Music Teachers’ Association of California® CERTIFICATE OF MERIT® 2016 and 2017 MTAC CONVENTION THEME RECITAL

Convention Theme Sounds of Nature

The Theme topic for Conventions in 2016 and 2017 is Sounds of Nature: a combination of different elements and sounds inspired by nature and the out-of-doors.

 Music may bear the title of the Sounds of Nature, such as The Storm by Burgmüller or Butterfly by Grieg for piano, Flight of the Bumblebee for , Lilacs for voice, Three Lakes Sonata for , pieces or songs about rainbows, stars, moonlight, mountains, the ocean, animals, snow, leaves, etc.

 Music commonly referred to by a subtitle of the Sounds of Nature, such as Chopin’s Winter Wind Etude, Raindrop Prelude, etc.

Two to three short movements from a suite are allowed, as long as it is within the time limit. Vocal students may sing art songs or selections from a song cycle, collection, or larger work.

Teachers should contact their Branch CM Chair or Instrument Coordinator if there are any questions.

Piano, Strings, Voice, Winds: Levels 3 – Advanced Harp: Levels 1 – Advanced Time limit: 7 minutes

Sounds of Nature might Include (but not limited to) music about the following:

Space: Sun, Earth, Planets, Moon, Stars, Galaxy, Eclipse, Milky Way, Comets Water: Sea, Ocean, River, Lake, Stream, Pond, Bay, Lagoon, Swamp, Waves, Surf, Ice Land: Mountains, Island, Cliff, Canyon, Valley, Plains, Fields, Desert, Jungle, Forests, Waterfalls, Glaciers, Rocks, Caves, Crystals, Sand, Beaches Critters: Animals, Reptiles, Insects, Birds, Marine Life, Dinosaurs Plants: Trees, Flowers, Gardens, Blooms, Leaves Seasons: Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall, Months of Year Weather: Hurricane, Storm, Tsunami, Earthquake, Rain, Snow, Thunder, Wind, Breeze, Rainbows, Clouds, Fog, Mist, Sunshine Day: Night, Evening, Morning, Sunset, Sunrise, Noon, Midnight, Moonlight

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“Sounds of Nature” Piano Suggestions

Glacier Majesty – Alexander Once Upon a Rainbow – Faber Hurricane Warning – Alexander The Lark – Glinka-Balakirew On Majestic Peaks – Alexander Notturno – Grieg Whirlwind – Alexander Night Winds Op. 5 – Griffes Nocturnes – Any Composer The Fountain of the Acqua Paola Op.7, no. 3 – Griffes Evening in the Country – Bartok Buds and Blossoms – Gurlitt Out of Doors, With Drums and Pipes – Bartok Little White Donkey – Ibert Moonlight Sonata – Beethoven Going Buggier – Leaf Birds – Bernstein Star Light, Star Bright – Louie Insects – Bernstein The Butterfly – Makapar Poems of the Sea – Bloch To a Water Lily – McDowell Canyons and Waterfalls – Bober To a Wild Rose – McDowell III. The Serpent´s Kiss-Rag Fantasy – Bolcom Woodland Sketches – McDowell The Garden of Eden, Gardenia – Bolcom Spring Song – Mendelssohn Awaking in the Woods, Op. 109, #12 Enchanted Forest – Mrozinski La Bergeronnette (Wagtail), Op. 100 – Burgmuller The Bird. The Duck. – Prokofiev La Pastorale, Op. 100 – Burgmuller Gaspard de la Nuit, Ondine – Ravel Le Courante Limpide, Op. 100 – Burgmuller Jeax d´eau – Ravel L'Hirondelle (Swallow), Op. 100 – Burgmuller Black Earth – Say Tendre Fleur (Tender Flower), Op. 100 – Burgmuller Papillons Op. 2 – Schumann The Pearls, Op. 109, #2 – Burgmuller Lotus Land Op.47, No.1 – Scott The Spring, Op. 109, #5 – Burgmuller Rustle of Spring – Sinding The Storm, Op. 109, #13 – Burgmuller Spring Dance – Sun Mouse in the Coal Bin – Celebrations Rain Tree Sketch II – Takemitsu Autumn Moon Over the Calm Lake – Chen June from the Seasons of the year – Tchaikovsky Etudes: The Winter Wind, Ocean, Butterfly, etc. – Chopin Snowdrop – Tchaikovsky The Cat and the Mouse – Copland Song of the Lark – Tchaikovsky In the Mermaids Garden – Crosby Starlit Night – Tchaikovsky Rainy Day Blues – Cuellar The Seasons – Tchaikovsky Clair de Lune – Debussy Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies – Wang Estampes, Gardens in the Rain – Debussy Liuyang River – Wang L´isle Joyeuse – Debussy Le vent dans la plaine (and some other Preludes) – Debussy Reflets dans L'eau – Debussy

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“Sounds of Nature” Vocal Suggestions

RENNAISANCE/BAROQUE CLASSICAL Blow, Blow, thou Winter Wind – Arne (B/CL) An die Nachtigall – Schubert (CL/R) Gia il sole dal Gange - Scarlatti Beneath a Weeping Willow's Shade – Hopkinson Have You Seen But a White Lily Grow? – Anon. Glory of God in Nature – Beethoven (CL/R) Here Amid the Shady Woods – Handel La vezzosa pastorella – Bruni I’ll Sail Upon the Dog Star – Purcell Rose Softly Blooming – Spohr Le Violette - Scarlatti The Last Rose of Summer – Moore The Silver Swan - Gibbons The Mermaid’s Song – Haydn When Daisies Pied – Arne (B/CL) The Violet – Mozart Where E’er You Walk – Handel Vaga Luna, che inargenti – Bellini (CL/R) When the Roses Bloom – Reichardt

ROMANTIC/IMPRESSIONISTIC CONTEMPORARY Après un rêve – Fauré Asturiana – de Falla (R/Co) At the River – Lowry At The Zoo – Kramer Aurore – Fauré Climb Every Mountain – Rodgers Beau soir – Debussy Clusters of Crocus/Come to My Garden – Simon By the Brook – Grieg Corner of the Sky - Schwartz Corals - Treharne Evening Song – Edwards Der Nussbaum – Schumann Fiocca la neve – Cimara Du bist wie eine Blume – Liszt Green Finch and Linnet Bird – Sondheim E el l'uccelino – Puccini Into the Woods – Sondheim La Paloma – Yradier Look to the Rainbow – Lane La Procession – Frank Love’s Philosophy – Quilter (R/Co) Lilacs – Rachmoninoff (R/Co) Must the Winter Come So Soon? – Barber Mattinata – Leoncavallo Nebbie – Respighi Nuit d’étoiles – Debussy Plant a Radish – Schmidt ‘O sole mio – di Capua Silent Noon – Vaughan Williams Psyché – Paladilhe Snowdrops, Snowflakes – Prokofiev Still wie die nacht – Böhm The Green Dog – Kingsley The Lark – Dvorak The K'e – Dougherty The Sun, whose Rays Are All Ablaze – Sullivan The Lotus Bloom – Niles Weep You No More – Quilter (R/Co) The Sea – MacDowell (R/Co) Wie Melodien zieht es mir – Brahms The Water is Wide – Anon. Waldensamkeit – Reger (R/Co)

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“Sounds of Nature” String Suggestions

VIOLIN Clarke, Rebecca Midsummer Moon Colledge, K. & H Stepping Stones Debussy, Claude Beau Soir Colledge, K. & H Wagon Wheels, Shooting Elgar, Sir Edward Chanson de Matin; Chanson de Stars Nuit Debussy, Claude Beau Soir Jones, Edwards Red Parrot Green Parrot Jones, Edwards Red Parrot Green Parrot Huws Huws Klauss, Noah Summer Sunset Jones, Kenneth Evening Mist; Song of Kreisler, Fritz Liebesfreud Delight Kreisler, Fritz Liebesleid Kreisler, Fritz Liebesfreud Mendelssohn, Spring Song Kreisler, Fritz Liebesleid Felix Saint-Saens, The Swan Camille Rimsky-Korsakov Flight of the Bumblebee Rimsky-Korsakov Hymn to the Sun Saint-Saens, The Swan Camille Schubert, Francois The Bee (L'Abeille), Op. 13, No. 9 Vaughan Willaims, The Lark Ascending R. Vivaldi, Antonio Four Seasons Concerti

CELLO Cheney, E.W. Running of Bulls Debussy, Claude Beau Soir Kreisler, Fritz Liebesfreud Liszt, Franz Liebestraum Saint-Saens, Camille The Swan Schubert, Francois The Bee (L'Abeille), Op. 13, No. 9 Squire, W.H. At Morn Squire, W.H. At Twilight

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“Sounds of Nature” Wind Suggestions

FLUTE Sea Chant by Peter Sculthorpe Flower-Clock by Jean Francaix Spring Song by Frank Bridge Fantasie pastorale by Eugene Bozza Waltz of the Flowers by Leo Delibes Two insect pieces by Benjamin Britten Night Soliliquy by Kent Kennan Country gardens by Percy Grainger Danse de la chèvre by Arthur Honegger Longing for the spring (“Come lovely May”) by Sonata (Three Lakes) by Daniel Dorff Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Hillsongs for Piccolo & Piano by Gary Schocker Song from the hillside by Alan Richardson Sunswept by Adrienne Albert Down in the valley by Alan Richardson Concerto in DM, RV 428 “Il Gardilleno” by Vivaldi The kisscadee bird by Alan Richardson Reflections of Water by Phyllis Avidan Louke Autumn Winds by Louis Moyse Springtime meadows by Louis Moyse

CLARINET SAXOPHONE At the Brook from Two Pieces by Mikhail Summertime by Gershwin - Broadway by Special Stardomsky - Solos for the Player, Arrangement, Alfred Christmann Over the Rainbow - Movie Songs by Special Song to the Evening Star by Richard Wagner – Solos Arrangement, Alfred for Clarinet, Schmidt Dancing Under the Afghan Sky by Christiaan Venter Spring Song from Songs without Words by F. Willow, Willow by Aldridge Grainger, Arr. Simpson Mendelssohn - Clarinet Solos - Everybody's Hynm to the Sun by Rimsky-Korsakov – Soloist Favorite Series, Amsco Pub. Folio, Rubank Spring Dance Grieg - Clarinet Solos - Everybody's Echo Lake by Nyquist - Solo Sounds for Saxophone Favorite Series, Amsco Pub. vol.1 Tales from the Vienna Woods Johann Strauss - Feather River by Leonard - Solo Sounds for Clarinet Solos - Everybody's Favorite Series, Saxophone vol.1 Amsco Pub. Legend by Sibelius – Solo Shepherd on the Rock (arranged for clarinet solo) Sounds for Saxophone vol.1 Schubert Spring Time - Verroust - Master Solo at the Intermediate Level, Hal Leonard Clouds in Summer by Hovey/Leonard - Solo Sounds for Clarinet vol. 1 Ode to Autumn by Leoni - Solo Sounds for Clarinet vol. 1

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