Prospect Sierra -- Elementary Orchestra

Flash: Here are a few pictures from the concert we played at Head Royce on December 5, 2001.

Here is the page for Shall We Gather at the River? with score and parts for home practice.

The other new Diabelli piece is online here. We haven't put up separate parts, but you can play and practice along with either the full score or the Midi score:

• Full Noteworthy Score
• Full Score as Midi

If your using a Mac and would still like to download image files of the full scores of these pieces (which you can probably view or print) try viewing or saving these files: Shall We Gather at the River and Diabelli.

This web page is an experiment.  Sara and Steve want to see if we can use the web to help our orchestra players rehearse their parts at home.  On this page you will find the full score and all parts for the Offenbach Can Can we are now practicing.  You can play the full score or just your part on a home PC.  You can even practice your part along with the computer.  You may also be able to print your own copy of the score, or print a lost part.

But first you will need to set up the player we use.  If you are a student, get a parent to help you.  If you are a parent, get your kid to help you.

If you run Windows you can use a "Browser Plug-In" that will view and play the same file format we use to prepare much of the music we use in orchestra. You'll need to visit the Noteworth Composer Browser Plug-In page to install the free Noteworthy player.  (If you try to view these files without first installing the plug-in, then your browser might take you to a place that will offer to install the player, but it's simpler just to install the plug-in first.)

If you run a Mac or something else, or if the plug-in won't work on your machine, then you won't be able to view or print Noteworthy files.  But you will be able to download and play the midi files.  Most web browsers handle midi without any extra setup.

Here are the Can Can files:
 

I did a quick job entering a "short score" for Simple Gifts. It doesn't have all the parts, and the parts aren't exactly the same as the ones we are using in the orchestra, but this score will let you listen to the pipece and play along from your orchestral part.