Informationen zum Autor Kathy Blackwell, B. Mus. (Hons.), LTCL, LGSM, studied music at Edinburgh University and continued with post-graduate studies in music at the University of Oxford. Kathy is a string teacher with many years experience of teaching violin and viola. She developed her teaching ideas at the coalface in both Music Services and in private practice, working with groups large and small and in one-to-one lessons. She was a strings consultant for the ABRSM Music Medals initiative, a new assessment specifically designed for students taught in groups, and a contributor to the accompanying book All together! Teaching Music in Groups (ABRSM, 2004). Her teaching experience has led her to co-author Fiddle, Viola, and Cello Time, published by Oxford University Press, with her husband, David. Kathy and David have presented workshops in the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, after which he pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM and then at Oxford University Press. He is co-editor of OUP's In the Mood: 17 Jazz Classics for Choirs and Carols for Choirs 5, and has published a number of single choral arrangements. He is co-writer with his wife Kathy of OUP's award-winning string series, Fiddle, Viola, Cello Time, and String Time, which have twice won the MIA award for Best Educational Publication. He now works as a freelance music editor, composer and arranger. In 2017 Kathy and David Blackwell received two awards: from ESTA UK in recognition of their exceptional services to string teaching, and from the Oxfordshire Music Education Partnership for significant contribution to music education in Oxfordshire and beyond. Klappentext String Time Starters is an exciting ensemble collection for beginner strings from the authors of the award-winning Fiddle Time series. A prequel to String Time Joggers, this collection provides inventive and enjoyable ensemble repertoire for groups of all sizes. Zusammenfassung String Time Starters is an exciting ensemble collection for beginner strings from the authors of the award-winning Fiddle Time series. A prequel to String Time Joggers! this collection provides inventive and enjoyable ensemble repertoire for groups of all sizes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Show time! Sword dance Let's play a rag Midnight feast Chicken on a fencepost Mellow-D Take your partners Daydream Take the D Train Three-legged race Boogie Time to tango Let's rock! Circus tricks Ode to Joy Skye boat song Mary had a baby Jingle, bells Canoe song G-force blues Hush, little baby ...

Klappentext

String Time Starters is an exciting ensemble collection for beginner strings from the authors of the award-winning Fiddle Time series. A prequel to String Time Joggers, this collection provides inventive and enjoyable ensemble repertoire for groups of all sizes.

Inhalt

• Show time!

• Sword dance

• Let's play a rag

• Midnight feast

• Chicken on a fencepost

• Mellow-D

• Take your partners

• Daydream

• Take the D Train

• Three-legged race

• Boogie

• Time to tango

• Let's rock!

• Circus tricks

• Ode to Joy

• Skye boat song

• Mary had a baby

• Jingle, bells

• Canoe song

• G-force blues

• Hush, little baby