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<li>Ticheli, Movement III</li>
<ul>
<li>the eighth note licks at the beginning</li>
<li>eighth note lick at the end</li>
</ul>
<li>Ticheli, Movement IV</li>
<ul>
<li>Measure 68 - eighth note lick there</li>
</ul>
<li>Roman Carnival</li>
<ul>
<li>Rehearsal 2 to rehearsal 3 - accompaniment figure in 2nd and
3rd clarinets. Exaggerate the hairpin decrescendo, be
rhythmic and confident when playing</li>
<li>Tempo 1 (allegro vivace) - keep it light and short; keep
shorter notes and dotted quarter notes and tied notes short -
the dotted quarter note tied to a quarter note should be
released on the quarter note; also, this section should be
very quiet</li>
<li>15 after rehearsal 6 - again, a soft, quite figure. Keep it
soft so that the brass can build to fortissimo 7 before
rehearsal 7</li>
<li>at the end, make sure you do a sfp crescendo two measures
before the 2/4.</li>
</ul>
<li>Rocky Point Holiday</li>
<ul>
<li>work on those 16th note licks: e.g.: 2nd bar of rehearsal 6,
5th bar of rehearsal 25, 3rd bar of rehearsal 30</li>
</ul>
<li>Children's March</li>
<ul>
<li>at 53, focus on having a detached style. Not as short as
the allegro vivace section in Roman Carnival; Children's March
at 53 should have slightly longer notes, but it should still
be detached, have separation between notes, still somewhat
light and bouncy though</li>
<li>133 - start soft at mp and build to the fortissimo at 141</li>
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<li>Folk Song Suite, Movement 1<br>
</li>
<ul>
<li>at the beginning, make sure you have a big dynamic and style
change between first four bars and the 5th bar; again, very
light and soft at 5</li>
<li>at the "to Coda" sign, where there's a trumpet/solo clarinet
solo, play accompaniment softly, rhythmically, and with good
tone</li>
<li>In the marcato 6/8 section in the middle of the movement,
play softer and lighter, so you don't tire yourself out</li>
</ul>
<li>Folk Song Suite, Movement 2</li>
<ul>
<li>Mark these rehearsal letters in if you don't have them: bar
18 = rehearsal B, bar 31 = rehearsal C, the Poco Allegro is
rehearsal D, 18 after D is E, Tempo Primo is F</li>
<li>Work on playing the section starting 2 before E as quietly
as possible</li>
</ul>
<li>Folk Song Suite, Movement 3</li>
<ul>
<li>pickup to bar 9 has to be softer; we want oboe to be the
predominant sound. There should be a large dynamic contrast
between this section and where it goes to fortissimo 12 bars
later</li>
<li>the 3rd bar of the trio - has to be much softer! play as
quietly as you can, so that when it goes to 2/4, there's a
large contrast with the fortissimo<br>
</li>
</ul>
<li>In general</li>
<ul>
<li>make sure you prep a good reed for the concert, one that you
can play soft on and can tongue quickly and easily on</li>
<li>2nd and 3rd clarinets need to play out more to balance the
1st clarinets</li>
<li>soft (piano) sections need to be much quieter</li>
<li>exaggerate the dynamics more, especially in places where
there's a piano section followed by a forte/fortissimo section</li>
</ul>
</ul>
Please find an hour or two this week to practice those licks and
review some of the things we covered. These couple hours of
practice will help tremendously! And <b>make sure you have a good
reed</b> to play on for the concert!<br>
<br>
See you on Tuesday.<br>
<br>
Love,<br>
Anthony<br>
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