4 Strings – Explore Book 2 for String Quartet Score with Parts and CD

Explore –Contemporary string quartet repertoire for flourishing ensembles.
Music for players of grade 4-5 standard with some ensemble playing experience. Featuring expanded key selections, more complex rhythms and simple introductions to extended techniques.

Three progressive collections of contemporary string quartet repertoire from leading composers to encourage and facilitate the development of ensemble playing. Compiled and edited by Liz Partridge, each volume contains graded works commissioned especially for this series designed for quartets formed of players of similar ability. Featuring a mixture of musical styles and genres, each piece contains different elements and techniques to consolidate and enhance the players’ skills as soloists and as ensemble members.An accompanying CD provides demonstration recordings of all included pieces. Minus-one tracks are available to download/stream online to allow for individual practice between rehearsals.
Many of the quartets have been expanded for optional use as string orchestra repertoire. Augmented scores and parts are available to purchase and download online.

Contents:

• The Sleep-Stealers’s Reel -Porter
• Shaken, Not Stirred – K. & H. Colledge
• Los Suenos -Piazzolla/Davies
• U Rock -Jennings
• Prom Night -Jennings
• The Little ‘Uns -Gillett
• Two Elderly Swans –Gillett
• Methusaleh’s Deathday Party –Stott
• Rumba Romp -Kershaw