Hoedown (Neridah Oostenbroek) for String Orchestra

Composed by Neridah Oostenbroek

Grade 2.5-3
Duration: 231
Key: A Major

Level 5 Curriculum IM Strings – DET EQ.

Instrumentation: Vln 1, Vln 2, Vln 3, Vla, Cello, Bass

Hoedown is a fun piece for intermediate ensembles and is sure to get
some toes tapping! The energetic melody begins in the violins and is then
passed around the ensemble. The middle section sees a move to D major
and there are some open string drones in the upper voices. There are
syncopated rhythms throughout which can be challenging when played
alone but fit well when incorporated with the other parts. The 1st violin
has some 3rd position work but all other parts remain in 1st position.

Neridah Oostenbroek has been teaching strings and classroom music in
Brisbane for 20 years. She gained her Bachelor of Music and a Diploma of
Secondary Education before later completing a Master of Philosophy in
Violin Performance at the University of Queensland with Spiros Rantos.
Neridah currently teaches at several private schools in Brisbane, as well
as at home, and freelances as a violinist with the Queensland Symphony
Orchestra and Vici Strings and as a piano accompanist for music and
ballet exams.