Hello! My name is David Anthony and I am hoping to test out of basic ear training. I have been a professional musician and educator for over 25 years. I music direct and direct theatre for colleges and performing arts high schools. I have played piano bars and I currently teach choir and vocal masterclass at the Young Americans College of the Arts. I am still on faculty at Saddleback College, Cypress College and music direct at Cal State Fullerton. I studied piano at the Orange County School for the Arts, then Chapman University for Choral Conducting, Composition and Music Education. I didn’t finish at Chapman even though my upper division units were finished which is why I am finishing now at Berklee.
I think the main reason I could be able to test out of basic ear training is that I teach choir and ensemble harmony in musical theatre. I have to play and sing individual harmony lines every day to teach the parts. All keys and meters constantly. As a musical theatre composer I have extensive notation experience with changing styles, meters and keys within 1 piece of music. I have taught music theory at performing arts high schools and at the college level (including preparing students for the AP music theory test.) I have taught melodic and rhythmic dictation for years.
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This is a musical theatre song that I wrote. I am sharing this to demonstrate my ability to play the piano and it shows my notation. In theatre the scores have to be meticulous.
Here I Am (Composition, Scoring, Basic Track)
Here is another song I wrote for a musical. This is an opening number that changes styles and meter and another way to show notation. This show was about an Iranian immigrant. This also shows notation and my ability to transcribe and notate what’s in my head.
https://davidjaydenanthony.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/01-Here-I-Am-01-20-2019.pdf
https://www.reverbnation.com/davidjaydenanthony/song/30512949-01-here-i-am-lyrics-by-ken-offricht
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Conducting)
Here is a rehearsal video from my first year of teaching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sXdxThCxis
Desperado (Blues-ish Song)
Pathetique Movement 2 – Beethoven
Random Choral Arrangements
Let It Snow arr. David Anthony
https://davidjaydenanthony.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Let-It-Snow-David-Anthony.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS5l_qb7gfQ
Hurt – Christina Aguilera arr. David Anthony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDX-EGk6sgg
https://davidjaydenanthony.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Hurt.pdf
Walking On Broken Glass arr. David Anthony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4JYVsQ7HXA
https://davidjaydenanthony.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WalkingOnBrokenGlass.pdf
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Week 01 – Conducting Basic Rhythms
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Week 02 – Identifying Different Time Signatures and Notating Basic Rhythms
See Supplemental Material |
Week 03 – Introduction to Solfege
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Week 04 Tonic/Dominant Relationships and Three-Note Scale Patterns
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Week 05 Tonic/Subdominant Relationships
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Week 06 Tonic, Subdominant, and Dominant Relationships; Blues Form
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Week 07 Introduction to Notation
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Week 08 Becoming The Recognizer
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Week 09 Hearing Form
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Week 10 Relative Minor
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Week 11 Relative Minor Primary Triads
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In Closing
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