Practise material
Practise material
These are the music pieces we are playing this term. Please scroll down the list and find the relevant practise part to print out.
String Orchestra 11 am (Marina)
Moisés Simons – The Peanut Vendor
Here is a big band version of the song
Kurt Weill – Mack the Knife
Here you can hear a version with the famous Ella Fitzgerald
Prokofiev- Classical Symphony/Gavotte
You can listen to the piece here
The gavotte is also used in Prokofiev’s ballet “Romeo and Juliet”. Go to minute 48.20 in this link.
Mozart – Twinkle variations (for later in the year)
Here is a fun version for violin and viola (we won’t play it that fast 😅)
Senior Orchestra 10.15 am (Marina)
Arthur Benjamin – Jamaican Rumba
You can listen here and follow your part in the score
Emily Mayer Symphony no 1 – first movement only
Florence Price – Juba Dance
Hurwitz Chamber Players 9 am (Marina)
Tchaikovsky – Serenade
A very good performance here of the Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Vivaldi – Concerto for srings in g minor RV156
You can listen her again to the amazing Concertgebouw
Graham Bennett – A musical Note
Here is an mp3 of the work, which obviously hasn’t been performed yet. Please do listen to familiarise yourself with this.
Carl Jenkins – Palladio
You can listen to the piece here
Joanna Borrett – Then
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Parent Orchestra (George)
Sight Reading Class
In this class students have the opportunity to develop the hugely important skill of sight reading. Emphasis is placed on developing effective note and rhythm reading techniques through games and working together in a small group to deliver convincing performances,…
Individual Instrumental Lessons
Violin/Viola: Karin Bjork, Chloë Meade, Catarina Silva, Peng Nian, Chieko Arai Cello/Double Bass: Fiona Nisbett, Pauline Jones, Theo Bently Curtin Recorder: Otto Hashmi Flute: Lydia Walquist Clarinet: Raj Bhaumik YMC has recently added individual instrumental tuition to it’s wide ranging…
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…
Hurwitz Chamber Players
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…
Senior 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…
String 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…
Junior 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…
YMC Prep Orchestra
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…