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<p>Looking for a quiet way to end your winter holiday concert? Send everyone home with a calm, peaceful melody in their heads and hearts! While this seems simple on the surface, it offers a few challenges for your young orchestra – the musicians must follow the conductor through a few fermatas and exercise exceptional bow control. A mature piece for your developing orchestra!</p>

North Star Lullaby

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Finally, the double bass gets some long overdue respect! "The Black Cat" puts your best bass player front and center to explore a good chunk of the instrument's range. If thats not enough, the piece transitions into a swing jazz section with a chromatic walking bass line that will have everyone tapping their toes and wondering why we havent heard from that cool cat sooner!

The Black Cat

It's summer in the Indian subcontinent and one thing is certain: monsoon season is upon us! This exciting new piece depicts the residents of Mumbai readying themselves for thousands of inches of summer rainfall. Every section gets the melody in this challenging yet accessible work for your developing string orchestra. Some logical tempo changes add a level of sophistication to the piece. Keep your umbrellas on hand for Monsoon Over Mumbai.

Monsoon Over Mumbai

Hercules faced twelve labours, the second of which was the seven-headed Hydra. Each time he successfully removed one head, two would grow in its place! The Second Labour of Hercules depicts one of the many perils faced by the Greek god. Introduce your students to this classical myth which offers short solos to each of your section leaders.

The Second Labour of Hercules

"Tarantula!" is a tarantella. That's funny, right? But this spirited dance goes further by featuring a B section that quotes the children's tune "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and a (premature) funeral march marking the spiders demise. But as we all know, the resilient spider 'climbs up the spout again,' a sentiment reflected by the jaunty counterpoint of the reprise.

Tarantula!

<p>"Komorebi" is a Japanese word meaning "light filtering through leaves." It has no English translation, but the image it paints is beautiful and evocative. In this piece, young students will learn to experiment with color through the use of harmonics and trills. Additionally, you can feature your best violinist with a beautiful melodic solo. Includes required piano part.</p>

Komorebi

Franz Schubert's setting of Goethe's poem "Ich wollt', ich war' ein huhn" is the basis for this contiguous suite featuring each section of your young orchestra. The cellos personify the dolphin with a graceful melody, while the violas get chromatic in their representation of the jellyfish. Feel the weight of your bass section as they embody the manatee and delight in the playfulness of your violins who stand in for the sea lions. A fun way to learn about theme and variations!

I Wish I Were a Fish

Look up in the sky! What do you see? A rabbit? A pancake? RAIN? Cloudgazing lets your mind wander to days of lying in the grass enjoying the evolving shapes of white fluffy masses. Your youngest player can handle this piece, which is played almost entirely in unison and utilizes mostly open strings. The necessary piano part will fill in the harmony and let your students focus on the basics.

Cloudgazing

Making toys is hard work! At the end of the day, you just want to loosen up and have fun with your friends. That's when it's time for....Elf Party! Students will love imagining what these elves are up to as they learn one of their first real pieces for their winter concert. Elf Party uses only open strings and a required piano part to create an upbeat number that is sure to be a crowd-pleaser.

Elf Party

Taking a cue from Leroy Anderson (who famously wrote Sleigh Ride during a heat wave in July), En hiver (In Winter) was written during the first few days of July. Similar in tone and tempo to John Williams's Schindler's List, the piece features challenging solo parts for violin and cello that are similar in style to pop violinist Lindsey Stirling.

En hiver

"Tacocat" is the sequel to RACECAR, the piece where every melody is a palindromespelled the same way forward and back! This time, the retrograde is even more complex and the resulting tango is a delight to play. TacocaT requires a small amount of shifting for 1st violins and the key of G Minor may offer a challenge for your developing orchestra, but your students will enjoy every moment of Tacocat!

Tacocat

Introduce your youngest students to an Afro-Cuban dance style with Rumba Rumba! Tutti playing on open strings and a highly syncopated piano part to create a piece will have your audience dancing in the aisles. There are even a handful of double-stops to challenge your most industrious beginners. Includes an optional clave part (not notated in the score).

Rumba Rumba!

Did you hear a noise? It sounded like it was coming from inside the closet. Maybe it's...a monster! From its opening ostinato to its steadfast finish, Monster in My Closet will have your students and audience on the edge of their seats. Using only open strings and a variety of dynamic levels, this piece incorporates an ominous piano part that will make everyone wish they still had a nightlight. Perfect for your October scary music concert.

Monster in My Closet

Are you being followed? Don't worry, it's just your shadow! Yet, it seems to be getting closer and closer. You try to catch it and it's gone! Your youngest students will have fun with this call and response piece that keeps changing its mind (and keeps them counting!). Includes an essential piano part that keeps the piece firmly grounded.

The Sneaky Shadow

The Dolphin Pool provides your first year students with a truly beautiful and artistic musical experience. Lilting melodies and a flowing piano part evoke the grace and beauty of dolphins enjoying a swim in the afternoon sun. Some tempo changes and a few independent lines will challenge your students but the rhythmic ostinato will help keep everyone together. Sure to be the highlight of your first-year concert!

The Dolphin Pool

Let your youngest string players get in on the movie music concert by giving them this bite-sized snack. It plays like the baby sister of Leroy Anderson's Plink, Plank, Plunk! Cellos will need to learn a tiny bit of second position but it will be worth the effort. Grade 1.

Popcorn (with Butter!)

Before there was texting, before there was email, even before the telephone, there was the telegraph and Morse Code. Beep Beep! celebrates the early days of telecommunication with an ostinato that spells (you guessed it!) beep!  The piece avoids high 3rd fingers and cello extensions by utilizing Dorian and Mixolydian modes for its melodies.

Beep Beep!

Finally, this beautiful traditional Hanukkah song is available for your developing string orchestra. The rich harmony of the strings is complemented nicely by lovely guitar accompaniment. Sure to become a perennial winter favorite!

Mi Y'Malel

What do you call a piece that is written in 5/4, features a solo string quintet and clocks in at exactly five minutes? Why, Five, of course! This groove-based piece in G Minor has an infectious syncopated melody that will be stuck in your head long after your concert has concluded. An extended solo section will challenge the best player in each section while a contrasting lyrical section in the middle will bring balance to the overdriven fifth-gear thrill ride that is Five.

Five

From the opening moments of El Huracan, the sense of urgency is immediate. A hurricane is on its way. Introduce your developing orchestra to G Minor with this exciting programmatic piece depicting one of nature's greatest threats. Articulation, dynamics and accurate bowing are key to the success of this turbulent work. Feature your best violinist with a lovely solo during the temporary calm of the storm's eye. A great addition to your spring concert!

El Huracan

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