Avery Davidson
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May 01
Reflection on Last Week’s Concerts
I know that I have not been so great on blog posts this last month, but it was just too busy with all the activities I had to do. But, most of that included this independent study. Therefore, I am going to talk especially about last week’s concerts. I had three conducting concerts last week …
Mar 31
Twentieth and Twenty-First Week
These past weeks have been great, as I have gotten to do more rehearsals with Jordan High School and Mr. Meyer’s Instrumental Ensemble. I’m working with students in the cast of the musical on how to make sense of their lines. Whether they are in love, in a funny state, and strict and power-hungry, it …
Mar 10
Arrangement of “Spirit of ’44”
This was a completely new process for me that I didn’t even think I would do during this independent study. Mr. Meyer suggested that it would be a good exercise for me, in case I would have to do any of this in the future, as there are conductors who arrange things for their orchestras, …
Mar 10
Nineteenth Week
This blog post came later than it should have, but I promise I have been doing work! In fact, I finished score studying with not only the Mozart Requiem, but already Beethoven’s First Symphony! I need to write some posts about the previous score studies, as there are some interesting things I have found, especially …
Feb 25
Eighteenth Week (I’m Back!!!)
Sorry for the long break! I had to take a hiatus on this independent study because of the winter musical. Now that it is done, I’m going to reflect on some things that I learned about conducting musicals when watching Mr. Meyer lead the pit band. First of all, I just want to say that …
Jan 28
Seventeenth Week
This week has been a better one, as I have had two rehearsals with Mr. Meyer and now have received both of my new scores that I picked for the instrumental ensemble. Mr. Meyer has assigned me to arrange one of these pieces, which I will be starting to work on this weekend. I will …
Jan 25
Sixteenth Week
Last week was another great planning week, as I have had great times with Mr. Meyer during instrumental ensemble and a meeting after one of them where we went over the pieces I have chosen. We narrowed them down to two, and now, we will go through the arranging process, which I will go over …
Jan 18
Fifteenth Week
Last week, nothing much happened. I still was studying the Mozart Requiem, and I’m almost done with the part of it labeled, “Sequencia.” Then, I was given an interesting assignment from Mr. Meyer about an important part of being a conductor: picking pieces for your specified group. I had to take three to four pieces …
Jan 10
Fourteenth Week
I hope everybody enjoyed their winter break! I have gotten back to work with my independent study, and I still kept some studies going over the break with the Mozart Requiem. I will be making more posts frequently like I promised. Mr. Meyer let me conduct a little bit of my piece when the ensemble …
Dec 20
Symphony No. 39 (Including Demo Lesson #1)
This is a post that I have been very tardy on, for which I apologize. We have now reached Mozart’s final three symphonies, which are considered to be very different than the rest. They still have his same perfectionist qualities, but he does tend to expand heavily on his harmonic progressions and his counterpoint. However, …