SKU: AP.49823

ISBN 9781470648459. UPC: 038081569246. English.

Sound Orchestra: Ensemble Development for String or Full Orchestra provides a comprehensive and clear approach to developing ensemble performance skills at the intermediate through advanced level with the goal of improving technical facility and musicianship in the string or full orchestra. This method focuses on improving an ensemble's tone quality, intonation, and technique with 270 exercises grouped by key signature, including chorales and orchestral themes, that students will find both a joy and challenge to work through.

Sound Orchestra thoroughly complements performance music for string or full orchestra by isolating and reinforcing each ensemble concept, focusing on improving blend, balance, phrasing, pitch accuracy, and articulation. Additional features: Percussion parts are included * Violin 3 book that replicates the viola book is available * Optional piano and saxophone parts are included * Teacher's scores are available for string orchestra or full orchestra * For intermediate through advanced string orchestra alone, full orchestra, or string orchestra with any combination of wind and percussion players.

Written by By Bob Phillips, Peter Boonshaft, Chris Bernotas, Jim Palmer, and David Pope, this addition to the revolutionary Sound Innovations series will help your students create beautiful music.

SKU: HL.50600661

8.25x11.75x0.136 inches.

With the “Fingertip Dances”, Gerald Resch joins a long tradition of composers who have written pieces for their own children and, in so doing, have immersed themselves in childlike worlds of images and experiences. Mila, Gerald Resch's daughter and the dedicatee of the “Fingertip Dances”, received them as a special present for her ninth birthday: she is able to call her own these thirteen little pieces that have gained considerable attention through their variety of musical ideas and pianistic challenges. Following the original version for piano (SIK 1708), a selection of eight pieces for youth ensemble is now available as part of the edition series “exempla nova – for the young.” Gerald Resch arranged these eight pieces of the (13) “Fingertip Dances” in response to a commission of the “Brücken-Festival” in Mürzzuschlag 2015. All text in German.

SKU: AP.48071S

UPC: 038081557601. English.

This title features Alfred Music's String Orchestra FLEX options. That means that every part in this set is now transposed into every other part, so you can play this title with any combination of like- or mixed-string ensemble. After purchasing this set, decide what additional parts you need to meet the unique needs of your ensemble, then download and print them for free at alfred.com/supplemental---free of charge.

Tongue-in-cheek and beautiful, Bottom of the Ninths is the perfect way to delve into these masterworks with young players in a fun context! All sections remain in 1st position, in the key of D major, with no high 3's or low 1's as the melodies are passed throughout the orchestra. Easy to play and showcasing the beauty of these great composers, this piece, arranged by Bob Phillips, would shine at a festival or contest. The medley features Take Me Out to the Ball Game; the opening theme from Schubert's Symphony No. 9 which is, of course, at the beginning of that work; the famous Going Home theme from the middle of Dvorák's Symphony No. 9; and the Ode to Joy theme from Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, which is at the end, or the bottom, of the 9th. Correlated to Sound Innovations for String Orchestra, Book 1, Level 5. (2:30) This title available in MakeMusic Cloud.

SKU: AP.48055S

ISBN 9781470656980. UPC: 038081557502. English. John Williams except Care of Magical Creatures Encounter composed by Nicholas Hooper.

This title features Alfred Music's String Orchestra FLEX options. That means that every part in this set is now transposed into every other part, so you can play this title with any combination of like- or mixed-string ensemble. After purchasing this set, decide what additional parts you need to meet the unique needs of your ensemble, then download and print them for free at alfred.com/supplemental---free of charge.

Whether or not they have the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite augmented reality game on their mobile device, your students are sure to recognize the melodies from Harry Potter: Wizards Unite by John Williams, arranged by Douglas E. Wagner. Five diverse excerpts from the game are included in this medley: Hedwig's Theme, Profile: Selfie Avatar, Fawkes the Phoenix, Care of Magical Creatures Encounter, and Victory Fanfare. So, with wands at the ready, let the magic begin! (3:30) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.