Grand Mesa Music

This clever sea chantey gives young students experience with pizzicato andtremolo. A firm beat supports the melodic themes. All parts stay infirst position. Musical images include a ship tossed by hig...

Two movements This piece consists of two movements which are drawn from the folk music of the Basque people from the north of Spain and the south of France. The Basques are an ancient, fiercely indepe...

Set in the key of D major, this arrangement of a well-known fiddle tune gives every section of the orchestra the melody. The piece lies very well under the fingers and requires no shifting except in t...

Adventurous conductors and advancing orchestras will want to experience this truly unique and compelling arrangement based on a Bulgarian carol. The haunting melody, rich harmonies, and asymmetric rhy...

This authentic-sounding arrangement is based on one of Russia's most popular folk songs. The scoring is so effective, one can almost hear a balalaika ensemble playing. As the piece nears the end, the...

This south Texas arranger has here created the quintessential 'Celito Lindo'

This fiery Russian Dance, originally entitled Black Pete, will add a zestful sparkle to any string program.

This authentic and energetic arrangement of the Hebrew Folk Song uses a solo quintet and percussion instruments to expand the palette of the traditional string orchestra. Percussion instruments used i...

This beautiful Scottish Ballad commemorates The Rowan Tree, also called the Traveler's Tree because it is said to protect those on journeys. Everyone in the ensemble in this expressive musical journey...

La Cucaracha (the Cockroach) is a traditional and probably very old Mexican Folk Song. Dozens of different verses have been added to this popular song over the years, and it is often performed in Mari...

Initially written for military band, the first movement of Holst's Second Suite in F is comprised of 3 British folk tunes which were originally performed on string instruments. The key as been changed...

Using the familiar ancient English folk song melody, the arranger spins out a fantastic meditation on Greensleeves. Fragments of the melody to come tease the listeners' ear in the engaging introductio...

La Culebra is a traditional Mexican folk dance that depicts a story of a group of men working in the fields. As they are working, their wives are on their way to the fields to pay a visit. In their wa...

Professional bluegrass performer Reiner has contributed this stunning quasi-bluegrass work to the string orchestra repertoire, and advanced groups will have a blast tackling this one! Optional techniq...

As fun as the title sounds, this Circus March is a great way to build young players' technique while introducing them to a classic march genre. Sound effects and melodic patterns handed from instrumen...

The folk song, Low Bridge, Everybody Down was written in 1905 by Thomas S. Allen. Eventually the song became known under many different titles, including Erie Canal Song, Fifteen Years on the Erie Can...

Das Volkslied "Low Bridge, Everybody Down" wurde 1905 von Thomas S. Allen geschrieben. Später wurde das Lied unter vielen verschiedenen Titeln bekannt, darunter Erie Canal Song, Fifteen Years on the E...

Treat your orchestra to an exotically different sound palette, featuring an electric violin soloist on this bluesy/jazzy composition. This work may be performed any of three ways: orchestra with solo...

Here is an opportunity to show off your string group's ability to swing in a piece that features well, everyone! The form of the piece is a 12 bar blues. As in any good jazz solo, the choruses build u...

Based on Pslam Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter, written by Thomas Tallis in 1567 for Protestant Archbishop Mathew Parker, these miniature masterpieces have maintained their popularity with choir...

Beautiful two movement set drawn from a mass and motet of Palestrina. More advanced players will be challenged by the contrapuntal writing and varied textures of this setting.

Using a chamber music approach to scoring for wind ensemble, the transcriber has here created a very authentic wind setting of three Brahms orchestral dances. For advanced groups with strong players i...

Classic setting of a Holst choral work.