Akerwis
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Product ID: KJ2 SO155C
By Shirl Jae Atwell
Publisher:
Kjos
Line Up:
String Orchestra
Level: 4
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About this item
Akerwis comes from the Latin word acervus meaning to stack. Here it's the stacking of notes to create chords for this swing-style jazz composition.
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Composer
Shirl Jae Atwell
Shirl Jae Atwell earned a bachelor of music education from Kansas State Teachers College, a master of music theory/composition degree from the University of Louisville, and completed four years of post-graduate work in composition at the University of South Carolina.
An active composer with many commissions and publications to her credit, Ms. Atwell was named the 1996 winner of the National School Orchestra Association composition contest with her string orchestra piece Modus a 4. She is also the 1997 winner of the Texas Orchestra Directors Association composition contest with a string orchestra piece entitled Drifen.
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