This concert piece for young orchestra is written to provide dramatic effects and lyrical melodies while encouraging students to develop their skills with contrasting styles of bowing and phrasing. It makes
This string orchestra piece features simple half, quarter, and eighth-note rhythms in repeating patterns that alternate between sections. Melodic entrances occur on beat two, following a rest. Composed in D
This string orchestra piece features slurred melodies contrasted with staccato articulations for contrasting effects. The piece remains in first position for all instruments, and the key changes from D
A spicy concert selection for full orchestra! Based on the style and form of the huapango, this fiery Mexican folk dance is characterized by a complex rhythmic structure that mixes duple
Heed's exuberant march from 1905, arranged for string orchestra.
This string orchestra piece uses eighth, quarter, half, dotted-half, and whole note rhythms in the key of D Major. Tempo and key do not change. Players will encounter dynamic changes, detache bowing,
This very easy string orchestra piece uses only half and quarter note rhythms in the D major scale, staying in first position. Violin 2 doubles Viola and Cello doubles Bass. UIL Sight-Reading Level I.
This easy piece for string orchestra builds confidence with many unison rhythms between parts and uncomplicated structure. All sections experience contrasting dynamics, melodic lines in first position, and
This easy composition for young players uses simply rhythms of half, quarter, and eighth-notes only. Each instrument has an independent line, but with many unison rhythms. Written in D major, the notes