Enhance your warm-up and develop stellar intonation with this thoughtful set of ten intonation studies and chorales. Designed to help students hear harmony in a logical and progressive way, exercises

This is an excellent selection for an important concert with your string orchestra! Technical demands are kept well in check. First violins require some third-position work, but all other parts can be

Written for the true beginner, this piece takes the listener on an eerie tour that can best be described as an unsettling experience with a touch of curiosity and anxiousness. Piano and optional celesta

From the comic opera filled with pirates, Turkish princes, kidnapping and daring rescues, Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio is the piece of music that generated the (possibly fictional) "too

Originally written as the slow movement of a string quartet, this musical treasure was singled out by conductor Arturo Toscanini, who asked Barber for a string orchestra arrangement. It was played on a

When it comes time to celebrate the musical colors of Africa, combine the forces of your string group with your percussion ensemble on this stylish concert work for the developing ensemble. Repetitive

Adventurous groups will like playing this dramatic modal work in 7/8 time.  The pattern is a consistent 2+2+3.  It's inspired by the climactic battle scene in Shakespeare's Henry V, and

Incorporating 22 different melodies from the works of Tchaikovsky, this is an incredibly clever and sometimes humorous medley that even includes the 1812 Overture accompanied by the popping of

The second movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 has enormous popularity with performers and audiences. This thoughtful version goes beyond a cursory repeat of the famous theme by including developmental

As heard in the Oscar-winning movie "The King's Speech," one of Beethoven's most beloved movements accompanied the dramatic moments of this monumental film. Robert Longfield's accessible adaptation for

In this fine arrangement of Vivaldi's Concerto in C for Two Trumpets, the solo trumpet lines have been transferred to first and second violins.  It's a stirring adaptation which retains the

Carefully crafted for string ensemble, this lively movement is adapted from Vivaldi's "Concerto for Two Guitars." In true Vivaldi style, the ensemble is driven by energetic rhythms that make all parts

Symphony No. 25 begins with one of Mozart's most recognized themes, as heard in the classic Oscar-winning film "Amadeus."  Hoffman has placed the first movement in an accessible, practical format that

Here's the music from the dramatic opening scene of the movie "Amadeus." It's actually the first movement of "Symphony 25 in G minor," arranged here to be in E minor to make it accessible to more students.

The noble elegance and beauty of Respighi's marvelous work shines in this arrangement of the Balletto Movement from Suite No. 1. The feel of early music carries through in an arrangement that works