Three Woodland Dances Donald Coakley

Three Woodland Dances Donald CoakleyThis piece explores dierent landscapes encountered on an outdoor adventure. Based in A minor, the mood of The Woodland Path is an eager and jaunty 6 8, and the performers should reect this in the note length they employ. The theme is rst presented by the rst violins, with the cellos joining an octave lower in bar 9. The excitement builds into bar 17, where the rst violins present the theme in divisi. At bar 25, the path begins to twist and turn, and

this piece will have your students delighting in the aural treats and clever idiomatic writing the composer's imagination has unfolded

Over the many years there have been several versions of this traditional Irish song

The music then gives us the feeling that there are many different encounters for Alice

It is also a perfect fit for any ceremony as a processional or recessional

then suddenly the listener is plunged into a wild ride through this labyrinthine musical scenario

all parts share the melody lines with an upbeat tempo

Beware the black hole

we can do extraordinary things

While discussing ideas for a possible sequel to Cellos in Charge with the students

and whole notes

The stately main theme is shared throughout all sections of the orchestra

If your advanced group is up for a challenge