Song for the Winter Moon F.J. Haydn

Song for the Winter Moon F.J. HaydnThe composer, Walter Cummings, has captured in music a remarkable moonrise he experienced on a late evening walk. Melodic filigrees intertwine within the modal texture (primarily D Dorian) to create a subtle work of love for the beauty of Earth's only moon.

"La Cucaracha (the Cockroach)" is a traditional and probably very old Mexican Folk Song

this piece will have your students delighting in the aural treats and clever idiomatic writing the composer's imagination has unfolded

and chose to remember the positive and uplifting aspects instead of focusing on the depressing side of a painful loss

Two engaging melodies

Escape From The Dark Tower is a short programmatic composition for young players

Procession takes advantage of the conversational qualities inherent in Telemann's writing and give the melody alternately to both the upper and lower string sections

reminding everyone that with ordinary courage

"Farewell to Cavendish"

All sections are given the opportunity to perform the melody

eyes-blazing

and all parts are playable in first position

this string arrangement of a well-loved band piece captures all of the great energy of the original