Jazzed Up! (Neridah Oostenbroek) for String Orchestra

This piece is written for beginner string players. It contains 3 short movements all composed with simple melody and harmony parts. The piano part is essential in all movements.

I – is a 12-bar blues in G. The melody and harmony parts are first presented separately in pizzicato before being played together later with the bow.
II – is a jazz waltz, almost completely in unison apart from a few echoes at the start. There are some LH pizzicatos to help strengthen the 4th finger.
III – is a fun boogie style. This movement is slightly more advanced than the other movements with the introduction of quavers and staccato bowing. The melody is still presented in unison at the start with some harmony added later on.

Grade 0.5-1

Duration: 3’11”

Key: G Major, D minor, D Major
Instrumentation: Vln, Vla, Cello, Bass, Piano

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.