Amadeus

Winter Lights is inspired by music of the Italian Baroque period. The colorful and reflective piece merges traditional harmonies with contemporary major seventh chords to create a whimsical and wistfu...

Mill Creek Stomp depicts a joyous, folksy dance with everyone having a great time! Both high and low strings share the straightforward melody of basic quarter notes and eighth notes set in cut-time. T...

Imagine the open prairie, and wagons venturing westward under the vast blue sky. This is the world of Horizon West. Written in the style of an old, western waltz, it is a flowing, cinematic work celeb...

Diese bezaubernde Suite für Orchesteranfänger erweckt die magische Freude an verschneiten Szenen zum Leben. In drei kurzen Sätzen erleben die Spieler die zarte Leichtigkeit von "Snowflakes", einer rei...

G Major, D Major

Another skillfully written selection from a composer gifted with the ability to write well for younger players. Eclipsys couples melodic distinction with nice contrasts in playing style to create a su...

This piece skillfully combines simplified versions of themes from BeethovenÔÇÖs Symphony No. 5, The New World Symphony by Dvorak, and the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky. Without the scope of a full orch...

For the youngest of string players with as little as ten weeks of study, Doris Gazda has given us a delightful setting of the ever-popular classical piece Chopsticks in a theme-as-variation format. Th...

Esteemed string pedagogue, Doris Gazda, presents a new setting for the youngest of students of the classic folk song, The Boll Weevil. Emphasis on the use of long bow strokes will help to improve your...

Pepperoni Pizza-cato is a 'sempre pizzicato' piece that is so incredibly cute, it will make your very beginning string players sound advanced. Students will love to play it, and parents will enjoy lis...