A collection of popular Broadway songs which can be played by the entire string group or by individual soloists with optional CD accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific level in the Essential Elements Method Books. Includes: Beauty and the Beast - Cabaret - Circle of Life - Edelweiss - Get Me To the Church on Time - Go Go Go Joseph - I Dreamed a Dream - Memory - The Phantom of the Opera - Seventy Six Trombones - Sun and Moon.

Play Along Trax Discs 1 & 2 (all exercises)-Original series (blue cover). Arrangements by John Higgins. The second book in the Essential Elements for Strings series reinforces the techniques learned in Book 1 and also introduces new concepts and develops new skills in areas such as dynamics rhythms and sight-reading. Features a broad scope comprehensive detail great pacing thorough reinforcement and much more! (Includes HL00860001 and HL00860002)

The comprehensive string method that covers it all! A successful ensemble string method series for classroom or individual study. Provides the beginning string player with a solid foundation in all aspects of string playing withan emphasis on rhythmic strength. Topics include: Starting by rote Starting by note Instrument positions Bow grips Rhythm Theory Technique Major scales Duets/Trios/RoundsShifting for string bass Instrument care and maintenance Glossary Detailed photographs and diagrams Special score supplements: Teaching tips Counting systems Selecting instruments for studentsRecruiting tips Bibliography

The comprehensive string method that covers it all! A successful ensemble string method series for classroom or individual study. Provides the beginning string player with a solid foundation in all aspects of string playing withan emphasis on rhythmic strength. Topics include: Step-by-step tuning process Bowing styles Theory Technique Shifting for cello and string bass Major/Minor/Chromatic scales EtudesSolos/Ensembles Vibrato strengthening exercises Detailed photographs and diagrams Special score supplement: Detailed classroom tuning procedures Daily record Guide for teaching dynamics Mid-yearmotivation articles Vibrato guidelines Bibliography sketches

A comprehensive string method arranged for individual or class participation parts for violin viola cello string bass piano accompaniment and full conductor's score. Topics include: Step-by-step tuningprocess Bowing styles Theory Technique Shifting for cello and string bass Major/Minor/Chromatic scales Etudes Solos/Ensembles Vibrato strengthening exercises Detailed photographs and diagramsSpecial score supplement: Detailed classroom tuning procedures Daily record Guide for teaching dynamics Mid-year motivation articles Vibrato guidelines Bibliography sketches

Imagine four soloists playing eight Boomwhackers on the heads of eight brave audience members while being accompanied by string orchestra. That's the scenario of this hilarious show-stopper. Your audience will love hearing 'Jingle Bells,' 'Good King Wenceslas,' and 'Deck the Halls' like never before. Used by the composer with his own orchestra and guest teachers, this simple yet highly effective novelty number never fails! Complete staging instructions are included. (2:00) Correlates to String Explorer Book 1, Unit 13. / Orchestre A Cordes

Par BERNOTAS CHRIS. If there is one thing music educators are it is resilient! Resilience, by Chris M. Bernotas, is dedicated to all music educators in recognition of how they always adapt to the unknown and rise to every challenge. This overture is the perfect concert opener for your first-year string orchestra. Using only the notes in the key of D, and melodic parts for all, every student will shine. Violin 2 and Viola are doubled, as are Cello and String Bass, making it very flexible and perfect for any mix of instruments. Correlated to Sound Innovations, Book 2, Level 2. (1:40) / Date parution : 2022-10-12/ Répertoire / Orchestre à Cordes

In completion of the first part (Hortus Musicus 50 now out of print) this second part to the 'Music To The Midsummer Night's Dream' contains all the remaining four-part instrumental pieces from Henry Purcell's opera 'The Fairy Queen' (1692). Similar to the pieces in the first part the composer wrote them for performance by Strings but they can also be played by Wind Instruments only (in particular wood-wind) or with string and wind instruments mixed and also with one or several instruments to a part. The pieces were put in such an order that they again present a small self-contained suite.The titles to the several numbers which arepartly mentioned more exactly in this book indicate their place in the above named opera by Purcell. They elucidate at the same time the character of the various pieces. Thus No.1 Air (Second Music) is originally a (second) introductory piece of music for the opera which still precedes the actual Overture. No.2 Jig No.5 Air and No.8 Air are instrumental postludes to the first fourth and second acts of the opera respectively whereas No.4 'Dance for the Followers of Night' No.6 'Dance for the Green Men' and No.7 'Monkeys' Dance' present a motley picture of the operatic construction which provided a great number of allegoric persons and figures. From a purely musical point of view this second part too of the 'Music To The Midsummer Night's Dream' contains gems of old instrumental music. May this present book help to gain new friends for the noble art of the great Old-English composer.

The composer writes:Pilgrim was inspired it will be no surprise to learn by reading Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress - Vaughan Williams's great opera on the subject had fascinated me from its first performance yet it was a long time before I caught up with this essential item in any well-stocked library of English classics. It made a great impression not least because of its theme of a journey of self-discovery and a rediscovery or renewal of faith. These are ideas which have a strong interest for me not in religious terms but in their application to every aspect of human life (including great journeys) and this piece reflects my response in musical terms to this concern. The tempo of the whole piece which lasts about 18 minutes is basically slow. There are two quick episodes but these act somewhat like the trio sections of a classical scherzo save that the tempo relationships are inverted (the classical trios would have been slower not quicker) and the canvas is much larger being that of a single substantial slow movement. The form of the whole is perhaps fantasia-like rather than having any relationship to classical forms such as sonata or rondo - some motifs and themes are varied as the work develops and the opening chords are of primary importance throughout the work. There has been no attempt to convey any pictorial elements deriving from Bunyan's great book. There is however one feature which upon completion of the score struck me with some force which is that almost all the thematic material is essentially striving upwards - there is a constant upward movement (sometimes over a lengthy period) throughout the work. Pilgrim was commissioned by the Luton Music Club for the Raphael Ensemble with funds provided by the Eastern Arts Board and Bedfordshire County Council and is dedicated to the Luton Music Club. The first performance was given in Luton on February 10th 1997 and followed as part of a joint scheme by performances in the same week at the Music Clubs of Bedford and Leighton Buzzard.

Value Pak - 24 part books conductor score and CD-A collection of popular movie songs which can be played by the entire string group or by individual soloists with optional CD accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific level in the Essential Elements Method Books.Includes: Chariots of Fire ? Apollo 13 ? Theme from E.T. ? Forrest Gump Theme ? The John Dunbar Theme ? Jurassic Park ? The Man from Snowy River ? Mission: Impossible Theme ? Raiders March? Somewhere Out There ? Star Trek ? The Motion Picture.

An inventive and accessible pizzicato work for the good beginner bassist looking for something a little different. The three contrasting movements remain in the orchestral register with space for optional improvisation in the third piece. Ideal for any bassist who enjoyed Jazz Sonatine No.1 (RM097 Pizzicato Pieces Book 1) and enjoys playing in a jazzy and rhythmic style. A simple drum beat could be added for extra effect or simply enjoy the great music written with a minimum of fuss or effort. Effective in performance and certainly 'cool'. A great piece for study or recital and a pizzicato work which offers much for performer and audience alike. Enjoy....ABRSM Grade 4 (1st mvt) / Trinity-Guildhall Grade 5 (2nd mvt)2nd movement has been selected for Level 5 and 3rd movement for Level 6 by MTB Exams (www.mtbexams.com)

Score-A super selection of Christmas carols that everyone will know and love all arranged for a truly flexible ensemble or simply to be enjoyed by the soloist.The book has been arranged so that each instrument has the melodyline as well as additional harmony lines. Many instrument combinations are possible from small chamber ensembles to a large string orchestra. And with a selection of songs that includes We Three Kings God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and Deck The Halls this is one set of arrangements not to be missed!