Orchestra String Sextet,
Piano - Grade 2.5
SKU:
CF.YAS143F
Composed
by Alan Lee Silva. Young
String Orchestra. Full
score. With Standard
notation. 16 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #YAS143F.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.YAS143F).
ISBN 9780825899386.
UPC: 798408099381. 9x12
inches.
As the
title implies, this piece
conveys composer Alan Lee
Silva's imaginative take
on the beauty of the
Puget Sound off the coast
of Washington state. The
piece has many of the
compositional techniques
you have come to know and
love in the pieces of
Silva. There are driving
rhythms, effortlessly
flowing melodies,
beautiful harmonic colors
and just an overwhelming
sense that the piece is
exactly as it should be.
This is a true mark of a
master composer, one who
can make the music have a
sense of inevitability
and sound just right.
About Carl
Fischer Young String
Orchestra
Series
Thi
s series of Grade 2/Grade
2.5 pieces is designed
for second and third year
ensembles. The pieces in
this series are
characterized
by:
--Occasionally
extending to third
position
--Keys
carefully considered for
appropriate
difficulty
--Addition
of separate 2nd violin
and viola
parts
--Viola T.C.
part
included
--Increase
in independence of parts
over beginning levels