Elgar's Andante & March Set Type:Full Set

Elgar's Andante & March Set Type:Full SetElgars Andante and March was taken from a set of pieces by Edward Elgar for violin and piano that I used to play with my daughter when she was a young violin student. I appreciated that a young violinist could play music that had beautiful harmonies to enjoy. I arranged the first and last pieces of the Elgar set for a concert by the string orchestra at Colorado Mesa University, which they performed without a conductor. The pieces bring back fond

exciting young string work in G major

or pizzicato

” I wanted to really empower the basses to feel special with this piece

paints a vivid musical picture of how it must have felt to be headed west in a covered wagon

the theme appears in its entirety from letters A to B

The title "Ironwork" alludes both to the genre of heavy metal music and to the art of blacksmithing

"Fish in the River

The piano part adds to the rich harmonic texture throughout

BLANK CZECH POLKA and his ever-popular CZECH’S IN THE MAIL POLKA

Wisconsin string teacher Siegler has created an intriguing and engaging work for young strings

moonlit night is brought to mind in this gorgeous new work

Lighthouse in the Fog is a programmatic work for string orchestra that paints this picture musically