This fun-loving original is guaranteed to motivate beginning string players by highlighting the strengths of every section. Unison cellos and basses start off with an 8-bar groove in A minor before upper

This fun Grade 1+ piece is designed to help students develop the skill of quickly switching between arco and pizzicato, while also providing experience playing left-hand pizzicato and using the fourth

In the tradition of great wind band marches like British Eighth and Colonel Bogey, this original British march is intended for beginning orchestra. Students in their first year will find

Here's a very creative and exciting work with an exotic Far-Eastern sound. First the upper strings create anticipation with an ostinato pattern that continues as the lower strings present the main melody.

Rosin up the bow, call out the Fire Department, and let's go! This thrilling work is a modal display of beginning virtuosity that takes full advantage of that open fifth "fiddle sound." You'll have parents

Transcribed from the original piano version for string orchestra by Edvard Grieg himself, the Holberg Suite is a staple of string ensemble repertoire. Perfectly set for young players, this arrangement of

Masterfully arranged using only a one-octave D major scale and eighth notes, this arrangement will make your beginning strings sound amazingly mature. An excellent early introduction to the classics. This

Shiver me timbers, matey! What a terrific training work for the young string orchestra with its syncopation and carefully marked bowings and fingerings. And wouldn't you, the conductor, make a great

A great change of pace at any performance! Based on the pentatonic scale, the melody moves from D major to B minor offering colors and textures rarely found in pieces for young orchestras. Written in ABA

There are great teaching points in this work that targets end of the first year players. Among these points are low 2's for upper strings, accents, staccato, and two-note slurs. Every section is featured,

What a great choice for first year players! Introduce your students to the Baroque sound of one of the greatest composers with this familiar selection. "The Water Music" is one of Handel's most recognizable