Klassik Noten für Streichorchester

Here is a very easy introduction to the Baroque style through the lively and attractive rhythms and melodies of Antonio Vivaldi. Great for beginning level string orchestra. Includes an optional violin...

Mentored by the likes of William Grant Still, Paul Hindemith, and Howard Hanson, Kay was an impressive composer by any metric, winning a Fulbright Scholarship, the prestigious Rome Prize, a Guggenheim...

The Sinfonia a 8 (La Melodia Germania No. 1) in D major by Johann Stamitz was originally composed for two French horns, two violins, viola, and bass. Since the wind parts largely doubled the strings i...

A re-discovered classic, this gem for String Orchestra was written by Howard Hanson (1896-1981) for the American String Teachers Association and first performed in 1976 at the Music Educators National...

Besetzung: Streichorchester Ausgabe: Stimmensatz je 8 Violine I/Violine Ii, je 5 Viola/Cello/Kontrabaß

A nice showcase piece for your beginning string orchestra. There are lots of opportunities to get them frolicking around the fingerboard with many repeated eighth note patterns. The piece is tuneful a...

A beginning string orchestra piece of elephantine porportions! Sean O'Loughlin is able to deliver time and time again exciting music that students love to play. His pieces sound much more difficult an...

The Terracotta army that guards the tomb of China's first emperor Qin Shi Huang is nearly 8,000 warriors strong. This new piece for beginning ensembles depicts these magnificent stone soldiers. Compos...

First-year players can ?reach for the stars? with this easy concert piece. An ethereal theme with simple rhythms in first position calls to mind mysterious celestial spheres. All sections of the orche...

This standard for beginning strings has a new twist to it. The melody is much easier to teach in 4/4 rather than in 3/4. It is still in D major and contains no altered fingerings. The tempo marking is...

Ulysses Kay favored neoclassical tendencies in his works, featuring lyricism, contrapuntal textures, clear formal designs and a tonal, yet chromatic harmonic vocabulary, all of which are evident in hi...

Mark Revell's Spring Forward is composed in a similar style to his commercial music (such as his LG Signature commercial, found in this YouTube link). This work was written to express the joys of spri...

Ancient Wonders Suite is a musical description of four of the wonders from the ancient world. Movement one describes the awe-inspiring grandeur of the Temple of Artemis located in Ephesus (present-day...

A relentless 6/8 accompaniment drives this piece forward with exciting momentum. Two-against-three rhythm patterns add urgency to the theme, requiring precision in counting and maintaining an even tem...