Practice material
Here is a list of music pieces we are playing this term. Please scroll down the list and find the relevant practise part to print out. Many thanks
Choir + voice/aural classes (Alison)
Jonathan Dove – Snow
Jonathan Dove – Waters
Jonathan Dove –Pleasant and Delightful (arr Paul Sartin)
Errolyn Warren – The OK Song
Cecilia McDowell – Shadow-maker
Peter Jenkins – The Owls
Voice/aural class materials for Bring a Friend Day
9:00am- Intermediate
9:30am- Junior 2
Junior 1- 10:00am
Junior 3- 10:30am
Senior- 11:00am
Introduction Orchestra (Fiona)
Edward Grieg – In the hall of the Mountain King
Listen to the original version for symphony orchestra here
Preparatory First Orchestra (Fiona)
Robin Wedderbrun- By the River
First Orchestra (Marina)
Tomaso Albinoni – Sinfonia in G Major
Franz Schubert – Valse Nobles
only look at Walzes 1,2,4 and 8!
Camille Saint Saens – Elephant from carnival of the animals
Listen to the piece here
Modest Mussorgsky – HOPAK from “The Fair at Sorochintsky” arrangement by JEFF MANOOKIAN
you can listen to the piece here
Junior Orchestra (Marina)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Orchestral Suite no 1 (Gavotte/ Menuet)
Listen to the piece here Menuet at 12.10 min
Henriëtte Bosmans – Arietta (arr. David Evans)
Listen to the original version for violin and piano here from Marina’s CD with works by Henriette Bosmans:
Granados-Danza_nº5
You can listen to the piece here
Chamber Orchestra (Marina)
Mieczysław Karłowicz – Serenade for Strings opus 2
Listen to the piece here\
Felix Mendelssohn – String Sinfonie no 7 in D minor
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Noveletten for Strings opus 52
Joanna Borrett – Avanti
You can listen to the original cello + piano version here
Brahms – Sextet no 1 opus 18
Dvorak – Serenade no 1 opus 22
Parent Orchestra (George)
Mozart Divertimento in D K.136
Mozart Divertimento in B flat K.137
Mozart Divertimento in F K.138
Mozart Flute Quartet in D Major K.285
Mendelssohn Sinfonia 1
Individual Instrumental Lessons
Violin/Viola: Marina Moore, Karin Bjork, Iona McDonald Cello/Double Bass: Sheena McKenzie, Fiona Nisbett, Dinah Beamish Flute: Luke Strevens Recorder/Clarinet: Elizabeth Knatt YMC has recently added individual instrumental tuition to it’s wide ranging offer. One to one tuition is where students…
Choir
Singing in a choir is good for your soul! Join the YMC choir this term and you won’t regret it. We meet at 11:45am. We have a great range of songs in different styles. Combine pitch, rhythm and language, and…
Chamber Orchestra
This is our flagship orchestra. Children usually will have achieved Grade 7 – 8 on their violin and Grade 6 on violas or cellos to take part. We play some very challenging repertoire including works specially written for us, therefore…
Junior Orchestra
In the Junior Orchestra (for string and wind players) we aim to work on more advanced repertoire and therefore Grade 6 is expected from violinists and a good Grade 5 violists and cellists. Wind players should be grade 6 and…
First Orchestra
This is a string orchestra made up of children who are usually about grade 5 standard on violin and viola and grade 4 on cello. By this stage they should have a good degree of ‘instrumental’ knowledge in all the…
Preparatory First Orchestra
This is an orchestra for string and wind players mostly made up of children around the ages of 8-11 and the standard of playing ranges from children who have a good working knowledge of 3rd position i.e. grades 3-4 on…
Introduction to Orchestral Playing
This is a string ensemble mostly made up of children 6-8 years of age. The standard of playing ranges from children who have just left their first year group lessons on violin, viola and cello to children who have taken…
Junior Musicianship
These are pre instrumental musicianship classes which are organised into small groups for our youngest YMC members between the ages of 2-6 years. These classes run every half hour through the Saturday morning arranged by age. The aim of the…
Instrumental beginner classes
These are group beginner classes for children from 5 years of age for violin, viola, cello and recorder or for flute from 7 years upwards. The classes start every September and run for one year only, after which children are…
String Ensembles
Run by Roman Lytwyniw, Sheena McKenzie and Fiona Nisbett These ensembles are smaller chamber groups (3 -8 players) of students from the same orchestra coached by one of our specialist teachers. Children who wish to join one of these ensembles…