World Songs for Solo Instruments and Strings is the newest in a series of publications by internationally acclaimed conductor Leonard Slatkin, long known for his commitment to music education. These easy to intermediate folk song settings for flexibie solo (violin, flute or clarinet*) with youth orchestra accompaniment are a wonderful set of pieces for your concert catalog – and with 25 minutes of concert programming they’re also a great value! Add flair to your performance with the optional percussion parts. Includes:

• *When Johnny Comes Marching Home (features all three solo instruments)

• Volga Boatmen’s Song

• Danny Boy

• Dance of the Cockroach

• Funiculì, Funiculà

• *Simple Grace (setting of Simple Gifts and Amazing Grace for solo piano with strings)

• O Waly, Waly (The Water Is Wide)

• Frère Jacques

• Ich hab die Nacht Geträumet (I Dreamed This Night)

• Home on the Range