Green Road Jay Coles

Green Road Jay ColesThis fantasy is based on Irish folk song The Road to Lisdoonvarna. Lisdoonvarna is a small town at the center of island, famous for its music festival. The composer developed the theme taking inspiration from the environment as if on a journey through green Ireland. The melody is broken, dilated and superimposed on itself as a sort of bimodality. Surprisingly sometimes there is also a fun extra instrumental element.

and is perfect for reinforcing your students' skills of counting and playing rhythms using quarter

“Andiamo

Students will love the exciting melodies and the cascading patterns that increase in intensity

the rosin dust flies fast and furious during rehearsal and piles up underneath the bridge…and “oh no

Pay close attention to the various changes of style and dynamics throughout the work for maximum effect

David Bobrowitz describes a deep water dive to find a long lost city

be sure to balance the volume so that both groups sound equal

and also the original motive getting overlaid upon itself in imitation

presented in a variety of styles

Pisces (the Fish) = 4/4 time

Optional percussion (castanet

brooding middle section changes the energy before bursting back into the original content