Jingle Through the Night Marcia Stockton

Jingle Through the Night Marcia StocktonWhat happens during the holidays after all the children go to sleep? The elves come out to party through the night. Jingle Through the Night takes several holiday favorites and reimagines them in minor modes, giving the usually jolly tunes a darker midnight feel. Pay close attention to the various changes of style and dynamics throughout the work for maximum effect. Be sure to bring out the low string melody beginning at measure 22. Consider adding

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“Wilbur started the fourth flight just about 12 o-clock

and is spiced up even more with some very entertaining percussion writing

near the composer's home

"Pizzicato Boogie" composed by Mekel Rogers is designed to be a first concert piece for beginning strings

portraying a group of sheep dogs playing in the fields - and according to the local farm boy

and the cello/bass parts are identical

symbolizing a conversation between the girl and her grandfather

while upper strings deliver bold themes and sizzling melodies

This driving figure can be heard several times throughout the piece with melodic material built over it

The slow section beginning at measure 52 should feel like “light breaking through the darkness

this revisiting of an ancient work