MUSIC - Building Peace in a Troubled World

SO we at MATT thought we were just learning music!

HERE'S A STORY THAT WILL INSPIRE PARENTS AND THEIR YOUNG MUSICIANS!

The Euphrates Institute of Principia College in ST Louis Mo. is a nonprofit organization     whose mission is:

       "to prepare for peace, where the world needs it most - in and with, the Middle East"

The "2015 Visionary of the Year" honored by the organization is Zuhal Sultan. How does she help fulfill this mission? The College published this story in their Winter '16 magazine:

At the age of 17 Ms Zuhal started the Youth Orchestra of Iraq, which "brought together young people from every religion and ethnic group in Iraq, to build bridges through music. The  orchestra members overcame incredible obstacles of war, violence and lack of resources to perform successfully throughout Europe, and Iraq, giving people a symbol of hope and accomplishing what no politician has been able to do- unite the disparate groups of an Iraq that threatens to splinter apart"

  

 HOMEWORK 

BEGINNERS

    

1. Scale of D: long bows   TRY SOME RHYTHMS on each note 
         eg.       Mississippi Hot Dog 

                     Run Pony - 

                     Misissippi Mississippi

2. "ALL FOR STRINGS"  Review # 5- 8. NEW 9 and 10 Keep your eyes on the notes. Play each exercise 3 times with excellent position and full bows Listen for perfect tuning. 
     

3. ALL lines of Long Long Ago: Here's the order again:

  line 1,line  2, line 1, line 3, line 4, line 4, line 1 line 3!

4. REVIEW YOUR LINES AND SPACES; Start at the bottom to name lines and spaces

Viola LINES: F A C E G, SPACES: Great  Big  Dogs  Fight 

Cello LINES: Great  Big Dogs Fight Always  , SPACES: All Cows Eat Grass

Violin LINES: Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge, SPACES: F A C E

5. TWINKLE -long bows- smooth, beautiful sound         

          (A) Mississippi Hot Dog - upper half of bow, use elbow 

          (B) Run Pony - long, short short full and half bows

          (C) Misissippi Mississippi middle bows

 INTERMEDIATE

1. NEW this WEEK: Baroque Fanfare- learn well up to bar 6

2.THE BOWS ON THE BUS- review: 

           BEGINNING THROUGH TO BAR 74 WITH CORRECT STACCATOS AND SLURS.

PRACTICE ALL THE BOWS ON THE BUS tune SECTIONS incl. those after bar 74.

                                                                                               

3. REVIEW: MAMBO-  ALL !! WATCH out for LOW f's and C's !!

4. Rosa Lee- LONG BEAUTIFUL BOWS!

ADVANCED 

WE WILL BE VIDEO RECORDING some of our pieces  

EARLY APRIL- BE READY TO STRUTT YOUR STUFF

                                 

            Remember CHARTS ARE REQUIRED- everyone needs to bring                                           it to CLASS each week please-  NO EXCUSES!

IT is very gratifying when to see that some of our "Advanced students " are  striving for continued progress and excellence. You should be proud of you have accomplished ! 

GOALS:

1. to max out the benefits of the program, 

2. to make a strong contribution to the ensemble, 

HOW?

1. keep track of the assignments each week and 

2.get "on top" of your difficult passages.

PAYOFFS

 Doing this will absolutely guarantee: 

1. more success AND 2. more enjoyment!

                      REPEAT assignment: find one hard passage of four bars  or more in each purple piece below, for us to work together on in class. Please search carefully to find your hardest parts and work on them ahead. 

  You will be asked for a "tricky part" at least once, so mark these in with pencil for easy locating when asked.

                                                                        

                                          Queen of Sheba:  OMIT BARS 32 TO 60:

                                          Brandenburg 

                                          Mozart 
                                          Sine Nomine    

      Continue work on Billy Tell, Bro James, Londonderry Air, La Paloma, Silverbirch  

           

                       

           HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK, ALL OUR FABULOUS YOUNG MUSICIANS!
       MARCH BREAK IS COMING SOON (no classes)- ENJOY!!!

                                        

The Euphrates Founder includes this information as part of her extensive and informative report about the motives and facts of ISIS . She calls Ms Sultan the "anti ISIS: "she is recruiting young people from all over the Iraq to unite, harmonize and promote tolerance and co-operation"