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Education

Attn. String Educators - New Music For 1st Time Improvisors

Source: Bradley Sowash
May 3, 2012

Bradley Sowash has been testing out his Creative Strings Project on local Suzuki groups and now he has made them available to the public. You are invited to peruse the sounds and videos of students performances of these cool pieces here. Eye players read music. Ear players improvise. Today’s well-rounded students need instruction in both. Creative Strings is a collection of works designed to lead beginning to advanced students through their first experiences as improvisers. Each piece is composed of ...

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Recording

New Christmas CD: Fum Bells--Live! by Bradley Sowash

Source: Bradley Sowash
December 10, 2010

Fum Bells—Live!—Christmas classics uniquely arranged for big band and choir by Bradley Sowash In 2008, Richard Rudolph, director of music for Covenant Presbyterian Church in Roanoke, VA had an unusual vision: to combine his traditional music-reading choir with the nearby Kingdom of Life sing-by-ear gospel choir to perform Christmas classics. Furthermore, a 17-piece big band would join them instead of the usual piano accompaniment. However, sacred Christmas music for this combination of musicians and singers was not available. So Richard ...

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