With its recording emphasis, Writing For Strings is for both the street smart musician and the classically trained. Students can begin at any time in any part of the world. It's the first orchestration book endorsed by winners of the Academy and Emmy Awards. Students submit goal sheets that are reviewed and refined. Questions throughout the course are either e-mailed in or posted on threaded discussion boards.
Students also learn string section recording principles.
Peter Alexander, course creator, is a graduate of both Richard Bland College of the College of William and Mary, and Berklee College of Music in Boston. While in Boston, Alexander studied counterpoint privately with Dr. Hugo Norden of Boston University. In Los Angeles, he studied orchestration privately with Pulitzer Prize Nominated Composer Dr. Albert Harris. For three years he was the late Henry Mancini's computer tech. He presently produces and writes for the Los Angeles-based Biblestory.