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Isle of Skye(Highland Dance)

Doris Gazda

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Concert String Orchestra

Grade 3

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Program Notes

The Isle of Skye is the largest and most northerly island of the Inner Hebrides Islands of Scotland. The island’s center is a mountainous area from which radiate many peninsulas that form a rugged coastline. If you like to walk, there are innumerable opportunities for hiking and strolling in the mountains and by the sea. The island has been occupied for thousands of years including a period of rule by Norsemen. The predominant Scottish clans on the island are those of MacLeod and MacDonald. English is the common language on the island, although many residents also speak Gaelic. The old folk tales and stories about the history of Skye referred to as Eilean a’ Cheo (The Misty Isle) are often related in Gaelic. If you travel around Skye you will see many castles belonging to the clans as well as monuments dedicated to folk heroes or to Celtic leaders.

The Isle has a strong folk music background in both song and dance. There are rock bands as well as the tradi-tional bands made up primarily of bagpipes.

Originally, highland dances were folk dances done to the accompanying music of bagpipes. This form of danc-ing probably evolved from ritualistic sword dancing dating back to medieval times and before. The version pipers play today dates back to the 16th century. The music itself consists of the melody, which is played on the bagpipe’s chanter, backed up by continuous and unvarying tones from the three drone pipes.

The term Highland Dancing is used today to refer to a style of athletic solo dancing which evolved into its cur-rent form during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the context of competitions at public events called Highland Games. Highland dancing is a competitive and technical dance form which requires many hours of practice and training over a period of several years to perfect. Dancers of the highland and national dances wear specialized shoes called ghillies. Ghillies are soft shoes made of leather that forms to the foot and use laces which crisscross over the top of the foot tied similar to a sneaker.

About the Composer

Doris Gazda is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and Penn State University. She enjoyed many years as a string specialist in the Montgomery County, Maryland public schools, where she founded and conducted the Frederick County Youth Orchestra, and conducted the Potomac Valley Youth and Frederick Community Orchestras. Most recently, Ms. Gazda was on the faculty at Arizona State University. She has served nationally as Secretary for the American String Teachers Association, President of the National School Orchestra Association and Member-at-Large for the ASTA with NSOA.

A proponent of new music for student musicians, Ms. Gazda composes for strings and string orchestra. She is the author of High Tech for Strings (Carl Fischer), a set of technical studies for middle and high school orchestras, and co-author of the beginning method Spotlight on Strings (Neil A. Kjos). Nationally known for her leadership and expertise in string instruction, Ms Gazda presents workshops and conducts conference and regional stu-dent orchestras. She is a frequent presenter at state and national meetings for MENC (Music Educators National Conference), ASTA (American String Teachers Association) with NSOA (National School Orchestra Association), MTNA (Music Teachers National Association), regional school systems, and string workshops

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DORIS GAZDA

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Isle of Skye(Highland Dance)

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