Presenting the Strings by Joseph Compello String Orchestra - Sheet Music

SKU: CF.BAS51

ISBN 9780825883804. UPC: 798408083809. 9 x 12 inches. Key: D major.

This unique waltz is a great way to introduce sections of the orchestra to the audience with a piece designed for beginning players. Optional narration text is included, intended to be spoken by a narrator, engaging the audience. What better way to raise arts awareness than by cleverly demonstrating the way an orchestra works?.
Presenting the Strings is a very easy composition designed to feature each section of a beginning string orchestra. Each section has its own melody. The viola melody is heard at m. 13. The basses and celli play their melody at m. 33. The violins enter with their melody at m. 53, while the other two sections perform their melodies again in counterpoint.This composition may be performed as a straightforward concert piece or as an educational lecture for a young audience. The announcements indicated in the score are optional. If used, they can be spoken by the players or by another individual.Thank you for choosing this composition. I hope your students and audience will find it instructive and enjoyable.

About Carl Fischer Beginning String Orchestra Series

This series of Grade 1 pieces is designed for first year string groups. The pieces in this series are characterized by:

• Limited parts (often 2nd violin and viola are the same part, cello and bass are same part)
• Limited keys and rhythms - only simple 8th note patterns
• Limited independence of parts
• Playable after limited study time
• First position and natural bowings
• Piano for rehearsal and reinforcement