String Orchestra Collegiate Repertoire

This lively work for two-mallet marimba with string accompaniment offers the soloist an opportunity to be technically challenged as well as melodically expressive. The listener will enjoy the rhythmic

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. 

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

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

A driving and relentless theme pulsates throughout the entire work, with release only coming at the end. Lots of rhythmical studies, especially sixteenth notes and plenty of staccato accents. All sections

Take your students on an exciting musical journey across the vast desert landscape of Arabia between ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. Foreboding motifs in the lower strings combine with frenetic passages

Celebrate the anticipation and the joy of the arrival of a new life with this lyrical and beautiful work. Lush harmonies and rich scoring along with a melody like a lullaby will make this emotional work a

Depicting the terror of the giant serpentine monster of Greek mythology, this work uses swirling sixteenth notes, huge divisi impacts, sharp rhythms, and even contrasting soft and legato sections to bring