Anybody have extra HS or MS orchestra music?

[MartyNeilan]

I have just become the director for the high school and the middle school orchestra at The King's Academy, a private Christian school in Seymour, TN. Their upper orchestra of about 35-40 students from modest to virtuoso ability tours area churches and has also played at the Baptist convention, and their middle school orchestra is the training ground. Instrumental instruction begins in the 5th grade. Currently the emphasis is on strings, but I would like to expand the program to include a jazz band, pep band, and maybe even a wind ensemble. I plan on being there for the long haul and building up the program.
Our current problem is that we have ZERO instrumental music at the school. What was previously performed was homegrown by my predecessor, and most or all is unavailable at the moment. I would GREATLY appreciate any complete (or almost complete) works you may see fit to donate to our high school or middle school orchestras, or for any other use.
I apologize coming off looking for handouts, but the school has never bought instrumental music before and I want some things to put in front of the kids while I try to jump through whatever hoops and beg for whatever money I may need to buy more music.
So, you must have SOMETHING (preferably with string parts) in your music library you never play anymore, right??? Originals only; please respect copyrights and do not make photocopies unless YOU are the copyright holder.

Thanks for any and all assistance,

Marty Neilan, Orchestra Director
The King's Academy
202 Smothers Road
Seymour, TN 37865-5056

[Joe Baker]

Marty, congrats on the new job! Didn't I tell you Seymour was awesome?

I'm not going to community band tonight (gotta take care of some personal biz), but next week I'll ask some of the band directors up there if they've got anything. Let me know if you want to come out and play; it's a bit of a haul (we practice in Farragut, just W. of Knoxville), but we've got people coming from farther away than that to play.
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Joe Baker, who envies Marty's view of Mt. Leconte from Seymour.

[MartyNeilan]

Don't get too envious, Joe. I am currently living under the shadow of "The Ball" (world's fair park). I couldn't find anything to rent in Seymour (or they wouldn't rent to me once they checked my credit or met my kids ) so I had to settle for an apt in Knoxville - at least on the side of town going towards Seymour. When I get back from my in-law's wedding in Canada, my wife's graduation at Lee, and get settled in school, I will have to swing by and say hi.

[Ricko]

You might check with Dr. Clark Measels (ME-zells) at Carson-Newman or Dr. Wendell Boertje (BORT-jay)at Central Baptist Bearden and see if they will let you check music out of their libraries. Some churches will loan to other churches and might let in the occasional private school. The lit for churchestras isn't usually any higher than high school level (they usually bring in pros for anything harder).

Good luck!

[MartyNeilan]

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