ULL CORE KENDOR CADET TRING ORCHETRA ERIE our Character Dances rom The Nutcracker GRADE 2+ DURATION :5 by eter Ilyich Tschaikowsky (180-189) arranged by Michael Hokins To The Director OR INTRUMENTATION 1-ull core 8-1st Violin 8-2nd Violin -rd Violin (Viola TC) 5-Viola 5-Cello 5-ass EXTRA CORE ART AVAILALE This accessible arrangement or strings contains our oular character dances rom Act II o the ballet where Clara and the rince travel to the Land o weets that is ruled by the ugar-lum airy These light ieces o dance music celebrate sweets rom around the world Chocolate (anish Dance) - This dance should be conducted in one The 8th notes in measures 5-7 in the 2nd Violin and Viola may be layed either on or o-the-string but o-the-string is stylistically reerable In measures 8-10 in 1st and 2nd Violins the bow lits are very small and quick Violins should use th inger where indicated In measure 27 violins must draw a ast staccato downbow on beat 1 and a slow ubow on the hal note Coee (Arabian Dance) - Mutes are called or in the orignal work and can be laced during the ermata rest Accents should be layed as a gentle emhasis The 16th notes in the bass reresent the tambourine art rom the original work and should be rominent I have marked the high D to be layed with 1st inger or intonation stability (the hand can be laced in the neck block - th osition) At measure 62 in the 1st Violin art a ingering to shit to rd osition or the natural is marked but i students have not yet learned to shit this assage can be layed in irst osition Tea (Chinese Dance) - Mutes should be removed during the ermata rest 1st Violin ubows on the slurred 16th notes should start in the middle o the bow Make sure students use th inger where indicated 2nd Violins and viola must quickly switch rom to izzicato ROHIITED Treak (Russian Dance) - Viola cello and bass should lay the two ubows as indicated in measure 17 with a cris articulation and some searation Violins should lay the 8th notes at measure 17 on the string staccato with cris articulation and should not overower the low strings The mezzo orte and crescendo at measure 159 is not ound in Tschaikowsky s original score however the work is oten erormed in this manner The stringendo begins at measure 175 A recording o this iece can be downloaded at wwwkendormusiccom MICHAEL HOKIN Michael Hokins is an associate roessor o music education at the University o Michigan chool o Music Theatre Dance in Ann Arbor where he teaches undergraduate courses in string techniques orchestra methods and music technology and graduate courses in sychology o KendorMusiccom music and research methods rior to oining the aculty Hokins was an associate roessor o music at the University o Vermont rom 1999-2010 where he was conductor o the UVM Orchestra and taught courses in music education and music technology Hokins earned a achelor's Degree in music education rom Colorado tate University and a Masters and hd in Education rom the University o Michigan He comoses ieces in orchestral chamber solo electro-acoustic and oular styles He has been commissioned by many ensembles in Colorado Michigan and Vermont Kendor Music Inc M U I C U L I H E R 21 Grove treet O ox 278 Delevan New York 102-0278 UA wwwkendormusiccom
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