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A Level Composition Workshop

30TH JAN 2020


What is this?

Chosen submitted compositions will be workshopped by professional


musicians to help realise the piece nd suggest improvements. Idiomatic
writing and stylistic conventions will come to life in this environment

We will also host another school (BGS)

A superb opportunity to then take this experience into the ‘real’ A lvel
composition next year
Instrumentation

Any combination of

 Flute
 Clarinet
 Horn
 Trumpet
 Percussion
 Piano
 Violin
 Violin
 Viola
 Cello
Deadlines

Mon 25th Nov (1 week)


 Paragraph explaining overview, instrumentation and structure
 Notated main melodic theme

Mon 9th Dec (3 weeks)


 Good draft of First section complete

Weds 8th Jan (7 weeks)


 Good draft of Second section complete

Mon 20th Jan (9 weeks)


 Submit draft of complete composition with recording
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HOoZQ5Ei4s
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfK9Si50aO0
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5Lo7T3rvto
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFlVau64-U8

 String techniques https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux3Z3yAK-UE


 Fugue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bYBJAQ-_24
 Sonata form https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G6xMcUUbEA

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