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SKU: GI.G-10494 Composed by Sandy Goldie. Music Education. 104 pages. GIA...(+)
SKU: GI.G-10494
Composed by Sandy Goldie.
Music Education. 104
pages. GIA Publications
#10494. Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-10494). ISBN
9781574635195. This
book contains collective
insights from some of the
most inspirational high
school orchestra
directors in the United
States. They reveal their
ideas on rehearsal
philosophy, rehearsal
preparation, warm-up
strategies, favorite
repertoire, tone/bow
control, intonation,
articulation, expression,
online instruction,
recruiting and building
community. Each of their
stories is as unique as
the individual strategies
and approaches they
share. You will surely be
inspired by their ideas,
approaches, and
strategies presented in
Rehearsing the High
School Orchestra. I know
the most joy in my life
has come from my violin.
(Albert Einstein)
—Gail Barnes,
University of South
Carolina, Columbia, South
Carolina Success is not
final, failure is not
fatal, it is the courage
to continue that counts.
(Winston Churchill)
—David Eccles, The
Lovett School, Atlanta,
Georgia I want every
student who comes through
my door to enjoy and see
the value of music.
—Creston Herron,
Klein High School, Klein,
Texas Without music, life
would be a mistake.
(Friedrich Nietzsche)
—Cathie Hudnall,
Norcross High School,
Norcross, Georgia To make
a resolution and act
accordingly is to live
with hope. There may be
difficulties and
hardships, but not
disappointment or despair
if you follow the path
steadily. Do not rest in
your efforts, without
stopping, without haste,
carefully taking a step
at a time forward will
surely get you there.
(Shinichi Suzuki)
—Scott Laird,
North Carolina School of
Science and Mathematics,
Durham, North Carolina
Orchestra class teaches
so much more than how to
play a stringed
instrument. We learn
valuable life skills in
‘O.R.C.H.E.S.T.R.A
€™â€”Opportunit
y, Responsibility,
Concentration, Honesty,
Effort, Self-Discipline,
Trust, Respect, and
Attitude. —Charles
Laux, Alpharetta High
School, Alpharetta,
Georgia I teach
excellence and the
commitment it takes to be
excellent. Music is the
discipline that I use to
teach this. While music
is a beautiful artform,
the subject matter is
never more important than
the subject itself.
—Kirt Mosier,
Youth Symphony of Kansas
City, Kansas City,
Missouri You are the
music while the music
lasts. (T. S. Eliot)
—Kirk Moss,
University of
Northwestern—St.
Paul, Roseville,
Minnesota The job of
teaching is less about
feeding information to
students, and more about
making them hungry.
—Christopher
Selby, School of the
Arts, Charleston, South
Carolina High achievement
always takes place within
the framework of high
expectations. (Charles
Kettering) —Laura
Mulligan Thomas,
Charlottesville High
School, Charlottesville,
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| Harbor Music Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
String Quartet SKU: PR.16400222S Composed by Dan Welcher. Full score (stu...(+)
String Quartet SKU:
PR.16400222S Composed
by Dan Welcher. Full
score (study). With
Standard notation.
Duration 11 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#164-00222S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.16400222S). UPC:
680160037841. This
work follows my Quartet
No. 1 by five years. In
terms of style and
aesthetic aim, however,
it seems light years
away. Where the first
work, a 28-minute,
four-movement piece, took
aim at cosmic conflicts
and heroic resolutions,
the present work is
intended as a kind of
divertissment. Harbor
Music lasts a mere eleven
minutes, is cast in a
single movement with six
sections, and should
leave both performers and
listeners with a feeling
of good humor and
affection. The
title comes from my
experience as a guest in
the magnificent city of
Sydney, Australia. One of
its most attractive
features is its unique
system of ferry boats:
the city is laid out
around a large,
multi-channeled harbor,
with destinations more
easily approached by
water than by land.
Consequently, inhabitants
of Sydney get around on
small, people-friendly
boats that come and go
from the central docks at
Circular Quay. During a
week's visit in 1991, I
must have boarded these
boats at least a dozen
times, always bound for a
new location - the resort
town of Manley, or the
Zoo at Taronga Park, or
the shopping district at
Darling Harbour.
In casting about for a
form for my second string
quartet, a kind of loose
rondo came to mind. Each
new destination would be
approached from the same
starting-out point
(although there are
subtle variations in the
repeating theme; it's
always in a new key, and
the texture is never the
same). The result, I
hope, is a sense of
constant new information
presented with
introductory frames of a
more familiar nature.
The embarkation
theme, which begins the
piece, is a sort of
bi-tonal fanfare in which
the violins are in G
major and the viola and
cello are in B-flat
major. It is bold, eager,
and forward-looking. The
first voyage maintains
this bi-tonality,
beginning as a 9/8 due
for second violin and
viola in a kind of
rocking motion -much as a
boat produces when
reaching the deeper water
in the harbor. A sweet,
nostalgic theme emerges
over this rocking
accompaniment. This music
is developed somewhat,
then transforms quickly
into a much faster and
lighter episode, filled
with rising and falling
scales (again, in
differing keys). A
scherzando interlude in
short notes and changing
meters provides contrast,
and the episode ends with
a reprise of the scales.
The second
embarkation follows, this
time in A major/C major.
It leads quickly into a
very warm and slow theme,
in wide-leaping intervals
for the viola. This
section is interrupted
twice by solo cadenzas
for the cello, suggesting
distant boat-horns in
major thirds. The end of
the episode becomes a
transition, with
boat-horns leading into
the final appearance of
the embarkation music,
this time in trills and
tremolos instead of
sharply accented chords.
The nostalgic theme of
the first episode makes a
final appearance, serving
now as a coda. The
rocking motion continues,
in a lullaby fashion,
leaving us drowsy and
satisfied on our homeward
journey. Harbor
Music was written for the
Cavani Quartet, and is
dedicated to Richard J.
Bogomolny. Commissioned
by his employees at First
National Supermarkets as
a gift, it represents a
thank you from many of
the people (including
this composer) who have
benefitted from his
vision and generosity. An
ardent advocate of
chamber music (and a
cellist himself), Mr.
Bogomolny has for many
years been Chairman of
the Board of Chamber
Music America. -- Dan
Welcher. $25.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
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