Thomas Goss is a professional composer and orchestrator with an international roster of clients, from New Zealand’s dub sensation Che Fu to Canada’s rising jazz star Nikki Yanofsky.
The orchestrator is, perhaps, the most highly skilled craftsman in the music business. They work hand-in-hand with all the greatest film and game composers to create the sound, mood and energy that drives the emotion and feel in any musical and theatrical situation.
In this course, Thomas Goss, teaches you everything you need to know to orchestrate for the largest section in any orchestra: the strings. He takes you on a 3+ hour, 38-tutorial journey that covers every aspect of writing and orchestrating for this powerful symphonic ensemble.
The first half of this course is dedicated to an in-depth guide to the string section. This is where you learn the concepts and mechanics that apply to all the strings as a whole. Thomas explains the articulations, bowing mechanics, section techniques with numerous examples from live symphony orchestras and videos of individual players demonstrating each technique in the orchestrator’s toolbox.
From there Thomas introduces each string section—the violins, violas, celli and double basses—and explains each group’s range, character and sonic role. This is where you get to know the different sections intimately, with their strengths (and limitations) and learn how they fuse to become “The Strings.”
Included in this course is Thomas’ custom PDF guide, “Studying String Orchestration” which you can download via the Resource file link on the course’s product page.
So join Thomas on this extraordinary symphonic journey and see how this course will inspire you to compose, arrange and orchestrate for strings!
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Reviews
WILLIAM B wrote on December 30, 2019
THE BEST IVE SEEN , AT FIRST I THOUGHT WAIST OF TIME BUT AS I WENT ALONG I REALIZED HOW WRONG I WAS
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Marco Brasci wrote on March 13, 2019
I love the orchestral series. I am learning how to make film music. These video's are really helpful in learning all about the orchestra.
Thank you Thomas for these courses!
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Nick wrote on February 5, 2019
Informative and inspiring. Thank you.
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Roy wrote on December 25, 2017
A great course from a great teacher. This is the reason I came to this website from the first place
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Gustavo Santana wrote on December 3, 2017
Excellent course! Very clear, well structured and motivating!
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Dee Blackmore wrote on January 28, 2017
An excellent, well thought out course. Very useful for understanding how to write scores for theses instruments.
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SHARON wrote on December 22, 2016
Excellent class. not too intimidating for a beginner. Makes me wanna know more.
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Zac wrote on May 6, 2016
This course was inspiring to say the least. Very well covered in all areas and easy to understand. Really glad that I took this course, it has been a huge help to my recent compositions :D
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Anders wrote on March 4, 2016
A great series and I am eagerly awaiting new tutorials on this topic. My only complaint is that 102 Wind Orchestration was worded in a drier and more long-winded way. It also spent a *lot* of time talking about wind acoustics and not as much about score reading or functionality. I still can't wait to see any new tutorials on this topic!
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Gordon Francis Blaney Jr. wrote on October 31, 2015
An amazing in depth look at Orchestration utilizing the String Section with host, Thomas Goss. It provokes the viewer's cognitive and emotional framework, in order to develop the musician as well as to inspire them.
