Principal Harp: Guidebook for Orchestral Harpist book for pedal harp by Sarah Bullen: Orchestra Parts

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Sarah Bullen is the Principal Harpist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. This book includes audition excerpts plus practical advice on orchestral performance. It also comes with an instructional CD of her playing the excerpts. Fingerings and pedal markings included. 67 pages.

Cadenzas include:
Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky)
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Britten)
Mother Goose (Ravel)
Vysehrad (Smetana)
Capriccio Espagnol (Rimsky-Korsakov)
and Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky).

Orchestral excerpts include:
Concerto for Orchestra (Bartok)
Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (Bartok)
Symphonie Fantastique (Berlioz)
Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Britten)
Symphony No. 5 (Mahler)
Capriccio Espagnol (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Ein Heldenleben (Strauss)
Symphony in 3 Movements (Stravinsky)
Romeo and Juliet (Tchaikovsky)
La Forza del Destino Overture (Verdi)

The principal harpist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for many years, Sarah Bullen is a critically acclaimed soloist, with more than 50 concert perfomances. Sarah is also a chamber musician, lecturer, and judge at numerous American Harp Society conferences, the World Harp Congress and the USA International Harp Competition and has taught master classes throughout the world. She is currently professor of harp at the Chicago College of Performing Arts. Sarah was a student of Marcel Grandjany, Mildred Dilling and Susann McDonald, and has an MA in Music from Juilliard.