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Coaching the UIL Music Memory Contest Presenter: Nancy Garza, Music Educator and UIL Campus Coordinator Brookhollow Elementary School Pflugerville, Texas Nancy.Garza@pfisd.net

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  • Coaching the UIL Music Memory Contest

    Presenter:NancyGarza,MusicEducatorandUILCampusCoordinatorBrookhollowElementarySchoolPflugerville,[email protected]

  • ContestStructure

    •  16piecesfor3rdthrough6thgrades•  10piecesforthe2ndgradepilot•  16piecesforthe7thand8thgradepilot

  • ContestStructure•  Corelistofabout85pieces•  Tradeoffearlypiece/jazzpieceeveryotheryear•  WemusthaveaBach/Handel,MozartandBeethovenpieceeveryyear

    •  Musthaveatleast2symphonies

  • ContestStructure

    •  Musthaveatleast2instrumentalpieces•  Musthaveatleast2choral/vocalpieces•  Musthaveatleast1concertbandpiece•  PrimaryconsideraYonforotherpiecesisgiventoRomanYcandContemporaryPeriodpieces

    •  TrytohaveagoodsecYonof“Gimmee”pieces.

  • Whatthecontestisnot...

    •  ItisNOTamemorizaYoncontest•  ItisNOTadifficultcontest

  • CommonThingstoPrepare

    •  Learnthelistasyougo•  WorkonhandwriYngduringpracYcetests•  Listeningtodifferentversions,justincase(YouTubeisagreat,freeresourceforthis)

  • “Gimmee’s”First

    •  Whatarethe“gimmees”?•  Howmanyareonthislist?•  ShouldbeabletoteachthesethefirstpracYce

  • “Gimmee”List2017-2018

    TimePeriod/Genre MajorWork Selec5on Composer

    20thCentury/Piano MapleLeafRag Joplin

    Renaissance/Vocal MissaHodieChristusnatusest Kyrie Palestrina

    Roman5c/Opera Aida TriumphalMarch Verdi

    Roman5c/Opera RoméoetJulieke Jeveuxvivre Gounod

    Roman5c/Orchestral AlsoSprachZarathustra IntroducYon R.Strauss

    Classical/Vocal Exsultate,Jubilate Alleluja Mozart

    20thCentury/ConcertBand AmericanSalute Gould

  • MusicHistoryChart

    PeriodsandDates KeyWord Descrip5onofPeriod

    RenaissancePeriod1400–1600

    Church

    Renaissanceappliestotherebirthoftheinterestinthedignityofman.Itwasreflectedinreligion,poliYcaltheoryandsocialinsYtuYons.TheProtestantReformaYonhappenedduringthisYme.

    BaroquePeriod

    1575-1750

    OrnamentaYon

    (Barroco)meansirregularlyshapedpearl.Usedasaderogatorytermtodescribearchitecture.NowdescribestheuseofornamentaYoninthisperiodofartandmusic.

    ClassicalPeriod

    1725-1800

    Form

    Describedtheimportanceofform,logic,balanceandrestrainedexpression.Inmusic,clarity,repose,balance,lyricism,andrestraintofemoYonalexpressionwasimportant.

    Roman5cPeriod1800–1910

    EmoYon

    InRomanYcism,thereisnodefinedstyleotherthantosaythatmusicwasmany-sidedandcomplex.EmoYonandnaYonalismwereexpressedinthemusicoftheday.Folksongswerealsointegratedinmusic.

    20thCentury/Contemporary

    Period1900–Present

    AnythingGoes

    Originalityinmusicisthemostimportant.ThisoriginalityhasledtointeresYngresults.Fromthisperiodwegetmusicals,moviesoundtracks,musicaconcrète,microtonalmusicandserialcomposiYon.

  • TheAnswerSheets

    ThirdandFourthGrades•  SpendatleastonepracYcesessiononthisanswersheet

    •  Makeseveraldifferentoneswiththecolumnsmixedup.Goodkidswillmemorizewhatgoeswhere!

  • TheAnswerSheets

    FiphandSixthGrades•  Havethemwritedownthenameofthecomposerfirst!PracYcethis!Atleastthey’llgetsomepointsiftheyblankout.

    •  PracYcespelling.ThisshouldbepartofyourpracYces.Oldfashionedspellinggameswork!

  • TheAnswerSheets

  • AddiYonalTips

    •  Whenyou’retesYngkids,setupanenvironmentwheretheyarespreadoutlikecontest

    •  DROPNEEDLETESTS!!Dothesekindsoftests!

    •  Don’tdowrikentestsalloftheYme...tryandmakeitfun

  • Coaching the UIL Music Memory Contest

    Presenter:NancyGarza,MusicEducatorandUILCampusCoordinatorBrookhollowElementarySchoolPflugerville,[email protected]