Mixed Ensemble
Composer/Compositions Assignment
Due: Monday, April 23 (in paper format)
Each student will research and compose a paragraph on the following composers and compositions as assigned below. All paragraphs are due in paper format on Monday, April 23. This assignment will be counted as a test grade. Be sure to check the publisher sites for information that may be helpful. If no information is found on the composition, compose your paragraph by creating a musical analysis using your knowledge of the elements of music.
In addition, each student will choose a partner from the other group. Partners are responsible for e-mailing their information to each other in order to have the material in preparation for the final exam.
Group A: Ali Barnett, Christine Diepenbrock, Andrea Fenoglio, John Hanna, Morgan Jones, David Lenz, Malia Losordo, Sarah Malcolm, Elisabeth Powell, Taylor Stephenson, Eliabeth Thompson
Giovanni Palestrina – Sicut Cervus
James McCray – Rise Up, My Love
Emma Lou Diemer – Three Madrigals, “Take, O Take”
Group B: Shari Bolar, Josh Downey, Jessie Freese, Ben Hice, Florian Kreuk, Ashcon Livingston, Matt Lozada, Katie Perry, Laura Reinhard, Zach Thomas, Jacob Tobia
Sager/Foster/Chinn – The Prayer
Eric Whitacre – Go Lovely Rose
Robert Schumann – Zigeunerleben