String Time Joggers

Informationen zum Autor

Kathy Blackwell is an experienced peripatetic string teacher, currently working for Oxfordshire County Council. She has a special interest in teaching the violin and viola to young children, both individually and in groups. Her determination to find the very best pieces - well written and accessible, tuneful and catchy - led directly to the creation of the Fiddle/Viola/Cello Time series.

Klappentext

The optional double bass part provides a bass line for the pieces in String Time Joggers. Most pieces use the finger pattern 0-1-4. The second finger is also used in two pieces.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Shark attack! ; Barrier Reef ; Cap'n Jack's Hornpipe ; Simple syncopation ; Feelin' blue ; Broadway or bust ; Tinga Layo ; Jamaican lullaby ; Kingston Calypso ; Spy movie 2 ; Sad movie ; Action movie ; Cowboy song ; Banuwa

Autorentext
Kathy Blackwell, B. Mus. (Hons.), LTCL, LGSM, studied music at Edinburgh University and continued with post-graduate studies in music at the University of Oxford. Kathy is a string teacher with many years experience of teaching violin and viola. She developed her teaching ideas at the coalface in both Music Services and in private practice, working with groups large and small and in one-to-one lessons. She was a strings consultant for the ABRSM Music Medals initiative, a new assessment specifically designed for students taught in groups, and a contributor to the accompanying book All together! Teaching Music in Groups (ABRSM, 2004). Her teaching experience has led her to co-author Fiddle, Viola, and Cello Time, published by Oxford University Press, with her husband, David. Kathy and David have presented workshops in the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, after which he pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM and then at Oxford University Press. He is co-editor of OUP's In the Mood: 17 Jazz Classics for Choirs and Carols for Choirs 5, and has published a number of single choral arrangements. He is co-writer with his wife Kathy of OUP's award-winning string series, Fiddle, Viola, Cello Time, and String Time, which have twice won the MIA award for Best Educational Publication. He now works as a freelance music editor, composer and arranger. In 2017 Kathy and David Blackwell received two awards: from ESTA UK in recognition of their exceptional services to string teaching, and from the Oxfordshire Music Education Partnership for significant contribution to music education in Oxfordshire and beyond.

Klappentext

The optional double bass part provides a bass line for the pieces in String Time Joggers. Most pieces use the finger pattern 0-1-4. The second finger is also used in two pieces.

Zusammenfassung
This exciting series by the authors of Fiddle Time, Viola Time, and Cello Time provides great ensemble material for all string groups, whatever their size. String Time Joggers is a must-have for all those looking for imaginative and enjoyable ensemble repertoire.

Inhalt

Shark attack! ; Barrier Reef ; Cap'n Jack's Hornpipe ; Simple syncopation ; Feelin' blue ; Broadway or bust ; Tinga Layo ; Jamaican lullaby ; Kingston Calypso ; Spy movie 2 ; Sad movie ; Action movie ; Cowboy song ; Banuwa