Watch & Listen

If you're coming to this year's Summer School and raring to go, then here are some suggestions for listening and reading in advance of the week.  And even if you're not attending, we're sure you'll enjoy what we have listed!  This page is not yet complete and will be added to!

Tutor Group 1: Composing for voice (Kerry Andrew)

Please note that Kerry's recommendations are just to whet your appetites, and that we recommend dipping in and out of a few... it's not imperative to listen to everything!

Luciano Berio -  Sequenza III
Luciano Berio - Folk Songs
Luciano Berio - Chamber Music
Cathy Berberian - Stripsody
Georges Aphergis - Recitations
Meredith Monk: Volcano Songs album, Book of Days album, Do You Be album
Toby Twining - Eurydice album
John Tavener - Akhmatova Songs
Roger Marsh - Black Hair
Cecilia MacDowall -White Fox Woman
Nico Muhly - Mothertongue
Evan Ziporyn - This Is Not A Clarinet
Zap Mama - Zap Mama first album
Sheila Chandra - Speaking In Tongues
Les Doubles Six - Les Doubles Six album
Camille - Le Fil album and Music Hole album
Bobby McFerrin - Circle Songs album
juice vocal ensemble - Songspin (Key Tutor Kerry and soprano Sarah's album)
Laura Moody EP (our 'cellist)
Bulgarian Choirs
Inuit Throat Songs!
Mongolian Throat Singing

Tutor Group 2: Jazz Composition (Issie Barratt)

Issie suggests you investigate the following music, all of which can be found on Spotify.

They're listed by title - composer - album - Musician(s) whose name the album's under

Entire Albums to listen to
Atomic Mr Basie - Count Basie
Porgy and Bess   - George and Ira Gershwin - Porgy and Bess - Miles Davis (and Gil Evans)

Individual Tracks to listen to
Isn't it romantic - Rodgers and Hart - The Swinging Mr Rogers - Shorty Rogers
All the things you are - Hammerstein and Kern - Konitz Meets Mulligan - Lee Konitz and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Broadway - Wood, McRae, Boyd - Konitz Meets Mulligan - Lee Konitz and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet
Fables of Faubus - Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus
Self-Portrait in Three Colours - Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um - Charles Mingus
Little Rootie Tootie - Thelonius Monk - At Town Hall
So What - Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis Sextet
So What (Live) - Miles Davis - Blue Big Bands - George Russell
Side Winder - Lee Morgan - The Side Winder - Lee Morgan
The Chess Player - Wayne Shorter - The Big Beat - Art Blakey
River Man - Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
Now I Lay Me Down - Joe Locke - Frank Kimbrough/Joe Locke
New York New York - John Kander and Fred Ebb arr Django Bates - Like Life - Django Bates
Ambleside - John Taylor- Time Being - Peter Erskine, John Taylor, Palle Danielsson
Part 1  and 2 The Sweet Time Suite -  Kenny Wheeler - Music For Small And Large Ensembles - Kenny Wheeler 
Maxfield - John Hollenbeck - Joys and Desires - Jazz Big Band Gratz

Tutor Group 5: Advanced Instrumental Composition (David Horne)

All of David's recommendations are at http://sam2011.pbworks.com

Other suggestions

Have a look at http://8tracks.com/ to hear other people's mixes and have a go yourself!