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String Orchestra All arrangements include a third violin (viola treble clef) part and a rehearsal piano part. Easy | ||||||||||
All parts remain in first position (basses may use some
half position). Any extended fingerings are marked and additional courtesy
accidentals are provided. The keys of C, G, and D majors are used. All
parts are bowed and additional verbal instructions are provided when necessary.
Intermediate
First violin parts require shifts into third position, with possible extensions
into fourth. Bass and cello parts may require first through fourth position,
often with alternate small-note options for members of section who have
not yet learned to shift. Second violin and viola parts remain in first
position. Any extended fingerings are marked and additional courtesy accidentals
are provided. All parts are bowed and additional verbal instructions are
provided when necessary.
Full Orchestra
All arrangements include a third violin (viola treble clef) part and a rehearsal piano part. All full orchestra part include an optional harp part.
Easy
All parts remain in first position (basses may use some
half position). Any extended fingerings are marked and additional courtesy
accidentals are provided. All parts are bowed and additional verbal instructions
are provided when necessary. Wind and brass parts are edited to include
courtesy accidentals for most sharps, slide positions and fingerings for
less familiar brass notes, alternate or unusual fingerings (R & L)
for clarinets and explanations of certain enharmonic notes (D#=E flat).
Intermediate
First violin parts require shifts into third position, with possible extensions into fourth. Bass and cello parts may require first through fourth position, often with alternate small-note options for members of section who have not yet learned to shift. Second violin and viola parts remain in first position. Any extended fingerings are marked and additional courtesy accidentals are provided. All parts are bowed and additional verbal instructions are provided when necessary. Wind and brass parts are edited to include many courtesy accidentals, fingerings and slide positions for less familiar brass notes, alternate or unusual fingerings (R and L) marked for clarinets and explanations of certain enharmonics.
Sandra
Dackow, a native of Elmwood Park (East Patterson), New Jersey,
holds Bachelor and Master degrees as well as the PhD from the Eastman
School of Music. She has directed bands and orchestras in the public schools
of Glen Rock and East Brunswick, New Jersey. She has served as Supervisor
of Music for the Ridgewood, New Jersey, public schools and as conductor
of the Ridgewood High School Orchestra. Dr. Dackow is a guest conductor
and clinician in many states and Canada. Formerly on the faculty of Slippery
Rock University in Pennsylvania where she directed the orchestra and chaired
the string division, she is currently director of the Brandeis University
Orchestra in Massachusetts and of the Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra in
New Jersey. Primarily a violinist, she is active as an orchestral and
chamber musician. Ask Dr. Dackow a question on the Ludwig