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The excitement and energy of the Old West is captured by this fresh, Coplandesque string orchestra work. Listeners will hear hints of rowdiness at the saloon, a gunfight on Main St., and cowboys peace...

In this dramatic and fun string work for 1st year players, the arranger has set up a musical showdown between a pesky fly and a very persistent spider, using the folk tunes 'Shoo Fly' and 'The Eency W...

Generations is a meditative tribute to all the fathers and mothers who pass on intangible and priceless gifts to their children, grandchildren, great grandchildren... In this very original work, the c...

Composer Bobrowitz in this very entertaining work finds a perfect way to make playing scales fun while painting a musical picture of the step-saving device of the title. Both acro and pizzicato techin...

This lovely tune gives the listener a feeling of waking up on a sunlit spring day, with pleasant temperatures and perhaps a light breeze. As is typical of Springtime, towards the end of the piece, a s...

From the onset, the light Latin percussion in this delightful easy string work puts the mind of the listener or player squarely in the Southern Seas! All of the sections have easy but fun syncopated m...

This holiday fantasy combines musical ideas from Jingle Bells and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in a very playful, frolicking way. The piece starts as a fun setting of Jingle Bells accompanied in the cello a...

Composer Vogel was inspired to compose this piece for a former student from his Jr. High Orchestra, Aubrey Sacco, who disappeared in 2010 while trekking in Nepal, and as of 2014 still remains missing....

Take your students and audience back to the late 1800's in this arrangement of a song that was very popular in its day. All of the turn of the century charm and harmonies have been retained to give an...

The music for Mexican Hat Dance (Jarabae Tapatio) was written by Jesús Gonzáles Rubio in the 1800's. It is danced by a man and a woman and is flirtatious in nature, with lots of stomping and heel tapp...

A Sarabande is a slow and stately dance popular in the Baroque era. This piece is from the second of six English Suites thought to have been composed in 1715 by J. S. Bach. Since this Sarabande is con...

Your string students can finally now experience performing Debussy's masterpiece Clair de Lune. This arrangement is still filled with all of Debussy's impressionistic beauty with only the pianistic ar...

Odessa, the third largest city in the Ukraine, is a major seaport and transportation hub located on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. Always busy with activity, the energy of this important cit...

Marked 'Heavy Speed Metal', this piece will make your string orchestra feel like the hippest group around! San Francisco Bay Area string instructor Allen has here created an intense cello and bass dri...

This flowing work originally written by French Romantic composer Gounod for wind octet works beautifully for strings. Played simply and sweetly, this arrangement can be a great lyrical addition to any...

Dictionary Online defines Springtide as '...a rush of anything (emotion); gush; overflowing.' The composer wrote this work as a catharsis for a deep loss he experienced, and chose to remember the posi...

This piece brings us back to the days of the traveling circus! Picture the trapeze artists, performing elephants, the organ grinders with their monkeys, and the excitement on the children's faces! Wri...

This gorgeous piece is introspective, thought provoking, and truly representative of its title. Written in the key of d minor, using 4/4 time throughout, it features haunting melodies shared by all pa...

Angularity explores rhythmic, harmonic and melodic possibilities of an angular, geometric motif based on a melodic minor scale and minor seventh chord. While the motif creates major/minor ambiguity, t...

Originally published in 1603, this arrangement of Monteverdi's madrigal will expose your students to the bright and stark harmonies of the Italian Renaissance. Cascading suspensions will captivate you...

Haydn Suite for string orchestra is a three movement arrangement of various works by the Austrian composer, Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), including the 'Surprise Symphony' theme, a piano Minuet, and...

Based loosely on the 1865 novel by Lewis Carroll, this piece captures the fun and mystery of Alice's wonderland experiences. Although the composer's music intentionally does not deal in specifics, we...

The Low Down is a great application of the G major scale for young string players. The piece stays entirely in the range of the lowest octave of G major and has a flowing 'in 2' feel when played more...

Escape is an exciting rhythmic journey in B minor. A recurring motif is introduced in the cello and bass parts and is eventually passed around to every section. This allows the director to teach the l...

No matter how old you are, change is inevitable. Sometimes change is scary, sometimes exhilarating, always emotional. This piece runs through the gamut of feelings through the use of dynamics, tempo c...