Teaching Music through Performance in Orchestra Volume 3

By Michael Allen, Louis Bergonzi, Jacquelyn Dillon-Krass, Robert Gillespie, James Kjelland, and Dorothy Straub Compiled and edited by David Littrell

Continuing the tradition of this venerable series, Volume 3 delivers invaluable advice from top-tier educators as well as analysis of 80 of the most significant orchestra and string orchestra works in print.

Part I features essays by six renowned orchestra educators, all with helpful and practical insights for today’s middle school, high school, and college conductors. Chapters include: “Playing beyond the Score: Thoughts on Teaching Expressive Musicianship” by Jacquelyn Dillon; “World Music in Orchestral and String Education: Understanding Reggae-Sprinked ‘Twinkle’” by Louis Bergonzi; “End of Year Massed Concerts” by Michael Allen; “Checkpoints for Self-Evaluation: Creating a Self-Help Program to Become the Best String Teacher You Can Be” by Robert Gillespie; “Solving the Mysteries of the String Bass” by Dorothy A. Straub; “Taming the Rushin’ Sailor’s Dance: Using Bowing Principles to Your Musical Advantage” by James Kjelland.

Part II contains analysis of 80 of the most significant works for string and full orchestra in print, grades 1 through 5. Like the first two volumes of this series, each Teacher Resource Guide includes essential information on each musical selection, including
composer and composition information, historical background, technical requirements, stylistic considerations, musical elements (form and structure), suggestions for additional listening, and a guide to selected references.

Hardcover, 520 pages

Bonus Teacher Resource Guide: Chamber Suite in D by George Frideric Handel; arr. Samuel Applebaum. Grade 3. Free download

Resource Recording, String Orchestra, Vol. 3, Grades 1–3

This 3-CD set contains consummate performances of 33 string orchestra works from Vol. 3, grades 1–3, again achieving the highest production and performance standards that are a hallmark for the Teaching Music series. These recordings are perfect for anyone to identify the best literature available or for wonderful performance models of great music. A bonus Grade 3 work on this CD set has a free Teacher Resource Guide available for download at TeachingMusic.org/orchestra.

Teaching Music through Performance in Orchestra, Vol. 3 Grades 1-4
Resource Recordings (CD-751)

Listen to Sample Tracks Click on a title to listen to an mp3 sample clip.

Disk 1 (Grade 1) At the Grasshopper Ball - Meyer Crystal City March - Williams Dragonhunter - Meyer Fiddles on Fire - Williams Frog in a Tree - Siennicki Happy Hoedown - Chase Kabuki Dance - Meyer Mississippi Cakewalk - Williams   (Grade 2) A Modal Festival - Jon Marsh An English Folk Song - McQuilken Contredanse en Rondeau - Mozart El Toro - Brubaker Fanfare for Strings - Gazda Finale, Symphony No. 2 in C, Op, 17 - Tchaikovsky   (Grade 3) A Rose for Emily: A Scene from Faulkner - McBeth Allegro from Sonata No. 1 - Telemann   Disc 2 (Grade 3) Arlington Sketches - Del Borgo Bahn Frei (clear track) Polka, Op. 45 - Strauss Brigid's Fire - Bishop Buckeye Pioneer Suite 1. Down by the River - Williams 2. Evening by the Campfire - Williams 3. Barn Dance - Williams Conquistador! - Monday Fugue in G Minor ("The Little") - Bach Gavotte from the Classical Symphony - Prokofiev Geometric Dances 1. Square Dance - Meyer 2. Round Dance - Meyer 3. Triangle Dance - Meyer Hungarian Dance No. 6 - Brahms

Disc 3 (Grade 3) On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss - Holsinger Prelude on and Early American Folk Hymn - Smith Shepherd's Hey - Grainger Still, Still, Still - arr. Hellum Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - arr. Gruselle Toccata - Cassado   (Grade 4) Locust Street Rag - Nunez   (Grade 3 Bonus Work) Chamber Suite in D 1. Adagio - Handel 2. Allegro - Handel 3. Andante - Handel 4. Allegro - Handel