SKU: AP.36-52250912

ISBN 9781621569596. UPC: 746241230478. English.

This is a great way to introduce your strings to Jazz! This easy-to-play selection inspired by the "Be-Bop" style uses short swing-eighth note patterns over a walking bass line, and sounds good at various tempos. This is really fun way to approach the national standards calling for jazz education!

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SKU: AP.36-52255538

ISBN 9781621568636. UPC: 746241260185. English.

A rousing concert ender, this work will challenge all sections with a wide range (every part shifts), running passage work, trills, and syncopated rhythms.  The B section, a lyric waltz theme, shows off the principal players with extended solos.  The return of the A section superimposes the waltz melody on the original syncopated theme for a wonderful conclusion.

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SKU: CF.FAS43

ISBN 9780825863387. UPC: 798408063382. 8.5 X 11 inches. Key: E minor.

Titled by the students of J. T. Lambert Middle School in East Stroudsburg, PA, which commissioned the original version for band, this brilliant, heavily accented piece emphasizes rhythmic alertness and attention to dynamic contrasts. Bold fanfare writing alternates with lyrical writing of considerable warmth and the spiccato style of playing is introduced.
The title for Dance of the Thunderbolts was suggested by students at J. T. Lambert Middle School in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. This piece was originally commissioned for the sixth-grade band at the school in 2003 and has now been transcribed for string orchestra. The students specifically asked for the piece to be “a strong powerful piece with lots of accents and a strong abrupt ending.” As you can see and hear, the piece contains many of these aspects. After the title was suggested I came up with the thunderbolt dance section of the piece first stated at m. 24. Later during the compositional process I decided to frame this theme with a more lyrical theme, but one that still contains the sparkle of the staccato ostinato that is layered together with the elongated theme. Following the thunderbolt dance at m.24 is a short interlude to soften the sound before a return of the theme in fragments traded between different sections and in different tessituras. The lyrical theme returns and is followed by “a strong abrupt ending” as suggested by the students. As with all of my pieces at this level, the tempo is merely a suggestion and should be adjusted slower or faster to fit the needs of your students and the performance situation.It has been my pleasure to have the opportunity to write this piece. I hope you and your students enjoy it and find it useful for your program.—Larry ClarkLakeland, FL 2007.

SKU: AP.36-50250116

ISBN 9781682963913. UPC: 660355058561. English.

The title is truth in advertising: this is about learning to cross strings as well as skipping fingers and developing proper hand position and finger independence. Some enjoyable knocking and other sounds give students the opportunity to have a little say in how the final product sounds.

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SKU: AP.36-52250372

ISBN 9781628763065. UPC: 746241200808. English.

This exciting work does wonders with the full spectrum of sounds available to string orchestra; spiccato, col legno (witht the stick), harmonics, tremolo, and more.  These effects serve the musical idea, which is an exciting minor mode theme reminiscent of a movie soundtrack.  This is one piece your orchestra will ask to play again and again!

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SKU: AP.36-52250936

ISBN 9781628766424. UPC: 746241252067. English.

Here's a lighter number that's ideal for pops concerts, multicultural events, or any time you want to program a little Latin music into your concerts!  Calling for optional percussion part of guiro, this music features a syncopated melody that uses lots of "off-the-string" bowing.  It's sure to make your strings produce a clean, crisp sound.

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SKU: KJ.SO212F

This arrangement of a German folk song feature a variety of keys, tempos, styles, and left-handed position work to reinforce technical and rhythmical skills introduced to the young string player. It is correlated to Artistry in Strings, Book 2, Unit IV.

About Artistry in Strings

Artistry in Strings is a groundbreaking string method that will be at home in your classroom or private studio. Its comprehensive approach contains all the basic tools necessary to establish solid technique and expressive music making. Artistry in Strings is a music educator's dream, combining a performance-centered approach with optional theory, composing, listening, assessment, and interdisciplinary and multi-cultural studies.

Authors Robert S. Frost, Gerald Fischbach, and Wendy Barden have combined their vast experience as educators to provide a string method that is well paced for all types of beginning string classes. Regardless of class frequency and duration, or class size and student age, Artistry in Strings will assist you to achieve superior results.