The Clown is one of 16 arrangements for elementary string ensemble included in Richard Young's Comprehensive String Pedagogy & Curriculum. On a scale of "Easy", "More Challenging" to "Difficult (but Still Appropriate for Elementary Students)", The Clown is rated "Difficult". A portion of the proceeds of sales for all CSPC music goes to support free music education at The People's Music School.

It sometimes happens that children become more successful than their parents. And the people who appreciate this more than anyone are the parents! This is what happened in the Mozart family. Leopold Mozart was an excellent musician. But his son, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was a genius who became one of the greatest composers in history.
 This Comprehensive String Pedagogy & Curriculum includes a Mozart piece (by Leopold or Wolfgang Amadeus) in each of the three categories. They include this Minuet (Elementary), the overture from The Magic Flute (Intermediate), and the Divertimento in D, K. 136 (Advanced). Right from the beginning, students should be taught that a "Mozart sound" is altogether different from a "Tchaikovsky sound." Among other things, this means that dynamics should be proportional, that articulations should be crisp, and that vibrato should be used to color the expression, not overwhelm it. So by the time students reach the Advanced level, their D major Divertimento will sound like Mozart and not like March Slav.
 -Richard Young

Full program notes are included with the score. There are fingerings and bowings in all the string parts of every one of CSPC's pieces. These "cooked-in" technical solutions target the particular levels of the students. They are not just pragmatic but "musical."