The Mariners Tale (Stephen Chin) for String Orchestra set Gonna Fly Now (Theme from

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Educator and composer Ron DeGrandis brings us solid teaching and terrific programming pieces to beginning level string students

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The Mariners Tale (Stephen Chin) for String Orchestra set Gonna Fly Now (Theme fromAdvanced String Orchestra version. This is a slightly shorter version for conventional string orchestra of the same work for massed strings. It is inspired by the poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Colleridge where the unwarranted killing of an albatross initiates the doom for all on board a ship in the distant ocean. Only the mariner, who was the perpetrator of this deed, was spared. The sentiment of loss and grace pervades the work. The