Recruitment for Orchestra Monday, March 02, 2015
Recommended by Dan Clark, Orchestra Specialist
School orchestra directors, it’s time to think about programming your recruitment concerts for your elementary school students! Here are some new and standard pieces you should consider for recruiting that are easy to work up for your high school string orchestra and will be exciting and enthralling to your elementary prospects.
STRING SECTION FEATURES
41271 – Who’s Who? - by Richard Meyer
An introduction to the String Orchestra
SO235C – Wire Choir Workout – by Richard Stephan
Every section gets the spotlight
5625 – Serendipity Suite – by Richard Meyer
Shows the unique quality of each instrument
MOVIE MUSIC
43769 – Everything is Awesome -arr. Ralph Ford
NEW from the Lego Movie
04491408 – Happy – arr. Larry Moore
04491446 – Happy – arr. Robert Longfield
NEW from Despicable Me 2
04491404 – Let It Go – arr. Larry Moore
04491410 – Let It Go – arr. Robert Longfield
04491412 – Music from Frozen - arr. Robert Longfield
from Disney’s Frozen
SOM01010 – Themes from Harry Potter - arr. Paul Cook
NOVELTIES
20795 – One-Bow Concerto – by Richard Meyer
Pass the bow among your principal players
31583 – Prelude to the Afternoon on a Farm – arr. Bob Phillips
Famous classical and folk melodies with an animal twist
BAS38 – Aunt Rhodie’s Appetite - by Joseph Compello
BAS44 – Aunt Rhodie’s Diet – by Joseph Compello
Nice ‘n’ easy folk tunes with narrator and “actors”
FIDDLE FROLICS
ST6365 – Perpetual Fiddle Motion - by Brian Balmages
Non-stop fiddling for an impressive display
04626198 – Duelin’ Fiddles – by Arthur Smith
Fiddling takeoff on Duelin’ Banjos
04490086 – Orange Blossom Special - by Ervin Rouse
Perennial bluegrass favorite
RECOGNIZABLE CLASSICS
ST6276 – Allegro con Brio – arr. John O’Neill
Famous first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth
SO328C – London Symphony – J. Woolstenhulme
Very playable rendition of the Haydn masterpiece
18837 – Spring from The Four Seasons – arr. Richard Meyer
Faithful, easy arrangement – youngsters love Vivaldi!
12774 – Eine Kleine Nachtmusic – arr. Merle J. Isaac
Why not pick up a fresh copy of this standard?
Dan Clark has worked at Stanton’s since 1979, primarily with orchestra music and print promotions. A “working” musician, he’s a classical cellist, a rock & jazz bassist and a folk & country guitarist/singer. His free time is spent with family or reading, gardening, cycling and working puzzles. He also has a reputation as a pretty good joke teller. Seriously.
