Posted on Thursday, October 18, 2001
R. Tad Greig, director of bands and instructor of music at Westminster College, will present "An Informance" during Faculty Forum Wednesday, Oct. 31, at 11:45 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
Accompanied by the Westminster College Wind Ensemble, a select group of 41 instrumental musicians, Greig will discuss the preparation phases in the rehearsal classroom. Areas that will be demonstrated include the warm-up and its relationship to the objectives for the day, a synthesis, analysis, and the synthesis approach to classroom teaching and a full performance by the ensemble.
"All too often the performance ensemble rehearsal is viewed from the performance realm," said Greig. "Actually, we share many of the same strategies, objectives and concerns as other classroom teachers. The informance' is designed to share one ensemble and its director's approach to the development of musical independence that will hopefully transfer to other situations encountered by these musicians as they move on and perform on their own."
Greig, who has been with Westminster College since 1995, earned his undergraduate degree from Grove City College, and his master's from Youngstown State University.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call Greig at (724) 946-7279 or e-mail greigrt@westminster.edu.
