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Improv Exchange #5
Pastorale
Published Spring 2025 | Added August 3, 2025
The seasons in this pastorale are changing or have changed. It is not a carefree walk down a sunny lane. There is a wisp of regret or melancholy. I love the openness of the harmonies that seem to accept any note in the key at any time. The measures expand and contract like breaths but donʼt call attention to themselves. The motives, likewise, circle back easily and naturally.
I enjoy keeping the left hand as it is and letting my right hand take off in flight. You could also drop the form entirely and play with the dominant-tending clusters over the Bb pedal. When you are ready, change the bass to scale degree 2 or 5 and repeat. Go ahead and give yourself a B section in the relative minor, but I don’t recommend spending too long there.
Letting go is part of life—maybe even a beautiful one.
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Anne Farber
Anne Farber, Diplôme Supérieur, received her license from the Dalcroze School of Music and a diploma from the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva, Switzerland. She taught at the Special Music School, the Longy School of Music, and the Diller-Quaile School of Music. She was also the former director of the Dalcroze School at Lucy Moses School in New York, NY.
Michael Joviala
Michael Joviala is a composer/improviser/performer and educator in New York City. In 2020, he earned the diplôme supérieur from the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva and is the director of the Dalcroze Teacher Training Program at the Lucy Moses School in New York. He teaches Dalcroze eurhythmics to students of all ages at the Lucy Moses School of Music, the Diller-Quaile School of Music, the Dalcroze School of Music and Movement in Dallas, Texas, and in workshops worldwide. He is the creator and music director of the improvising music and dance ensemble, Locomotors. He has called Brooklyn, New York, home since 1992.
Improv Exchange #5
Pastorale
Anne Farber, Composer
Michael Joviala, Editor
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Anne Farber
Anne Farber, Diplôme Supérieur, received her license from the Dalcroze School of Music and a diploma from the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva, Switzerland. She taught at the Special Music School, the Longy School of Music, and the Diller-Quaile School of Music. She was also the former director of the Dalcroze School at L…
Michael Joviala
Michael Joviala is a composer/improviser/performer and educator in New York City. In 2020, he earned the diplôme supérieur from the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva and is the director of the Dalcroze Teacher Training Program at the Lucy Moses School in New York. He teaches Dalcroze eurhythmics to students of all ages at …
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