Michael Hopkins

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

This unabridged arrangement remains very true to the original while making this beautiful music playable by string orchestra. The key has been changed from B minor to E minor so all parts remain in fi...

Your students will be rockin' this holiday season with this new grade 3 arrangement of the traditional Ukrainian carol. Set in a contemporary rock style, it contains interesting material for all instr...

Students will love playing this imaginative Christmas medley that combines snippets of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Deck The Halls, We Three Kings, We Wish You A Merry Ch...

This unabridged arrangement remains very true to the original while making this beautiful music playable by string orchestra. The key has been changed from B minor to E minor so all parts remain in fi...

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...

Recently performed in the musical movie, August Rush, this classic rock tune is sure to enjoy renewed popularity! This wonderfully playable arrangement in A Minor/Dorian keeps all parts in first posit...

Energize your holiday program with this new hip hop version of the Nutcracker! Your students and audience will love this rhythmically syncopated mashup of favorites from Tchaikovsky's ballet, includin...

Your students will be rockin' out with this uptempo arrangement of the traditional Ukrainian Christmas carol. Set in a contemporary rock style, it contains strong material for all and includes some We...

Weihnachten im 'Wilden Westen' - 'Holiday Fiddlin'' verbindet auf kreative Weise den amerikanischen Folk-Klassiker 'Boil 'Em Cabbage Down' mit dem beliebten Weihnachtslied 'Jingle Bells'. Das Set enth...

This popular Celtic melody has been framed in an unforgettable and lively interplay of parts. For the classically trained, Celtic music is the most appealing crossover into world styles for string pla...

Ludwig van Beethoven goes Folk! - Das unterhaltsame Arrangement vereinigt einige der bekanntesten, sinfonischen Themen des Meisters aus der 'Pastoral-Sinfonie' oder der 'Leonoren-Ouvertüre' im Bluegra...

George Gershwin completed Rhapsody In Blue in 1924, and it was one of the first orchestral works to fuse together blues, jazz and classical styles to create a distinctly American orchestral sound, and...

Der große Komponist Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) komponierte die "Akademische Festouvertüre" op. 80 im Sommer 1880 für die Universität Breslau, die ihm die Ehrendoktorwürde der Musik verlieh. In die Ou...

Der große Komponist Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) komponierte die "Akademische Festouvertüre" op. 80 im Sommer 1880 für die Universität Breslau, die ihm die Ehrendoktorwürde der Musik verlieh. In die Ou...

Alpine Adventure ist eine majestätische Fanfare von Michael Hopkins, die komponiert wurde, um alle Stimmen des Orchesters zur Geltung zu bringen. Die prägnanten rhythmischen Motive der ersten Takte ve...

Alpine Adventure ist eine majestätische Fanfare von Michael Hopkins, die komponiert wurde, um alle Stimmen des Orchesters zur Geltung zu bringen. Die prägnanten rhythmischen Motive der ersten Takte ve...

Alpine Adventure ist eine majestätische Fanfare von Michael Hopkins, die komponiert wurde, um alle Stimmen des Orchesters zur Geltung zu bringen. Die prägnanten rhythmischen Motive der ersten Takte ve...

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...

Giuseppe Verdi was one of the greatest Italian opera composers of the nineteenth century. The overture to La Forza Del Destino was composed when Verdi revised the opera for a performance at La Scala...

The Nutcracker is one of Tschaikowsky'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 La...

Funky Christmas is a fun mashup of Jingle Bells, Deck The Halls, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, and Hark, The Herald Angels Sing, with a little bit of Carol Of The Bells to kick things off. This is a great p...

This fun, grade 1 arrangement of the classic American song by Joseph Winner features everyone on the melody. Cello and Bass are doubled throughout, and Viola is always doubled with either 2nd Violin o...

This grade 1 pizzicato feature for cello and bass is loosely based on the traditional Lightly Row theme. Written in A-B-A form, it is played pizzicato throughout and is set in A minor. The B section f...