Music by Daniel Dorff
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Billy and the
Carnival
A Children's Guide to the
Instruments, for Narrator and Orchestra
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NEW!!
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE & OTHER TALES is now available at
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shopping cart as well as amazon.com and other leading retailers! Rossen Milanov conducts the Symphony in C, featuring Ann Crumb and Ukee Washington as narrators in Blast Off!, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Billy and the Carnival, and Three Fun Fables. Dorff's narrated stories entertain adults as well as children and are frequently performed at concerts around the world, while introducing young listeners to the sounds of an orchestra. Perfect for holiday and birthday gifts, music education classes, and plain old enjoyment! |
Click the links below to download some mp3 samples from the CD!
1)
The opening orchestral jam session (37 sec.)
2) "A trumpet can play
strong and exciting music, and it sounds like this!" (37 sec.)
3) From the lullaby featuring
clarinet and then cello, over the strings (39 sec.)
PROGRAM NOTES by the composer
BILLY AND THE CARNIVAL is the story of a boy who goes to his local park and starts to meet grownups carrying instruments and wearing fancy clothes. One by one they introduce themselves and their instruments with solos announcing each instrument by name. Billy takes a nap from the excitement and has a dream that a carnival is coming to his park; when he wakes up, his dream comes true and the orchestra plays a concert at the carnival! BILLY AND THE CARNIVAL is designed to introduce young listeners to the instruments of the orchestra through a children's story.
A coloring book is published, and for large orders a special edition can be printed with the name of your orchestra (and your sponsors).
BILLY AND THE CARNIVAL was commissioned by the Sacramento Symphony for 26 concerts; recent performances have included the Pittsburgh Symphony and orchestras in Spain.
Perusal and rental materials are available from Theodore Presser Company
last updated 12/22/07