An exceptionally fine contribution to the literature for very young instrumentalists. Recorded by Michigan State University Orchestra on the CD, Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra Volume 1,

Stir the imagination looking for dinosaur bones with the curious melodies in this kid-friendly piece! A great teaching piece as well, with easy rhythms, lifts, accents, one optional high 3rd finger in the

Here's an original that will introduce your young string players to contrasting styles. Elegy is a minor mode section in 3/4 time, while the Dance is a 4/4 movement in D major. There are

Finally, an arrangement of Greensleeves that beginning string orchestras can play! Set in E minor, it uses notes familiar to beginners and, through clever arranging, avoids new accidentals and

Every student should get a chance to play this! Sibelius' Finlandia has stood the test of time to become a top-tier classical masterwork. This version makes it accessible to your young string

What a perfect way to celebrate learning that very first scale! Using only a one-octave D major scale and quarter notes, all sections join in the fun as the scale is played both forward and backward in the

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

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