Ballad and Jig Hector Berlioz

Ballad and Jig Hector BerliozBallad and Jig opens with singingly expressive melodies in G major, allowing the orchestra to focus on playing in a connected ballad style. The lively jig section of the piece features energetic and memorable melodies in E dorian and A mixolydian. Give your top players the spotlight with the included violin and cello solos!

Arranger David Bobrowitz brings all of his skills to this spiritual with his use of colorful harmonies

and when the full-blown melody is finally stated

presented in solo viola

for developing string orchestras was written to pay homage to the Black Lives Matter movement and the ongoing fight for justice and peace in this world

Focusing on dynamic changes

run toward them and begin to fend off the snakes

and your students also can experience this multicultural music making by playing this unique

This piece explores different landscapes encountered on an outdoor adventure

In addition to the colorful scoring

9 and occurs throughout the piece

expressive work in 3/4 written in D minor

The melody passes between voices