tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35550516087490391732011-10-21T03:51:51.048-07:00Wichita State University School of MusicScott Oakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046013415018122292noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555051608749039173.post-53639002499405832842011-10-08T19:21:00.001-07:002011-10-08T21:15:13.441-07:00<div>Intermission after Beethoven 4th piano Concerto.<br />Vanessa Davies, bassoon II and WSU graduate assistant.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kN2HFIv1Z2Q/TpEejlBCW8I/AAAAAAAAE_c/LMN03Qz3G6Q/s1600/IMAG0768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kN2HFIv1Z2Q/TpEejlBCW8I/AAAAAAAAE_c/LMN03Qz3G6Q/s400/IMAG0768.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3555051608749039173-5363900249940583284?l=wsubassoons.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Scott Oakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046013415018122292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555051608749039173.post-60092297482208453642011-08-28T12:06:00.000-07:002011-08-28T12:12:41.423-07:00<a href="http://mqvc.org/">The 2012 Meg Quigley Competition and Bassoon Symposium</a> will be held at the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music in Stockton, CA.<div><span class="Apple-style-span">Pacific is Professor Oakes's Alma Mater, and the event is hosted by former WSU bassoon professor Nicolasa Kuster.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3555051608749039173-6009229748220845364?l=wsubassoons.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Scott Oakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046013415018122292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555051608749039173.post-36177269973839668612010-09-23T05:46:00.000-07:002010-09-23T05:53:08.091-07:00Prepare the following excerpts to be <i>performance ready</i> by the following dates. As always, listen to at least two recordings by major orchestras.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">9/28: Ravel: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Bolero</span></i><br /><br /><div>Work to achieve a very smooth tone and legato in the upper register. Pay special attention to intonation on notes with particular tendencies.</div><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">10/5: Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Work to make perfect legato at the soft dynamic without accents. Pay particular attention to smooth transition back and forth across the register break, taking care to make precise motion with the half hole.</div><div><br /></div><div>Excerpts are available under materials.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3555051608749039173-3617726997383966861?l=wsubassoons.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Scott Oakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046013415018122292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555051608749039173.post-65414776895226117142010-08-12T11:10:00.000-07:002010-08-12T13:42:14.200-07:00Excerpts from <i>Symphonie Fantastique</i> are frequently asked on orchestral auditions. We will work on the exposed passages from movements IV and V. (See handout)<div><br /></div><div><ul><li>Listen to the entire work as recorded by a major orchestra</li><li>Listen to the commentary on the <i>Orchestra Pro</i> excerpt CD and work to prepare the excerpts as described. (you may borrow my copy of the CD if you need)</li><li>Prepare the three excerpts (available from <i>class materials</i>) to be performance ready for class on 9/7</li></ul><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3555051608749039173-6541477689522611714?l=wsubassoons.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Scott Oakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046013415018122292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555051608749039173.post-62109693072964662002010-01-25T07:55:00.000-08:002010-01-25T08:07:27.657-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; font-size:large;">Combined Oboe/Bassoon Studio Class</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Long Tones</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">DFAC B-119</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Long tones are an important daily exercise for continual refinement of control of pitch, dynamic, and sound. We will discuss the theory and practice of these crucial exercises.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We will study these exercise using material by Marcel Tabuteau, Norman Herzberg, and Arthur Weisberg.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3555051608749039173-6210969307296466200?l=wsubassoons.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Scott Oakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046013415018122292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555051608749039173.post-76993082534751124792010-01-18T11:09:00.000-08:002010-01-18T12:26:20.535-08:00<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9</span></b><div><br /></div><div>The extended solo in movement IV is frequently asked in orchestral auditions.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Recordings available in the library:</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://libcat.wichita.edu:7008/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=%0A1112617"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Complete symphonies Dmitri Shostakovich (National Symphony Orchestra )</span></a></span></li><li><a href="http://libcat.wichita.edu:7008/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=%0A1157795"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Kirov Orchestra, Valery Gergiev</span></a></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Recommended recordings:</span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 96px; "><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Georg-Solti-Carnegie-Hall-Project/dp/B000004270/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1263842227&amp;sr=8-2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Sir Georg Solti Carnegie Hall Project</span></a></span></li></ul></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3555051608749039173-7699308253475112479?l=wsubassoons.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Scott Oakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046013415018122292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555051608749039173.post-31484947449779412962009-01-18T17:21:00.000-08:002009-01-20T19:10:52.348-08:00<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61</strong><br /></span><br /><a href="http://libcat.wichita.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=658402">score</a><br /><br />recordings:<br /><br />in library:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://libcat.wichita.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1020393">Itzhak Perlman, Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim</a></li><li><a href="http://libcat.wichita.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=999435">Hilary Hahn, violin ; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ; David Zinman, conductor.</a></li></ul><br /><p>recommended: <span style="font-size:85%;">(a copy on LP will be available either on reserve at the music library or in DFAC B-214)</span></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Violin-Concerto-In-D/dp/B0000026HF/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=music&amp;qid=1232506668&amp;sr=1-2">Isaac Stern, Daniel Barenboim, New York Philharmonic</a> </li></ul><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>Also see <a href="http://wsudoublereeds.blogspot.com/2009/01/combined-oboebassoon-studio-class-for.html">combined studio classes with the oboe studio</a>.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3555051608749039173-3148494744977941296?l=wsubassoons.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Scott Oakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08528039451360144680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3555051608749039173.post-47706450381000592602009-01-06T14:54:00.000-08:002011-03-04T06:53:27.809-08:00<iframe src="https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?showTitle=0&amp;showPrint=0&amp;showCalendars=0&amp;mode=AGENDA&amp;height=800&amp;wkst=1&amp;bgcolor=%23FFFFFF&amp;src=8h3u8sdvg99j5ouilol0ep1sb8%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;color=%23182C57&amp;src=220pk05mpqjf7oimgjgnirnmjo%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;color=%23B1365F&amp;src=ehsgska110ajamme65mbcqrhic%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;color=%235229A3&amp;src=gkjiifdbch3nlieos0mrg74j44%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;color=%23BE6D00&amp;src=stpet2n5f1ec380e60kjlucqd0%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;color=%231B887A&amp;src=hv7vovbp1kqlb8naol1kbppqno%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;color=%2329527A&amp;src=iubch6bahrh5ki9a3m0raa8coo%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;color=%23856508&amp;src=scottcharlesoakes%40gmail.com&amp;color=%23A32929&amp;src=7pfumv037tvacc3ho5dguvhukk%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;color=%23853104&amp;src=qqc5v7k0tfcohttu6tvsdo1pg8%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;color=%232952A3&amp;src=mlbpgcijsp0s1iu3ld4aqim8qc%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;color=%2388880E&amp;src=96egq0a55ii5i6u1vc04cchdb4%40group.calendar.google.com&amp;color=%23691426&amp;ctz=America%2FChicago" style=" border-width:0 " width="600" height="800" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3555051608749039173-4770645038100059260?l=wsubassoons.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Scott Oakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12046013415018122292noreply@blogger.com