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Michael Rodriguez
Roots, Jazz, and American Music jazz

Trumpeter Michael Rodriguez Joins Brass Faculty of SFCM

April 23, 2018
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) today announces the appointment of trumpeter Michael Rodriguez to its faculty. Rodriguez, a Grammy-nominated musician renowned for his artistry as a composer and instrumentalist, joins the cadre of …
Daniel De Togni '18, 2018 Highsmith Competition Winner
Composition Technology and Applied Composition competition

Daniel De Togni ’18 Wins 2018 Highsmith Competition

April 23, 2018
Daniel De Togni ’18 has been selected as the winner of the 2018 Highsmith Competition, SFCM’s annual composition prize given to a current student or recent graduate. De Togni, a postgraduate student in the Technology and Applied Composition program, …
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Score-Reading Exercises

Score-Reading Exercises Alto Clef Bartok Fifth String Quartet Brahms Quartet Op. 60 Gastoldi Bicinium Morley Bicinium Mozart Duo K. 423 I Mozart Duo K. 423 II Mozart G Minor Symphony K. 550 Mozart Sinfonia Concertante I Purcell Fantazia Ravel Jardin …
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Open Score Chorales

Open Score Chorales These all notated in four clefs (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) and provide excellent practice material for reading open scores as well as C clefs. BWV Name 2.6 Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh' darein 3.6 Herr Jesu Christ, meins Lebens …
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Lieder Sing & Play Exercises

Lieder Sing & Play Exercises The following are a set of lieder by various composers, selected for their suitability as sing & play exercises. The piano parts do not reduplicate the vocal line, nor are they particularly difficult to play. (They are all …
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Lieder Harmonization Exercises

Lieder Harmonization Exercises These exercises provide you with Schubert lieder to harmonize. They open with Schubert's notated accompaniment; after the first line the accompaniment drops away and it's your job to continue on your own. Versions for high …
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Continuo Playing Exercises

Continuo Playing Exercises The continuo exercises presented here can be played by a single keyboard player. Bach: Schau lieber Gott Bach: Wir danken Corelli: Sonata Op. 5 No. 1 - III Corelli: Sonata Op. 5 No. 1 - III (realized as an example) Corelli: …
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Essays and Miscellaneous Writings

Essays and Miscellaneous Writings Harmony and Voice-Leading Reading Aldwell-Schachter Profitably Flowchart for Effective Proofreading Voice-Leading and Chord Construction Errors (Table) Reminders about Writing Progressions Common Errors in Assignments …
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Software Tutorials

Software Tutorials These materials can help you hack your way through the thorny paths of modern technology. Some of them are QuickTime videos; you may need to get the QuickTime player in order to view them. If you don't have it already, click here for …
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Eartraining Software

Eartraining Software   Kapelle Eartraining Applications Kapelle is a series of eartraining programs, written for Microsoft Windows by Scott Foglesong. You may access more information about the software, including download links and instructions, by …
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Staff Paper

Print Staff Paper   These files are PDFs (Adobe Acrobat) that you can use to print staff paper. 10-line with a place for your name, 2 pages worth 10-line with treble and bass clef, room for harmonic analysis below 12-line with musicsheaf.com logo on the …
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Workbook Recordings

Workbook Recordings Chapter 7 Page 52: Anonymous, "L'Écho" Chapter 8 Page 56: 1. Beethoven, Piano Sonata, Op. 26, I Page 56: 2. Mendelssohn, Symphony No. 4, Op. 90 ("Italian"), III Page 57: 3. Bach, Chorale 1 Page 57: 4. Schumann, Arabesque, Op. 18 Page …
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Kapelle Dictation

Kapelle Dictation   Kapelle Dictation is the workhorse application of the Kapelle series of programs. It is designed to read in specially-prepared music notation files and treat them like dictation exercises. It can handle melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic …
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Kapelle Clefs

Kapelle Clefs   Kapelle Clefs trains you in playing notes in all seven clefs -- the five 'C' clefs plus the more familiar treble and bass.  Exercises are simple: the program will give you 20 notes in a single clef (or a combination of clefs) at various …
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Kapelle Scales

Kapelle Scales   Kapelle Scales trains you in hearing, writing, and recognizing scales in a variety of exercises and activities, including the church modes, pentatonic and octatonic scales, synthetic modes, and so forth. The exercises themselves are …
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Kapelle Intervals

Kapelle Intervals   Kapelle Intervals trains you in hearing, writing, and recognizing intervals in a variety of exercises and activities. The exercises themselves are designed using a separate program (not available from this website) allowing the program …
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Running the Kapelle Programs on CrossOver Mac

Running the Kapelle Programs on CrossOver Mac The Kapelle programs run just fine right on Mac OS X, using the program "CrossOver Mac" from CodeWeavers. CrossOver Mac emulates the necessary operating system support for Windows applications. It doesn't …
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Harmony Tutor

Harmony Tutor   From Scott Foglesong: HarmonyTutor is a small, simple application that I wrote in order to teach myself the VisualBasic language. It is a sophisticated version of an old HyperCard program I wrote back in the 1980s. It plays chords for you, …
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Reading Aldwell-Schachter Profitably Reading Text

Reading Aldwell-Schachter Profitably Aldwell-Schachter’s Harmony and Voice Leading is filled with terrific information. It covers the basics of Western tonal practice with breathtaking thoroughness. It is, however, disfigured by a downright glutinous …
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Voice-Leading Flowchart

Voice-Leading Flowchart IF the soprano moves by leap    IF the bass is moving in the same direction      Fill in the soprano interval      Check for hidden octaves and fifths  IF there is a leading tone in the chord    Check for a doubled leading tone  IF …