Jugendstreichorchester

Your students' imaginations will run wild as they rehearse and perform this charming Spanish-flavored salute to cats. Glissando 'meows,' threatening 'hisses,' and even an enthusiastic visit from a dog...

Your orchestra will have a blast working on this fun selection that introduces the time periods of music and the playing styles that go with them. As students climb aboard the time machine, they will...

This work features all of your school district's string orchestras at once and was written to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Freeport, Illinois orchestra program. The piece combines elementary...

As the title suggests, this nod to the fleet-footed dance of the 1800s, 'The Polka Dot Polka,' is all about dots---dots over, under, and after notes! Written as an etude to enhance your young orchestr...

Fanfare and Celebration wurde im Jahr 2000 komponiert, um das 30-jährige Bestehen des Michigan ASTA Junior High String Camp zu feiern, das 1970 von Elizabeth Green gegründet wurde. Das Stück ist in D-...

Avalanche ist eine ausdrucksstarke und energiegeladene Originalkomposition für Orchesteranfänger, die auch ein wunderbares Lehrstück für Bogenverteilung, Hebungen, Wiederholungen und Saitenübergänge i...

This energetic and interesting composition uses the C major/A minor fingering patterns and provides great practice in subdivision. It is a fun one to play and includes a solo/section violin feature an...

Think snow! Here's a great winter concert tune when you are looking for something new! The melody comes from a Hungarian folk song. All sections play the melody! (2:10)

This original work in E minor is delightfully set to allow each section to play the melodies and includes a solo section. Ending with the softness of moonlight, this one will develop ensemble performa...

A bright, sparkling setting of 'O, Come Little Children,' arranged by Michael Kamuf, that will delight audiences and players; this arrangement will become a classic. Includes optional sleigh bells. (1...

Perfect for concerts and festivals, 'Dayspring' by Michael Kamuf is an ideal piece for reinforcing both dotted-quarter/eighth note and syncopation rhythms with your beginning string orchestra. In this...

A stunning lyrical work, this is the perfect selection to introduce expressive playing to your beginning string students. All students have an opportunity to play melodic material in this harmonically...

Die Aufregung und der Rausch der ersten Momente des Fliegens werden vom Komponisten Michael Kamuf für Streicherkinder zum Leben erweckt. Climbing Above the Clouds steht in D-Dur und gibt allen Stimmen...

In the style of moto perpetuo. Enjoyable and well written for elementary school level. Simple ideas that are fun to play.

The rhythms used in this piece are repetitive, so will be easily learned and recognized in the future. The feel of a canon is utilized in each four-bar phrase and the melody is shared right around the...

This piece features pretty melodies, using slurs and dotted rhythms, while teaching bow division between half notes and quarter notes. The music is not difficult, but students should be encouraged to...

For the past 15 years, Junior and Training Strings at Somerville House School rehearse on a Wednesday morning. Hence, the name. This piece features string crossing and block rhythms with nice harmonie...

The name says it all - a delectable favorite that's just as accessible as it is yummy! Skips, steps, and jumps are carefully used to ensure this will be a quick put-together for your concert.

A very straightforward piece in triple time, which features easy, legato bowing and attractive melodic lines. A lullaby dedicated to the composer's beautiful granddaughter, born on Mother's Day 2009.

Ein sehr einfaches Stück im Dreiertakt, das sich durch leichte Legatobögen und attraktive melodische Linien auszeichnet. Ein Wiegenlied, das der wunderschönen Enkelin des Komponisten gewidmet ist, die...

The opening of this piece requires short, energetic bows. These passages are contrasted with more lyrical melodies and the bass line is essential for maintaining the momentum and vitality. It has a sl...

Die Eröffnung dieses Stücks erfordert kurze, energische Bögen. Diese Passagen werden mit lyrischeren Melodien kontrastiert, und die Basslinie ist wesentlich für die Aufrechterhaltung des Schwungs und...

Dieses in G-Dur geschriebene Stück zeichnet sich durch synkopische Rhythmen und Wiederholungen aus. Geigen und Bratschen müssen tiefe 2. Finger verwenden. Die 1. Violinen verwenden hohe 3. Finger, wäh...

Written in the key of D Major, this piece starts out in unison, using terraced dynamic changes, and is in Rondo form. The theme then breaks into parts, using simple but catchy rhythms, which alternate...