| Symphonic Music for Orchestra |
| A Special Performance Course for Music Educators |
| Instructor, Dr. Susan Deaver |
This course is part of a continuing series of performance-oriented courses designed to give Music Educators the opportunity to become more familiar with the various styles of music written for the orchestra. Each semester a different
area of the repertoire will be examined and performed. In addition to rehearsals and performances there may be some scholarly written work.
Fall 2003 Course Information:
MUS 646E. 3 graduate credits
Mondays, 7:00-10:00 p.m. Music Rehearsal Building
from September 8 to December 8
• Depending on enrollment/instrumentation of Graduate Students, rehearsal times may
fluctuate between 6 to 9 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m.
• No class on October 6 (Yom Kippur). Please note that classes are in session at C.W.
Post on October 13 (Columbus Day)
| C.W. Post Orchestra at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts: |
| November 24 |
Dress Rehearsal (7 to 10 p.m.) |
| December 1 |
Dress Rehearsal (7 to 10 p.m.) |
| December 8 |
Concert at 8 p.m. (Sound check at 6:30 p.m.) |
AREA OF STUDY FOR FALL 2003:
ORCHESTRAL MUSIC FROM EASTERN EUROPE
This is a performance-oriented study of symphonic music and repertoire for the orchestra. The semester’s rehearsals and concerts will focus on orchestral music by composers from eastern Europe. Featured repertoire for orchestral reading sessions and concert performance include: Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Arutiunian: Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra and music of Bartok, Kodály, Jánácek, Liszt, and Smetana. During the fall semester Orchestral Master Classes with C.W. Post Music Faculty and a Music Educators Panel Discussion are scheduled.
Dr. Susan Deaver has been the Music Director and Conductor of the C.W. Post Orchestra since l981. Through her efforts the C.W. Post Orchestra has been expanded from a chamber ensemble of 15 to over 75 undergraduate and graduate students. For the past nine years she has assisted Tilles Center in coordinating a residency with the New York Philharmonic which involves both the C.W. Post Orchestra and selected youth orchestras in a series of sectionals, panel discussions and open rehearsals with members of the Philharmonic. Dr. Deaver is well known on Long Island as a frequent clinician and guest conductor, and is experienced in working with undergraduate and graduate college musicians focusing on performance and music education. She was selected to participate in Tanglewood's Conducting Seminar Classes with Gustav Meier, the conducting seminars of the American Symphony Orchestral League, the Conductor's Guild and at Manhattan School of Music with Kurt Masur, Julius Rudel and Sixten Ehrling. As an orchestral fellowship student at Tanglewood in 1972, she worked with both Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa. Dr. Deaver is currently on the music faculty at C.W. Post Campus/Long Island University, SUNY Stony Brook and Manhattan School of Music’s Preparatory Division. B.M., M.M. and D.M.A. from Manhattan School of Music.
Prerequisites and Enrollment Qualifications:
Experienced instrumentalists may be accepted by audition or director's interview only. Participants cannot be currently matriculated in a degree program at Long Island University.
Credits and Fees:
Three graduate level credits can be earned by fulfilling the course requirements, which include rehearsing and performing with the C.W. Post Orchestra. Tuition for the course is computed at a special reduced rate of
thirty-three percent of the current rate per credit. Overall cost will include tuition and standard University fees, and may include a one time University application fee of $30.00.
TUITION AND FEES FOR FALL 2003: $757
Registration is currently in progress
Semester begins Monday, September 8
Late registration: September 8-21
For more information, contact Graduate Adviser John Meschi (516-299-2105, jmeschi@liu.edu) or Dr. Susan E. Deaver, C.W. Post Orchestra at (516-299-4093, sedeav@earthlink.net)
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