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Vic Mizzy/arr. Moore
HAL LEONARD PUBLISHING CORP.
Easy
One of the best TV and movie themes ever, this quirky tune is ideal material for teaching 6/8 and simple syncopation in triple meter. The included percussion gimmicks can be played by string players and staged for added theatrics.
That's right, it's the hit from the animated movie "Shrek!" Michael Story does a great job keeping the vibrant melody intact at this easy level, and adds parts for optional piano and percussion. It's an arrangement your students will love playing!
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Celebrate the wonderful world of Dr. Seuss with this hit single from the Broadway show, Seussical! While providing harmonic structure that will allow work on intonation this is also a perfect tune to embellish with skits and costumes for young strings or as a quick addition to a Pops concert for a more advanced group!
Here's the music from the dramatic opening scene of the
movie Amadeus. It's actually the first movement of Symphony
25 in G minor, arranged here to be in E minor to make it accessible
to more students. It's a thrilling work and well arranged for your
players.
Powerful! AMERICA (from West Side Story)
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Leonard Bernstein/arr. Bulla
HAL LEONARD PUBLISHING CORP.
Medium
Powerfully rhythmic and exciting to perform, here is one of the best known musical moments from West Side Story, available for the first time for string orchestra. This arrangement has been carefully crafted to make this unique Bernstein stage song effective and successful for your players.
BATMAN Editors' Choice
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Neal Hefti/arr. Dackow
ALFRED PUBL / BELWIN DIVISION
Easy
The driving rhythms of the theme song from
the original "Batman" TV show make this arrangement a sure-fire
hit with all ages! An etude for chromatic alteration, yet also great
practice for third and fourth fingers for violin and viola as well as bow
lifts and double-stops, all in an accessible format. Correlates with
Orchestra Expressions Book Two.
Holy First Position, Batman! With the Caped Crusader and his sidekick Robin dominating the theaters, you just have to do this one with your young players! It's the original TV theme, and is still the one that everyone connects with the Dynamic Duo. Expertly arranged for young players, the "Batman Theme" will really get your students excited!
Everyone waited for the final movie of the
Star Wars saga, knowing that the two most important figures, the
two heroes, would end up in a struggle against each other for life or death!
This is the music John Williams wrote to end this thrilling music
he began writing thirty years earlier! Unforgettable!
Four of the best songs ever heard on AM radio are combined in this fabulous new medley that works great for strings! Now your strings can play Barbara Ann; Good Vibrations; In My Room and I Get Around. This music of fun and sun has crossed generations and now is as well known by students as it is by their parents! A great crowd-pleaser!
The "Fab Four" are indeed forever, and you can't go wrong programming this entertaining medley on your next concert! Featuring three memorable songs with melodies that work great for strings, Lady Madonna; Michelle and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band, this great chart is a must for the pop slot in any orchestra's program!