Scott Staidle

Scott Staidle, First violinist with the Louisville Orchestra has just had two new books released by Mel Bay Publishers.  Wedding Music for Violin and Viola and Wedding Music for String Quartet. Info for the Violin and Viola Duet Book: Wedding Music for Violin and Viola includes 14 favorites for weddings, recitals, parties, and receptions. New adaptation of these arrangements allows each musician to share melodic, harmonic and accompanying elements. These duets are well suited for intermediate to advanced musicians and include bowings, fingerings, articulations, and dynamics. Includes separate 28-page pull-out parts for the violin and the viola.

Info for the String Quartet Book: Wedding Music for String Quartet includes 14 favorites for weddings, recitals, parties, and receptions. New adaptations of these arrangements allow each musician to share melodic, harmonic and accompanying elements. These quartets are well suited for intermediate to advanced musicians and include bowings, fingerings, articulations, and dynamics. Includes four separate pull-out parts for violin 1, violin 2, cello and viola. Both books are available at melbay.com, Amazon, apple music, sheetmusic plus.

Staidle was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and studied at Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester and at the University of Michigan. A member of the first violin section of the Louisville Orchestra since 1980, Mr. Staidle has arranged music for the LO and for his own duo and string quartet, Derby City Strings. He has written many arrangements and string performance music books and has performed his own music with rock bands. He’s active in the recording industry and publishes his work extensively through the Mel Bay Publications.