New Directions for Strings - Cello Book 2 emphasises the expansion of students' musical horizons through the reinforcement of the US National Standards for Musical Education. Specific activities include theory, improvisation and composition, as well as singing. History and culture notes throughout the book increase students' knowledge of various composers and musical styles. New Directions for Strings represents the first method ever written by a team of pedagogues representing each of the four stringed instruments. With more than 100 years of combined teaching experience, the authors of New Directions® for Strings explore many new directions, including equal integration of all the instruments, a tetrachord-based approach to support proper development of the left hand, and ensemble opportunities that occur throughout the book. Based on more than 100 years of combined teaching experience Written by a team of pedagogues representing each of the four stringed instruments Supplemental music by Soon Hee Newbold and Elliot Del Borgo Includes 2 Play-Along CDs with each student book and the Teacher's Manual

For the first time the series “Bärenreiter’s Concert Pieces” presents arrangements of concertos for viola and violoncello. The editions are an ideal continuation of the Sassmannshaus string methods but can of course also be used independently. Further volumes are planned. Since concerto op. 35 only employs the first position, it is suitable for beginners and young students. The piece has been transposed to make it easier to play. The concise foreword by renowned string pedagogues Christoph and Kurt Sassmannshaus introduces the work and points out its relevant technical requirements.

This Stephen Sondheim - Broadway Solos edition from the Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-Along series features solo Cello arrangements of 14 fabulous Sondheim tunes, complete with CD accompaniment.

Learn to play 15 favourites from the Great White Way with this exciting new collection of Broadway Hits for Cello from the Hal Leonard Instrumental Play-along series. Features solo Cello arrangements of songs such as: Backwoods Barbie • Breathe • Expressing Yourself • Find Your Grail • Follow Your Heart • Ireland • Mama Who Bore Me • and more! Includes CD accompaniment with backing tracks.

For the development of technical skills and improved intonation, this A Scale In Time - Cello edition features a full collection of scales, chorales, etudes, and an expanded alternative styles section all in one book!A Scale In Time features: One and two octave scale patterns Major, natural minor and melodic minor Improvisation loops, studies and tunes for training in alternative styles Blues, mixolydian and lydian scales Etudes Chorales Rhythm Studies

Nine songs from the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical masterpiece, The Phantom of the Opera arranged for solo Cello: All I Ask of You · Angel of Music · Masquerade · The Music of the Night · The Phantom of the Opera · The Point of No Return · Prima Donna · Think of Me · Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again

This instrumental sheet music/CD pack is jam packed with solo arrangements of 15 hits from songstresses such as Adele, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and more! Read the music from the book, and play along with the professionally recorded backing tracks on the CD.

For Countess Josephine of Clary-Aldringen, Beethoven wrote several works for mandolin and piano four of which are still extant. These new arrangements adhere as closely to the original as possible and are written in the original key. The elegant works are shining little gems. Sonatina in C major radiates a virtuoso ease and cheerfulness while the variations of the Andante are full of humour, with deep emotions in the minor variation.

Does the thought of sight-reading make you groan? The ability to sight-read fluently is a vital skill, enabling you to learn new pieces more quickly and play with other musicians. The best-selling Improve Your Sight-reading! series, by renowned educationalist Paul Harris, is designed to help you overcome all your sight-reading problems, especially in the context of graded exams. Step by step you build up a complete picture of each piece, firstly through rhythmic and melodic exercises related to specific technical issues, then by studying prepared pieces with associated questions, and finally ‘going solo’ with a series of meticulously graded sight-reading pieces. New edition, devised to support the revised sight-reading criteria from the ABRSM from 2012.

October 2012, No. 210 - Turtle Island Quartet - Groundbreaking Chamber-Jazz Ensemble Hits the Road with Two New Players and a Fresh Approach, 5 Ways to Improve Intonation in High Positions, A Guide to Choosing the Right Violin Strings, The Comedic Antics of Igudesman & Joo, Learn to Master the Handel-Halvorsen Passacaglia for Violin & Cello. New product for the week of September 3rd, 2012.