Fox Meadow Elementary Orchestra 

"Trepak" from the Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky, arr.Sandra Dackow
"Feed the Birds" from Mary Poppins by Richard and Robert Sherman, arr.Robert Longfield
conducted by Dr. Jill Schultz
Recorded by Dave Berry
Heathcote School Auditiorium
Scarsdale, N.Y
April 25, 2011
Members of the Fox Meadow Elementary Orchestra attend one regularly scheduled 40 minute rehearsal and one 30 minute string class per six day cycle. However, students often choose to attend additional rehearsals before school in order to prepare for special festivals and programs. 70% of the students also study their instrument privately outside of school. The orchestra consists of Fox Meadow string players in grades 4 and 5.
Dr. Jill Schultz, violinist, has had extensive experience both teaching and performing. Her own studies include work with Felix Galimir, Joseph Gingold, Arnold Steinhardt, Isidore Cohen and David Nadien. She has been on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music pre-college, the Mannes College, DownEast Chamber Music Center, the Lucy Moses School, and Op. 118 violin program in New York City. She has played with the Stamford Symphony, NJ Symphony, the NYC Ballet Orchestra, and the Christmas show at Radio City Music Hall. She holds a BA from the City College, an MM from Stony Brook University and an Ed. D. from Teachers College, Columbia University. Currently, she teaches in the Scarsdale School District and at Summertrios where she developed a course for novice players on sight reading chamber music.