Let's keep our string programs vital, contemporary, and thriving! Alternative Strings: The New Curriculum is the first resource book in the world to offer a comprehensive guide to string educators wishing to step into twenty-first-century inclusive string pedagogy. The “DearAbby” for string players, Julie Lyonn Lieberman, offers detailed descriptions of over two dozen fiddle, blues, jazz, pop, and world styles; bountiful support materials; a massive discography; musical examples;photographs; and audio from master players and clinicians, far exceedin g the scope of other books in the field. ABOUT THE AUDIO CD: Some of today's top alternative string players and clinicians demonstrate rock, jazz, and fiddle styles; present innovative ideas for teaching new generations of string players; and more. Tracks include: 1. Howard Armstrong: Myfirst fiddle 2. Geoffrey Fitzhugh Perry: Zydeco Rock 3. Daryl Silberman : Through Contemporary to Classical and Back 4. Ed Caner: Rock Basics 5.Anthony Barnett: Stuff Smith plays “Body and Soul” 6. Mark Wood: Evolution, Rock, and Musicianship 7. Jesus Florido: Latin and Beyond 8. Randy Sabien: Jazz Stirngs: A Life Inspiration 9. Leanne Darling: Arabic Strings 10. Bob Phillips: Fiddling in the Schools 11. Julianna Waller: Developing Diversity 12: Martin Norgaard: Jazz String Pedagogy 13.Richard Greene: Moving Forward 14. Martha Mooke: Breaking the Sound Bar rier 15. Claude Williams: Reminiscences 16. Julie Lyonn Lieberman: “Fiddle, Sing,” excerpt from Mixing America
