ORCHESTRATION
COURSE CODE: #008 ORCHESTRATION (1-on-1)
About the Course
Who this course is for:
Students starting to study idiomatic uses of the instruments of the orchestra.
Aims of this course:
This course provides students with an opportunity to acquire various writing techniques in orchestral setting. Study of the timbres, ranges, transposition, technical characteristics, various articulations, and idiomatic uses of the instruments of the orchestra. Orchestral families of sound are examined in their individual tone colours and in their contribution to orchestral sound.
This course includes:
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Zoom lessons with prepared teaching materials
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Feedback on student homework in the class
Study mode:
One-on-one individual lesson
#008 ORCHESTRATION (1-on-1)
Zoom lesson subject to mutual agreement
1) Pay every 4 lessons: £120
£30/lesson
Course
Contents
Syllabus:
I. Study of Instrumentation
Overview of Western orchestration
Bowed string instruments
Individual bowed string instruments
Scoring for strings
The woodwind choir
Individual woodwinds
Scoring for woodwinds and woodwind-string combinations
Brass instruments
Individual brass instruments
Scoring for brass, and brass combined with strings and winds
The percussion ensemble
II. Study of Orchestration
Scoring for orchestra
The orchestral transcription
The orchestra as accompanist
Piano reduction
The preparation of score and parts (Sibelius)
Course materials:
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The Study of Orchestration, 3rd Edition, Adler, Samuel. W. W. Norton and Company.
This is a comprehensive textbook which goes into depth for each topic of the course, providing further examples and explanations.
(You will be provided the study notes in digital format in the course)