Balkan Music Ensemble
MPF4227.01
Course Description
Summary
Balkan music is fierce brass, complex harmonies, and mind-bending asymmetrical dances. It is spirited Serbian wedding music, dissonant village songs, devastating Bosnian love ballads, saucy songs of the Greek underworld, and heart-pounding Turkish rhythms. In the ¿ÐýÃŹÙÍø Balkan Ensemble, we will learn to perform a variety of traditional, urban, village, and popular music from Southeast Europe. Singing and playing indigenous, orchestral, and electronic instruments, we’ll explore repertoire from Albania, Greece, Bosnia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosova, Turkey, Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia. Student, faculty and staff singers and instrumentalists of all types (strings, percussion, woodwinds, brass, etc.) are welcome in this ensemble. Be prepared to sing, play, improvise, and dance. Audition and instructor approval required.Prerequisites
An audition is required for this ensemble. All instruments and voice types are welcome. Students should have a working knowledge of music notation although proficient reading ability is not a requirement.
Auditions will take place the week of November 17-22; email Joseph Alpar (josephalpar@bennington.edu) to schedule.
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Corequisites
Participation in class performances. Attendance at any relevant special music events on campus.