Song of Solomon 8

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

Though written by an English Baroque composer, this three-movement work was written in the Italian style. The first movement is an allegro with uniform phrases and spritely character. The middle movement is

This piece for string orchestra presents three songs from the Erie region in a straight-forward manner. The first two were most likely tavern songs, and tell of legendary people and events through their

This four movement suite presents several lesser-known works by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. This moderately advanced setting presents these lyric works arranged for strings and harp, ideal as a suite,

Patterns and Positions was created to help intermediate string students gain familiarity with shifting and the upper positions while reinforcing the concepts of key structure and purity of

This presentation of two-octave scales with corresponding arpeggios is designed to be used in orchestra classes with all instruments together. It includes the most common orchestral keys and develops