Jugendstreichorchester

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...

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...

Violas take center stage in this fun and colorful section feature. The funky pizzicato groove laid down by the violins, cellos and basses, combined with rhythmic challenges and chromatic notes, makes...

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...

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.

You're sure to envision the infamous snake charmer when you play The Charming Snake. Shifting between D major and minor, this piece is a study in contrasting styles, between Classical in the major sec...

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...

This traditional Christmas favorite features stylistic Baroque trademarks such as a running bass line, clear texture and three-part polyphonic voices (often reduced to two-part-such as the quote from...

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...

Playfully written, Scherzando employs mostly down and up bowing, includes some two-note slurs, and all instruments are given a chance to play the melody. Although the tempo is marked 88-104, it can be...

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...

Teaching opportunities abound in this bouncy piece! The first violin part explores third position and all instruments have extended finger patterns. The use of dynamics is important, however, the piec...

Teaching opportunities abound in this bouncy piece! The first violin part explores third position and all instruments have extended finger patterns. The use of dynamics is important, however, the piec...