Product Description
MY SWEET LYDIA "Back to School 2015"
From PAPAS FAMOUS DANCES
by Joe Procopio
MY SWEET LYDIA is a dance written and arranged by Joe Procopio for a small ensemble, band, stage band or combo. It was originally composed for a small band with flexible instrumentation. It may be performed with only two Saxophones (Alto Sax I and Alto Sax II) and a standard backup with Piano/Keyboard, Guitar, Bass and Drums.
In addition, any combo may be augmented by adding any or all of the parts included for Flute, Clarinet, Tenor Sax, and Baritone Sax. This flexible or variable instrumentation of MY SWEET LYDIA makes it unique and perfect for schools and colleges that do not have a permanent roster of music students entering their music programs annually. It also eases the burden for Directors searching for good music to perform for groups with ever changing numbers of music students.
Whats more, MY SWEET LYDIA has a section open for solos to enable the ensemble to feature players who can improvise well enhancing not only the groups enjoyment but also everyones listening pleasure. This piece has been performed by College and High School students in many major concert events all along the East Coast with great success.
It is published separately and in a set entitled PAPAS FAMOUS DANCES PART 1 from the sets PAPAS FAMOUS DANCES Part I and Part II. Each Part contains 3 Dances. I have adapted the audio here for synthesizer so that it may be previewed. It is one of 6 works named and dedicated to each of my 6 Grandchildren: Lilly, Mary, Lydia, Emma, Joey and Wilson.
Instrumentation for MY SWEET LYDIA includes SCORE and parts for:
ALTO SAX I
ALTO SAX II
TENOR SAX
BARITONE SAX
FLUTE
CLARINET
PIANO/KEYBOARD - GUITAR - BASS - DRUMS
VITA
Joe Procopio is a master musician and teacher with proven success for over 50 years. His purpose in teaching, writing music and books is to make his successful method of making musicians available to as many people as possible around the world.
"While I cannot guarantee that my methods will make you a great musician as they have for many others," says Procopio, "I can say that they are designed to magnify your love of music - and that I guarantee each will enrich and enhance your life. People from all over the world have written to me to tell me so."
As a Master Musician , Joe Procopio is an ASCAP Artist, composer, conductor and professional musician. He was the Lead Reed for many of the nation's top recording artists including:
The Temptations, Steve and Eydie Gorme, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Lawrence Welk, Frankie Avalon, Frankie Laine, Jack Jones, Kathryn Grayson, Carmel Quinn, Don Cornell, Bobby Rydell, Vic Damone, Rodney Dangerfield, Foster Brooks, The Vagabonds, The Ritz Brothers, Sammy Cohn, Jimmy Van Heusen, Tiny Tim, Al Martino, Petula Clark, Wayne Newton, Pat Cooper, The Four Tops, The Spinners, etc. Lead Alto Sax Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra and the Palace Theater Myrtle Beach, SC
He is listed in The Encyclopedia of Saxophone Music Londeix, Roncorp Pub. He is the teacher of Guitarist T. Maxwell heard in TVs Magnum P.I., The Rockford Files and Kojak ; the vocalist/bassist I. Cattell of Brit Floyd (Pink Floyd) and New York Tenor Saxophonist Paul Carlon to mention a few.
His accomplishments as a teacher include:
The Miles Clark Endowed Chair, Music, College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC, Chair Music Department Cazenovia Central School NY
Director Of Instrumental Music Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Schools NC
Adjunct Professor Applied Music Cazenovia College, NY
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