Articulation
Link
to
articulation videos
Arts Administration
(Presentation given at MasterWorks Festival, 03 July 07)
- Text of the Presentation
(all five parts)
- Part 1: Introduction.
Definition of administration and discussion some of the duties
commonly associated with administration. (7 min., 2007, BDP #
12)
- Part 2: Early
administration of Joseph. Insights are drawn from the
administrative experiences of Joseph and applied to contemporary
settings. (13 min., 2007, BDP #13)
- Part 3: Later
administration of Joseph. Insights are drawn from the
administrative experiences of Joseph and applied to contemporary
settings. (12 min., 2007, BDP # 14)
- Part 4: Conclusion.
Includes a discussion of the handout. (11 min., 2007, BDP #15)
- Part 5: Conclusion.
Includes a discussion of the handout. (7 min., 2007, BDP #16)
J. S. Bach and Bach in Baltimore
Link to videos on
Bach and Bach in Baltimore
Baroque Performance Practice
- Baroque Accompaniments
on Piano (10 min., 2008, BDP #42)
Also see Ornamentation
Chamber
Music
- Performing in a Wind Quintet (10
min., 2012, BDP #81)
- Playing Bassoon in a
Wind Quintet (11 min., 2012, BDP #82)
- Nielsen Quintet,
Variation 7 (4 min., 2012, BDP #83)
- Playing Bassoon in a
Wind Quintet (7 min., 2012, BDP #84)
- Francis Poulenc—50
Years Later (1899-1963). (12 min., 2013, BDP 103) Towson
University Department of Music showcase. Lecture by Carl
Schmidt with sample performances by music faculty and staff,
12 March 2013. Excerpts from Suite française d'après
Claude Gervaise FP 80, Vocalise FP 44, Petites
Voix FP 83, Preiz pour paix FP 95, and Sextour
FP 100.
- Milhaud’s Suite for
WW Quintet, Comments for Clarinetists (8 1/2 min.,BDP #160).
James Logan, clarinet instructor at Towson University,
provides performance and practice suggestions for Darius
Milhaud’s La
cheminée du roi Réne (The Chimney of King René), first
movement, Cortége.
- Milhaud’s Suite for WW
Quintet, Comments for Oboists (10 min., BDP #161). Fatma
Daglar, oboe instructor at Towson University, provides
performance and practice suggestions for Darius Milhaud’s La
cheminée du roi Réne (The Chimney of King René), first
movement, Cortége. Removed 2020 July 09 as per
Daglar's request.
- Milhaud’s Suite for WW
Quintet, Comments for Flutists (12 min., BDP #162). Sara
Nichols, flute instructor at Towson University, provides
performance and practice suggestions for Darius Milhaud’s La
cheminée du roi Réne (The Chimney of King René), first
movement, Cortége.
- Milhaud’s Suite for WW
Quintet, Comments for Piccolo Players (4 min., BDP #163). Sara
Nichols, flute instructor at Towson University, provides
performance and practice suggestions for Darius Milhaud’s La
cheminée
du roi Réne (The Chimney of King René), sixth
movement, Chasse a Valabre.
- Milhaud’s Suite for WW
Quintet, Comments for Quintet and Bassoon Players (7 min., BDP
#164). Dr. Terry B. Ewell, bassoon professor at Towson
University, provides performance and practice suggestions for
Darius Milhaud’s La cheminée du Roi René (The
Chimney of King René), fifth movement, Joustes sur l'arc.
- Milhaud’s Suite for WW
Quintet, Comments for Quintet and Horn Players (9 min., BDP
#177). Prof. Jason Ayoub, horn professor at Towson University,
provides performance and practice suggestions for Darius
Milhaud’s La cheminée du Roi René (The Chimney of
King René), third movement.
- Milhaud’s Suite for WW
Quintet, Comments for Quintet and Horn Players (4 min., BDP
#178). Prof. Jason Ayoub, horn professor at Towson University,
provides performance and practice suggestions for Darius
Milhaud’s La cheminée du Roi René (The Chimney of
King René), fifth movement.
Chamber Music:
Ensemble Games
- Ensemble Games (6 min.,
2013, BDP #102)
Circular
Breathing
- Circular Breathing: Part
1 Concepts (7 min., 2007, BDP #7)
- 環 呼吸 (4 min., 2011,
BDP #75ch)
- Respiración circular
en el fagot (5 min, 2018, BDP #233)
- Respiración circular
en el fagot, 2. Uso
de
una bombilla o sorbete, el tudel del fagot, y el
instrumento. (12 1/2 min, 2018, BDP #234)
- Circular Breathing: Part
2 Practice without the Instrument (2007, BDP #8)
- Circular Breathing: Part
3 Practice on the Instrument (2007, BDP #9)
- Practicing Circular
Breathing (2011, BDP #76, 12 min.; this is a remake of BDP #8
and 9)
- 循 环呼吸的練習方法 (2011,
BDP #76ch)
Counting Rests
- Counting Long Rests in
Music (4 min., 2008, BDP #43)
Devotionals (presented
at the Masterworks Festival, Grace College, Winona Lake, IN)
- Connecting with God
(11 min., 2013, BDP #108)
- Embarrassing Moments
(10 min., 2010, BDP #85)
- Bach and His
Bible. MasterWorks Festival, Lunch time devotional, 2003. (14
min., BDP #5)
- Recognizing God's Voice
(12 min., 2016, BDP#203)
- Flash (cc, searchable) | mp4 | Windows media video (cc) | transcript
- 하
나님 의 음성 듣기 (13 min., 2020, BDP # 203) YouTube | mp4
| mov
| Windows
Media | transcript
- Pусский (13 min., 2020) YouTube | mp4 | wmv | транскрипция
- Español (9 min.,. 2020. BDP #58) YouTube | mp4
| mov | wmv | Transcripción
- Responding to the
Maestro (2004, BDP #6)
- RealPlayer
(size 106 Mb)
- Second Best is God
Blessed (13 min., 2006, BDP #38)
Equipment and Accessories
- Make Your Bassoon
Swabs (6 min., 2008, BDP #29)
Fingering
Technique
- Fingering Technique:
motion of fingers (9 min., 2008, BDP #23)
- Using the Alternate
F Sharp Key on the Bassoon (2011, BDP # 63, 6 minutes)
Interviews
- 采 访1, 陶森大学音乐学院.
Interview 1, Towson University, Department of Music. 朱 潇潇 Xiaoxiao Zhu. (2015, BDP #165, 6
min.)
- Department of Music
Towson University. Graduate student Ms. Sunghee Flores
discusses her experiences as an international student in the
Department of Music at Towson University.(BDP# 176)
Lori Laitman, composer, I
Never Saw Another Butterfly
Jonathan Leshnoff, composer, Double
Concerto for Clarinet, Bassoon, and Orchestra (2019)
Lectures
(from College Courses, a Conference, Video 300)
- "19th Century Venues and Performances" (2020, BDP #271, 12
min.) YouTube
| player
(cc, searchable) | mp4 | transcript
- "19th Century Innovations" (2020, BDP #272, 12 min.) YouTube | player (cc, searchable) | mp4 | transcript
- "Advice from a 'Double Reed Weekend
Warrior.'” International Double Reed Society Presentation. Also
see the publication,“Advice for Double Reed Weekend Warriors,”
The Double Reed 43/2 (Summer 2020): 143-153.
- BDP
Video
300: Reflections. (2020, BDP #300, 25 min.) YouTube | player | mp4 | wmv | transcript
- "Digital Technology in Music." (2020, BDP #275, 11 1/2 min.) YouTube
| player (cc, searchable) | mp4 | transcript
- "Digital Technology in Music." (2020, BDP #276, 16 min.) YouTube | player (cc, searchable) | mp4 | transcript
- "Electricity and Keyboard Instruments" (2020, BDP #273, 7
min.) YouTube
| player (cc, searchable) | mp4 | transcript
- "Electro-Musical Oddities" (2020, BDP #274, 14 min.) YouTube | player (cc, searchable) | mp4 | transcript
- "Shall We Sing a Religious Song?" (2016, BDP #270, 8 min.) YouTube
| player
(cc, searchable) | mp4 | transcript
Orchestral
Excerpts
- Resources for Bassoon
Orchestral Excerpts (7 min., 2012, BDP #99)
- Beethoven's 4th, Fourth Mov.
- Fingering (4
min., 2012, BDP #77)
- Articulation
(7 min., 2012, BDP #78)
- Grace Note
(10 min., 2012, BDP #79)
- Conclusion (3
min., 2012, BDP #80)
- Beethoven's 6th,
Second Mov. (12 min., view the last part of BDP #76)
- Berlioz's Symphonie
Fantastique (5 min., 2012, BDP #97)
- Ravel's Bolero
- Part 1, Comments on rhythm. (9 min., 2012, BDP
#95)
- Part 2, Comments on
fingerings, practicing with a drone. (6 min., 2012, BDP
#96)
- Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherezade
- Part 1, Comments
on practicing the opening solo in the second movement. (
7 min., 2012, BDP #98)
- Stravinsky's Rite of Spring
- Part 1,
Understanding the main notes and correct metrical
divisions of the beat (9 min., 2012, BDP #92)
- Part 2, Mastering
the passage at number 1 ( 4 min., 2012, BDP #93)
- Part 3, Comments
on fingerings, the mind set for the opening, and the
misprint (7 min., 2012, BDP #94)
Ornamentation of Baroque Music
- Ornamentation 1:
Introduction (8 min., 2010, BDP #58)
- Ornamentation 2:
Comments on a Few Ornaments (8 min., 2010, BDP #59)
Ornamentation 3:
Considering Context (10 min., 2010, BDP #60)
Ornamentation 4:
Application (8 min., 2010, BDP #61)
Ornamentation 5:
Practice Example (16 min., 2010, BDP #62)
Practice Example for Ornamentation 5 Video
(pdf)
Five Responses to the Practice Example
(pdf)
Solo Bassoon Music to Vivaldi's "La Notte"
(pdf)
Video to Vivaldi's "La Notte" Bassoon Concerto
(See videos below)
Referenced Articles with web links:
"Proportional Tempos in the Concertos of
Antonio Vivaldi," The Double Reed 24/2 (2001):
113-121.
"Proportional Tempos in the Performance of
Vivaldi's Oboe Concertos," The Double Reed
26/2 (2003): 55-59.
"Playing those “Missing” Notes in Baroque and
Classical Concerti," The Double Reed 20/1
(1997): 85-90.
Also see Baroque Performance
Performances
and
Interviews
Bach, J. S. Cantata 155, Aria, Du mußt glauben (5 min., 2020, BDP #291)
- Bach, Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248-2 #15, Aria Frohe
Hirten (Happy Shepherds)(5 min. BDP#297). Min Jin,
Laurel and Terry Ewell.
Bliss, Philip (music) and Horatio
Spafford (lyrics). "It is Well with My Soul." (5 min., 2020, BDP
#292)
Ewell, Terry.
Gethsemane for Solo Bassoon (6 min., 2009, BDP #44). Free
music
Crosby, Fanny. Fanny
Crosby Tribute. Arranged by Mark Stephenson for Flute
and Bassoon (7 min., BDP #293)
Terry Ewell, Paradise Lost for Narrator, Oboe, and
Bassoon (2011, BDP #65-71)
Harvey, Paul. Towson Suite
- Paul Harvey's Towson Suite I. Frenetic
Finale Duet for Clarinet and Bassoon (3 min., 2010, BDP #45
- Paul Harvey's Towson
Suite II. Recitation (3 min., 2010, BDP #46)
- Paul Harvey's Towson
Suite III. Modulating March (3 min., 2011, BDP #47)
- Paul Harvey's Towson
Suite IV. Beat Short Blues (3 min., 2011, BDP #48)
- Paul Harvey's Towson
Suite V. Sardonic Scherzo (2 min., 2011, BDP #49)
Huang, An-lun.
Bassoon Concerto in C, Op. 81c
(10 min., 2013, BDP #107)
Huang, An-lun.
Bassoon Concerto in C, Op.
81c, Chamber Music Version, World Premiere Performance
Jerusalem, Ignacious, Duo a N. S.
de la Concepcion Asump., Guadalupe de la que es Reyna. (3 min.,
2020, BDP #290)
Laitman, Lori
. I Never Saw Another
Butterfly
Jonathan Leshnoff, Night
Whispers. (7 min., 2013, BDP #101)
W. A. Mozart, Concerto for Bassoon, KV. 191.
- Performance of the Second Movement by Terry B.
Ewell and Elaine Ross. (5 1/2 min., 2018, BDP #222)
- Performance of the Third Movement by Terry B. Ewell
and Elaine Ross. (5 min., 2018, BDP #224)
Oforka, Grace. "Chima Obi'm"
(God Knows My Heart). Performed by Laurel A. Ewell, flute, and
Grace Oforka, voice. Music in Igbo and English languages. (7
min., 2020, BDP #295)
Pascuzzi, Gregory. "Diaspora Duet."
(3 1/2 min, 2020, BDP #296)
Poulenc, Francis.
Department of Music Concert
(Portions of Sextet at the end, 11 min., BDP 103)
de Sumaya, Manuel, "De la Bella
Aurora Maria Divina." (4 1/2 min., 2020, BDP #294)
Rimsky-Korsakov,
"Flight of the Bumblebee" arr. Ewell (2 min., 2008, BDP #41)
Verdi, Giuseppe. Requiem,
Quid Sum Miser. (4 min., 2020, BDP #298)
Vivaldi, Bassoon
Concerto "La Notte" [The Night], F VIII, no. 1; RV 501, part 1
(6 min., 2007, BDP #21)
Solo Bassoon Music to Vivaldi's "La Notte"
(pdf)
Vivaldi, Bassoon
Concerto "La Notte" [The Night] part 2 (6 min., 2007, BDP #22)
Weissenborn,
Bassoon Study #15, Op. 8, Vol. 2 (5 min., 2008, BDP #39, )
Phrasing
- Playing On the Wind
(5 min., 2010, BDP #56)
-
Symmetry, Aesthetics,
and Phrasing in Music (7 min., 2010, BDP #57)
- Music in Motion (10
min., 2012, BDP #100)
-
中国 书画 与音乐表演的相似之处。(10 min.,
2015, BDP #183) Chinese calligraphy and painting are
similar to Art Music performance.
Reed
Doctor
- "Crowsectomy" (3
min., 2011, BDP #64)
- Continuation, Arundo Lives (1 min.)
- Continuation, Arundo Dies (2 min. )
Reed
Finishing
“A Pedagogy for Finishing Reeds for the
German-System (Heckel-System) Bassoon,” The Double Reed
23/3 (2000): 99-108. Read this Revised
Paper for the videos below.
- Bassoon Reed
Finishing 1: Intro., Terms, and Concepts (8 min., 2012, BDP
#86; this is a remake of BDP #1, part 1)
- Bassoon Reed
Finishing 2: Terms and Concepts, continued (8 min., 2012,
BDP #87; this is a remake of BDP #1, part 2)
- Bassoon Reed
Finishing 3: Reed Types (10 min., 2012, BDP #88, this is a
remake of BDP #2, part 1)
- Bassoon Reed
Finishing 4: Reed Types, continued (6 1/2 min., 2012, BDP
#89, this is a remake of BDP #2, part 2)
- Bassoon Reed
Finishing 5: Observations and Balancing (11 min., 2012, BDP
#90, this is a remake of BDP #3) YouTube
| Flash
(plays mp4) | iPod
or
mp4 (mp4) | Windows
Media
video | Transcript
- Bassoon Reed
Finishing 6: Tactile and Visual Observations. (10 min.,
2012, BDP #91, this is a remake of BDP #4)
把 一个中式(大的哨片)改成美式(小的哨片).
Changing a Chinese Style (Larger Reed) to an American Style
(Smaller Reed). 巴松数码教授#175. This also demonstrates my
techniques with finishing a reed blank.
Reed
Making
- Bassoon Reed Making
1: Gouging (8 min., 2010, BDP #50)
- Bassoon Reed Making
2: Shaping (4 min., 2010, BDP #51)
- Bassoon Reed Making
3: Profiling & Other Preparations (7 min., 2010, BDP
#52)
- Bassoon Reed Making
4: Forming the Tube (6 min., 2010, BDP #53)
- Bassoon Reed Making
5: Wrapping (7 min., 2010, BDP #54)
Reviews
of
Beginning Bassoon Etudes
(Five Collections of Etudes for Beginning Bassoonists, 9 min.,
2008, BDP #28, )
Solo/Concerto
Literature
Comments on Performing
Hindemith's Sonate
- Part 1. First Movement (7 1/2 min, 2016, BDP #185)
- Part 2. Second Movement, Langsam (9 min,
2016, BDP #186)
- Part 3. Second Movement, Marsch (9 min,
2016, BDP #187)
- Part 4. Second Movement, Beschluβ (8 min,
2016, BDP #188)
Comments on
Mozart's Bassoon Concerto
Link to
Mozart Videos and Materials
Comments on Performing Osborne’s Rhapsody
- Part 1. (9
min., 2013, BDP #104)
- Part 2. (10
min., 2013, BDP #105)
- Part 3. (12
min., 2013, BDP #106)
Comments on Weber's Andante and
Hungarian Rondo
- Part 1. General Observations (6 min., 2016, BDP
#189)
- Part 2. Andante (11 min., 2016, BDP #190)
- Triple Tonguing for Bassoon (2016, BDP #191, 6 min.)
- Part 3. Hungarian Rondo (10 min., 2016, BDP #192)
Starting Bassoon
The videos below are based on Terry Ewell's
article: "Teaching
the
Beginning Bassoonist," The Double Reed 23/2 (2000):
35-43.
Who Should Play Bassoon? (6
min., 2008, BDP #24)
Teachers’
Introduction to Bassoon Lesson Videos (6 min., 2008, BDP #32)
1st Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2008, BDP
#25-27)
Third
part, 4 minutes, (dissembling bassoon, swabbing) RealPlayer | iPod
or mpeg4 | Windows media
video | Transcript
2nd Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell
(2008, BDP #30-31)
3rd Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2008, BDP
#33-34)
Second
part, 10 minutes, (Articulation with studies) RealPlayer
| iPod or mpeg4 | Windows
media video | Transcript
4th Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2008, BDP
#35-36)
Second
part, 9 minutes, (tuning, drones) YouTube
| RealPlayer | iPod
or mpeg4 | Windows
media video | Transcript
5th bassoon Lesson
with Terry B. Ewell (2008, BDP #37)
6th Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2016)
7th Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2016)
8th Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2016)
9th Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2016)
10th Bassoon Lesson with Terry B. Ewell (2016)
- First part (BDP
#201), 5 minutes, (comments on ten lessons, C#3) YouTube
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| mp4
| Windows
media
video | Transcript
- ارسی Farsi 10A (5 min., 2017) YouTube
| Flash
| mp4
| Windows
Media | Transcript
- Español (5 min., 2017) YouTube
| Flash
| mp4
| Windows
Media | Transcripción
- Second
part (BDP #202), 5 minutes, (C#3, time signatures,
recap) YouTube |
Flash
| mp4
| Windows
media
video | Transcript
- فارسی Farsi 10B (5 min., 2017) YouTube
| Flash
| mp4
| Windows
Media | Transcript
- Español (5 min., 2017) YouTube
| Flash
| mp4
| Windows
Media | Transcripción
Study Advice
- Paraphrase Plagiarism (5 min., BPD #171)
- Computer File Management (10 min., BDP #173)
- "Study Smart" (6 1/2 min., BDP #174)
Technology
- Digital Accompaniments (Videos 3-5)
- Digital
Accompaniments 1: Changing Tempos and other Transformations
(10 1/2 min.)
- YouTube | player
(cc, searchable) | mp4
| wmv (cc) | transcript
- Русский (10
1/2 min.) YouTube
| player
(cc, searchable) | mp4
| wmv (cc) | транскрипция
- Español (11
min.) (2020, 11 min) YouTube
| player | mp4 | wmv | Transcripción
- Digital
Accompaniments 2: MIDI to mp3 (8 1/2 min.)
- Digital
Accompaniments 3: Rehearsing and recording with digital
accompaniments. (11 min.)
- Teaching Skype Music Lessons (Video
1, 7 1/2 Min., BDP #277)
- More Comments on Online Music
Lessons (Video 2, 8 1/2 Min., BDP #278)
Technology--Older, Dated Videos
- Digital Bassoon Project (scales recorded with
Audacity Demonstration Video (2006?)
- Open Educational Resources
(43 min., 2015, BDP #172)
Translations
(6 min., 2010, BDP #55)
- Translations
of
Materials by Bassoon Digital Professors, Oboe Digital
Professors, and 2reed.net.
Weissenborn Fifty Advanced
Studies, Op. 8, Vol. 2 Link to Weissenborn Studies