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Recurring, asymmetric ostinato figures drive this hypnotic piece, punctuated by harmonically lush cadences. Program this exciting Shirl Jae Atwell work as a concert opener or pre-intermission cliffhan...

Intermezzo, by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, was originally composed as a piano solo with robust chords and a proud melody. In her string orchestra arrangement, Tai Fraction creates a work that young peopl...

Island of Stars is a captivating early ensemble experience for your young orchestra. The students feel supported yet part of an orchestra experience with music written in two and three parts. The midd...

Puppet theater has a long and varied history, from ancient China to Sesame Street. Musically, Puppet Theater is an entertaining tribute to the skilled artists who made stories come to life for childre...

Take your students on an auditory trip through the streets of Brazil with this challenging samba from Thom Sharp. Written for string orchestra, drum set, and caxixi (a large gourd shaker), Samba for a...

Shake, Shake, Shake is a delightful level 1 string orchestra piece by Ingrid Koller that will keep everyone on their toes! Every section gets a turn to play the simple D major melody, and everyone get...

Through colorful harmonies, beautiful full-bow sound, and creative fingerings, students will dream about their upcoming Summer Daze. The intricate harmonies crafted by Thom Sharp will invite students...

The Lost City will inspire your students to create a musical story about ancient and forgotten civilizations. The Lost City is proud and grand, with sweeping landscapes and a strong sense of an older...

Audiences will tap their toes and sing along to This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie as Ethen Epple's level 1 arrangement conceptually covers: staccato, pizzicato, detaché, syncopation, and a key c...

This engaging piece for string orchestra is appropriate for any time of the year but would be especially fun for a summer orchestra concert. Arco Polo is the musical depiction of the well-known swimmi...

Race to the Fortress cattura lo spirito adrenalinico del pericolo imminente in un mondo fantastico. Una sentinella a cavallo si affretta ad avvertire il proprio comandante. Una madre, con i figli in b...

River Run by Thom Sharp is a quick-paced grade 3 string orchestra piece in E minor. The first A section has most of the orchestra providing a syncopated rhythmic underpinning while the first violins t...

Salieri originally composed this charming "Fugue in G Major" for string quartet. Composer Steven Rosenhaus has expanded the instrumentation to string orchestra in a style consistent with Salieri's own...

Salieri originally composed this charming "Fugue in G Major" for string quartet. Composer Steven Rosenhaus has expanded the instrumentation to string orchestra in a style consistent with Salieri's own...

This arrangement of Georg Friedrich Händel's Amen Chorus is skillfully arranged for string orchestra. The fugue-like nature of the piece is the perfect setting for a chamber ensemble or orchestra. Eac...

This arrangement of Georg Friedrich Händel's Amen Chorus is skillfully arranged for string orchestra. The fugue-like nature of the piece is the perfect setting for a chamber ensemble or orchestra. Eac...

Bach never sounded more cool or hip than he does in Jazz Sebastian Bach by Caryn Wiegand Neidhold! The Rondeau from Orchestra Suite No. 2 is transformed into a swinging chart with a walking bass line,...

Bach never sounded more cool or hip than he does in Jazz Sebastian Bach by Caryn Wiegand Neidhold! The Rondeau from Orchestra Suite No. 2 is transformed into a swinging chart with a walking bass line,...

Ever popular, now viola, cello, and bass students can join the violins performing this time-honored piece by Corelli, La Folia arranged by Caryn Wiegand Neidhold. Each variation may be performed by a...

Ever popular, now viola, cello, and bass students can join the violins performing this time-honored piece by Corelli, La Folia arranged by Caryn Wiegand Neidhold. Each variation may be performed by a...

Questo ingegnoso brano per orchestra d'archi di livello intermedio terrà i vostri allievi con il fiato sospeso mentre contano con attenzione per non "cadere" nelle pause. Tutti avranno la possibilità...

Una cosa che la maggior parte di noi fa prima di andare a dormire è ripensare agli avvenimenti della giornata. Il compositore David Bobrowitz ha scelto una giornata che è andata bene e, di conseguenza...

Indossate il berretto e fate una passeggiata lungo la Senna o magari gustatevi un espresso in un caffè parigino! In questo delizioso brano di livello 2.5 in sol maggiore, la sezione dei contrabbassi b...

Allacciate le cinture, vi aspetta un viaggio divertente! Come suggerisce il titolo "Roundabout", le sezioni dell'orchestra suonano in cicli a tre e quattro parti, dando a ciascuna sezione la possibili...

«Desert Wind» evoca le tempeste di sabbia e i vorticosi «mini-tornado» di El Paso, all’estremità occidentale del Texas. Si tratta di un’opera suggestiva che metterà alla prova la precisione della vost...