Michael Hopkins

Your students will love playing this fast and energetic new work! Set in E minor, the piece is great for working on dynamic contrasts, staccato, and legato bowing. All parts are playable in first posi...

Truly a beautiful and majestic work! This is a great piece for teaching slurs, bow distribution, bowing variation, using 4th finger on violin and viola, hemiola, dynamic contrasts, ritardando, and leg...

This energetic and spooky scherzo is a great piece for teaching the key of G minor to a young orchestra. It features a melody based on a scale in broken thirds with short fast bow strokes. All the ins...

Composed to help students tune octave intervals with open strings and develop bowing skill with string crossings, but your students will just plain enjoy playing this fast and lively new work. Parts a...

Crepuscule is the period of partial darkness at the beginning or end of the day - in other words, twilight. The energy of the sun touches the quiet of the night. This highly energetic work in E minor...

This beautiful and lyrical work will give your students an opportunity to develop long legato bows. The piece features rich, lush, romantic harmonies and is a great piece for working on expression, ba...

This fast and energetic overture features driving propulsive rhythms and a syncopated melody. Fun and challenging parts for all sections in the orchestra makes this piece a great concert opener. (3:00...

Written to honor the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting that shattered the town but not their spirit, this piece will provide the needed mood for any commemorative time or serve as an expr...

With a bright and cheerful opening and a lyrical middle section, this piece celebrates the early years of the United States and the sacrifices that secured our freedom. Composed by Michael Hopkins, th...

Explore the hidden dimensions of spacetime and string theory with multiple meters! Great for a cross-curricular experience with the science class. There is a string theory in physics named M-Theory th...

Secret World' is a high-energy, rhythmic work in E minor---with a mysterious theme---featuring a syncopated motive that will delight players. Chromatic harmonies give students opportunities to develop...

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...

This energetic and beautiful original work is a lively 2/4 meter piece set in the keys of G major and E minor. All sections pass around the melody while energetic rhythms highlight the countermelody a...

Incredible Voyage von Michael Hopkins ist ein lebhaftes und energiegeladenes Stück für mittleres Orchester, das eine epische Reise durch die Galaxie zu neuen Welten schildert. Alle Teile haben interes...

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....

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...

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...

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...

Energize your holiday program with this grade 3 hip hop version of The Nutcracker! Your students and audience will love this rhythmically syncopated mashup of favorites from Tchaikovsky's ballet, incl...

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...

Your students will love playing this fun-filled creative holiday arrangement. Combining Boil Em Cabbage Down with Jingle Bells, this grade 1+ piece is a great high energy piece to add to your next Chr...

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...

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...

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...