Clarinet Recital
7th grade
Solo Performances
Clarinet recital
Located in the Drama Room in the Music Wing
Tuesday, May 3, 2016, 09:30 AM
Discovery Middle School, 40th Avenue South, Fargo, ND, United States
Composer Percy Grainger
He belonged to the Frankfurt Group, a circle of composers who studied at the Hoch Conservatory in the late 1890's.During his time in Frankfurt, he lost the tip of an index finger while working on a bicycle chain. Percy later lived in London 1901 to 1914. In London, he was known as "the jogging pianist" for his habit of racing through the streets to a concert, where he would bound on stage at the last minute because he preferred to be in a state of utter exhaustion when playing. Grainger then moved to the United States at the outbreak of World War I in 1914, due to growing pressure on him to enlist in the military, which he refused to do because of his disapproval of modern warfare. Percy gave well over 3,000 concerts as a pianist or conductor.
Kaden Kerzman
About Country Gardens
Country Gardens is an English Folk Song. It's best known version is with the lyrics that are sung by Jimmie Rodgers. This song reached #5 on the UK singles chart in 1962. Percy wrote Country Gardens as a birthday gift to his mother. Comedian Allan Sherman used the "Country Gardens" melody for his 1963 song, "Here's to the Crabgrass." More than 40,000 a year are sold in the United States alone.
Moderato
a moderate tempo that is slower than allegretto, moderately quick, but faster than andante, moderately slow
MP
- mezzo-piano, meaning to play “medium quiet”
MF
- mezzo-forte, meaning to play “medium loud”
P
- piano, meaning to play “soft” or “quiet”
C
- a time signature meaning 4/4, this means that there are four quarter notes beats in a measure (top number) and the bottom number means that the quarter note gets the beat
Breath Marks
- a symbol that directs a player to take a breathe or pause in a specific spot in the piece
Multiple Measure Rest
- to rest for more than one measure
Slur
- to play a single syllable without a break (two or more tones of different pitch)
About the Arranger
The two arrangers that made it possible for me to play Country Gardens on by B flat Clarinet areBruce Pearson and Mary Elledge. Bruce is the author of the Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method which has been regarded as the most important contribution to the band music field in the last three decades and for his first contribution, Best In Class.He is also a world-renowned music educator, author. Dr. Pearson is well-known as a composer of many widely performed compositions for concert band and jazz ensemble. Somethings about Mary is that her motto is "Practicing the Golden Rule" or treating others the way you would like to be treated. She was born in northern Minnesota and began studying piano at an early age. Mary received her Bachelor of Science degree from Moorhead State University and her Master of Arts degree from the University of Iowa, where she studied with John Simms and was the staff pianist for the opera, chorus, orchestra and studio teachers.