Blues for String Orchestra Donald CoakleyHere is an opportunity to show off your string group's ability to swing in a piece that features well, everyone! The form of the piece is a 12 bar blues. As in any good jazz solo, the choruses build up and up, getting more intense with each chorus. The violins carry the improvisatory tune in the early choruses and they give way to the cellos and basses in the third chorus. After the violins carry the fourth chorus, the cellos swing the fifth chorus by
The solo section between measures 49 and 72 can be repeated for ad lib solos for any students (or directors) brave enough to give it a go
providing ensembles the chance to work on balance of parts
This piece by Susan Day brings us back to the days of the traveling circus
"Music for the Renaissance Faire"
followed by a set of four variations
composed by Tielman Susato and Giorgio Mainerio
This outstanding arrangement uses an optional drum set part to help create a groove that will transport students to the legendary street in downtown Memphis
Beautiful inner voice movement highlights "The First Noel"
Scene 3 of the Italian opera L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti
Transcribed from my Concert Band version published by Grand Mesa Music that received the top 100 recognition for new music by Band World magazine in 2016
"Supernova" is a stellar explosion that is more energetic than a nova
including B Phrygian
