Gayle Kowalchyk

Students will learn cut time, rhythmic accuracy, how to achieve clean staccato technique, musical form, and an idea of classical style in this engaging piece. Just plain fun to play! (1:55)

Students will learn cut time, rhythmic accuracy, how to achieve clean staccato technique, musical form, and an idea of classical style in this engaging piece. Just plain fun to play! (1:55)

Students will learn cut time, rhythmic accuracy, how to achieve clean staccato technique, musical form, and an idea of classical style in this engaging piece. Just plain fun to play! (1:55)

This arrangement in the original key has been masterfully crafted into a grade 1+ setting that allows young string players the chance to experience the power of this great symphonic theme. All instrum...

From Bizet's Carmen Suite #2, this setting of the familiar dance theme is scored so that the chromatic melody lies exceedingly well for young strings. A mix of legato and staccato bow strokes typify t...

In this setting of Borodin's most famous theme from Prince Igor, all violins play some divisi passages that may require extra attention. Bowings and fingerings are clearly marked in all parts, the key...

This movement from Robert Schumann's Symphony No. 1 is joyful in character and lies well for grade 2+ strings. Composed in the minuet and trio form, the music will rehearse and come together easily. D...

Scored in the keys of E minor, G major and E major, this contest-worthy adaptation presents three themes -- The River, Peasant Wedding, The River At Its Widest Point -- from Smetana's 19th-century sym...

In this rousing version of Bizet's classic Carmen theme, all sections present lead material to deliver a dazzling performance. Scored in the key of D throughout, Frost uses well-placed divisi and doub...

Brahms wrote 21 Hungarian Dances for piano four-hands. Each one is highly individualistic and features slow and fast sections -- in this arrangement, D major is used in the slow opening and closing se...

This challenging arrangement of the final movement of Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 has been skillfully penned by Robert Frost, a veteran at writing for developing strings. Moving from a rather...

Scored in the original key of A major, this adaptation of the 1st Movement (Allegro) from Mozart's masterpiece of 1774 provides everyone with solid thematic material to encourage their artistic and te...

The music of Mendelssohn is delightful to hear, but often challenging to perform. This selection, however, is accessible for developing string orchestras. The cellos and basses will find it particular...