Just a few weeks ago, a few of the piano students of Annalisa Ventola presented a summer concert/lecture on the techniques of Impressionism at Graves Piano and Organ on Karl Road (Columbus, Ohio). Throughout the concert, students and concert attendees learned about such turn of the century compositional techniques as writing with modes, displaced harmonies, pedal points, and organizing music without a tonal center.
All of the students prepared their pieces well over the summer, and it was one of our best concerts ever. Have a look at the (abridged) program below.
| Modal Melodies Exploring tonalities beyond major and minor scales | ||
| Eliza T. | On the Ocean Floor, from The Ocean | Hansi Alt |
| Hannah M. | Enfantillages pittoresques (Quaint Childishness)1. Petit prélude à la journée (Little Prelude for the Day)2. Berceuse (Lullaby)3. Marche du grand escalier (On the Grand Staircase) Displaced HarmoniesSimultaneous occurrences of multiple tonalities | Erik Satie |
| Gabriel T. | The Vast Expanse of Space | Vladimir Rebikov |
| Sydney E. | Jumping Jack, from Humorous Bagatelles | Carl Nielsen |
| Tsunami B. | Le Palais Abandonné (The Abandoned Palace) from Histoires (Stories) | Jacques Ibert |
| Pedal Point Defining a tonal center using sustained bass notes | ||
| Brenen R. | Le Soir (The Evening) Op. 43, No.5 | Reinhold Gliere |
| Marla S. | Clair de Lune (Moonlight) | Claude Debussy |
| Disintegrating Tonality | ||
| Organizing music without a tonal center | ||
| Nathaniel T. | Prelude No. 2, from Three Preludes | Charles Griffes |
