ndnorris7 Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Has anybody gotten started yet? I'm definitely doing the Creston Sonata this year. It's going to be fantastic Any other alto sax players? What's everybody playing? Quote
rpd Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 I just bought mine today. I got Romanze and Menutto By W.A. Mozart for the Tenor Saxophone. I tried picking something out that wasn't too hard, so I can memorize it and go to TSSAE this year. But after playing it for a little bit, I think its TOO easy. I'm probably going to take it back. Quote
ndnorris7 Posted October 28, 2008 Author Posted October 28, 2008 Yeahh, I always try to pick up one of the harder Class 1's. Last year I played the Lunde Sonata, which wasn't extremely difficult, but it had some pretty rad tempo ranges. And the slower portion of it is absolutely amazing. If you're willing to work a bit, I would definitely suggest it for alto players. It helps with classical tone and vibrato tremendously. Quote
rpd Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 (edited) I was very close to picking up Suite No. 1 by JS Bach. Its much more difficult, and I must play 3 out of the 6 movements. The more I think about it, the more I think colleges would rather me play something difficult than something easier (still not easy though) memorized. Another plus, the Bach can be unaccompanied. Ill go back and get it. I may try and do both, the Mozart for UIL, and the Bach for colleges. With Bach being my main priority. Edited October 28, 2008 by rpd Quote
borchnork Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Yay for no S&E!!!!! But I have juries still. =[ My jury piece this semester is freaking awesome though! The Carmen Fantasy Suite. It's this like 12 page, 12 minute long solo that basically highlights the themes of Carmen and also does a theme and variation of "Habanera". I'm in love with it, but it's hard. Quote
jp0621 Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 im not completely sure if im going to play this, but... im trying blue bells of scotland (pryor). being a trombone and hearing it from a professional, its gonna be a difficult solo, but its a lot of fun :] Quote
BassoonPadwan Posted October 28, 2008 Posted October 28, 2008 Solo & Ensemble was always very fun for me! I'll be doing a concerto competition on the 5th. I really can't wait! Quote
royfjord Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 Thinking of doing Bernstein's Clarinet Sonata Mvt. I for the UIL State Solo contest and then possibly switching over to Stravinsky's Three Peices for TSSEC. And I have to learn Hommage a Khatchaturian or however you spell it for the ICA competition. Whoopee for exhausting myself in the spring! Quote
TRtrumpet Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 Mines a class 1 called "Inpromptu En Danse". I'm not quite sure who it's by, but next time it's with me I'll let you know. It looks hard and honestly I hope I can even memorize it and go to state again. I focused everything on make all-state, so I'm JUST NOW starting to look at my solo :/ Quote
longhornsax Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 ndnorris7 said: Has anybody gotten started yet? I'm definitely doing the Creston Sonata this year. It's going to be fantastic Any other alto sax players? What's everybody playing? which movement are you playing? I'm playing the 3rd. Wanted to play the first but that upper range stuff was just brutal. Quote
whitewing09 Posted January 19, 2009 Posted January 19, 2009 I'm doing Air and Bouree or something like that, I should probably start looking at it Quote
Fata1 Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 My solo is Morceau de Concert. I'm also doing a brass quintet this year. We intend to play Toyes, Fancies and Dreames for the regional S&E and then play a quintet by Malcom Arnold at state. Quote
lhstrumpet Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 My solo is Concerto by Arutunian and my trumpet ensemble is Canzon by Scheidt. I need to work on double tounging for the Arutunian. I'm ready to memorize the beginning and first slow movement though. Quote
MaverickBand15 Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 I am playing Scherzo Caprice by Musser. Quote
ftwdrummer Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 Musser Etude in C Major, Op. 6, No. 10, by Clair Omar Musser. Should be fun. Almost have it memorized...now for getting it close to tempo and cleaning it up. Quote
JustAddWat3r Posted January 20, 2009 Posted January 20, 2009 longhornsax said: which movement are you playing? I'm playing the 3rd. Wanted to play the first but that upper range stuff was just brutal. hey im playing the 3rd movement too! it sounds really cool. idk if ill be able to memorize it though... Quote
sax5warrior Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 Gee, the year where I thought everyone and their mom played the Creston Sonata has long past, this was the year everyone and their mom is playing it. I am playing the 1st and 2nd for college auditions and the 2nd just to get the state process over with. Quote
drippin_tuba2010 Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 I'm playing the 2nd movement (Romanza) from the Vaughan Williams Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra. It's hard. I'm enjoying it quite a lot. Quote
takigan Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 drippin_tuba2010 said: I'm playing the 2nd movement (Romanza) from the Vaughan Williams Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra. It's hard. I'm enjoying it quite a lot. Profound piece of music right there. That piece has a strong meaning to those who knew the late Arnold Jacobs (former principal Tuba of the Chicago Symphony), as he was the true champion of that work. It also sounds really amazing on Cello [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luk9Nd-Du-U] (and Euphonium for that matter ), as it's the kind of piece where regardless of how much emotion you put into it, you still end up feeling like you completely fail at expressing the piece's true meaning, like as a human being failing to achieve the perfect beauty it professes, no matter how much passion you pour into it.....it's that deep. And just for the sake of advice, if you're listening to that Cello recording; the Cellist doesn't do the greatest job of this that I've ever heard in my time, but the lick from 3:50 to 4:08 pretty much needs to sound like the most beautiful thing you've ever heard in your entire life. It's the final "sweet release" in a series of tension and release points throughout the piece and needs to be treated as such. It's like you're at a funeral and you've got 18 seconds to say one final thing to your best friend/lover who's just died, and you have to do it all behind every limitation that exists within a Tuba. Try to think like that, and you'll sell it . I love this piece. Quote
momo09 Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009 ndnorris7 said: Has anybody gotten started yet? I'm definitely doing the Creston Sonata this year. It's going to be fantastic Any other alto sax players? What's everybody playing? i play alto also and Creston Sonata sounds soo awsome, i wanted to play that but couldn't Quote
rpd Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 I picked up Piece Breve by Eugene Bozza for Tenor Saxophone today. It is hard, but it if very fun, plus being an unaccompanied piece is nice too. I'm going to try and get the second page clean for my University of Houston audition, and then learn the rest for TSSEC. I have about 4 lines to memorize on my current piece with 3 weeks left, so I think I'm doing well. Does anyone know if there's a transcription of the Creston Sonata for Tenor Sax? I don't want to spend $20 and transpose it to find out something is impossible to do on tenor, or just doesn't sound good. I know it wouldn't be on the PML, but just something to do for fun. Quote
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