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October Composer of the Month

9/30/2017

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Erik Satie (1866-1925)
I am pleased to announce that the Composer of the Month for October is Erik Satie!

Satie was a French composer who wrote music around the turn of the 20th century. He is most known for his simple yet hauntingly beautiful works for piano.

I first learned of Satie when I was in high school, after hearing my grandmother (who is a pianist) play Gymnopedie No. 1. I was immediately entranced by its dreamlike quality. I wanted to hear it again and again, but this was before we had the kind of immediate access to music that we do now (via the internet). The easiest way for me to hear Gymnopedie No. 1 at the time was to borrow grandma's sheet music and learn to play it myself, so that's what I did! I could often be found at the grand piano in my high school orchestra room before and after rehearsal, working out the music one measure at a time.

I hope you come to love Monsieur Satie's music just as much as I do. Happy listening!
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    Composer of the Month:

    1) Find and listen to a piece by the composer written (or arranged) for your instrument.

    2) Find a piece by the composer that you really enjoy. Explain what you like about it.

    3) Write down three interesting facts about the composer.


    Scale of the Month:

    1) Be able to play the scale memorized by the end of the month. (Ask Hayley how many octaves you should learn.)

    2) Invent a 2, 3, 4 or 6-beat rhythm to play on each note of the scale OR invent a bowing pattern for the scale (using slurs, hooked bows, staccato, legato...the possibilities are endless).
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    3) Find a piece of music written for your instrument that uses the same key as the scale of the month OR compose your own.
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