"TUNE IT,
OR DIE!" SYNOPSIS
A Masterclass offered
for your school or ensemble
By MILT STEVENS
Principal Trombonist,
National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor,
The Washington Symphonic Brass
Artist in Residence,
The University of Maryland School of Music
Read
about Milt's "Tune it or Die" clinic with the
US Air Force
Band of Liberty
"TUNE IT" is
all about real life ensemble tuning problems. Most instrumentalists
blame others for inferior pitch. However, most problems start
"at home" with everyone of us!
"TUNE IT" starts from the premise that our ears actually
are reliable; they tell us accurately when a sound is not in tune
with another sound. What we fail to realize is that accurate
pitch is fluid!
A simple, inexpensive
electronic tuner that registers equal temperament gives players
the mistaken impression that there is only one place for a note.
That is false!
"TUNE IT" uses a sophisticated Peterson
Strobe Tuner.
** To contact Milt
about purchasing a Peterson tuner at the best possible price,
send him an email:
miltstevens@cox.net
"TUNE IT" explains how understanding the scientific,
mathematical part of interval and chord relationships translates
into the practical realm of performing these intervals and chords
with confidence and resonance in any key, major or minor.
"TUNE IT" is for all orchestral and band performers,
all teachers, and all conductors. Some "gee-whiz-wow"
moments come when we listen to "difference tones", where
a third tone is produced by two instrumentalists playing together.
Did you know that a tritone could produce a root, which is neither
one of the notes being played? Do you know that the difference
between a major and a minor third is only 70% of a semitone? Learn
how to adjust a minor seventh interval, depending on whether the
underlying triad is major or minor.
"TUNE IT" has been presented at many illustrious institutions
(see below page for a list). Would you like more information?
Contact Milt Stevens
by email at: miltstevens@cox.net
"TUNE IT, OR DIE!"
Clinic Presentations
By Milt Stevens
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
BANGOR (MAINE) BRASS SECTION
EASTERN TROMBONE WORKSHOP
FAIFAX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
WIND SECTION
HERITAGE BAND OF AMERICA AT
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE
INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY
JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY
JUILLIARD SCHOOL OF MUSIC
MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC
NATIONAL ORCHESTRAL INSTITUTE
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
CONDUCTOR'S INSTITUTE
NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SUMMER MUSIC INSTITUTE
NEW WORLD SYMPHONY
OBERLIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
PENNSYLVANIA ALL-STATE HONORS
BAND
RAFAEL MENDEZ BRASS INSTITUTE
SUMMIT BRASS
TANGLEWOOD
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
US ARMY BAND