Easy Music For String Orchestra

Here's a fun way to teach simple syncopation in a style that students love to play. Fiesta for Strings also lends itself to some clever staging and includes simple, pattern-oriented percussion to add...

Based on the spiritual Little David, Play Your Harp, James Curnow combines an American orchestral style with contemporary harmonies and orchestration to craft an impressive movement for strings. Simpl...

Larry Moore has created an ingenious combination of favorite carols and Pachelbel's most famous work into a clever holiday treat. Starting with the traditional ground bass and melody, he adds a deligh...

Here's a instantly recognizable tune from the classical repertoire that provides a teaching moment for the troublesome dotted 8th-16th note figure.

Here's a flowing, gentle tune perfectly suited for younger string groups from the pen of composer John Moss. Skilled part writing with interesting lines for each section has always been a feature of J...

The charm and simplicity of Mozart's music continues to captivate today's audiences as we celebrate the 300th anniversary of his birth. Here is an ideal way to bring the genius of Amadeus to your deve...

Three delightful village songs from the Spanish Renaissance have been combined into this instrumental suite for younger string ensembles. The short movements have stylistic shifts between major and mi...

This hauntingly beautiful melody is an ideal teaching piece for expressive style and 6/8 meter. Taken from Bizet's stage work The Pearl Fishers, the style of the vocal melody has been wonderfully tran...

Good teaching pieces that also have programming appeal are always in demand for developing programs. Lloyd Conley's suite offers several possibilties with optional parts for recorders (or flute and ob...

A simple, beautiful tune from Venezuela is superbly arranged for young players by Jamin Hoffman. The importance of this song in the Venezuelan culture is such that it is incorporated into the national...

This ideal teaching piece features all quarter notes in a confidence-building ensemble style, as well as good use of dynamics and pizzicato for beginning students.

In a stately march tempo, Nobles of the Sword features tonal centers in A minor and C major, and is written in tutti style with ample opportunities to teach common rhythms (including dotted quarter/ei...

One of Boccherini's most famous pieces, this joyful minuet comes from the third movement of his Quintet in E Major. Robert's version is ideally scored for string ensembles and will make a super progra...

Taken from the second movement of the Serenade (and similar to the minuets of his idol, Mozart), Tchaikovsky's Valse also resembles many of his own ballet movements. Lauren Keiser's skilled adaptation...

A famous theme from Mozart's horn concerto is adapted for strings with this new teaching and performance edition from Lauren Keiser. Treat your students to the genius of Mozart with this beautifully r...

This famous melody from the opera Tha's has been performed by countless violinists, including Itzhak Perlman and Josh Bell. Now you can feature a young soloist in the opening section of this new editi...

Un'opera originale in sol minore, divertente e allegra, che utilizza una partitura facile, una melodia semplice e orecchiabile e un buon mix di unisono e armonia per creare un'opera accessibile che sa...

Una melodia allegra e giocosa in sol maggiore dà il tono a questo lavoro divertente e originale che rafforza lo staccato, la dinamica e il pizzicato. Tutte le sezioni hanno la possibilità di cimentars...

Con un titolo che significa Romanzo spagnolo, questo grande arrangiamento cattura la bellezza e il romanticismo della melodia originariamente scritta per chitarra classica.

Il popolare lavoro per banda da concerto ad alta energia è stato sapientemente arrangiato per orchestra d'archi. Con una melodia trascinante e contagiosa, è eccellente per insegnare un'ampia varietà d...

An elegant dance in 3/4 time, this Beethoven minuet is a great vehicle for teaching about rondo form. The episodes between the refrains are short - just four measures in most cases - so students hear...

Swan Lake, possibly the most-often performed ballet worldwide, tells the story of Odette, a princess who is cursed by an evil sorcerer to live as a swan by day and a woman by night. Scene and Dance is...

This new arrangement of a Chopin classic is ideal for string teaching and performance. Robert Longfield's setting is carefully crafted for younger players and gives a wonderful opportunity to teach ex...

Composer Keith Christopher has penned an ideal teaching piece that's also a delightful performance work. Centered around scale-based melodies and diatonic harmony, it also features tasteful pizzicato...

Mozart's exquisite writing is evident in every measure of this minuet. This easy level arrangement will give your students a perfect introduction to playing in a leggiero (light) classical style.