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Concerto da tana del drago: using flexible instrumentation and mixed difficulty level music for ensembles affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2023) Matchey, Gideon, author; David, James, advisor; Johnson, Erik, committee member; Doe, Sue, committee member
The Covid-19 pandemic provided music educators with unique challenges in recruiting and retaining students in their instrumental music ensembles. Faced with reduced student numbers, some ensembles are left with non-standard instrumentation. Although some schools are able to maintain the general structure of their programs, other directors are forced to combine different grade and skill levels in order to have at least one complete ensemble. For these ensembles, music of not only flexible instrumentation but also mixed difficulty (grade) levels is necessary for all students' learning levels to be met. Concerto da Tana del Drago meets the needs of these ensembles in providing music that is flexible in instrumentation, contains mixed difficulty levels, provides teachable content, and engages students with programmatic music suitable for many age levels.