Calypso
Product ID: FJ2 BS ST6140
By Martin Norgaard
Publisher:
FJH music
Series:
FJH Beginning Strings
Line Up:
String Orchestra
Duration:
2:45
Level: 1.5
Set & Score
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About this item
Finally, an accessible piece for young string students with options to teach improvisation! Written by jazz composer and violinist Martin Norgaard, Calypso is based on rhythms and singable melodies inspired by music of the Caribbean. An optional solo section can be opened up to feature as many of your students as desired, and solo sheets are provided for all instruments to help teach basic elements of improvisation, along with an included sample solo. Optional drum set really adds to the Caribbean fun!
Instrumentation
1 Conductor's Full Score
8 Violin 1
8 Violin 2
5 Violin 3
5 Viola
5 Violoncello
5 Double Bass
1 Piano
1 Percussion
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Composer
Martin Norgaard
Martin Norgaard, Ph.D., is a Yamaha Certified String Educator and the orchestra director at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Austin, TX. He is the author of ten jazz string method books for Mel Bay Publications including Jazz Fiddle Wizard and Jazz Fiddle/Viola/Cello Wizard JuniorM and several orchestra pieces with The FJH Music Company. His recently completed dissertation, Descriptions of Improvisational Thinking by Artist-level Jazz Musicians, is a qualitative investigation of the cognitive processes underlying improvisation. Norgaard is a frequent clinician at state, national and international conventions such as Singapore International String Conference, ASTA, TMEA and IAJE, and has taught at summer workshops such as the Santa Fe Suzuki Institute, the IAJE Teacher Training Institute and Strings Without Boundaries. Check out his web site at JazzFiddleWizard.com.
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