Musical direction of Student End Of Year Concert 2016

Abstract or Summary

Musical direction of Wintec Song Arranging class of 2016 End Of Year Concert 2015 titled "Everybody Gets To Go To The Moon". A public performance of students' final arrangements from the semester 1 paper. The program, a selection of popular 15 tunes from 1960s - 2015 with the theme 'Moon', was devised to offer students the opportunity to hear their arrangements performed live by a small orchestra comprised of piano, guitar, bass and drums, trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax and trombone and a string section of 3 1st violins, 2 second violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos. Prior to this performance the students were only able to hear their work played as a computer-generated audio file (far from ideal) so the concert provided an invaluable 'real world' experience. The performance was devised as a professional experience - the tutor acting as Producer and Musical Director/Conductor, the students becoming arrangers who also prepared their scores and instrumental parts ready for printing and performance within real-time deadlines to emulate a real-world work experience.