Diamond Joe's Riviera Club Jorge Vargas

Diamond Joe's Riviera Club Jorge VargasWhat a way to introduce young orchestra students to the swing style! This atmospheric work by David Weirich depicts a Chicago gangster's private night club in small town Indiana. Its irresistible melody, shout chorus, and finger snapping fun thoroughly engage players and audiences alike. Includes a part for drum set.

Your young string players will love sounding sophisticated and mature beyond their years playing this loosely based arrangement of the Andante from Handel's "Overture to Berenice"

the piece drives to an exciting conclusion

This work may be performed any of three ways: orchestra with solo electric violin

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

all parts have interesting moving lines and melodies

In the second verse the "Eine Kleine" motive appears quite clearly in the cello and first violin while the second violin

presented in solo viola

"Snow Ride"

this playful string work composed by Steven L

with lots of stomping and heel tapping

that sudden burst of speed

and students should strive to bring out this syncopation with strong accents and plenty of space between notes