Michael Hopkins

Arcopolis is a fun and energetic piece that features a wide array of different bowing techniques including a variety of hooked bowings, slurred staccato, bow retakes, double up-bows, uneven rhythms, g...

Giuseppe Verdi was one of the greatest Italian opera composers of the nineteenth century. The overture to La Forza Del Destino was composed when Verdi revised the opera for a performance at La Scala...

Giuseppe Verdi was one of the greatest Italian opera composers of the nineteenth century. The overture to La Forza Del Destino was composed when Verdi revised the opera for a performance at La Scala i...

Leading German composer of both instrumental and vocal music during the late Romantic era and 20th century, Richard Strauss achieved his fame with his tone poems for large orchestras, including Don Ju...

A leading German composer of both instrumental and vocal music during the late Romantic era and 20th century, Richard Strauss achieved his fame with his tone poems for large orchestras, including Don...

This fun grade 1+ piece is designed to help students develop the skill of quickly switching between arco and pizzicato, while also providing experience playing left hand pizzicato and using the 4th fi...

This fun grade 1+ piece is designed to help students develop the skill of quickly switching between arco and pizzicato, while also providing experience playing left hand pizzicato and using the 4th fi...

Introduce your students to the galant style of Georg Philipp Telemann with this grade 1+ arrangement. This is an excellent piece to develop bowing technique, dynamic contrasts, phrasing and tempo chan...

This novel setting of the classic fairy tale for string orchestra and narrator can be presented in two ways -- by using the conventional narration of the story, or by creating a customized narration f...

This novel setting of the classic fairy tale for string orchestra and narrator can be presented in two ways -- by using the conventional narration of the story, or by creating a customized narration f...

Bring the creepy monsters into the moonlight! Set in 3/4 meter in E minor, all violin, viola and cello parts are playable in first position, with basses shifting to 2nd position. This is a great piece...

The purpose of this fun-loving piece is to develop good posture (standing up and sitting down), lefthand flexibility (tapping on the string and top of the instrument), and righthand dexterity (alterna...

The purpose of this fun-loving piece is to develop good posture (standing up and sitting down), lefthand flexibility (tapping on the string and top of the instrument), and righthand dexterity (alterna...

The Nutcracker is one of Tschaikowsky's most famous works, and this accessible arrangement contains four popular character dances from Act II of the ballet, where Clara and the Prince travel to the La...

Questo brano riflette la bellezza e la meraviglia dello straordinario paesaggio del famoso Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, nell'Upper Michigan. Dal punto di vista musicale, si concentra sull'uso de...

Questa versione intermedia è un adattamento del brano originale per orchestra completa. Caratterizzata da un ritmo vivace e energico, la musica presenta una varietà di tecniche di arco, tra cui il dét...

Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) compose la sua Sinfonia n. 4 in mi minore, op. 98, nel 1884. La prima esecuzione della sinfonia ebbe luogo nell'ottobre del 1885. L'arrangiamento del secondo movimento re...

Cyborg di Michael Hopkins è un brano blues-rock vivace e pieno di energia per orchestra di livello intermedio. Si tratta di un ottimo brano per lavorare sulle diteggiature cromatiche della mano sinist...

Rejoice! è stata composta da Michael Hopkins in occasione del decimo anniversario del programma orchestrale delle scuole pubbliche di Rockford, nel Michigan. Il brano è veloce e festoso, caratterizzat...

Questo brano riflette la bellezza e la meraviglia dello straordinario paesaggio del famoso Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, nell'Upper Michigan. Dal punto di vista musicale, si concentra sull'uso de...

Questa versione intermedia è un adattamento del brano originale per orchestra completa. Caratterizzata da un ritmo vivace e energico, la musica presenta una varietà di tecniche di arco, tra cui il dét...

Questo trattamento unico della nota canzone popolare inglese diventerà un classico per la giovane orchestra d'archi. Le splendide sonorità di questo arrangiamento lo rendono una scelta eccellente non...

Funky Christmas is a fun mashup of Jingle Bells, Deck The Halls, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, and Hark, The Herald Angels Sing, with a little bit of Carol Of The Bells to kick things off. This is a great p...

Funky Christmas is a fun mashup of Jingle Bells, Deck The Halls, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, and Hark, The Herald Angels Sing, with a little bit of Carol Of The Bells to kick things off. This is a great p...