A range of new string ensemble music, Wingert-Jones Publications’ 2024-2025 String Orchestra Music release comprises original and newly arranged works that explore fresh ground and varying styles. With 20 new pieces, the publisher presents a balanced catalog with new pieces for each type of concert program and at every grade level. The 2024 release also includes live professional recordings and ScoreVideos of each piece, along with individual Composer Insights videos, all of which facilitate easy music review and selection, and can be used as tools with students in the classroom. The recordings are streaming now on all major platforms, as well as on the publisher’s website.
“Each new work in this year’s Wingert-Jones Publications Orchestra release encompasses a story of something greater than ourselves – our history, the cosmos, infinity, the wildness and freedom of stallions running free,” explains Tyler Arcari, Director of Music Production and Editing. “The composers who make up this year’s release have really elevated the catalog and I can’t wait for directors to discover and program these new works.”
The publisher’s 2024-25 String Orchestra release includes pieces from composers Bruce W. Tippette, Doug Spata, Erica Donahoe, Gary Fagan, George Sweet, John Dupuis, John M. Pasternak, Perry Holbrook, Steve Parsons, and Vince Gassi, as well as the following new composers who the publisher welcomes into its orchestra catalog: Jay Coles, Mark Lortz and Chris Ferguson.
Each score, and its accompanying parts, are meticulously edited and set for ease of reading and include unique features to increase accessibility and help facilitate efficient rehearsals. Optional bowings have been carefully selected to provide an educationally sound experience from the first read. The catalog has been organized to clearly delineate grade levels following Wingert-Jones Publications’ color-coded series names which help directors select the most appropriate music for their ensembles: First Achievement (.5), Early Achievement (1), Achievement (1.5), Achievement Plus (2-2.5), Concert (3-3.5) and Symphonic (4 and up). In addition to the professional recordings of the new pieces, the publisher is providing ScoreVideos, preview scores and Composer Insights videos on its website.
Wingert-Jones Publications’ 2024-2025 String Orchestra music is available from music retailers and the publisher.
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