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T H R E E C H I L D R E N ' S P I A N O P I E C E S
- Traffic: Blaring horns, swerving cars *
- Night Music: Trees dance in the wind on a cool autumn evening *
- Main Street Boogie: Strutting through town (1988)
Andrea L. Reinkemeyer (Ann Arbor, MI - 2002)
* Commissioned by and dedicated to Alan Huckleberry, piano
N O T E S
Three Piano Pieces for Children (2002). Pianist Alan Huckleberry commissioned these works to be included in his dissertation project: The Importance of Contemporary Music in Today's Piano Pedagogy. He asked for short works that focused on one or more techniques used in contemporary music. Traffic utilizes syncopation, centric passages, and precise articulations. Night Music focuses on lyrical lines in compound meter. Main Street Boogie is a Boogie Woogie.
P E R F O R M A N C E S
II. Night Music
Wednesday, November 20, 2002 - 5:30 p.m.
A lecture/workshop for the DMA Candidate in Piano Performance and Pedagogy
Room 361, The University of Michigan School of Music (Ann Arbor)
Alan Huckleberry, piano
II. Night Music
Sunday, April 28, 2002 - 1:00 p.m.
Piano Pedagogy Laboratory Program Recital
"Spring Celebration Recital"
Britton Recital Hall, The University of Michigan School of Music (Ann Arbor)
Henry Im, piano
W R I T I N G
Dr. Alan Huckleberry, The Importance of Contemporary Music in Today's Piano Pedagogy: Including the presentation of new music for children by University of Michigan composers Andrea Reinkemeyer, Armando Bayolo, Andre Myers, Jonathan Pieslak, and Tom Schnauber
Essay by Henry Im (12):
"Although I have been playing piano for only three years, I have had some experience with contemporary music by Andrea Reinkemeyer. When Alan first assigned this to me, I kind of started to wonder what this could teach me. It taught me a lot about contemporary music and its artistic flows. The way it gives out some uneasy feelings, yet to know it's still music.
I had a lesson with the composer herself, which I found interesting, for I learned a lot in what a composer thinks or expects of their own music.
I played a special role in a recital, where I introduced the composer. She said a few things about her piece, and I played it to show the audience what she was talking about. It was a very fun experience playing "Traffic" because of its quick and uneasy tempo, and "Night Music," which also had an interesting tempo, but it was very soothing. My experience with contemporary music was fun and very educational."
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