Leichte Noten für Streichorchester

Robert's newest overture for developing groups is a bold, dramatic statement with contrasting sections. The opening lines and dynamics give a visual and aural diamond shape, followed by energetic epis...

Featuring two learning keys (D major and G major), here is a teaching piece that centers on scale steps and includes several beginning level concepts - pizzicato, simple slurs, and repeated pairs of e...

Veteran music educator and writer Robert Longfield brings a fresh approach to this beginning level overture. The easy, unique string and special effects will give your students wonderful exposure to p...

Music educator and composer Jeff Frizzi brings us this new movement for strings that features bold diatonic themes, easy syncopation, and well-scored interesting parts for all sections. Ideal for deve...

For developing players, this piece is designed to engage all players on interesting melodic parts in a medium tempo, symphonic dance style. Set in solid E minor, your students will love the strong, mo...

As the nation commemorates 150 years since the Civil War, here is an appealing medley for young players that uses music of the period. The bugle call Taps originated during the Civil War and is used h...

A clever learning piece, Lloyd's quarter-note base tips its hat to the slang expression that denotes an American quarter coin. For added fun, the orchestra can choose the optional vocal ending...shave...

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El Toro' is a Spanish dance reminiscent of an exciting bullfight in Madrid. (El toro means 'the bull' in Spanish.) After a castanet-style introduction, the theme is passed from high strings to low str...

Based on the hymn 'Tis the Gift to be Simple' (used in Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring), this arrangement is a superb vehicle for exploring Early American music and its links to the present. Skillf...

High spirited and patriotic, this Grade 2 piece features two famous songs from the Revolutionary War. A slow, lyrical chorale on 'Chester' begins the piece, followed by a rousing rendition of 'Yankee...

Bonita Dia is a Latin-American rhumba for string orchestra that will have your students dancing in their seats! Full of rhythmic intensity, this piece may be enhanced by the addition of optional percu...

The ancient, brooding stone protectors are brought to life with fury and flourish in this dramatic concert piece. Growling melodies are passed between all sections of the orchestra while the modal har...

Wind Dancer provides a fun setting for teaching form as well as techniques such as hooked bowing, pizzicato and slurs. Perfect for your second-year string students, this would be a great choice for yo...

Pack your suitcase and get ready to spend An Evening in Salzburg. Not technically demanding, this piece is a great choice for your first string concert. Correlated with Strictly Strings, Book 1, page...

Dos Fuegos will light a fire under your orchestra! Written in a minor key and rhythmically compelling, this distinctly Spanish-sounding work will entrance your students. Great for your fall concert.

If you're looking for something a little different on your next concert, Dancing Jelly Beans is the perfect piece. In ¥, the first phrases are three measures in length, providing contrast to the more...

Two French Dances is a wonderful introduction to French Baroque music. The Rigaudon was composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1769) and the Gavotte by Espirit-Philippe Rameau (1698-1762). This arrang...

David and Michael combines two spirituals as the string orchestra tells a tale of harps ('Little David Play on Your Harp') and boats ('Michael Row the Boat Ashore'). The rhythmic, syncopated David con...

Based on the old-time melody to 'Buffalo Gals,' Bass-ically Bluegrass will showcase your bass section and the orchestra will look their best! In this classical setting reflecting bluegrass influences,...

Imagine the stately bird, the blue heron, in the marshes along Lake Erie. When standing on one leg in the water, the bird is visible to the careful observer, yet their large wingspan makes them majest...

Fast, romantic melodies pass through all the parts, sweeping beneath fiery ostinatos in 'Avatar. ' This piece is designed to give students experience with the extreme ranges of their instruments - ple...

This children's nonsense song is full of fun! Sprinkled with lighthearted silliness, there is much to be explored and learned in this arrangement, including a broad range of articulations and dynamics...