Kjos String Orchestra Grade 3½ Full Conductor Score SO283F $6.00. Jeremy Woolstenhulme SAMPLE. Nordic Invaders. Neil A. Kjos Music Company Publisher

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1 Kjos String Orchestra Grade 3½ Full Conductor Score F $6.00 Jeremy Woolstenhulme Nordic Invaders Neil A. Kjos Music Coany Publisher

2 The Coosition The Cooser Jeremy Woolstenhulme received his B.M.E. rom Brigham Young University in 000 and an M.A. in Perormance rom the University o Nevada (Las Vegas) in 005. Currently, Mr. Woolstenhulme serves as the orchestra director at Hyde Park Middle School in the Clark County School District. He has traveled with his orchestra to London, Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York. Mr. Woolstenhulme s orchestra was selected to play at the 008 Midwest Clinic in Chicago. He is also a contract musician with the Las Vegas Philharmonic, cellist or the Seasons String Quartet, and a reelance musician perorming at many venues located on the amed Las Vegas Strip. He lives with his beautiul wie Taryn and their two children, Cadence Belle and Coda Blake. Nordic Invaders was written in the summer o 008 or the Hyde Park Middle School Chamber Orchestra in honor o their invitation to perorm at the 6 nd Annual Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. The coosition is a musical portrayal o a Viking dragon ship voyage across the seas. It commences with the rhythmic pounding o the oars propelling the ship toward its unknown destination. For the Vikings onboard, the journey meant leaving their amilies and acing perilous conditions. Knowing that any sea venture could be their last, they took on the challenge and let a legacy o courage. The 7 8 and 8 sections should be subdivided into patterns o three to help the students with the 8 th note groupings. Practice these unusual time signatures using the ollowing counting exercise or 7 8, count --3/-/-; or 8 8, count --3/--3/-. To reinorce these patterns, set a metronome to click on the 8 th notes and count out loud as a group. The moderato section is intended to be played airly slowly; eel ree to stretch the last two 8th notes in measure 8. Try to pull back the teo in the viola, cello and bass chorale beginning in measure 00. When you reach the ending, students should be playing with great energy. Drive the teo or an exciting conclusion. I hope you enjoy Nordic Invaders! Instrumentation List (Set C) 8 st Violin Tiani 8 nd Violin Percussion I: 5 Viola Suspended Cymbal 6 Snare Drum 5 String Bass Full Conductor Score Additional scores and parts are available. Learning Bank Each student part includes a Learning Bank eaturing inormation about the Vikings. The Learning Bank is also printed on page 3 o this score.

3 3 Learning Bank: The Vikings A thousand years ago, all o Europe trembled in right. People rom Ireland to Russia lived in ear o Nordic invaders, the explorers and warriors today known as Vikings. From around 790 A.D. to 070, Vikings rom Scandinavia (northern Europe) terrorized the coastal areas and waterways o the whole continent and ruled the seas. This was the Viking Age. For many years, Vikings were thought o as barbarians. Over the last 00 years, however, their reputation has been revised. While the Vikings remain notorious to this day or their skill in battle, they were also sophisticated seamen. Using long, wooden boats that carried up to 80 men, Vikings traveled thousands o miles to such distant locations as Turkey and Russia. Their largest boats, known as dragon ships (or drekkar), were some o the most advanced ocean-going vessels o their day. Vikings used these sturdy boats to explore the vast seas and rivers o Europe. They were amazingly successul in their voyages, traveling thousands o miles rom home in pursuit o land, treasure, and resources. Vikings settled Iceland and Greenland and even reached Newoundland (Canada), ive hundred years beore Christopher Columbus s amous voyage to the New World! Many British, Irish, and Scottish people today have Viking descendents that date back to these days o exploration and treachery. Do you have a Viking in your amily tree? Today, Vikings have a riendly reputation. They are no longer viewed as bloodthirsty savages like they were during the heyday o the Viking Age. Instead, they are a common sports team and school mascot, and even orm the subject o the cartoon Hägar the Horrible. When you think o the Vikings, you probably imagine bearded men in horned helmets wielding axes. Some o these stereotypes are historically accurate (the axes) while others are unounded (the horned helmets). However, the act remains that Vikings continue to play a signiicant role in conteorary culture. These Nordic invaders capture the modern imagination and endure as a symbol o bravery, strength, and perseverance.

4 4 Full Conductor Score Approx. time 4:50 Violins Viola String Bass Tiani Percussion I: Suspended Cymbal Snare Drum Allegro Dedicated to the Hyde Park Middle School Orchestra in Las Vegas, NV. Debuted at the Midwest Clinic, 008. Nordic Invaders Allegro A, B & E 3 4 Jeremy Woolstenhulme 009 Neil A. Kjos Music Coany, 438 Jutland Drive, San Diego, Caliornia 97. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. WARNING! The contents o this publication are protected by copyright law. To copy or reproduce them by any method is an inringement o the copyright law. Anyone who reproduces copyrighted matter is subject to substantial penalties and assessments or each inringement. 5 6 pizz. pizz. m 7 8 m m m m m m 8

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