Explore the wonderful repertoire for mixed wind ensemble, developing your technical, musical and ensemble skills. You need to play an orchestral wind instrument (including saxophone) at grade 3 standard or higher.
Break weeks Term 1 27th - 31st Oct 2025 Term 2 16th - 20th Feb 2026 Term 3 25th - 29th May 2026
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This course give you an opportunity to play your instrument in a supportive ensemble, improving your skills as a musician and explore a wide range of musical styles. Different repertoire is studied every term.
What will we cover?
The course will focus on a number of pieces each term in a variety of styles. Various aspects of ensemble technique - tuning, balance, interpretation etc. - will be explored according to the demands of the repertoire. The works will then be performed at the end of term.
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
- start to have an awareness of tuning and balance within an ensemble - Improve articulation and dynamic control within an ensemble - have an ability to adapt the above techniques according to the style of a piece - show that you have gained experience in preparing for a performance.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
Playing standard of around grade 3, with an awareness of musical notation. Sight reading will be minimal as music will be provided in advance through google classroom. You will need to follow written and verbal instructions in English and engage in class discussions.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Rehearsals, discussion and exercises. You will be expected to practise your parts outside class time, and to practise your own instrument regularly.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Music will be provided. Please bring a pencil and eraser to class.
Pam Pecko Smith is a UK-based freelance flutist, vocalist, and music educator who performs in an eclectic range of ensembles. She is a native of the Philadelphia area, where she earned a Bachelor of Music (Honours) at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, followed by intensive graduate studies at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest, Hungary. In 2011 Pam founded The Lodore Trio, a chamber group comprising flute, viola, and piano. The trio’s first album CASCADE was released in 2018, featuring new music by Amanda Lee Falkenberg, and their second album RIVULETS was released in 2022. Pam is also a vocalist, and in 2017 she formed the vintage jazz group Honeysuckle Jazz, which specialises in songs from the 1920–40s. Pam has performed widely throughout the UK and internationally in genres spanning orchestral, folk, film music, world music, and jazz. A dedicated teacher of performing ensembles, she has served on music faculties in private and international schools in Hungary, Portugal, the US, England, Kenya, Turkey, and Poland. She is delighted to be teaching on the music staff at the City Lit.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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