Swing there, done that
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Product ID: FJ2 DS ST6093
By Martin Norgaard
Publisher:
FJH music
Series:
FJH Developing Strings
Line Up:
String Orchestra
Duration:
3:47
Level: 2.5
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About this item
Jazz composer and violinist Martin Norgaard offers this exciting new swing composition for your orchestra. Celli and basses get a chance to shine on the melody at the beginning of the piece. Solo sheets are provided for every instrument and you are free to “open this one up” to encourage improvisation. Optional drum set is included to help with the style and mood. A great change of pace for your next program, and an ideal way to incorporate the National Standards into a musical setting!
Instrumentation
Strings
Piano
Drums
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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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