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Finally, 6/8 in grade 1! This bright and happy tune teaches 6/8 while sticking entirely to the D major notes in first position. Along the way every section gets a chance to shine, including your basses!
Originally written for the composer’s very musical daughter, who inspired this light-hearted Ragtime piece, written with the needs of middle school string students in mind. It’s a fun tune that offers a lot of teaching opportunities, including roadmap, C#s, spiccatto, and moving across the common string keys. A great addition to your next concert!
Coast Highway (A Warm and Breezy Drive) explores pop-style string techniques in the style of movie and television themes of the 1950s-60s. It was written as a fun challenge for for an advanced middle school orchestra, and is a guaranteed hit with audiences of all ages! Your string players get to use finger slides and solo changes are provided for all instruments, making this a great way to teach and show off improvisation for your entire group!
Overture For The Last Minute is a great introduction to overture style pieces and tempo changes. Originally written as for an ensemble late in its concert cycle, it’s filled with catchy melodies and harmonizations. A great choice for your beginning string orchestra!
Reflessione Dolce translates from Italian as “Sweet Reflections”. It is the imaginings of past loves lost, and the times that made them such sweet memories. This wonderful ballad is written to take advantage of a particularly good middle school cello and violin section, and designed to develop fluidity and sensitivity as well as demonstrative, romantic phrase shaping. A great addition for your next concert.
This beautiful version of Silent Night will allow your superstar beginning violist to create something magical. Both solo and accompaniment are grade 1, making this version eminently playable by most first and second year groups.
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