Letter from Dan (12/1)

Dear Concertino West,

Thank you for an excellent rehearsal last night! We worked on playing through all of Sleigh Ride (including reviewing the road map!), getting the tempo a little faster in Beethoven, a playthrough of the Coleridge-Taylor Waltz, and played the last tune in Chanukah Celebration.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Student Directory Scavenger Hunt! It was fun reading the “shout-outs” from our Fall Festival performance and seeing how many commonalities we have!

If you haven’t yet, choose one composer to learn about:

• Ludwig van Beethoven(Symphony No. 5)
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor(Four Characteristic Waltzes)
• Leroy Anderson(Sleigh Ride)
• Reinhold Gliere(Russian Sailor’s Dance)

Fill out this form to share one thing you found surprising about this composer!

Practice assignment (GTCYS10) for this week

• Beethoven:practice with a metronome at Dotted half-note=80
• Coleridge-Taylor:practice with a metronome at Quarter=144
• Sleigh Ride:Practice the road map. Anticipate the 1st and 2nd endings, repeats, D.S. al Coda, etc.
• Review:
  • Johnny Comes Marching Home Again
  • Chanukah Celebration

Here is the full program order for our December 13 concert at Wayzata High School (we’ll share this concert with Camerata Con Brio):

• Beethoven: Symphony 5, 3rdmovement
• When Johnny Comes Marching Home
• Coleridge Taylor: Characteristic Waltzes, Waltz 1
• Gliere: Russan Sailor’s Dance
• Chanukah Celebration
• Anderson: Sleigh Ride

See you next week!

Dan