Use the Study guides and help texts for this task over the holidays

Study guides and helpful texts can be found here.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx2ytvvymo7RMC01YTJVeFJUOXM

Take the score and annotate it. Add notes to significant sections.

List all the musical ideas that you find interesting

List the 4 most interesting musical devices that Gershwin uses and justify them.

Deadline 20th October

Look deeper into the piece. Conduct a DR CP SMITH analysis on the music.

Dynamics
Rhythm
Context
Purpose
Structure
Melody 
Instrumentation
Texture 
Harmony

Deadline 28th September 2014

Listening to the piece of music Label and identify any reoccurring themes and motifs that you hear in the piece. What instruments are playing these motifs?

What do you think these motifs represent? How do you think this represents an American being in Paris and is it successful?

One side of A4 (At least) with examples from the score identified.

Deadline - 21st September 

In "An American in Paris" has an extended use of percussion and using real world objects such as taxi horns. 

How much of the rhythm section is influenced by Jazz music and what styles of Jazz music? If any part uses European Classical Music influence. 

Record a 3-6 minute audio talking of the ideas you have. 

Deadline 5th October

Rossini uses Motif and Theme throughout his own music.

How is it similar and how is it different to the way that Gershwin used motif and theme in his music?

Deadline 1st February.

Look deeper into the piece. Conduct a DR CP SMITH analysis on the music.

Dynamics
Rhythm
Context
Purpose
Structure
Melody 
Instrumentation
Texture 
Harmony

Deadline 25th January

Make a list of the similarities and differences of the two works. Include score references to specific details.

Deadline 16th February

Not the following week is revision for the mock exams. You have covered all of the set works in detail which should prepare you well Next week revision. 

You will each receive a hard copy of the score and a soft copy is available online

Go through the score highlight any words phrases that you don't understand. Build up a glossary of words that you don't understand. 

Add them to your Keywords or even create your own Quizlet word set. 

www.quizlet.com

Deadline: 16th November

Listen to the piece of music. Give the first impressions of the music.

Comment on style, genre, mood, instrumentation, dynamics, rhythm, modulations, key, time signature, texture, timbre, use of theme, motif and anything else of interest in the music.

Make notes on timings in the music.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx2ytvvymo7Rfno4X0RGbDdUYlJCX3RnTHF5TV9nTjEzVkxMa3VGMFB1SDMyXzBqMmtRbmc

Deadline 9th November 

Give yourself 45 minutes in a quiet area where you not be disturbed. Use your score to help you and fro reference.

Gershwin incorporated elements of jazz and popular music into his classical concert works for orchestra. Demonstrate and discuss how successful he was in reconciling his jazz and popular music influences with those from the western classical tradition, as found in An American in Paris.

Deadline - 2nd November