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    Time To Teach: The Warm-Up As The Foundation of Your Orchestra Rehearsal

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    The first 15 minutes of class is critical for student focus and engagement. A proper warm-up serves several purposes: it prepares students physically through stretching and tuning exercises; it allows students to polish previously learned techniques; and it provides time for new instruction in areas like music theory, ear training, and introducing new techniques. The document recommends various educational materials and exercises that can be used for physical preparation, reinforcing fundamentals, and teaching new skills during the warm-up portion of orchestra rehearsals.

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    The first 15 minutes of class is critical for student focus and engagement. A proper warm-up serves several purposes: it prepares students physically through stretching and tuning exercises; it allows students to polish previously learned techniques; and it provides time for new instruction in areas like music theory, ear training, and introducing new techniques. The document recommends various educational materials and exercises that can be used for physical preparation, reinforcing fundamentals, and teaching new skills during the warm-up portion of orchestra rehearsals.

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    The first 15 minutes of class is critical for student focus and engagement. A proper warm-up serves several purposes: it prepares students physically through stretching and tuning exercises; it allows students to polish previously learned techniques; and it provides time for new instruction in areas like music theory, ear training, and introducing new techniques. The document recommends various educational materials and exercises that can be used for physical preparation, reinforcing fundamentals, and teaching new skills during the warm-up portion of orchestra rehearsals.

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    Time to Teach: The Warm-up as the Foundation

    of Your Orchestra Rehearsal

    The first 15 minutes of class is the time when you have the greatest student focus.
    - Dr. Robert Culver, Lecture, Master Teacher Profile

    Minutes: 0....5...................................60
    vs. Focus

    “While efforts to increase access to private study will likely have a positive impact on students’
    achievement, it is incumbent upon contemporary school string teachers to recognize that over 85%
    of their students may receive all of their technical and musical instruction in the school context.
    Alexander & Smith (2009)

    What are the purposes of a Warm-up?

    • Preparatory Exercises
    o Stretching / Preparing the body to play (Student Leader)
    o Tuning (Student Leader) [For my recommendations on ensemble tuning procedures
    see: Alexander, M. (2008) Teaching Tuning to the String Orchestra: Classroom
    Procedures for Beginning to Advanced Students. American String Teacher, 58 (4),
    20-26].
    o Polishing previously-taught techniques through a “prescribed” warm-up
    Your “Daily Multi-Vitamin” – Dr. Michael Allen

    • “Teaching Time” - That time after tuning when both students and teacher are focused on
    the learning of new concepts and techniques – Dr. Anne Witt
    o Ear training
    o Ensemble skills
    o Rhythmic studies
    o Introduction of new Left Hand and Right Hand techniques
    o Music theory
    o Music listening
    o Isolation of problem areas in current literature
    o Composition
    o Improvisation [For my recommendations for teaching improvisation in the
    ensemble class please see: Alexander, M. (2010). Improvisation: Hands-on Ear
    Training for 21st-Century Ensembles. Southwestern Musician, 78 (6), 27-33].
    Old Friends and New Trends
    My Favorite Educational Materials for String Orchestra Warm-up
    Physical Warm-ups and Stretches (Student-led)
    • Orchestra Expressions Books 1&2 Alexander, Anderson, Brungard, & Dackow Alfred
    • Expressive Techniques for Orchestra Alexander, Anderson, Brungard, & Dackow Tempo
    • Stretching for Strings Winberg and Salus ASTA
    • How Muscles Learn: Susan Kempter Summy-Birchard
    Teaching Violin with the Body in Mind

    Polishing of Previously-Taught Techniques through a “prescribed” warm-up (Student-led)


    • Daily Warm-ups for Strings Michael Allen Hal Leonard
    • Expressive Techniques for Orchestra Alexander, Anderson, Brungard, & Dackow Tempo

    Music Theory:
    • Alfred Essential’s of Music Theory Surmani, Surmani, & Manus Alfred
    • Five-Minute Theory Wessels Mark Wessels Pub.

    Ear Training / Ensemble Skills (Chorales):


    • Essentials for Strings Anderson Kjos
    • Treasury of Scales Leonard B. Smith Belwin
    • Bach and Before for Strings Newell Kjos
    • Expressive Techniques for Orchestra Alexander, Anderson, Brungard, & Dackow Tempo

    Introduction of New Techniques

    Left Hand (Positions):


    • String Builder, Book III Applebaum Belwin
    • Direct Approach to the Higher Positions Preston Belwin
    • Essential Technique 2000 for Strings Allen, Gillespie, Hayes Hal Leonard
    • Advanced Technique for Strings Allen, Gillespie, Hayes Hal Leonard
    • Expressive Techniques for Orchestra Alexander, Anderson, Brungard, & Dackow Tempo

    Left Hand (Shifting)


    • Advanced Technique for Strings Allen, Gillespie, Hayes Hal Leonard
    • Expressive Techniques for Orchestra Alexander, Anderson, Brungard, & Dackow Tempo

    Left Hand (Scales):


    • Essentials for Strings Anderson Kjos
    • Essential Technique 2000 for Strings Allen, Gillespie, Hayes Hal Leonard
    • Advanced Technique for Strings Allen, Gillespie, Hayes Hal Leonard
    • Expressive Techniques for Orchestra Alexander, Anderson, Brungard, & Dackow Tempo

    Left Hand/ Right Hand (Etude Studies)


    • 28 Etudes for Strings Muller Belwin
    • Expressive Techniques for Orchestra Alexander, Anderson, Brungard, & Dackow Tempo
    Right Hand (Rhythm Studies):
    • 101 Rhythmic Rest Patterns Yaus Belwin
    • Essentials for Strings Anderson Kjos
    • Rhythm a Week Witt Belwin
    • Essential Technique 2000 for Strings Allen, Gillespie, Hayes Hal Leonard
    • Advanced Technique for Strings Allen, Gillespie, Hayes Hal Leonard
    • Expressive Techniques for Orchestra Alexander, Anderson, Brungard, & Dackow Tempo

    Right Hand (Bowings a la scales):


    • Essentials for Strings Anderson Kjos
    • Expressive Techniques for Orchestra Alexander, Anderson, Brungard, & Dackow Tempo

    Right Hand (Bowing Styles):


    • Orchestral Bowing: Style and Function James Kjelland Alfred
    • Essential Technique 2000 for Strings Allen, Gillespie, Hayes Hal Leonard
    • Advanced Technique for Strings Allen, Gillespie, Hayes Hal Leonard
    • Expressive Techniques for Orchestra Alexander, Anderson, Brungard, & Dackow Tempo

    Special Thank You

    Joanne May
    Director of Philharmonic Orchestra/Music Education
    Elmhurst College

    And

    The Elmhurst College String Ensemble


    Violin Viola Cello Double Bass
    Isabel Chaidez Lisa Gardner Zach May Daniel Czyzewicz
    Sarah Sabet Samantha May Taylor Ingro
    Christopher Castillo
    Colleen Martinez
    TEMPO PRESS

    Time to Teach:
    The Warm-up as the
    Foundation of Your Orchestra Rehearsal

    Dr. Michael Alexander – Assoc. Professor of Music Education


    Baylor University

    Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic


    Wednesday, December 14, 2011
    11:40-12:40
    Room - W 179

    McCormick Place West Convention Center


    Chicago, Illinois

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