America on Strings

America on Strings Mark O'Connor's String Orchestra I am pleased to introduce America on Strings- the O'Connor Method Orchestra Book II. This music is designed for both Middle School and High School string music programs featuring full symphonic string compositions and arrangements that I have composed. The instrumentation is 1st violins, 2nd violins, violas, cellos, and doublebasses. The music that I have collected for the O'Connor Method Orchestra Book II includes some of the most endearing melodies in American music as well as some of the great folk fiddle tunes that have endured our 400 year-old history of string playing. I have made it a specific feature of the Method to include musical literature that represents all of the Americas Mexico, Canada and every region of the United States and so many musical styles classical, folk, Latin, jazz, rock, ragtime, etc. I have chosen and arranged material that will be both instructive and artistically enriching. Orchestra Book II takes into consideration that, even at the Middle School and High School. levels, learning music possessing a timeless quality is a healthy vehicle for engendering a lifelong love of music-making. Beginner tunes can be great tunes, and could very well stay with the student for a * of playing and performing. In my own experience giving classes around the country, I often tell students that I have professionally recorded three of the first fiddle tunes I learned as a child. My travels of the past 30 years have convinced me that a new American Classical Music is evolving. I have encountered thousands of students of all ages and abilities at concerts, workshops, college/conservatory/university seminars and fiddle camps and have found repeatedly that students do not want to be left out of the great sounds and energy of fiddling and jazz because they wish to become fine classical players

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