Loreta Fin

The music evokes the joyful atmosphere of the famous Carnivale di Venezia, with its colourful characters and beautifully painted masks. The melody is instantly recognisable, and the variations explore...

A Saltarello is an Italian folk dance, similar to a tarantella. Its main feature is the "leap" step, which comes from the Italian verb "saltare," meaning to jump. This is portrayed in the hooked bowin...

Smooth legato and accurate counting are important in this delightful, lyrical work by Loreta Fin. Some extension work is required in the violins. Bow speeds and divisions should be carefully considere...

Lost Puppy es una composición de 2011 de Loreta Fin con un ambiente melancólico. Los alumnos han comentado a menudo lo triste que suena la pieza. En esta nueva obra, después de muchos años, por fin se...

Lost Puppy es una composición de 2011 de Loreta Fin con un ambiente melancólico. Los alumnos han comentado a menudo lo triste que suena la pieza. En esta nueva obra, después de muchos años, por fin se...

Just add ... strings! This uncomplicated work is designed to teach very elementary concepts of bowing, pizzicato, lifted bows, and dynamics. It uses eight basic rhythms in common time. The use of rhyt...

Just add ... strings! This uncomplicated work is designed to teach very elementary concepts of bowing, pizzicato, lifted bows, and dynamics. It uses eight basic rhythms in common time. The use of rhyt...

The poppy is the enduring symbol of remembrance of the First World War. Based on the Last Post (or Taps), this slow, dignified work reflects the reverence of a hymn or chorale. Designed to be played a...

The poppy is the enduring symbol of remembrance of the First World War. Based on the Last Post (or Taps), this slow, dignified work reflects the reverence of a hymn or chorale. Designed to be played a...

Robert Schumann's Scenes from Childhood is a set of thirteen pieces for piano, written in 1838. The seventh one, Reverie or "Träumerei," means dreaming. Playing soft, slow pieces is never easy, and re...

Robert Schumann's Scenes from Childhood is a set of thirteen pieces for piano, written in 1838. The seventh one, Reverie or "Träumerei," means dreaming. Playing soft, slow pieces is never easy, and re...

A Minor Matter by Loreta Fin is ideally suited to introducing half position. It does not complicate the learning with intricate rhythms, but focuses on the harmonies and melodic line, using low first...

A Minor Matter by Loreta Fin is ideally suited to introducing half position. It does not complicate the learning with intricate rhythms, but focuses on the harmonies and melodic line, using low first...

Tema y variaciones es una estructura musical muy común que los estudiantes encontrarán en todas las épocas musicales, desde el Barroco hasta la Contemporánea. El Tema y Variaciones de Haydn presenta u...

En Rhyme Time for Strings, de Loreta Fin, se arreglan tres canciones infantiles muy conocidas, utilizando casi "todos los trucos del libro de tocar la cuerda", como pizzicato, ligados, staccato, tenut...

Charming tunes for celli and violas; very attractive, works very well; piano needed if no bass player.

Charming tunes for celli and violas; very attractive, works very well; piano needed if no bass player.

Charming tunes for celli and violas; very attractive, works very well; piano needed if no bass player.

It can be played in the second year of learning. There is a lovely melody in the 1st violins with a straightforward accompaniment in the other parts.

It can be played in the second year of learning. There is a lovely melody in the 1st violins with a straightforward accompaniment in the other parts.

It can be played in the second year of learning. There is a lovely melody in the 1st violins with a straightforward accompaniment in the other parts.

A gentle, pretty waltz in D Major which would captivate students and audiences alike. There are interesting melodic parts for all. The piano is needed for the arrangement.

A gentle, pretty waltz in D Major which would captivate students and audiences alike. There are interesting melodic parts for all. The piano is needed for the arrangement.

A gentle, pretty waltz in D Major which would captivate students and audiences alike. There are interesting melodic parts for all. The piano is needed for the arrangement.

The ensemble should be encouraged to use whole bows for each note, regardless of whether it is a dotted minim, a minim or a crotchet. Therefore, the students need to 'plan' their bow speed, so that it...