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A great teaching piece for bow technique and distribution, as well as expressive playing. First violin uses some third position, but notated divisi with optional lower notes in first position.

Reinforce listening skills, articulation and style-matching with this energetic call-and-response piece.

At the Fair was conceived as a somewhat light-hearted dance using traditional forms and harmonies. Musicians can play most of the piece in first position. Playing some passages in a higher

Get ready to hit the target! From the opening notes played by the upper strings, this piece keeps you on your toes with a catchy melody passed around the orchestra. You'll love the call and response between

Get ready to hop, slither, and crawl! A new spin on the classic "Carnival of the Animals," this work features all five types of amphibians in movements such as Frogs & Toads;

This set of brief variations is based on the theme from the slow movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 101, nicknamed "The Clock" due to the "tick-tock" effect accompanying the theme. Created to be a

This two-part piece sets impressions of the modern city to music. Hustle Bustle depicts the daytime scurrying of workers, shoppers, and traffic. Night Life has a slightly darker tone with

This musically thematic work with changing tempi and meter depicts a battle scene, a new dawn, and ends with a celebration dance.

This medley of themes from Beethoven's Emperor concerto and his Pastorale symphony is wonderfully arranged to be accessible to young string orchestras. The Emperor

Embark on An Epic Journey! This engaging Grade 3 piece takes students on a musical adventure full of mystery, danger, and triumph. As students encounter many orchestral bowings and musical motives,

Exciting and mysterious, the opening theme allows for expressive playing from the cellos before the entire orchestra embarks on a musical journey filled with a variety of styles and bow strokes. Shifting is

Take a musical journey to the land down under - this medley of Australian folk songs including Wyndham Drovers; Wallaby Stew; Bound for South Australia and Waltzing

This piece was inspired by Dunscaith Castle, a ruined castle on the coast of the Isle of Skye in northwest Scotland. Also called "The Fortress of Shadows," it is named after and was the home of the warrior

Teach numerous compositional techniques, such as counterpoint, pedal point, augmentation, imitation, and retrograde with this piece. Violin 1 uses some 3rd position.

Baroque inspirations are blended with playful energy in this lively Grade 4 string orchestra piece. With its rhythmic drive and contrapuntal forms, the composition intertwines repeated sixteenth notes

Containing a gentle, flowing melody, this work begins with natural harmonics and glissando harmonics that create a "simmering" effect within the ensemble. This effect is accompanied by random col legno on

This original work evokes an image of a fog-shrouded field in the hazy light of dawn. Eerie and ethereal sounds abound, while long, lugubrious melodies paint a melancholy, haunting picture.

The Ring of Brodgar, located in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, is an enormous stone circle dating back to the 3rd millennium BC, making it older than Stonehenge and the great pyramids of Egypt. In addition