Ensembles

Composer Bud Woodruff continues to present compositions that students will love to perform and will learn from playing. The title, Dorian's Barn has a unique double meaning in that it is dedicated to...

Highlander's Pride showcases what Carl Strommen ability to write tuneful melodies and well-scored compositions. This march-like piece draws from Scottish influences and is perfect for developing group...

Kathryn Griesinger's Ballad of Burning Sky is a rollicking ballad which tells a tale from the untamed frontier of the historic Wild West. In this easy first-position piece, students can create their o...

Annie's Gone Home, composed in the style of a spiritual, was written as a tribute to composer Bud Woodruff's mother. The tune is built on phrases of easily understandable material, but the poignant na...

Featuring long phrases in a slow tempo, Interlude Nightfall is a perfect composition to teach musicianship with young students using dramatic harmonies. Yukiko Nishimura's musical imagery provides a g...

Incursion is a collaboration between composer Sean O'Loughlin and the students of the Westport, Connecticut Public Schools. Inspired by the students' desire for a dark and scary sounding piece, O'Loug...

Rejoice, East and West pairs two of the most popular holiday pieces. 'O Come, O Come Emmanuel' is one of the staples of music for the season of Advent. Its plaintive melody represents the subdued tone...

String teachers are always trying to encourage their students to play with more bow. Composer Joseph Compello gives very beginning students the chance to do just that in his piece, Arco-ology. There i...

Your beginning string orchestra is bound to sparkle with this delightful new composition from composer George Sweet. The piece uses very simple rhythmic figure that will make that very first concert f...

Diese klagende Elegie, die erstmals in Novellos Album for the Organ, No. 3, erschien, stammt aus dem Jahr 1898, demselben Jahr wie Samuel Coleridge-Taylors Ballade für Orchester Opus 33 und seine Kant...

Diese energiegeladene Sinfonia stammt aus Händels Oratorium "Solomon" und war ursprünglich für Streicher und ein Paar Oboen geschrieben. Dieses spezielle Streichorchester-Arrangement, das hier in der...

Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) war eine begabte französische Komponistin, deren erstaunliches Talent schon in jungen Jahren deutlich wurde. Cortège ist der dritte Satz von "Trois Morceaux", einer Reihe vo...

Franz Schuberts neunte Sinfonie war als "die große" C-Dur-Sinfonie bekannt, und dieses Streichorchester-Arrangement bleibt dem Original treu, ist aber mit minimalen Änderungen zugänglich. Vom ersten D...

Dieses Furioso-Arrangement vereint zwei ikonische Themen: das stürmische Presto aus dem Sommer in Vivaldis legendären "Vier Jahreszeiten" und den Tanz der Furien aus dem zweiten Akt der Oper "Orfeo ed...

Dieser erste Satz von Mozarts Sinfonie Nr. 29 in A-Dur, KV 201, dieses unbeschwerte "Allegro moderato" folgt der für seine frühen Sinfonien typischen Sonatenform. Das anmutige und doch verspielte erst...

G Major

In the Sun has a lite atmospheric sound; the music is full of energy and spirit. Composed in rondo form, the main theme appears repeatedly, alternating with contrasting sections. A peaceful section wi...

At night you see the moon up in the sky shining in silver color. The radiance is both beautiful and tranquil. Although in triple time, the evocative Silver Moon sort of feels like it is in duple time...