IB+Music+11

HW due Friday, 5/1: Finish Charpentier analysis; take notes and notate score || || In May, HW extensions will be given when AP and IB assessments are scheduled. Keep up the great work! The theory and writing assignments demonstrate a mastery level understanding of the material (i.e. Gershwin, Charpentier and theory assignments)!! || study the music theory exam review packet read and study the Gershwin essay; be able to find the seven themes in the score Diagnostic quiz on Thursday based on the Gershwin essay || >ask clarifying questions for both links > Go to SUNY Genseo GLOCAT library resource search website; try to find a book that pertains to the musical styles you are researching ||
 * //__Quarter 4 assignments for IB Music 11 (Cummings)__//**
 * Due date || assignment ||
 * 4/21 || Gershwin Essay see question on page 2 of the **Gershwin Corresponding Questions'** attachment (below- 4/16). ||
 * 4/27 || Music theory review packet due Friday. ||
 * 5/1 || Theory HW due Friday: Write the cycle of fifths—this time include relative minor keys inside the circle; Write the notes of the A, B, C, D, E and F harmonic minor scales. What must you do? Which scale do you start with? How do you vary that scale?
 * 5/4 || HW New lesson: Analysis of **//Arrival of the Queen of Sheba//**—due Monday, 5/4
 * 5/7 || Beethoven Menuet analysis. This will be started in class.
 * 5/8 || Musical links development sheet--outline pieces from two distinct cultures and try to find links. This is a problem solving type of assignment. You do NOT need to turn in finalized links. ||
 * 5/15 || Read and grade sample MLI paper 1: Comparing Chinese and Western opera and sample 2: Comparing Rachmaninoff and Peterson ||
 * 5/18 || Read comments on the Charpentier essay, and Gershwin essay. The papers were excellent. Read the Gershwin essay again and look at the score to review the location points you used. ||
 * 5/21 || Due Thursday two musical links for the MLI with two corresponding pieces of music from two distinct musical cultures.
 * 6/4 || >Develop a second musical link with supporting ideas> Find online sources for either or both links
 * 6/12 || Final project - see attached document [[file:IB Music final project 2015.docx]] ||

|| || 2) Develop MLI links and find corresponding resources 3) Continue to learn, utilize and review music theory concepts 4) Analyze more examples of Renaissance, Baroque, Classical and Romantic Era Music 5) Continue our study of Gershwin's "American in Paris" ||
 * //__Quarter 3 assignments for IB Music 11 (Cummings)__//**
 * Due date || assignment ||
 * 2/3 || Quick write based on Vivaldi's //Four Seasons.// See file attachment for Program Music lesson #1.
 * 2/10 || Prokofiev's Classical Symphony: Highlight score themes and annotate the score for the exposition only. Use colored pencils as demonstrated in class. ||
 * 2/13 || Fill in the thematic chart for Prokofiev's Classical Symphony. ||
 * 3/2 || Jazz 'personal interest' research essay due Monday, March 2.Refer to the attachment for instructions.
 * 3/4 || Due Wednesday, March 11: World Music Personal interest project. This can be completed as either a detailed power point presentation or an IB exam styled essay. Use the same specifications as the Jazz personal interest project. ||
 * 3/16 || MLI homework sheet; grade/evaluation for MLI exemplar #1; **make revisions to Jazz Power Point by Friday 3/20** ||
 * 3/18 || read and grade MLI exemplar #2: Baroque and Gypsy Jazz ||
 * 3/20 || read and grade MLI exemplar #3: traditional Chinese Music vs. Jazz; also create a link based on any style of Western Art (classical) music and any style of World music
 * make revisions to Jazz Power Point by Friday 3/20** ||
 * 4/6 || Due April 6: Baroque Era Quiz Review sheet. ||
 * || Our target goals for the next two months are:1) Prepare for the IB Music 11 final exam
 * 4/8 || Fill in the Bach harmonic analysis worksheets by writing in the name of the chord and the chord function for the selected chords. Also identify the key signature, review the I, IV, V chords in this key, and identify the relative major or minor chord. This is an excellent review assignment for a skill that you all excel at!

Present your Romantic Era essays by explaining the key points of your paper in terms of musical context, form, musical elements (melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, texture, etc.) and musical terminology. Also have a youtube link ready so that we can hear the segment of your piece that correlates to the essay. || The Baroque terms quiz is on Friday, April 10. || Refer to these prior Gershwin assignments:
 * 4/10 || Turn in the Baroque terms pre-quiz corrections
 * 4/14 || Complete the World Music terms review sheets for Indian and African music ||
 * 4/16 || __Color in all the main themes__ for Gershwin's American in Paris AND complete the worksheet titled, '**Gershwin Corresponding Questions'**.
 * 1) Blues lesson for Gershwin
 * 2) Prescribed Works information packet by Charlton. You wrote out your own question for the Gershwin portion.
 * 3) IB BACCpack for Gershwin's //American in Paris.// ||

1) Use the harmonic progression from Bach's Cello prelude in G. 2) Create a melodic line which clearly brings out the sound of the secondary dominant chords. || || 1) Explain the sections of Sonata Allegro form 2) Analyze the Exposition, Development and Recapitulation in separate paragraphs. For the exposition and recapitulation give at least one example for the first group, bridge passage, second group and closing; for the development, briefly explain what happens from measures 172 to 188 and from 189 to 209. 3) Explain how the piece reaches a climactic point in the codetta at bar 373. Color code the violoncello and basso (the lowest staff in the score) as follows: Bars 373 to 376—yellow; bars 377 to 380—green; bars 381-384—blue; 385 to 388—red 4) Refer to the score and the Sisman article to develop your analysis 5) Notate the main themes on Sibelius and copy them into your paper ||
 * //__Quarter 2 assignments for IB Music 11 (Cummings)__//**
 * Due date || assignment ||
 * 11/12 || secondary dominant assignment due Wednesday, 11/12 ||
 * 11/18 || Cello prelude composition due Tuesday, 11/18
 * 11/21 || Indian Music terms packet and reading due Friday, 11/21
 * 11/25 || **Directions.** Select another **raga** that is based on a **Thaat** listed in your Indian music packet. listen to the raga. On staff paper, write the **swaras** in the Thaat; write the **aaroha** pattern followed by the **av****roha** pattern.Be sure to indicate the **swaras** that are **komal** and the swaras that are **tivra**. Also write down the other instruments that are playing on the recording and discuss their function. ||
 * 12/1 || Complete both figured bass worksheets. ||
 * 12/4 || First draft of the Mambo (Snake) essay from the 2012 IB Music exam (unidentified piece). ||
 * 12/12 || Due Friday, December 12: Analysis of the fourth movement of Mozart's Jupiter Symphony.Be sure to:
 * 12/18 || Copland Tone Color Assignment. The worksheet is posted on my school website. ||
 * 1/8 || Due Thursday 1/8/15: Read pages 1-8 in the Prescribed Works packet by Alan Charlton. The Prescribed Works are Rossini's //Petite Messe Sol////onnelle// and Gershwin's //An American in Paris.// Write one margin note question per paragraph for pages 1,2,3,6,7 and 8 (Gershwin only). ||
 * 1/9 || Due Friday 1/9/15: IB exam styled essay for the Romantic Era piece assigned to you. Listen to the piece, analyze the score, then write the essay. ||
 * 1/14 || Due Wednesday, January 14: Read pages 9-18 in the Prescribed Works packet by Alan Charlton. Write one margin note question per paragraph for pages 9,10,11,13,1516,17 and 18 (Rossini only).

Also read the Practice Questions on the bottom of page 20. Which style of music would you need to know more about in order to answer these sample test questions? ||
 * 1/26 || Final draft of Romantic Era essay. ||
 * 1/28 || Blues lesson for Gershwin [[file:Blues Lesson for Gershwin.docx]] ||
 * 1/29 || [[file:Twentieth century IB guided read.doc]] ||

2) Optional: Construct the scale tone chords in C major. 3) Read the Musical Links Investigation exemplar; write margin notes that include new vocabulary terms. || Be able to play the I, IV, V cadences in D major Be able to play the major scales in C, G, and D Be able to play major, minor, augmented and diminished triads for C, G and D Be able to play the scale tone chords in the keys of C major, G major and D major || > Keyboard task checklist:  __Be able to play the I, IV, V cadences in D major__ Be able to play the major scales in C, G, and D  __Be able to play major, minor, augmented and diminished triads for C, G and D__ Be able to play the scale tone chords in the keys of C major, G major and D major || Be able to play diatonic and chromatic intervals in the key of F (refer to my book, p.6) || Practice I, IV, V cadence in C, F, G || turn in 1-30 || **2) On manuscript paper, write the major, minor, augmented and diminished triads for C, G, D, A, E, F.** || On staff paper, write the key signatures for these minor keys: **Am, Em, Gm, Dm, Fm, Bm, F#m, Cm** ||
 * //__Quarter 1 assignments for IB Music 11 (Cummings)__//**
 * Due date || assignment ||
 * 9/8 || 1) Complete the construction of the C,G,D,A,E and F major scales.
 * 9/10 || > Keyboard tasks:
 * 9/12 || > Complete the 'Musical Evolution' guided reading ||
 * 9/18 || Be able to perform the keyboard tasks in the checklist below.
 * 9/22 || Be able to identify and write the following major key signatures: C,G,D,A,E, F, Bb, Eb, Ab(refer to my book, p. 4,5) ||
 * 9/24 || Be able to play diatonic and chromatic intervals in the key of C (refer to my book, p.6)
 * 9/26 || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Copland “Elements of Music” Answer #1-15
 * 9/30 || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Copland “Elements of Music” Answer #16-30,
 * 10/2 || Medieval music terms worksheet ||
 * 10/3 || Medieval Music guided readingCreate questions and summarize the Leonin and Perotin readings. ||
 * 10/6 || Work sheet: Renaissance terms and description of composers ||
 * 10/9 || 450 word essay on Josquin's //Ave Maria// Renaissance motet.Refer to the score, the reading, and the IB Music Listening paper template. Give location points by referring to specific measures. ||
 * 10/14 || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**1)** **Finish filling** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> **in the IB listening paper template for the Renaissance piece assigned to you; mark the score with key terms and ideas. Be able to present your research on Tuesday, October 14**
 * 10/22 || Copland chapter 3 questions (These questions have been added as an attachment [[file:Copland Chapter 3 Questions.doc]]).
 * 10/28 || **William Byrd Essay due Tuesday, 10/28** ||
 * 10/29 || **Key signature quiz Wednesday, 10/29**


 * Baroque terms assignment due Thursday 10/30 (see attachment) [[file:Baroque Terms.docx]]** ||
 * 11/4 || Finish will finish their arrangement to various Bach pieces. ||
 * 11/6 || Turn in completed analysis for the Bach chorale. ||