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The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska will be streaming three on line Rounds Workshops for fiddle, viola, cello, soprano recorder, alto recorder, tenor recorder, and bass recorder. The Workshops will be on Tuesday, September 12, 7 PM, Central Time, Wednesday, September 13, 10 AM, Central Time, and Friday, September 15, 7 PM, Central Time. Different tunes will be played at each session. We will read, play, and discuss various survival skills for these charming pieces. A treble clef version of the sheet music for the tunes being played will be displayed on the screen during the workshop.
There is limited enrollment, and pre-registration is required. The cost for each workshop is $10.00. The cost of each optional book is $10.00 (includes shipping if ordered with workshop registration).
For more information, and to register:
https://greenblattandseay.com/workshops_rounds.shtml
Reviews:
“These are suitable for beginners and beyond. This is a well-conceived volume of simple yet beautiful music...I can imagine it in a beginning string orchestra setting, and I recommend it.”
- Hollis Taylor
Fiddler Magazine
“All the rounds are playable by grade one players, so this is an excellent book for teachers. The rounds are excellent for warm-ups for violists of all levels. The wide variety of rounds in this book makes it hard to stop playing once started. Technically, all are in the first position, with only one round requiring an ’F’ above the stave to be played and all are written in alto clef. All the keys used are basic and well suited to the viola sonority. Highly recommended.”
- Michael Vidulich, President Emeritus
Australian and New Zealand Viola Society
There is limited enrollment, and pre-registration is required. The cost for each workshop is $10.00. The cost of each optional book is $10.00 (includes shipping if ordered with workshop registration).
For more information, and to register:
https://greenblattandseay.com/workshops_rounds.shtml
Reviews:
“These are suitable for beginners and beyond. This is a well-conceived volume of simple yet beautiful music...I can imagine it in a beginning string orchestra setting, and I recommend it.”
- Hollis Taylor
Fiddler Magazine
“All the rounds are playable by grade one players, so this is an excellent book for teachers. The rounds are excellent for warm-ups for violists of all levels. The wide variety of rounds in this book makes it hard to stop playing once started. Technically, all are in the first position, with only one round requiring an ’F’ above the stave to be played and all are written in alto clef. All the keys used are basic and well suited to the viola sonority. Highly recommended.”
- Michael Vidulich, President Emeritus
Australian and New Zealand Viola Society
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The Old Avoca Schoolhouse in Avoca, Nebraska will be streaming three on line Ukrainian Fiddle Tunes Workshops for violins, violas, cellos, basses, mandolins, soprano recorders and alto recorders. The Workshops will be on Tuesday, October 10, 7 PM, Central Time, Wednesday, October 11, 10 AM, Central Time, and Friday, October 13, 7 PM, Central Time. Different tunes will be played at each session. We will read, play, and discuss various survival skills for these charming pieces. A treble clef version of the sheet music for the tunes being played will be displayed on the screen during the workshop.
There is limited enrollment, and pre-registration is required. The cost for each workshop is $10.00. The cost of each optional book is $15.00 (includes shipping if ordered with workshop registration).
For more information, and to register:
https://www.greenblattandseay.com/workshops_ukrainian.shtml
Reviews...
Deborah Greenblatt and David Seay continue to introduce folk music from around the world to young musicians. The colours and idiosyncrasies of Ukrainian traditional songs and dances feature toe- tapping syncopations and haunting tonalities especially the Ukrainian Dorian mode. Many of the duets are charming and lively but my favourites feature the melancholy minor modes. Chords are marked throughout so adding a guitar or piano line is easy. Greenblatt dedicated these duets to her Ukrainian grandfather, so this publication has a personal touch.
-Marian Heckenberg, Stringendo, October 2022, Journal of the Australian Strings Association
used by permission of AUSTA National Journal Editor
“Ukrainian Fiddle Tunes for Two Violins, compiled and arranged by Deborah Greenblatt, is a delightful and welcome addition to violin repertoire. It provides a gratifying and engaging diversity to teaching of standard literature. There are 36 Ukrainian fiddle tunes which include some folk and military songs as well as some dances, among others. They are set for two violins of varying skill levels. Something I found particularly appealing in this compilation was the varying levels of difficulty, from approximately Level 2 of standard method books such as Essential Elements or Strictly Strings to shifting to 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th positions, with bowings ranging from fairly simple to more complex string crossings and accented beats within slurs. While the first violin part was one level of difficulty, the second violin part was often much easier. For me, this makes it usable across a private studio with various levels of of students’ skills.Pedagogically, I can use these pieces as a pleasant and fun reinforcement for students who are studying some of these concepts in a larger work. I’m delighted to have Ukrainian Fiddle Tunes, both to teach and to perform,”
-Esther Fellows, NCTM
American Music Teacher, February/March 2023
There is limited enrollment, and pre-registration is required. The cost for each workshop is $10.00. The cost of each optional book is $15.00 (includes shipping if ordered with workshop registration).
For more information, and to register:
https://www.greenblattandseay.com/workshops_ukrainian.shtml
Reviews...
Deborah Greenblatt and David Seay continue to introduce folk music from around the world to young musicians. The colours and idiosyncrasies of Ukrainian traditional songs and dances feature toe- tapping syncopations and haunting tonalities especially the Ukrainian Dorian mode. Many of the duets are charming and lively but my favourites feature the melancholy minor modes. Chords are marked throughout so adding a guitar or piano line is easy. Greenblatt dedicated these duets to her Ukrainian grandfather, so this publication has a personal touch.
-Marian Heckenberg, Stringendo, October 2022, Journal of the Australian Strings Association
used by permission of AUSTA National Journal Editor
“Ukrainian Fiddle Tunes for Two Violins, compiled and arranged by Deborah Greenblatt, is a delightful and welcome addition to violin repertoire. It provides a gratifying and engaging diversity to teaching of standard literature. There are 36 Ukrainian fiddle tunes which include some folk and military songs as well as some dances, among others. They are set for two violins of varying skill levels. Something I found particularly appealing in this compilation was the varying levels of difficulty, from approximately Level 2 of standard method books such as Essential Elements or Strictly Strings to shifting to 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th positions, with bowings ranging from fairly simple to more complex string crossings and accented beats within slurs. While the first violin part was one level of difficulty, the second violin part was often much easier. For me, this makes it usable across a private studio with various levels of of students’ skills.Pedagogically, I can use these pieces as a pleasant and fun reinforcement for students who are studying some of these concepts in a larger work. I’m delighted to have Ukrainian Fiddle Tunes, both to teach and to perform,”
-Esther Fellows, NCTM
American Music Teacher, February/March 2023
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Greenblatt & Seay proudly announce the 27th ANNUAL SCHOOLHOUSE FIDDLING BEE which will take place on Sunday, October 15, 2023 starting at 2:30 PM, Central Time, streaming the winners on-line via Zoom from the Old Avoca, Nebraska Schoolhouse.
There are two Divisions
1) Junior Division: for musicians who have played less than three years.
2) Senior Division: for musicians who have played three years or more.
Each Division will have 3 separate Contests that contestants may enter
1) Happy Contest – one happy fiddle tune tune played on any acoustic bowed string instrument
2) Sad Contest – one sad fiddle tune played on any acoustic bowed string instrument
3) Fee Fi Faux – one fiddle tune played on an instrument that is not an acoustic bowed string instrument
There is an entry fee of $10.00 per Contest submission.
For more information, and to enter the contest (September 17 deadline):
https://www.greenblattandseay.com/schoolhouse_fiddling_bee.shtml
There are two Divisions
1) Junior Division: for musicians who have played less than three years.
2) Senior Division: for musicians who have played three years or more.
Each Division will have 3 separate Contests that contestants may enter
1) Happy Contest – one happy fiddle tune tune played on any acoustic bowed string instrument
2) Sad Contest – one sad fiddle tune played on any acoustic bowed string instrument
3) Fee Fi Faux – one fiddle tune played on an instrument that is not an acoustic bowed string instrument
There is an entry fee of $10.00 per Contest submission.
For more information, and to enter the contest (September 17 deadline):
https://www.greenblattandseay.com/schoolhouse_fiddling_bee.shtml
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