May 13, 2007 8:43 am

hmm...

"Hush! the waves are rolling in"
"The Butterfly"

Yes, I've reverted back to Gaelic tunes for the summer..

mark

tarzaflute · Post by **tarzaflute** » Fri May 18, 2007 5:55 am

Hi, I'm currently working on:

Schubert: Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen
J.S. Bach: Partita in A minor
Ibert: Concerto
Roussel: Joueurs de Flute
Enesco: Cantabile et Presto
Hindemith: Acht Stucke
C.P.E. Bach: Hamburger Sonata
Mercadante: Concerto in E minor

I'm also working on heaps of technical and tone work at the moment

sags_3 · Post by **sags_3** » Sat May 19, 2007 9:07 am

tarzaflute wrote:Hi, I'm currently working on:

Schubert: Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen
J.S. Bach: Partita in A minor
Ibert: Concerto
Roussel: Joueurs de Flute
Enesco: Cantabile et Presto
Hindemith: Acht Stucke
C.P.E. Bach: Hamburger Sonata
Mercadante: Concerto in E minor

I'm also working on heaps of technical and tone work at the moment

Just out of interest, why so much repertoire? How much do you practice each day, as the works by Schubert, Ibert and Mercandante are substantial, and surely you cannot have the time to work all of these pieces up to performance standard?

tarzaflute · Post by **tarzaflute** » Sun May 20, 2007 4:24 am

Hi.
Well the pieces are coming along at different times, I knew the Cantabile et Presto a long while ago and learnt the C.P.E. Bach last year but I am using them for an exam I'm sitting in Aug/Sep so I'm keeping them up to standard and you always learn new things. I learnt the Roussel and Hindemith earlier this year but again they are for the exam and I'm keeping them up to standard. I'm learning the Mercadante for my end of year recital and the Ibert and Schubert are long term projects for me. I balance them out fairly well. I'm actually a music major at uni so I get a lot of time to practice since its what I'm doing

Tara.