Kendor Playground String Orchestra

With all the energy and excitement of a top 40 song, this grade 1+ original will make your young orchestra students feel like pop superstars! Driving rhythms and simple syncopations give it an authent...

This delightful original features a pentatonic A minor scale. The thematic material is highly rhythmic and effectively drives the music from the introduction to the final measure. The tempo, rather th...

This delightful original features a pentatonic A minor scale. The thematic material is highly rhythmic and effectively drives the music from the introduction to the final measure. The tempo, rather th...

Written in the key of E minor in a Latin style, this piece will excite grade 1 players with a melody that is passed throughout the orchestra. This great teaching piece includes an optional piano part...

Written in the key of E minor in a Latin style, this piece will excite grade 1 players with a melody that is passed throughout the orchestra. This great teaching piece includes an optional piano part...

This arrangement of two songs from western Africa -- Ise Oluwa from Nigeria and Banuwa from Liberia -- has everything a teacher could hope for in a concert selection: variety, excitement, and simple b...

This arrangement of two songs from western Africa -- Ise Oluwa from Nigeria and Banuwa from Liberia -- has everything a teacher could hope for in a concert selection: variety, excitement, and simple b...

Your students will love playing this new arrangement of the traditional Welsh folk song The Ash Grove. Written for grade 1 level string orchestras, all the parts have an interesting variety of materia...

Your students will love playing this new arrangement of the traditional Welsh folk song The Ash Grove. Written for grade 1 level string orchestras, all the parts have an interesting variety of materia...

This Irish hymn is skillfully arranged by Frost and features a simple yet lyrical melody. Rich, full, sustained chords and simple arpeggios provide the proper stylistic accompaniment. Basic note value...

This fun and energetic Jamaican folk song is expertly arranged here for grade 1+ groups. Everyone gets to play the melody, and plenty of great teaching tools are included, from bowing to fingerings, a...

This fun and energetic Jamaican folk song is expertly arranged here for grade 1+ groups. Everyone gets to play the melody, and plenty of great teaching tools are included, from bowing to fingerings, a...

Take the age-old favorite Turkey In The Straw, mix in a boogie bass line, add some easy fiddle techniques, and you have the winning recipe for this guaranteed crowd-pleaser for grade 1 strings. Thanks...

Based on the classic fiddle tune Goin to Boston, this is a great hoedown number for strings. It comes complete with several special techniques found in all fiddle music, including bluesy note slides,...

Images of a late night celebration in the European countryside come alive in this spirited original featuring easy double stops, spicy pizzicatos, and dramatic pitch slides. Set includes optional 3rd...

Images of a late night celebration in the European countryside come alive in this spirited original featuring easy double stops, spicy pizzicatos, and dramatic pitch slides. Set includes optional 3rd...

Most often heard during the holiday season but appropriate all year long, this familiar English tune lets students focus on playing with warm expression and good intonation. Great change-of-pace fare...

Most often heard during the holiday season but appropriate all year long, this familiar English tune lets students focus on playing with warm expression and good intonation. Great change-of-pace fare...

The arranger has taken this lively melody and added easy fiddle-style touches, a pinch of pizzicato, some simple double stops, open string ostinatos and fun-loving bass lines to create a winner that p...

The arranger has taken this lively melody and added easy fiddle-style touches, a pinch of pizzicato, some simple double stops, open string ostinatos and fun-loving bass lines to create a winner that p...

This beautiful setting in G of the great Scottish tune encourages first-year students to play with good expression, intonation, balance and blend. The shortest note value is a quarter note, and the so...

Take a tasty musical trip to the carnival with this grade 1 work written in 3/4 time. Based in the key of D major, it offers elementary rhythms and a simple call-and-response section. Each set include...

Why not invite your students to imagine their favorite confectionery treats when playing this fun-loving swing tune in D major?! Sure to satisfy any sweet tooth, it can be played as written or as an a...

Why not invite your students to imagine their favorite confectionery treats when playing this fun-loving swing tune in D major?! Sure to satisfy any sweet tooth, it can be played as written or as an a...

Your students will be grooving to the sweet, fruit-filled sounds of this 12-bar blues based tune for grade 1+ groups. The easy syncopated rhythms will be fun to play and the piece can be played in eit...