Score Study Presentation

New Horizons Band

April 19th, 26th, May 3rd and 10th
Fanfare and Intermezzo
By Robert Sheldon

Personal Goals:
• Gestural Needs and Challenges
o Tempo Changes (120, 60, & 104bpm)
o Accelerando (mm. 132) and Decellerando’s (mm. 88, 122)
o Multiple Meter Changes (4/4, 2/4, 3/4)
o Fermatas (mm. 84 & 123)
o Cues (all over the place)
o Style Changes (Legato, bouncy, articulated).
• Conducting Goals
o Try to show something every measure
o Become better at off-beat cues and fermatas (especially the solos)
o Show the styles more
o Conduct to the section needed
o Look at multiple people in a rehearsal while cuing
• Leadership Goals
o Talking less
o Being more clear
o Try out new exercises with the group
o Communicate well and create a positive and productive environment

Rehearsal Goals
• Musical/Technical Challenges
o This could go on forever because each instrument has its challenges but:
▪ Technical: 16th note runs, accents, dotted 8ths and 16th, off beat entrances, triplets
at this tempo, solos)
▪ Meter changes (at mm. 15, 37, 50, 76, 89, 124, 147, & 173)
▪ Tempo Changes (at mm. 85, 89, 132?, 136)
▪ Key Changes (at mm. 89 &147)
▪ Accelerando (mm. 132) and Decellerando’s (mm. 88, 122)
▪ Dynamic contrast
• Musical/Technical Goals
o Keep Articulation up
o Keep tempo up
o Dynamic contrast (a lot of FF to sub p.)
o Contrast of styles between sections
New Musical Terms to Know
• Fanfare: a short ceremonial tune
• Intermezzo: a short connecting instrumental movement in an opera or other musical work
• Rubato: temporary disregarding of strict tempo to allow an expressive quickening or slackening
• Stringendo: with increasing speed

Rehearsal Plan:
April 19th April 26th May 3rd May 10th
Activities
Welcome 2 1 1 1
Announcements 0 0 0 0
Warm-up 0 0 0 0
Sight-read/technique 0 0 0 0
Sheldon - - - -
Section 1: 1-50 3 - - 4
Section 2: 50-85 4 4 - -
Section 3: 85-124 - 6 4 -
Section 4: 124-147 - 4 4 -
Section 5: 147-194 - - 6 4
Run Through 6 0 0 6
Minutes Available 15 15 15 15
Minutes Used 15 15 15 15

Rehearsal 1: 4/19/21
Focus: Section 1&2, playing together
Objectives: Learn first theme, understand roadmap of piece

Rehearsal 1: 4/26/21
Focus: Section 3&4, articulation
Objectives: Review section 2, Learn the slow middle section

Rehearsal 1: 5/3/21
Focus: Section 6, dynamics
Objectives: Review Sections from the previous rehearsal, learn the final section.

Rehearsal 1: 5/10/21
Focus: Touch ups, tempo, and Final run
Objectives: Look at the intro and outro one last time and other spots that may need help then run.
 Conducting Rehearsal 3/29/22
New Horizons at 4:20 PM
Unravelling – Andrew Boysen
Measure 17-49ish

Student Can...
Students can already play their parts individually
Students already know the style of the piece

Objectives
Students will be able to play the “accompanying” part more together
Students will be able to crescendo when the music says so

Personal Goals
1. Gestural Needs
a. Cuing the Solo parts and other instruments that come in (like the tbn at m. 17)
b. 4/4 pattern
c. More staccato pattern for the hits.
2. Conducting Goals
a. Cue all the parts when needed (m. 17, 25, 30, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39)
b. Keep my 4-pattern going without stopping
c. Be able to flip pages easier
3. Podium/Leadership Goals
a. Do not talk a lot
b. Have better feedback

Rehearsal Plan
1. Overarching Theme – Have people play more together
2. Musical/technical challenges
a. Not playing over the melody
b. Coming in together
c. Legato melody over short hits
d. Mutes
3. Musical/technical goals
a. Students will play more together
b. Students not covering the melody but still making the dynamic changes needed.