Nov. Concert Preview and Music Education Resources, 2022

Nov. 10 Orchestra of Southern Utah “Traditions Concert” at 7:30 p.m. in the Heritage Theatre featuring a bassoon concerto and a pipa concerto plus Swedish Rhapsody and Capriccio Espagnole. This concert is part of the Cedar City Birthday Celebration. Tickets online at https://www.myosu.org

Preview the Music: 

Bernhard Crusell: Bassoon Concertino (1829) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6UH-HrxevY

N. Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnol Score (Audio + Score) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY2Bt0TppKw This piece celebrates the rhythms and style of Spanish music.

Hugo Alfvén - Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 "Midsommarvaka", Op. 19 (1903)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh9ONsHIZLU

This piece represents midsummer night festivities in Sweden.

Pipa soloist Celia Yu Liu lives in Los Angeles. This is a performance on the pipa with guhzenz.

These are traditional Chinese instruments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjHnn_l_-6U

She will be playing a pipa concerto with the Orchestra of Southern Utah that tells a story complete with battles and drama called "King Chu Doffs His Armour" 

Music Resources for school and home from Carnegie Hall:  

Orchestra families and instruments http://orchestramap.carnegiehall.org/?utm_source=40822&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wmi-teachernewsletter-10-14-2022&utm_content=version_A&sourceCode=40822

Digital music guide

https://www.carnegiehall.org/Explore/Learn/Young-Musicians/Digital-Music-Production?utm_source=40822&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wmi-teachernewsletter-10-14-2022&utm_content=version_A&sourceCode=40822

Resources for families and  children 

https://www.carnegiehall.org/Explore/Learn/Families-and-Kids includes coloring book, stories and more

Resources for young musicians 

https://www.carnegiehall.org/Explore/Learn/Young-Musicians

Celebrate Young Composers at the Thursday OSU Finale Concert Plus Music by Sibelius and Haydn

Concerts are more engaging if you have heard the music in advance. These links will let you preview the music for the Orchestra of Southern Utah concert featuring two young composers as well as music by Haydn and Sibelius.

The epic finale to the Siblieus Symphony No 2 on is the concert next Thursday, April 7, 7:30 pm at the Heritage Theatre: https://youtu.be/YXGxOa682Uc. The fourth movement starts at 30.57

Zane Lowry's Adventuum is on the program for Thursday's concert. Link:  Electronic version of music with score

Looking forward to sharing this memorable Haydn symphony at next week’s concert. OSU will play the 2nd and 4th movements for the spring concert. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gbf1LVE4UKM&vl=en

00:00 1. Adagio – Vivace assai (G major) 08:25 2. Andante (C major) 14:12 3. Menuetto: Allegro molto (G major) 19:44 4. Finale: Allegro molto (G major)

Composer and guest violinist BekaLara Willey Larrucea has performed extensively. This is a radio program on the Willey Family Strings and she plays both violin and viola. Link: Radio program with music from the Willey family  BekaLara will be teaching for the Vivace Family Camp this summer. August music camp link

BekaLara with Korngold Violin Concerto at ASTA convention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDyRh4LhNYs at 16:50

BekaLara with Utah Valley Symphony playing the Carmen Fantasie in 2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH1kDuFLbgM

Link: April 7 concert article. Concert tickets at www.myosu.org

The Young Composers Concert is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Hal Campbell.

A Celebration of Great Classics

 

You are invited to join your orchestra on Feb. 10 for a special concert featuring 

great classical masterpieces. Links for preview listening below. 

Tickets at https://www.myosu.org

Poster design by Rollan Fell, Print Shoppe

Rossini's La Gazza Ladra Overture (1817)

This opera also known as the Thieving Magpie. The melodrama is about a magpie that steals a silver spoon and a coin that creates great drama in the opera, but all ends well. The overture opens with snare drums setting a sombre tone, but then moves to a charming and happy melody with a lot of energy.

 Preview the Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWz_5V1k8D8&t=1sOSU is preparing the great Mozart Symphony #40 for our Feb. 10 concert. Thanks to Xun Sun for finding this exceptional performance. 

Listen at: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0sGqkMU-mGQ&feature=emb_logo

The absolutely gorgeous Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus by Ralph Vaughan Williams is also on the program. This piece features the strings and includes English and Irish folk music which you will also recognize as the melody for How Great Thou Art.

Link to preview music

(Children over six welcome with adult supervision. No babies please because the concert is being recorded.)

Music Activities for Students

Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra by Benjamin Britten features instrument introductions. Here is an activity for students utilizing this music

"We are excited to share an open beta of the non-Flash version of our interactive, online game based on Britten’s The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. This game takes young students on a listening adventure, exploring the different sections of the orchestra. Players can register in the game to save their progress." Carnegie Hall introduction to instruments

Resources for Young Musicians from Carnegie Hall This link includes songwriting ideas as well as instrumental resources. 

Drumming for fun and therapy from the Symphony magazine

Classical Kids link: Many stories with music