Festival Video Performances
Wednesday, March 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
I know many of you are ready to make your videos for your Festival performance. You will make one video for each piece. In other words, stop the recording between pieces.
Introduce yourself with first and last name. Also include this information:
*Event
^Level
+Required piece Title
+Choice piece Title
All of this information is under “Repertoire” on my website:
* The Event is under “Title” and begins with “NFMC Federation Festival Performance...”
Solo = Piano Solo
LFO Solo = Lynn Freeman Olson Piano Solo
Hymn = Piano Hymn
Sacred Music = Sacred Music Piano Solo
^ The Level is under “Difficulty”
+ Whether the piece is Required or Choice is listed under “Genre”
Below are some tips and instructions for how to make your video. Please read and follow these for best results!
- "Dress up" in good clothing for the video, just as you would playing for the judge in person. Dress or skirt and blouse for girls, shirts with a collar and a tie and dress slacks for boys would look great. ;-)
- Video recording must be made with one fixed camera angle/location, focused such that the performer and keyboard is visible at all times.
- Entrants should introduce themselves and include title of composition before each piece is performed. The following is an example of what the student will say. “I am Nancy Schoen, playing Piano Solo Level Pre-Primary. My Choice piece is Fuzzy Baby Bird.”
- Each piece will be uploaded as an individual video file. Save the video file with student name and title, e.g. Nancy Schoen Fuzzy Baby Bird.
- No editing or enhancement of videos is allowed.
- Check videos for sound quality prior to uploading.
- I have created a link to Dropbox to upload your videos. (But I will be sending you a link to upload, as just clicking here has not been successful for some.)
Omaha Federation Festival Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tzezou6o437jfqe/AACa6l8oNat25XzssjCyiKjYa?dl=0
Bellevue Federation Festival Dropbox https://www.dropbox.com/sh/o80gjk4b94r9y32/AAAn_7RICOIh_B8wAxrP735Qa?dl=0
If you are not sure which Festival you have entered, find your name on the registration on the website Calendar on March 13 (Omaha) or March 27 (Bellevue).
Now, read on for some great tips on making your performance videos!Tips For Submitting your Digital Festival Video
Device
● A tablet or smartphone is all you need. (See Setup below)
● If the audio quality is subpar/muffled consider an external microphone.
● A simple tripod to ensure stability is be a good option.
Lighting
● Use natural light if possible or warm lamp light, but be careful about combining them.
● Only set up light in front of the student. Backlighting washes out the shot.
Setup
● Set up device horizontally (landscape orientation).
● Be sure to capture the student, their hands, and the instrument.
● Treat the camera as if it were the judge.
Execution
● Remember the goal is to capture an honest and natural performance.
Test
● Run a technical dress rehearsal with everything in place.
● Test the dynamic extremes of the pieces.
Recording guidelines
● Each individual piece will be recorded in one continuous take. Meaning, no stopping or starting the video during piece is allowed.
Treat as a live festival
● Dress appropriately and follow festival etiquette.
● Keep playing from start to finish.
● Smile at the camera after your hands are back in your lap following the end of your piece.
LMTA Composition Contest Program
Saturday, March 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Here's the Program for tomorrow's Winners Recital
Lincoln Music Teachers Association
presents
Recital of Composition Contest Winners
Grace Lutheran Church, Lincoln, Nebraska
March 21, 2021
4:00 p.m.
Introductory Remarks – Jane Sonneland
Introduction of and comments from Tom Larson, Composition Contest Judge
Early Elementary Division (through grade 2)
First Place Winner “Waltz (Cookie Monster)”
Daniel Alexandrov – Composer Marina Fabrikant – Teacher
Late Elementary Division (grades 3-5)
Honorable Mention “Day in the Life of Me”
Jonah P. Rabe – Composer Jessica Freeman – Teacher
Third Place Winner “Wild Flower”
Kaelyn Murtaugh – Composer Nancy L. Schoen – Teacher
Second Place Winner “Falling Snowflakes (Waltz)”
Vasya Mironov – Composer Marina Fabrikant – Teacher
First Place Winner “The Three Enamigos”
Braydon V. Fujan – Composer Nancy L. Schoen – Teacher
Junior Division (grades 6-8)
Honorable Mention “The Ascent”
Josiah D. Rabe – Composer Jessica Freeman – Teacher
Third Place Winner “Medieval Knight”
Noah Robb – Composer Marcia Wiebers – Teacher
Second Place Winner “The Traveler”
Zander Ferguson – Composer Nancy L. Schoen – Teacher First Place Winner “Life of a Tree”
Isaiah Paradise – Composer Marcia Wiebers – Teacher
Senior Division (grades 9-12)
Honorable Mention “The Trickster”
Xander Niebuhr – Composer Marcia Wiebers – Teacher
Third Place Winner “The Goddess Persephone”
Dawson Dynek – Composer Nancy L. Schoen – Teacher
Second Place Winner “Dream Burst”
Larissa Myers – Composer Lisa Myers – Teacher
First Place Winner “Journey Through Time: A Sonata”
Jonathan Handley – Composer neo-baroque, neo-classical, neo-romantic, contemporary Marcia Wiebers – Teacher
Adult Student Division
First Place Winner “Music Poem for John Lewis”
Mark E. Westphalen – Composer Marcia Wiebers – Teacher
Judge’s Composition “Why”
Tom Larson – Composer
Additional Participants and their Teachers
Late Elementary Division
Teacher: Marina Fabrikant Student: Anton Alexandrov
Teacher: Nancy L. Schoen Students: Alexa Lemke, Lauren Lemke
Teacher: Marcia Wiebers Students: Daniel Campbell, Myra Nguyen,
Erik Swartz, Ella Wray
Junior Division
Teacher: Jessica Freeman Student: Jacob Langhorst
Teacher: Debra Bolte Redding Students: Tanner McInteer, Lauren Walmrath
Teacher: Nancy L. Schoen Students: Cora Marie Hoeft, Sofia Lau,
Will Moreland
Teacher: Marcia Wiebers Students: Emily Lovegrove, Jeffrey Ogbonnaya, Eva Swartz,
Sarah Webb
Senior Division
Teacher: Antonio Forgione Student: Gabriel Marks
Teacher: Nancy L. Schoen Student: Ethan Riegsecker
Teacher: Marcia Wiebers Students: Jesse Campbell, Grace Niebuhr, Will Niebuhr, Everett Swartz, Kylie Wray
About our Judge:
Tom Larson is Assistant Professor of Composition (Emerging Media and Digital Arts) at the Glenn Korff School of Music at UNL. At the GKSoM, Tom has taught courses in Film Scoring, Digital Audio Recording and Production, Jazz History, Rock History, Jazz Piano, Creative Sound Design, and private Composition lessons. He is a member of the UNL Faculty Jazz Ensemble, for which he serves as Music Director and Composer in Residence.
Prior to becoming a faculty member at UNL, Tom was the co-owner of Studio Q Recording in Lincoln, where he produced music for TV and radio advertising, industrial videos, and documentary films. Among his many credits are the scores for PBS documentaries including Willa Cather: The Road is All, Ashes from the Dust, and the PBS specials Standing Bear’s Footprint, Most Honorable Son, and In Search of the Oregon Trail. He has written extensively for the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET), South Dakota Public Broadcasting and the University of Illinois Asian Studies Department.
Tom is also the author of three textbooks, The History and Tradition of Jazz, Modern Sounds: The Artistry of Contemporary Jazz and the History of Rock and Roll. He has performed with many noted artists and ensembles throughout the Midwest and East Coast including Victor Lewis, Jackie Allen, Hans Sturm, Paul Shaffer, Bo Diddley, the Omaha Symphony, the Nebraska Chamber Orchestra, the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra and in Japan with The Tokyo Brass Art Orchestra.
A Lincoln native, Tom received a Bachelor of Music in Composition from Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and a Master of Music in Composition from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is also an avid runner and completed the Boston Marathon in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
For more information please visit:
http://arts.unl.edu/music/faculty/tom-larson or http://tomlarsonmusic.net
Presentation of Certificates and Awards, followed by taking of photos.
First, Second and Third Place “Monetary Awards” are provided by Lincoln Music Teachers Association.
“Honorable Mention Awards” are courtesy of Dietze Music.
Composition Committee – Marina Fabrikant, Jane Sonneland, Marcia Wiebers
LMTA Composition Contest Results
Thursday, March 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to Braydon Fujan, Kaelyn Murtaugh, Zander Ferguson, and Dawson Dynek for placing in the top three of their school grade category in the Lincoln Music Teachers Association Composition Contest!
They are now eligible to have their compositions’ world premiere performances at the Winners Recital on Sunday, 21 March 2021, 4:00 pm at Grace Lutheran Church, 22nd & Washington Streets in Lincoln. Face masks will be required.
In the Late elementary section "The Three Enamigos" received first place and "Wild Flower" earned third place.