Title:

Oboe Orchestral Excerpts – Audition Preparation

Description:

This class will explore four common orchestral excerpts frequently asked on professional auditions.  While listening to students play these excerpts we will look at how to prepare them convincingly and confidently.  We will discuss practice techniques, developing technical fluency, dealing with nervousness and other aspects of physical and mental preparation for orchestral auditions.

Participants:

4 students – 20 minutes each

Selections:

Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin

Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”

Brahms – Violin Concerto

Shostakovich – Symphony No. 1

Title:

English Horn Masterclass

Participants:

5 students – 15 minutes each

Selections:

Solo Selections

Hindemith - Sonata for English Horn and Piano

Donizetti - Concertino for English Horn and Orchestra

Yvon - Sonata for English Horn and Piano

Orchestral Selections

Dvorak -  New World Symphony

Berlioz - Roman Carnival Overture

Wagner - Tristan und Isolde

Ravel - Rhapsodie Espanole

Shostakovich - Symphony No. 8

Debussy - Nocturnes

Franck - Symphony in d minor

Verdi - Othello (Willow Song)

Berlioz - Damnation of Faust

Rodrigo - Guitar Concerto

Verdi - A Masked Ball

Title:

Mozart Concerto for Oboe

Participants:

3 students – 25 minutes each

Selections:

Mozart – Concerto for Oboe

* One student per movement

Title:

Orchestral Performance and Auditions Masterclass

Participants:

6 students – 13 minutes each

Selections:

Standard symphonic and operatic orchestral repertoire

* Including solo pieces such as the Mozart and Strauss Oboe Concerti

Title:

Presenting Solo Oboe Repertoire from the Perspective of a Soloist

Description:

Bert Lucarelli, cited by the New York Times as “Americas leading oboe recitalist” will conduct a masterclass exploring the world of solo playing – including the fundamentals of oboe playing as they relate to expressing and engaging an audience with the magic of the drama and hisotry of the music being performed.  How to meet the challenge of keeping an audience interested for a two hour recital through programming, commitment and dedication to quality with concentration.  As an orchestral player until his 40^th year, Mr. Lucarelli brings a unique perspective of the joy of being an orchestral perfomer as well as having developed a career as one of Americas’ most recorded oboists.

Participants:

3 students – 20 minutes each

Selections:

Solo oboe music

Title:

British Repertoire of the 20^th Century

Participants:

4 students – 20 minutes each

Selections:

Goossens - Concerto

Vaughan-Williams- Concerto

Britten- Fantasy Quartet or Temporal Variations

Finzi - Interlude

Gordon Jacob - Oboe Quartet

Malcolm Arnold- Oboe Quartet

Moeran - Phantasy Quartet

Howells - Sonata

Title:

The Martinu Oboe Concerto

Description:

Guy Porat has dedicated the last 9 years for the study of the Martinu Oboe Concerto.  He carefully studied all the relevant sources and together with Prof. Maurice Bourgue edited the New Edition of the concerto, which received praise from the press.  Tonight's Gala Opening Concert will inaugurate the new performance material of the concerto – score and orchestral parts.   Having edited the critical edition of the piece, Mr. Porat is in a position to offer invaluable insight to it.  While the New Edition offers elaborate information in the Editorial Notes, this Masterclass will offer participants an opportunity to explore interpretational issues, and to examine this great concerto in depth.

Participants:

3 students – 25 minutes each

Selections:

Martinu Oboe Concerto

* One student per movement

Title:

Challenging Excerpts from the Oboe Chamber Music Repertoire

Description:

This master class will explore representative excerpts from standard chamber music repertoire for oboe with emphasis on approaches to overcoming frequently encountered stylistic and technical problems.

Participants:

4 students – 20 minutes each

Selections:

Participants should prepare one of more of the following works:

Bach – Aria “Endlich, endlich wird mein Joch” from Cantata 56 “Ich will den Kreutztab gerne tragen”

Mozart – Quartet in F Major, K 370

Mozart – Serenade in c minor, K 388

Nielsen – Quintet for Winds

Loeffler – Two Rhapsodies

Title:

Foundations of Oboe Playing

Description:

Lesson: Practical Tips for Improving Performance

Basics:  Posture – Breathing – Resonance – Vibrato – Finger Position

In addition to working on musical and artistic elements, daily practice of technique should be foremost of the practice-plan.  If you wish to have true artistic freedom, this is an essential basis.

Participants:

4 students – 20 minutes each

Selections:

Participants may play anything they choose for this Masterclass

Title:

Phrasing and Articulation in Classical Oboe Concertos

Description:

We will work on individual solutions to improve the classical phrasing.  Searching for connections between articulation, breathing and the body for a free and flexible oboe playing.

Participants:

3 students – 25 minutes each

Selections:

Any classical oboe concerto (Mozart, Haydn, Leburn, etc.)

Title:

Contrabassoon Audition Excerpts

Description:  

Preparation and execution of contrabassoon excerpts for an orchestral audition.  Participants may feel free to bring any additional contra excerpts or solo works that may also be required for an audition.

Participants:

5 students – 15 minutes each

Selections:

Please prepare in advance any of the works below or any other contra excerpts or solo works.

Beethoven - Symphony No. 5

Beethoven - Symphony No. 9

Brahms - Symphony No. 1

Brahms - Symphony No. 3

Mahler - Symphony No. 9

Ravel - Left hand Concerto

Ravel - Mother Goose Suite

Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5

Strauss - Salome solo

Title:

Playing in Unison

Description:

Focusing on technical and non-technical aspects that can allow for better unison playing.  Also, some attention given to playing “unaccompanied” where playing in unison with one’s self becomes the focus.

Participants:

4 students – 15 minutes each

Selections:

Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6, IV Mvt. (beginning ) – 1^st and 2^nd Bassoon Parts

Mozart – Overture to the Magic Flute – 1^st and 2^nd Bassoon Parts

Ludwig Thuille – Op. 6 Sextet for Piano and Woodwind Quartet, II Mvt.; 7 bars after letter B for clarinet and bassoon

Title:

Baroque Performance Masterclass

Description:

This session will focus on refinement of articulation and ornamentation of solo bassoon repertoire from 1650 to 1740 (+/-).

Participants:

4 students – 20 minutes each

Selections:

Any piece from 1650 to 1740 (+/-)

*A=415 instruments requested

Title:

Linguistics of Embouchure, the effect of native language on the bassoon embouchure and articulation

Description:

The master class will investigate how the native language of the player affects his bassoon embouchure and ability to articulate. The native language of each student will be explored and analyzed, and suggestions will be made to further enhance each student’s embouchure and articulation.

Participants:

4 students – 20 minutes each

Selections:

Standard repertoire – avoid highly technical works

Title:

Weber’s Bassoon Concerto: “Putting New Life Into an Old Warhorse”

Description:

Mr. Morelli will work with three young artists, each performing one movement of the concerto.  Learning to transcend the instrument and studying the approach of non-bassoon playing solo artists and vocalists performing comparable repertoire will be explored.

Participants:

3 students – 25 minutes each

Selection

Weber Bassoon Concerto

* One student per movement