Victoria Bond
Long Haired Girl
Year: 2006
Duration (in minutes): 10'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, mixed instrument ensemble, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble, string quintet
Instruments: any string, cello, contrabass, harp, narrator/speaker, viola, violin
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Description: Commissioned and premiered 2006 by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra; The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. A story for children based on a Chinese folktale about a young girl who saves the villagers from dying of thirst. Text: Susan Grizzell.