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Mark O’Connor Method For School Orchestra<br />
School orchestra directors: Turbocharge your orchestra with the O’Connor Method!<br />
Complete teacher/orchestra score includes everything you need to apply Mark O’Connor’s<br />
winning techniques to your program. CD includes outstanding performances by Mark O’Connor<br />
and professional New York-based classical orchestral players. The score is carefully integrated<br />
with the individual parts.<br />
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simplifies the teaching of intonation and listening skills, so critical at the beginning level<br />
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musical experience for the student . . . and fast progress!<br />
Listen to an audio clip of Mark O’Connor’s original composition, Boogie Woogie, straight out<br />
of the O’Connor School Orchestra Method at www.sharmusic.com/markoconnor<br />
Orchestra Score, including CD<br />
MO500 $29.95<br />
Violin Part 1 (MO501)<br />
Viola Part 1 (MO601)<br />
Also for 2nd Viola<br />
Cello Part 1 (MO701)<br />
$9.95 each<br />
Student parts are a simplified version<br />
of the O’Connor Method books on<br />
page 71 and do not have CD’s.<br />
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MARK O’CONNOR’S CALL TO ACTION<br />
Excerpted from A Reemerging American Classical Music, by Mark O’Connor<br />
Read the entire work on-line: www.sharmusic.com/markoconnor<br />
“I . . . have no quarrel with masterpieces from Europe, but we are not Europe’s musical colony. Our own musical resources are too vast<br />
and too rich for so many serious American composers to continue to reject.<br />
“Allow me, then, to describe my solution to our identity problem: Conservatory instructors and other music educators nationwide must<br />
incorporate traditional American musical styles into their curricula. Furthermore, composers must themselves be musicians well versed in<br />
the styles upon which they wish to base their music. The musical materials they harness must flow not only through their ears but also<br />
through their veins.<br />
“The violin – or fiddle, if you prefer – bridges the gap between traditional American music and classical music, for it is the most prevalent<br />
instrument in both domains. Only by becoming familiar with this instrument and delving into America’s artistic traditions will our composers<br />
usher in a cohesive style of American classical music.”<br />
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His method introduces us to the value in teaching American music,<br />
and invites students to join the long tradition of improvisational styles<br />
in the United States. Not only do students learn how to play the violin<br />
methodically and skillfully, but they are invited to have a personal voice<br />
– a way to express themselves beyond the notes on the page. While we will<br />
never dismiss the mastery and beauty of Bach, Beethoven and Mozart, we<br />
are learning to embrace our own, unbelievably rich musical heritage.<br />
- Ashley Liberty, Carrolton School, Miami Fl
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