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]
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