"Barrage" has made thousands of fans as they tour the world playing exciting fiddle music from different cultures. Now, their music has been notated into fiddle books with a special CD. This enhanced CD acts as a play along in any stereo, or can be put into a computer for easy printing of the piano and guitar accompaniments!

This is a must-have text for every orchestra director! This long-awaited counterpart to the successful series "Teaching Music through Performance In Band" is now available! Some of the brightest minds in string education have joined together to produce this essential resource including: Dorothy Straub, Jacquelyn Dillon, Robert Gillespie, and James Kjelland. It covers many topics facing today's orchestra director including music selection, teaching to the national standards, preparing for festivals, and the overall development of the orchestra program. Next comes a resource guide that gives a detailed analysis of 100 string and full orchestra works, complete with information on technical and stylistic consideration, historical background and more! It's the new required reading for orchestra directors! The 4-CD set contains almost all of the Grade 1 through 3 repertoire from the book, recorded exquisitely by the Michigan State University Orchestra under the direction of Leon Gregorian. The quality of the music is top-notch, but many of these lower-grade pieces are impossible to find in recorded form. This CD set is the perfect companion to any string orchestra or orchestra conductor looking for music of the highest quality in the grade 1 through 3 levels.

The practical advice and undeniably helpful analysis found in the first volume of "Teaching Music through Performance in Orchestra" continues with Volume 2. Written, researched, and compiled by scholars with a wealth of teaching experience, this book is literally packed with indispensable information for music educators! Part I of the book contains essays penned by six renowned orchestra teachers: Michael Allen, Louis Bergonzi, Jacquelyn Dillon, Robert Gillespie, James Kjelland, and Dorothy Straub. From pedagogy, assessment, and musicianship to motivation, repertoire-based warm-ups and playing in tune, these experts' words of wisdom are sure to both help and inspire teachers in the classroom. Part II contains a nuts-and-bolts analysis of 100 of the most significant works for string and full orchestra, grades one through six. Researched and compiled by musicians and teachers across the country, this section gives 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. As a reference guide or a college-level text, "Teaching Music through Performance in Orchestra, Volume 2" is an ideal tool for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of his or her music repertoire.

Volume 3 delivers invaluable advice from top-tier educators as well as analyses of 80 of the most significant orchestra and string orchestra works in print. Part I features essays by six renowned orchestra educators: Playing Beyond the Score: Thoughts on Teaching Expressive Musicianship (Jacquelyn Dillon); World Music in Orchestral and String Education: Understanding Reggae-Sprinked 'Twinkle' (Louis Bergonzi); End-of-Year Massed Concerts (Michael Allen); Checkpoints for Self-Evaluation: Creating a Self-Help Program to Become the Best String Teacher You Can Be (Robert Gillespie); Solving the Mysteries of the String Bass (Dorothy A. Straub); Taming the Rushin' Sailors Dance: Using Bowing Principles to Your Musical Advantage (James Kjelland). Also contains analyses of 80 of the most significant works for string and full orchestra in print, grades 1 through 5. The 3-CD set contains performances of 33 string orchestra works from grades 1 to 3.