Michael Hopkins

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....

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...

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...

Leading German composer of both instrumental and vocal music during the late Romantic era and 20th century, Richard Strauss achieved his fame with his tone poems for large orchestras, including Don Ju...

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...

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 fe...

The ghouls and goblins emerge at midnight to the Dies Irae and have an all night dance party! Grade 4 groups and their audiences will love this fun mashup of Halloween classics with funk and hip hop s...

This unique treatment of the well-known English folk song will become a classic for young string orchestra. The gorgeous sonorities of this arrangement not only make it an excellent choice for holiday...

This unique treatment of the well-known English folk song will become a classic for young string orchestra. The gorgeous sonorities of this arrangement not only make it an excellent choice for holiday...

Your students will enjoy playing this traditional Scottish air, beautifully arranged for string orchestra by Michael Hopkins. This is a great piece for developing expression and legato bow changes. Th...

This exciting, energetic grade 3 arrangement of the traditional Shaker hymn is sure to be a hit with players and audiences alike. Blending traditional fiddling techniques with contemporary harmonies,...

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...

The heroic second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 is a theme and variations. In this arrangement by Michael Hopkins the original key of A-flat major has been changed to C maj...

The heroic second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 is a theme and variations. In this arrangement by Michael Hopkins the original key of A-flat major has been changed to C maj...

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....

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....

Fanfare and Celebration wurde im Jahr 2000 komponiert, um das 30-jährige Bestehen des Michigan ASTA Junior High String Camp zu feiern, das 1970 von Elizabeth Green gegründet wurde. Das Stück ist in D-...