Carrie Lane Gruselle

You're sure to envision the infamous snake charmer when you play The Charming Snake. Shifting between D major and minor, this piece is a study in contrasting styles, between Classical in the major sec...

In this tribute to film music of the spy-movie genre, our Secret Agent 440 tries to keep a low profile while exploring chromatics, dynamics, double stops and diverse articulations. When things get too...

In this arrangement of the fiddle tune 'Turkey in the Straw,' the turkey has dressed up and gone to the concert hall where its tune is heard in the style of Bach, Rossini, and Strauss, with a cameo ap...

The "Skye Boat Song" is one of the best known of all Scottish folk songs. In this rich treatment by Carrie Lane Gruselle, school orchestras can experience this great melody from the Celtic folk tradit...

During the Civil War era, the song "Follow the Drinking Gourd" was shared among slaves as a means to facilitate their escape to the North. The text of the song contained hidden messages about how the...

A beautiful exploration of programmatic music and tonality/modality in four movements! Although all four snapshots of Wisconsin appear to be in the key of G (one sharp), closer examination finds four...

Students explore 6/8 meter and hooked bowing in this delightful arrangement of a Newfoundland folk song. Written in the exotic Dorian mode (E minor with a raised 6th scale degree), the tune is also in...

Hop aboard as students learn about nineteenth-century American travelers who would jump aboard boxcars and journey to wherever their next destination leads. The sounds of the West abound in this light...

Light and cheerful, this charming arrangement of an English folk song stays in D major with low 2 fingerings only for violin 1. Independence of parts is challenged through varying textures including u...

The fun title is just a hint of the explosive nature of this rock piece based on a 12-bar blues form. An optional drum set part is included to give the piece even more energy. After a statement of the...

Here's a grouping of gentle Christmas tunes, all in 3/4 time: Away in a Manger, The Friendly Beasts and Silent Night. The viola doubles the second violin, and the bass doubles the cello, so it can be...

Explore Searching for Seville, a fantastic arrangement based on Rossini's overture to The Barber of Seville! The clever and confident character of Figaro comes through in music that provides ample opp...

Explore Searching for Seville, a fantastic arrangement based on Rossini's overture to The Barber of Seville! The clever and confident character of Figaro comes through in music that provides ample opp...

Explore Searching for Seville, a fantastic arrangement based on Rossini's overture to The Barber of Seville! The clever and confident character of Figaro comes through in music that provides ample opp...

Explore Searching for Seville, a fantastic arrangement based on Rossini's overture to The Barber of Seville! The clever and confident character of Figaro comes through in music that provides ample opp...

Explore Searching for Seville, a fantastic arrangement based on Rossini's overture to The Barber of Seville! The clever and confident character of Figaro comes through in music that provides ample opp...

Explore Searching for Seville, a fantastic arrangement based on Rossini's overture to The Barber of Seville! The clever and confident character of Figaro comes through in music that provides ample opp...

Explore Searching for Seville, a fantastic arrangement based on Rossini's overture to The Barber of Seville! The clever and confident character of Figaro comes through in music that provides ample opp...