Flexible String Ensemble-This piece cleverly combines 'She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain' with 'Oh When The Saints Go Marching In!' and can be performed by a minimum of Violins 1 & 2 Cello plus at least one of Harp Piano Bass or Cello 2. Parts are also available for Woodwind (see SP697).Grade: 3 - 5

Octotunes est le tout nouveau projet de Sheila Nelson auteur de l' Essential String Method. Idéale pour l'enseignement individuel ou de groupe cette sélection de courtes pièces pour ensemble variable peut être jouée par un violon solo deux violons trois violons et violoncelle ou même un quatuor à cordes avec ou sans accompagnement de piano. Convient également à l'exécution en concert.Octotunes permet d'expérimenter tôt le jeu d'ensemble. Le recueil convient aux élèves venant d'achever le 1er volume de l'Essential String Method mais il peut s'employer indépendamment de la méthode pour chaque type d'enseignement instrumental. Les pièces écrites dans des tonalitésfaciles des rythmes simples et une métrique courante sont suffisamment abordables pour permettre aux élèves de se consacrer au jeu d'ensemble.Octotunes entraîne également à la lecture à vue. Dans une première étape les élèves chantent la mélodie afin de l'apprendre puis ils jouent celle-ci dans la tonalité notée et en respectant les indications de dynamique et de conduite d'archet.

This hauntingly beautiful melody is an ideal teaching piece for expressive style and 6/8 meter. Taken from Bizet's stage work The Pearl Fishers the style of the vocal melody has been wonderfully transformed for string orchestra by Robert Longfield.

Par MIRANDA LIN-MANUEL. This gentle ballad plays a crucial musical role in the movie Encanto, ushering in the reconciliation of Maribel and her Abuela. Robert Longfield\'s arrangement for string orchestra is accessible for young musicians but maintains the Colombian folksong spirit of the original. This piece will touch the hearts of anyone that has experienced love and loss. / Date parution : 2022-09-14/ Répertoire / Ensemble de Cordes

Here she comes just a walkin' down the street - a classic pop tune that everybody knows and it works great for strings echo effects and all. It's fun infectious and easy to play.

Robert Saxton's The Resurrection Of The Soldiers for String Orchestra.Composed and published 2016.Duration: c. 12 minutes.The Resurrection Of The Soldiers for String Orchestra was commissioned by George Vass to whom it is dedicated and the English Symphony Orchestra for the 2016 Presteigne Festival with funds generously provided by the John S. Cohen Foundation and the Arts Council of England. The title derives from the final panel of Stanley Spencer’s Sandham Chapel visionary series of paintings which were the result of Spencer’s experiencesin the British army in World War One and depicts soldiers emerging from their graves on the last day. The music is in three continuous sections: a slow sustained introduction which is in essence a descent from the note E by means of a prolation canon but which ascends to a rather intense climactic point before finally falling and giving way to an active fugue which after arriving at an anguished sustained climax is succeeded by a closing slow movement consisting of a rising melodic line which permeates the entire texture heterophonically leading to the closing E major triad. The work thus traces a cyclical pitch path which while tracing a cyclical path also develops expressively towards a sense of hope and resurrection. - Robert Saxton April 2016

This symphonic treatment of three Canadian folk songs has exciting parts for all instruments. A hauntingly beautiful setting of She’s Like the Swallow is contrasted with the driving energy of the outer tunes Old Sod Shanty and Saint-Malo beau port de mer. Toward the end an easy fugue sets up a powerful ostinato in the upper strings before the piece drives to an exciting conclusion.

Imagine the people and places of old Ireland and the musical images that follow. Three of these traditional melodies form the basis of this stunning arrangement. She Moved Through the Fair paints a haunting picture of lost love while The Rakes of Kildare portrays unrestrained joviality. The Green Field of Erin then paints a an exuberant soundscape of the lush green countryside as the work builds to a powerful conclusion. Your students will experience a full range of expression texture and phrasing in this entrancing trip to the Emerald Isle! (4:26)

Jazz composer and violinist Martin Norgaard offers this exciting new swing composition for your orchestra. Celli and basses get a chance to shine on the melody at the beginning of the piece. Solo sheets are provided for every instrument and you are free to ?open this one up? to encourage improvisation. Optional drum set is included to help with the style and mood. A great change of pace for your next program and an ideal way to incorporate the National Standards into a musical setting! (3:47)