Journey across the high seas in this exciting and challenging piece for young string orchestra. It will give your students a chance to work on different bowing styles and articulations, performing
Give your developing orchestra a chance to explore jazz and blues with this creative original work. Written in twelve-bar blues form and using notes based on the blues scale, musicians will get great
Written in E minor, this original work is a mature-sounding selection that should come together quickly for most ensembles. All students have an opportunity to play the melody, and the call-and-response
This lively work for violin with string accompaniment offers the soloist an opportunity to be technically challenged as well as melodically expressive. The listener will enjoy the rhythmic
mysterious and programmatic, this work uses motifs built on multiple compound meters written in ABCBA form, with the last two sections written as variants of the first two.
Presented beautifully through heart-pounding grooves in the low basses and devilish contours in the melody with the movement of a tango. A variety of rhythms are reinforced along with sweeping
This emotional and cathartic lyrical work contains dynamic contrasts from pianissimo to fortissimo, ritardando, and molto ritardando measures that are followed by tempo, meno mosso, and piu mosso sections,
This driving, high-energy rock work for string orchestra and optional drum set is great for reinforcing sixteenth notes. A half-time lyrical section provides the chance for everyone to take a breath and
Published in 1854, just seven years before the start of the Civil War, Stephen Foster's classic song asks us to consider the plight of those less fortunate than ourselves. Indeed, this timeless sentiment is
A haunting melody presents two well-known spirituals, Wayfaring Stranger and Going Home, separately and as partners. The gentle and pensive nature of this warm setting,
This exciting piece for string orchestra and drum set explores themes of Norse mythology. Using a variety of extended techniques for strings, double-bass drum patterns on the drum set, and a multitude of
Gliding from suspension to suspension, the melodic tensions in this beautiful and enchanting piece keep it flowing effortlessly. This work will demand, and bring out, the best of your young ensemble's
Put the full range of the string orchestra on display with this deep and emotional work. Melodic lines go from quiet and subdued to full and soaring, with bowing technique that ranges from tranquil slurring