Carl Fischer

The title of this piece, Le Printemps, is French for the springtime. This piece brings images of springtime to the listener's mind. The rhythmic pattern that begins in the bass and works its way up to...

Bud Woodruff presents The Cat Is in the Kitchen, a tongue-in-cheek style piece with jazz influences that students enjoy playing. This quirky piece is designed to help students successfully navigate pl...

Matt Turner creates a light feel with catchy melodies in his composition, Pioneer Hoedown. This spirited piece conjures the images and sounds of barn and prairie dances of the yesteryears.

Peter Terry's The Lightning Catcher celebrates youth and the mysteries of summer nights. The wonder of lightning bugs and the hours spent chasing, catching, and releasing them back are childhood stapl...

The title, Live On, by Larry Clark, is taken from Chrissie Pinney's poem about grief and loss. The piece is meant to depict the personality of Linda Mann, to whom it is dedicated. The opening is poign...

Kathryn Griesinger builds the forceful minor theme of Centrifuge on a repeating motif of rotating eighth notes. Based on the scientific principle of centripetal force, this piece offers a vortex of ex...

Alan Lee Silva's Northwestern Skies is lyrical and fresh, with his signature open and expressive style. Young string orchestras will sound rich and full with this sweeping composition.

The idea with this piece was a representation of a subatomic or chemical process beginning and progressing, with electrons bouncing around and interacting. This mostly pizzicato piece is contrasted by...

A stunning and heart-wrenching composition based on the Jewish folk son Shlof, Mayn Kind. You can hear the emotional content pour out of this piece written in memory of an outstanding orchestra direct...

The title of Carl Strommen's piece, Tum Balalaika, is best known as a Russian-Jewish folk/love/riddle song. Loosely translated, tum means noise, and Balalaika is a Russian stringed instrument characte...

As part of a collaboration between students and composer, Sean O'Loughlin, Dark Dreams is a dark and mysterious piece that utilizes techniques such as tremolo and pizzicato. Following a slow and myste...

Peaceful scenes of quiet, gentle snow are reflected in this nostalgic melody for intermediate strings. A flowing legato theme evokes warm memories of innocence and joy as it moves between the sections...

Peaceful scenes of quiet, gentle snow are reflected in this nostalgic melody for intermediate strings. A flowing legato theme evokes warm memories of innocence and joy as it moves between the sections...

At night you see the moon up in the sky shining in silver color. The radiance is both beautiful and tranquil. Although in triple time, the evocative Silver Moon sort of feels like it is in duple time...

Canzone, pronounced 'can-zone-ay,' is the Italian word for 'song. ' It offers young students the opportunity to work on tone production, 3/4 time, staccato to legato articulations, and dynamic contras...

Apparitions is a diabolical selection that starts off with some fun fingering challenges and string crossings and then ups the ante by getting faster… and faster… and faster! Not only is it a great pi...

Cold Fusion is a dramatic piece for string orchestra that alternates a syncopated fanfare with a bold, yet lyrical theme. These contrasting ideas chase each other throughout the piece and their basic...

Cold Fusion is a dramatic piece for string orchestra that alternates a syncopated fanfare with a bold, yet lyrical theme. These contrasting ideas chase each other throughout the piece and their basic...

Feel the intensity and fire of an exciting adventure in this electric work for string orchestra. Written in A minor, the musical journey takes players through a series of unexpected modal shifts using...

Feel the intensity and fire of an exciting adventure in this electric work for string orchestra. Written in A minor, the musical journey takes players through a series of unexpected modal shifts using...

Perpetuum is a lively and contemporary addition to any concert performance with its memorable melodic lines and relentless driving rhythms. The piece begins with a powerful introduction to the main th...

Conceived as a dialogue between old and new, and associated with the Christmas season, this work is suitable for year-round performance. The light and buoyant treatment of the familiar melody grows an...