This book contains the piano accompaniments for Fiddle Time Sprinters. Characterful and easy to play, these piano parts provide stylish accompaniments to all of the pieces in the pupil book. Essential for teachers and musical parents, these books will help motivate all young violinists as they learn to play.
Ready to rock ; Clear skies ; Ode to joy from Symphony No. 9 ; Song from
the show ; Starry night ; Paris cafe ; Gaudete! ; Jacob's dance ; Sprint
finish ; Bolero ; William Tell ; Country gardens ; You and me ; The road to
Donegal ; Full circle ; Thirsty work ; Farewell to Skye ; Lady Katherine's
pavane ; Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker ; Allegro in A ;
Still reeling ; Mexican fiesta ; Show stopper ; Spy movie ; Largo from the
New World Symphony) ; Hornpipe from the Water Music ; Hungarian folk dance ;
Wild West ; Midnight song ; Wade in the water ; Dominant gene ; Chromatic
cats ; Show off! ; Little lamb ; Habanera from Carmen ; Alleluia ; Jubilate
Deo ; Round Trinidad Bay
Kathy Blackwell, B. Mus. (Hons.), LTCL, LGSM, studied music at Edinburgh University and continued with post-graduate studies in music at the University of Oxford. Kathy is a string teacher with many years experience of teaching violin and viola. She developed her teaching ideas at the coalface in both Music Services and in private practice, working with groups large and small and in one-to-one lessons. She was a strings consultant for the ABRSM Music Medals initiative, a new assessment specifically designed for students taught in groups, and a contributor to the accompanying book All together! Teaching Music in Groups (ABRSM, 2004). Her teaching experience has led her to co-author Fiddle, Viola, and Cello Time, published by Oxford University Press, with her husband, David. Kathy and David have presented workshops in the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. David Blackwell studied music at Edinburgh University, after which he pursued a career in music publishing, first at ABRSM and then at Oxford University Press. He is co-editor of OUP's In the Mood: 17 Jazz Classics for Choirs and Carols for Choirs 5, and has published a number of single choral arrangements. He is co-writer with his wife Kathy of OUP's award-winning string series, Fiddle, Viola, Cello Time, and String Time, which have twice won the MIA award for Best Educational Publication. He now works as a freelance music editor, composer and arranger.
