Hi Cello Studio!  Here is a ‘call and response’ exercise we’re starting in class.  All Naturals![audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/02-Groovin-For-The-First-Time-Prepatory-Page-1.mp3|titles=D Dorian Call and Response]

Today we went outside and did some shooting! We talked about camera angles and different types of shots (wide/medium/close up), and practiced using tripods.

After shooting, we brought our footage back inside to practice editing on iMovie.

Hi CMW Cellists!

Here is a copy of our new cello arrangement of the CMW Song.  We’ll aim to have this beautifully ready for the January 22nd Performance Party!

Yours,

Sara and Ariana

Hi Malachy!  Here is a recording of Mike and I playing this … want to shoot for Nov 12/13 Bach Marathon for a performance?[audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Jesus-Joy-of-Mans-Desiring.mp3|titles=Jesus Joy of Man’s Desiring]

Hi All!  Have fun – you should be using this all the time!  (p.s.  don’t forget your f naturals!)[audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Improv-in-C-Major.mp3|titles=Improv in C Major]

Hi Malachy, Karl and Matthew!  Here is a recording of the student parts [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Anthem-student-parts1.mp3|titles=Anthem student parts] and here is a recording of the PSQ parts – you can play along (I count you in around bar 53…) [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Anthem-Teachers-Parts1.mp3|titles=Anthem Teacher’s Parts]

Hi Anthem People! Here is a recording of the student parts:[audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Anthem-student-parts.mp3|titles=Anthem student parts]  and of the PSQ parts (you can play along with your part – we count you in after a minute or so) [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Anthem-Teachers-Parts.mp3|titles=Anthem Teacher’s Parts]

Today we started talking about video work! We mostly watched a lot of different work and talked about different types of videos, such as narrative, documentary, and experimental.

Here’s some stuff we saw:

Videos from other students:
RAW ArtWorks’s Real to Reel Film School
ICA’s Fast Forward program

Videos from local filmmakers:
Mike Stoltz
Lauren Mackler
Keith Heyward
Alee Peoples
Sophia Tintori

Stop-motion videos:
Living My Life Faster by JK Keller
Summer Sped Up by Josh Kalven
T-Shirt Wars
MUTO by BLU

At the end of class we learned about the cameras we’ll start shooting with next week! We tested them out in the classroom in preparation for a small field trip outside next week.

Hi guys!  Here is a piece for our December performances – 10th and 18th.  Listen and play along! Pizz only…[audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Good-King-Wenceslas.mp3|titles=Good King Wenceslas]

Hi both of you!  Remember this?  We’re bringing it back for the Nov 13/14 Bach Marathon.  Watch your part and count along to the recording – can’t wait to hear you play this again!  P.S.  don’t forget to vibrate [audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Bach-2-Part-Invention-Phase-3-Cellists.mp3|titles=Bach 2 Part Invention – Phase 3 Cellists]the eighth notes…