Sonja Thomas

An energetic piece that both beginning and more advanced string players will want to play over and over, faster and faster! Based on a Ukrainian dance melody, all sections alternate leading during thi...

The unique and captivating sounds of three French Canadian fiddle tunes - Gaspe Reel, La Bastringue, and Danse Antique - will have everyone tapping their toes! The driving rhythm of the traditional cl...

The unique and captivating sounds of three French Canadian fiddle tunes - Gaspe Reel, La Bastringue, and Danse Antique - will have everyone tapping their toes! The driving rhythm of the traditional cl...

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The unique and captivating sounds of three French Canadian fiddle tunes - Gaspe Reel, La Bastringue, and Danse Antique - will have everyone tapping their toes! The driving rhythm of the traditional cl...

Your string orchestra can honor our servicemen and women with their own patriotic Armed Forces Tribute. In this up-beat and lively intermediate-level arrangement, stirring melodies are provided for al...

A sure winner---a 'bird-in-hand!' Here's a terrific medley of three beloved fiddle tunes that beginning string players will have the skills to play, but more advanced students will find delightfully c...

A particularly pleasant pedagogical potpourri! Here's a light-hearted suite of four dances, each exploring a different musical concept. Creatively composed and designed to be played by students in the...

Perfect for students in the first years of study! Sensitively arranged to bring the simple, yet rich, melodies and harmonies of this master of late Romantic music to the string orchestra, this setting...

One of the most widely recognized American orchestra pieces! Known to listeners from its use in the hit movie, A Christmas Story , in Disneyland rides, and more recently in Ken Burns' documentary, The...

Here is an opportunity to perform a familiar piece of music that is superb for practicing foundational string skills. And as importantly, beginning and advanced students alike can learn to play with a...

The powerful sound of this classic march is now approachable for young players, bringing a spirit of grand excitement to your concert. An effective vehicle for introducing triplets to students, it mak...

In this arrangement of one of the most popular tunes in all of classical music, the marvelous melodies, counterpoint, and textures of Borodin's original composition remain, but are technically approac...

In this sensitive arrangement of one of the world's oldest Christmas carols, the haunting melody is passed throughout the orchestra. Changing textures combine with shifting modes to create a lyric and...

The perfect grade 1 piece for beginning string students, 'Bottomless Pizz.' by Andrew H. Dabczynski requires no bows and uses only open strings and the pitches of a one-octave D scale. Remarkably simp...

The Norse legend of Guldfaxe, Thor's horse with the golden mane, is captured in this dramatic piece for grade 1 strings. Basic D-major finger patterns, "run pony" rhythms, and the mystic Dorian mode a...

Both serenity and eager anticipation of a day on the Appalachian Trail is reflected in this piece based on the old Appalachian ballad/fiddle tune Bonny James Campbell. Each orchestra section enjoys op...

Kleine melodische Stücke, die Anfängern am Klavier - gleich welchen Alters - helfen sollen, ihre Hände beim zweihändigen Spiel besser zu koordinieren und den Umfang und ihre Kenntnisse von Noten und r...

A light-hearted piece for introducing, recruiting, or simply featuring string players, every section is highlighted - even the second violins! This arrangement of an old favorite Austrian round is per...

A light-hearted piece for introducing, recruiting, or simply featuring string players, every section is highlighted - even the second violins! This arrangement of an old favorite Austrian round is per...

Here's one of the most familiar 'pops' orchestra pieces ever written, now slightly simplified by Andrew H. Dabczynski to be thoroughly playable by young string students. All the string sections have o...

Diese Sammlung ist ein weiteres Werk in dieser populären Reihe und enthält reizvolle Stücke in verschiedenen Stilen, die jedem Spieler gleich viel Bedeutung beimessen.

Mit der Herausgabe der ersten beiden Teile der dreibändigen Tabulatura Nova von Samuel Scheidt sichert Beckmann einen wahren Schatz der Orgelliteratur. Bd. 1 hält neben Choral- und Liedbearbeitungen K...