PERFORMANCE PRACTISE

Your first performance date is Week 6. You are expected to perform two pieces of music and you can choose if you wish to do two solos, a solo and and a group or two group performances.

HOWEVER, I do not have copies of all of your music so please get it in during the first week of term.

Click on the title of this blog entry and you will see some hints on how to improve your performance.

Karlo Margetic

Karlo Margetic has been busy since leaving Hutt Valley High School. He was the NZSO National Youth Composer in Residence 2007 and he is the 2007/2008 Auckland Philharmonic Composer in Residence.

Karlo won the National Trusts Secondary Composers' Competition in 2005 and has already written many pieces for orchestra.

In 2007, Karlo composed two chamber pieces for APO Ensembles - a string quartet for the Jade Quartet and a brass quintet for NZChamberBrass. He also wrote solo demos for all instruments in the orchestra which were played at the APO Discovery education concerts. Karlo was one of the judges at the Trusts Secondary Composers' Competition, and will again be for 2008

Karlo's newest piece for orchestra was premiered at the 2008 Lion Foundation Orchestral Summer School in January. He was asked to write a 5 minute fanfare to begin the Premier Fellowship Orchestra programme. APO will perform the first movement of Karlo's new Xylophone concerto which he wrote for Wellington percussionist Brent Stewart. Karlo will also be writing a larger piece for the APO which will be programmed in the 2009 APO season.


Click on the title of this blog entry and you will see some more information on Karlo and where to find his music.

NZ Secondary Schools Choir

Penny Hooson was accepted in the 2007/2008 choir. Penny, I hope you are having a great time at rehearsal these holidays.

Tauranga National Jazz Festival

Over the Easter weekend Andrew Bruce competed in the Tauranga National Jazz Festival with his group 'Combo Room 2A', made up of players from around Wellington. The competition was open to those under 25 and Andrew's group cleaned up the competition winning the following awards;
Best Combo
Best Bass
Best Musician
Best Drummer
Best Arrangement
Best Pianist (Andrew Bruce)
Best Saxophonist.

Check out the group

NZ School of Music Academy

Well done for being accepted into this program:

Andrew Bruce
Hannah Gabriel
Kerry Mitchell
Leon Philipsen
Matt Steele

Orchestral Music Essay

QUESTION: Orchestral Music Due Monday May 5th

You are going to make a presentation to your music class on orchestra music. Your talk is entitled “The orchestra: a unique voice of expressive power.” It will be based on TWO or more works you have studied.

Prepare notes for the talk. Compare and contrast the selected works and include the following:

(a) an explanation of the musical style(s) of the works
(b) comments on the cultural and/or historical contexts of the works
(c) an evaluation of the expressive power of the works.

Welcome to the Music Blog

Hello all and welcome to the Hutt Valley High School NZ Music Department Blog.

As I get into this there will be more information available, such as homework notes for Mrs Davey's classes, music tuition, music groups, performances and success stories from within the music department and whatever else we dream up that will be useful to parents and students of the school.

Feel free to help me out by sending me relevant photos and stories of what both past and present members of the HVHS Music Department are up to with their music.

Cheers