Catalog Description & Prerequisites

Weekly one hour private lesson. Additionally, attendance is mandatory at the weekly seminar.

Course Purposes & Instructional Methodology

This is a 16-week course for music majors only and requires departmental/instructor approval. Students will have one private lesson each week (one hour) scheduled with their instructor in person at the Highland Campus. All students registered in applied lessons will also meet as a class every Friday 12 noon - 1 pm during the semester in the Highland Recital Hall (2.2560).  These are the Friday Noon Recitals.  These recitals will be a mixture of student performances, faculty performances, and seminars of interest to music students with guest speakers and artists.  Students are required to attend a minimum of 10 Friday Noon Recitals per semester.  Students will receive a semester schedule of these at the first class meeting. Each lesson will involve a performance of assignments and evaluation. Students should plan to independently practice assignments outside of class for 5-7 hours per week. The course will culminate in a performance jury (date and time TBD).

To accomplish this, we will cover many related skills, including the following:

• Breathing
• Hand Position/Posture
• Tone Development
• Intonation & Vibrato
• Articulation
• Technique & Scales
• Rhythm
• Dynamics
• Sight Reading
• Memory Skills
• Style(s) (Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern)
• Advanced Repertoire Performance Techniques

Required Textbooks & Other Useful Materials

The textbook for this course will vary, based on the skill level and previous experience of the student, and the instructor’s preference. A repertoire book may be required for purchase as well as a technique/exercises book. The instructor will make an effort to recommend a book that can be used for multiple purposes, and possibly for multiple semesters. Students must purchase texts off campus or online. Students are required to purchase all lesson literature materials in a timely manner.

Materials that must be brought to each lesson:

• An intermediate or professional flute
• A journal (notebook): dedicated to flute lessons and your detailed notes each week.  There will be occasional review of this item throughout the semester by the professor.
• Tuner/metronome. In lieu of a physical tuner/met students may purchase the TonalEnergy app
• Complete set of parts for your assigned repertoire (flute AND score). Failing to produce a score may result in the lesson being forfeited.
• Other required equipment: folder for music, pencils

Student Learning Outcomes

• Scale requirements: All major, natural minor, and harmonic minor scales played slurred two octaves, with equal rhythm throughout and memorized. All scales must include the corresponding triad arpeggios.
  • Minimum tempo for major (all sixteenths): quarter note = 60
  • Minimum tempo for natural minor (all eighths): quarter note = 100
  • Minimum tempo for harmonic minor (all eighths): quarter note = 70
• Technical exercises: Taffanel & Gaubert 17 Daily Exercises: EJ 6
• Etude requirements: Students are encouraged to prepare at least one etude per lesson. Passing off 6 etudes per semester is the minimum requirement. Standard studies in this category are:
  • Berbiguier 18 Studies for the Flute (various)
  • Cavally Melodious and Progressive Studies, Vol. 2  (Southern)
  • Hugues 40 Studies, op. 101 (various)
• Solo repertoire requirements/examples: Students will complete a minimum of two solos. Students will complete one solo from the Baroque era and choose the other from Romantic, French, or Modern repertoire. Example Literature Includes:

Baroque

• Handel Sonatas
• Bach Sonatas
• Telemann Sonatas or Fantasies
• Quantz, J.J., Concerto in G Major

Romantic

• Doppler, Franz, Hungarian Pastoral Fantasie
• Reinecke, Carl, Ballade, op. 288
• Doppler, Franz, Nocturne, Op. 17
• Hummel, J.N. Sonata in D, op. 50
• Kuhlau, Friedrich, Three Grand Solos, Op. 57 for flute and piano
• Molique, Wilhelm Bernhart, Concerto
• Saint-Saëns, Camille, Romance

French

• Enesco, Georges, Cantabile et Presto
• Fauré, Gabriel, Fantasie
• Ganne, Louis, Andante and Scherzo
• Gaubert, Philippe, Fantaisie
• Caplet, André, Rêverie et Petite Valse
• Camus, Pierre, Chanson and Badinerie
• Saint-Saëns, Camille, Airs de Ballet d’Ascanio

Modern (Solo Flute)

• Honegger, Arthur, Danse de la chèvre
• Varèse, Edgard, Density 21.5
• Debussy, Claude, Syrinx
• Higdon, Jennifer, Song
• Hoover, Katherine, Kokopeli
• Muczynski, Robert, 3 Preludes

Modern (Flute and Piano)

• Hindemith, Paul, Sonate
• Gaubert, Philippe, Romance
• Harty, Hamilton,  In Ireland
• Heiden, Bernard, Sonatine
• Rutter, John, Suite Antique
• Required Class Performance Requirement: Students in 2000 level lessons are required to perform once on Friday Noon Recital or in a studio recital (solos only, not ensemble) or semester applied lesson grade will be lowered by one letter grade.

Program Learning Outcomes

The Student Learning Outcomes are associated with the following Program Learning Outcomes:

• To provide students a meaningful musical experience through the rehearsal and performance of quality flute literature at the highest level possible.
• To provide students the opportunity to improve their individual flute playing while fostering proper technique and critical listening.
• To develop student’s overall musicianship and encourage sharper sight-reading skills.
• To enhance student’s taste and perception for certain styles and eras of music.
• To give students a perspective of a college/university setting and rehearsal/performance process, as well as a view of professional expectations.
• To give students a place to succeed, learn the benefits of hard work and teamwork, and enrich their life by a positive emotional experience though music.

General Education Competencies

The General Education Competencies utilized in this course are as follows:

• Communication Skills. Students will develop, interpret, and express ideas through written, oral, visual, and sung communication that is adapted to purpose, structure, audience, and medium. They will do this through in-class exercises and performances, and reading and written assignments.
• Critical Thinking. Students will gather, analyze, synthesize, evaluate and apply information for the purposes of innovation, inquiry, and creative thinking and performance. They will do this through in-class exercises, performances, and reading and written assignments.
• Personal Responsibility. Students will identify and apply ethical principles and practices to decision-making by connecting choices, actions and consequences. They will do this through in-class exercises, performances, and reading and written assignments.
• Teamwork. Students will consider different points of view to work collaboratively and effectively in pursuit of a shared purposed or goal. They will do this through in-class exercises, performances, and reading and written assignments.

Grading.

(1) Weekly Lesson Grades (60%): Each weekly lesson will have specific assignments and each lesson will be graded on a 4 point scale. Studio Grades, the grades for each weekly lesson, will be the averages from all graded etudes, solos, and technique assignments.

The scale for grading Weekly Lessons is as follows:

A (4): All sections prepared to the best of a student’s ability. Student is ready for the next sequence of work.

B (3): Each section has been practiced adequately, but some material needs review for detail. Improved over previous lesson.

C (2): Not adequately prepared on one or more sections of assigned material. Little improvement over previous lesson.

D (1): Not adequately prepared on two or more sections of assigned material. No improvement over previous lesson.

(2) Journal (10%): A journal (notebook) dedicated to flute lessons and your detailed notes each week.  There will be occasional review of this item throughout the semester by the professor.

(3) Final Performance Jury (30%): students will be assigned an appropriate level solo (with or without accompaniment) from the standard flute repertoire to perform live for a panel of faculty at the end of the semester. This performance will be graded on a 1-100 point scale.

Rectial Class Performance Requirement:

Students in 2000 level lessons are required to perform once on Friday Noon Recital or in a studio recital (solos only, not ensemble) or semester applied lesson grade will be lowered by one letter grade. 1000 level students can perform but are not required to

Attendance.

Attendance is mandatory. If you are unable to attend your lesson, please contact me in a timely fashion (at least 24 hours in advance) to receive an excused absence. You are allowed two excused absences. Each absence after two will result in the drop of a letter grade. Any unexcused absence will also result in the drop of a letter grade. If you are absent for your lesson the lesson will not be made up. After four total absences, excused or unexcused, you may be asked to withdraw from the course.