Jacques Leduc

Mysterious Forces von Michael Hopkins ist ein schnelles und rhythmisch energiegeladenes Stück in e-Moll für mittleres Orchester. Alle Abteilungen des Orchesters sind am melodischen Material beteiligt....

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A perfect piece for a young orchestra to perform on their first concert for an opener or feature work. It is also a great tool for teaching young players about bow distribution. The piece contains eig...

Regal Overture is a fast, exciting young string work in G Major. It features a very catchy melody, and all of the instruments have challenging and interesting parts. String crossings, arpeggios, pizzi...

A calm, moonlit night is brought to mind in this gorgeous new work. This is an emotional, expressive work in 3/4 written in d minor, ending with a touching F major section. The piece is written to use...

This Intermezzo, originally in A major for solo piano, has here been arranged in C major to take advantage of the low registers of the viola and cello. This is an excellent piece to work on slurred st...

Down Bow Dance is a Grade 1 piece in G major written to introduce students to the concept of the 'bow retake.

A supernova is a stellar explosion that is more energetic than a nova. In this hyper-energetic new string work, the first five measures of tremolo build up to the 'expolision

Hopkins has created in this work a sophisticated sound environment reminiscent of a classical style string quartet, yet playable by first year players. Several important techniques are incorporated he...

This fun grade 1+ piece is designed to help students develop the skill of quickly switching between arco and pizzicato, while also providing experience playing left hand pizzicato and using the 4th fi...

Introduce your students to the gallant style of Georg Philipp Telemann with this grade 1+ arrangement. This is an excellent piece to develop bowing technique, dynamic contrasts, phrasing and tempo cha...

This novel setting of the classic fairy tale for string orchestra and narrator can be presented in two ways -- by using the conventional narration of the story, or by creating a customized narration f...

Bring the creepy monsters into the moonlight! Set in 3/4 meter in E minor, all violin, viola and cello parts are playable in first position, with basses shifting to 2nd position. This is a great piece...

The purpose of this fun-loving piece is to develop good posture (standing up and sitting down), left hand flexibility (tapping on the string and top of the instrument), and right hand dexterity (alter...

The Nutcracker is one of Tchaikovsky's most famous works, and this accessible arrangement contains four popular character dances from Act II of the ballet, where Clara and the Prince travel to the Lan...

Liven up your next concert with this funky number! Featuring interesting and challenging parts for everyone, it is sure to be a crowd pleaser. This is a great grade 4 piece for working on syncopated r...

Liven up your next concert with this funky number! Featuring interesting and challenging parts for everyone, it is sure to be a crowd pleaser. This is a great grade 4 piece for working on syncopated r...

Liven up your next concert with this funky number! Featuring interesting and challenging parts for everyone, it is sure to be a crowd pleaser. This is a great grade 4 piece for working on syncopated r...

Beethoven composed his Symphony No. 9 between 1822-24. The fourth movement is a theme and variations on Schiller's poem Ode To Joy and included solo voices and choir. This arrangement includes the ope...

Beethoven composed his Symphony No. 9 between 1822-24. The fourth movement is a theme and variations on Schiller's poem Ode To Joy and included solo voices and choir. This arrangement includes the ope...

Mozart composed the Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297 during a trip to Paris in 1778 when he was 22 years old. This grade 3+ arrangement of the 1st movement is a great piece for developing bow contro...

Mozart composed the Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297 during a trip to Paris in 1778 when he was 22 years old. This grade 3+ arrangement of the 1st movement is a great piece for developing bow contro...

Spooky and rhythmically energetic, the chromatic alteration between C-natural and C-sharp will give students opportunities to develop their left hand intonation. This piece includes arco and pizzicato...

Arcopolis is a fun and energetic piece that features a wide array of different bowing techniques including a variety of hooked bowings, slurred staccato, bow retakes, double up-bows, uneven rhythms, g...