ORCHESTRATION 1                
FALL 2009,                  
LEHMAN COLLEGE                  
Prof. Dinu Ghezzo                  
                   
Mon. Aug. 31       Introduction          
Wed. Sep. 2       History of Orchestra        
                   
Mon. Sep. 7       History of Orchestra        
Wed. Sep. 9       The Romantic Orchestra        
                   
Mon. Sep. 14   Strings   String Instruments        
Wed. Sep. 16   Strings   String Instruments        
                   
Mon. Sep. 21   Strings   Bowings & Other          
Wed. Sep. 23   Paul Lee   Violin/Viola Tech. Lecture        
                   
Tue. Sep. 29       Violoncello, Dbass      
Wed. Sep. 30       Review of Bowings, Harmonics, Double/Triple stops    
        Videos-Paganini Capriccios      
                   
Mon. Oct. 5   Strings   Writing for the String Quartet      
Wed. Oct. 7   Strings   Writing for String Orchestra        
                   
Mon. Oct. 12   No School   No School          
Wed. Oct. 14   Winds & Brass   Review for Quiz 1        
                   
Mon. Oct. 19   Woodwinds   The Winds & Brass J. Corigliano - Circus Maximus    
        Winds Demonstration        
Wed. Oct. 21   Woodwinds   Flutes, Oboes Music for Flutes      
                   
Mon. Oct. 26   ibid   Clarinet, Bassoon Review Strings Harmonics, bowings, etc.  
Wed. Oct. 28   ibid.   Clarinet, Bassoon Quiz 1: Bowings, Harmonics, Double/Triple stops
                   
Mon. Nov. 2   ibid   Woodwind examples        
        Saxophones          
Wed. Nov. 4   Brass   Brass Instr. Demonstration ??      
                   
Mon. Nov. 9   Brass   Trumpet, French Horn Quiz 2: Wind Instruments    
Wed. Nov. 11   ibid   Trumpet, French Horn        
                   
Mon. Nov. 16   ibid   Trombone, Tuba          
Wed. Nov. 18   ibid   Brass CDs - G. Gabrielli & others      
        Quiz 3: Brass Instruments        
                   
Mon. Nov. 23   Percussion   Percussion Unpitched Instruments      
Wed. Nov. 25   ibid   Pitched Instruments        
                   
Mon. Nov. 30   ibid   Writing for Wind Ensemble (Brass & WWinds)    
Wed. Dec. 2   ibid   Writing for Symphonic Band      
                   
Mon. Dec. 7       REVIEW          
Wed. Dec. 9       REVIEW 2          
                   
Mon. Dec. 14       In class final          
                   
web page   email              
ghezzomusic.com   dghezzo@gmail.com            
                   
Textbook:                  
The Techniques of Orchestration, 6th edition            
by Kent Kennan & Donald Grantham