Selections Your Orchestra Will Love to Perform

It's About Time!
By Carrie Lane Gruselle

Inspired by the ticking and chime of Westminster Abbey in London, students will study legato, detaché, staccato, accents, and pizzicato.

Blues Fiddle on the Fringe
By Julie Lyonn Lieberman

Written in C, this upbeat blues piece offers simple melodies. Solos are written with an opportunity to jam against a written accompaniment.

Selections from American Idiot -- The Musical
Arr. by Eric Gorfain

The music of Green Day and the Broadway musical stage; an unlikely pairing. This string orchestra medley captures the spirit of punk rock.

Teaching Tone

By Kirk D. Moss, Ph.D.

Without sound, there would be no music; and without the right hand, a string player makes no sound. A string player's right hand shares similarities with the voice of a singer. Many string teachers compare the bow to the singer's breath. Just as a singer vocalizes, a string player needs to "tonalize" or produce sound by a planned design.

SI Director's Choice

Getting ready for 2nd semester? Don't forget that you can customize Sound Innovations: Book 1. The Sound Innovations Director's Choice Edition is a printed method that includes all of the features of the Sound Innovations method, with an added capability to customize the pedagogy, tunes and enrichment based on your teaching needs and preferences.

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