Gary Fagen

Here is an opportunity to perform a familiar piece of music that is superb for practicing foundational string skills. And as importantly, beginning and advanced students alike can learn to play with a...

The powerful sound of this classic march is now approachable for young players, bringing a spirit of grand excitement to your concert. An effective vehicle for introducing triplets to students, it mak...

In this arrangement of one of the most popular tunes in all of classical music, the marvelous melodies, counterpoint, and textures of Borodin's original composition remain, but are technically approac...

In this sensitive arrangement of one of the world's oldest Christmas carols, the haunting melody is passed throughout the orchestra. Changing textures combine with shifting modes to create a lyric and...

The perfect grade 1 piece for beginning string students, 'Bottomless Pizz.' by Andrew H. Dabczynski requires no bows and uses only open strings and the pitches of a one-octave D scale. Remarkably simp...

The Norse legend of Guldfaxe, Thor's horse with the golden mane, is captured in this dramatic piece for grade 1 strings. Basic D-major finger patterns, "run pony" rhythms, and the mystic Dorian mode a...

Both serenity and eager anticipation of a day on the Appalachian Trail is reflected in this piece based on the old Appalachian ballad/fiddle tune Bonny James Campbell. Each orchestra section enjoys op...

A light-hearted piece for introducing, recruiting, or simply featuring string players, every section is highlighted - even the second violins! This arrangement of an old favorite Austrian round is per...

A light-hearted piece for introducing, recruiting, or simply featuring string players, every section is highlighted - even the second violins! This arrangement of an old favorite Austrian round is per...

Here's one of the most familiar 'pops' orchestra pieces ever written, now slightly simplified by Andrew H. Dabczynski to be thoroughly playable by young string students. All the string sections have o...

Explore the calendar with your students with this new ensemble book of accessible, fun tunes for many of the major holidays! Exploring Ensembles contains 12 concert-appropriate Grade One Ensembles tha...

December Fanfare ist eine perfekte, energiegeladene Auswahl für die Eröffnung und den Abschluss eines Konzerts! Mit seinem kräftigen rhythmischen Schwung und dem unerwarteten Auftauchen vertrauter mel...

Fiddles Down Under bietet Streichinstrumentenschülern die Möglichkeit, drei Standard-Fiddle-Tunes aus der australischen "Buschmusik"-Tradition zu lernen. Nach einer kurzen Einführung wird der Seemanns...

Mit dieser Suite von fünf englischen Tänzen aus der späten Renaissance und dem frühen Barock haben junge Streicher die Möglichkeit, die "Musik of Shakespeare's Daye" hautnah zu erleben. Selbst Schüler...

Das 1984 von dem englischen Komponisten Simon Jeffes (1949-1997) geschriebene Stück Music for a Found Harmonium wird als "minimalistische Volksmusik" beschrieben und wurde von Gruppen aufgenommen, die...

At last the excitement of traditional folk fiddling can be experienced by your entire string orchestra! Written by two renowned educators, this fun and motivating collection of 16 cross-cultural fiddl...

Here's the perfect piece for your 'C-farers!' Written especially for young violists, cellists, and bassists, C-Serpents explores the depths of the lower strings. Simple modes are creatively mixed with...

This arrangement maintains the gentle essence of the concerto grosso movement of this well-known work while all sections have an opportunity to play the rich melodies and counterpoint. The lyricism an...

And they're off! This quick-sprint rondo challenges students with constantly changing meters, but uses only the simplest rhythms, fingerings, and bowings - all within a D-major framework. By varying a...

A light-hearted piece for introducing, recruiting, or simply featuring string players, every section is highlighted - even the second violins! This arrangement of an old favorite Austrian round is per...

A light-hearted piece for introducing, recruiting, or simply featuring string players, every section is highlighted - even the second violins! This arrangement of an old favorite Austrian round is per...

The melodies of Tchaikovsky's celebrated ballets are beloved worldwide, and no more so than this famous waltz. In this Romantic-era masterpiece, young string students will discover beautiful musical f...