Malachy H

Youth Salon, March 26, 2011

Anthony T, Beck R, Frankie P, Galo V, Iris C, Jakai W, Jayson R, Joshua M, Karl O, Kirby V, Malachy H, Matthew R, Natasha R, Nohely F, Performances/Events/Projects, Process, Ruby E, Sienna M

[audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/1.Dorian-Swing-Sarahs-Studio-Class1.mp3|titles=1.Dorian Swing Sarahs Studio Class]

“Dorian Swing” composed by Randy Sabien arr. S. Stalnaker performed by Beck R, Iris C, Galo V, Frankie P, Noely F, Malachy H, Ruby E, Joshua M, Natasha R, Matthew R, Karl O, Sienna M, Jakai W, Anthony T, Jayson R with guest Performers Tania M, Kirby V, Ruthanne S

 

Fiddling resources online and in the world!

10-11: Rachel's Fiddle Lab, Aiden S, Alexis N, Andrew O, Audreys R, August P, Christian Y, Jackson L, Jessenia G, Liam H, Malachy H, Matthew R, Process, Rachel Panitch, what's new

Here are some local and web resources to keep you fiddling and listening to great tunes this summer (and all year round)!  Keep me updated on your fiddling adventures!
-Rachel

FIDDLE STUDIO
Listen to great tunes in both slow and fast versions, some sheet music is also posted:
www.fiddlestudio.com

SUNDAY NIGHT JAMMERS
Music jams every Sunday night from 7-9 PM (with sheet music provided), all instruments welcome, many styles of tunes.  Goff Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA (about a 20-25 min drive from Providence)
once a month there is a potluck and community dance along with the jam
www.contradancelinks.com/jammers.html

AMAZING SLOW-DOWNER
Download a free trial version of this software.
You can listen to the beginning of most music on a computer in a much slower speed but at the same pitch!
www.ronimusic.com

ALL IRISH TUNES
can be found at this site.  You can also find sheet music (treble clef only) for many other celtic styles.
www.thesession.org

LOWELL FOLK FESTIVAL
July 29-31, 2011 – yes, it’s an hour drive away, but it’s also the largest free folk festival in the US!  Hear performers here from all over the world.
www.lowellfolkfestival.org

RHYTHM & ROOTS CAJUN ACADEMY FOR KIDS
Sept 2-4, Free but you can register online starting June 1st.  Charlestown, RI.
It’s an hour drive, but a great experience to learn Cajun tunes and perform at the end of the weekend.  The academy takes under a tent across the way from the festival gates.
Give me a call if you want to try this.
www.rhythmandroots.com/general/academy.php

PAWTUCKET ARTS FESTIVAL
Sept 9-18, all types of great free music around Pawtucket
www.pawtucketartsfestival.org

FREE WATERPLACE PARK FRIDAY NIGHT CONCERT SERIES
The calendar isn’t up yet, but check back: concerts are Friday nights in July and August.
http://cityof.providenceri.com/ArtCultureTourism

The Sad Tunafish

10-11: Rachel's Fiddle Lab, Aiden S, Audreys R, August P, Christian Y, Jackson L, Liam H, Malachy H, Process, Rachel Panitch, what's new

It seems our other viola fiddle tune is a little too long to post right now, but here’s the tune we composed after improvising in G minor in Fiddle Lab over a couple of weeks this winter leading up to the Youth Salon.  Named by Christian, it’s called “The Sad Tunafish” (or was it tune-a-fish?)

 

[audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/sad-tunafish.mp3|titles=sad tunafish]

Audio/Visual Composition Update

10-11: Audio/Visual Composition, Brian R, Jesse W, Jori Ketten, Jose G, Karl O, Laura Cetilia, Liam H, Malachy H, Process

A/V Composition has been busy!

On February 15 we worked in Sibelius, learning about crescendos, decresendos, and slurs. We reviewed dynamics (which we learned about last week), and how to score. By the end of class we wrote our own pieces and shared them.

On February 22 and March 1, we learned how to use iMovie. We used footage from the internet to create visual landscapes for our Sibelius pieces from February 15, considering the tone of our pieces, how to highlight different accents in the music, and the effects of contrast between sound and image.

On March 15, we shared our iMovie pieces with Laura, who had been away, and started using Logic. We learned how to use the zoom recorders and recorded ourselves playing scales. We brought these scales into Logic to edit into new compositions.

On March 22, we finalized those compositions. On March 29 we mapped the compositions in order to start working on a visual score (adding matching visuals corresponding to the notes used in the composition) in iMovie, and on April 5 and 12 we worked on finishing those videos and starting to recording pieces we are working on in our lessons for our final projects.

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