Douglas Spata

There's more to this piece than meets the eye! Violet's Tango is a dark and whimsical dance for string orchestra featuring syncopated rhythms, chromatic notes and hooked bowings. Students are sure to...

There's more to this piece than meets the eye! Violet's Tango is a dark and whimsical dance for string orchestra featuring syncopated rhythms, chromatic notes and hooked bowings. Students are sure to...

There's more to this piece than meets the eye! Violet's Tango is a dark and whimsical dance for string orchestra featuring syncopated rhythms, chromatic notes and hooked bowings. Students are sure to...

Designed to help students practice playing accidentals and chromatic notes, Mambo Incognito employs attractive Latin rhythms and sly melodies that both students and audiences will enjoy. Each section...

Designed to help students practice playing accidentals and chromatic notes, Mambo Incognito employs attractive Latin rhythms and sly melodies that both students and audiences will enjoy. Each section...

The sunny, Latin style shines brightly in this all-pizzicato piece. Easy rhythms on the D and A strings, back-and-forth melodies, and breezy tunes that pass between the sections make this a fantastic...

The sunny, Latin style shines brightly in this all-pizzicato piece. Easy rhythms on the D and A strings, back-and-forth melodies, and breezy tunes that pass between the sections make this a fantastic...

The sunny, Latin style shines brightly in this all-pizzicato piece. Easy rhythms on the D and A strings, back-and-forth melodies, and breezy tunes that pass between the sections make this a fantastic...

The sunny, Latin style shines brightly in this all-pizzicato piece. Easy rhythms on the D and A strings, back-and-forth melodies, and breezy tunes that pass between the sections make this a fantastic...

This stylish all-pizzicato dance written by Doug Spata for late beginner orchestras will delight students and audiences. The notes and rhythms may be simple, but the bubbly melodies in each part provi...

This stylish all-pizzicato dance written by Doug Spata for late beginner orchestras will delight students and audiences. The notes and rhythms may be simple, but the bubbly melodies in each part provi...

This stylish all-pizzicato dance written by Doug Spata for late beginner orchestras will delight students and audiences. The notes and rhythms may be simple, but the bubbly melodies in each part provi...

This mambo, completely in pizzicato is a great teaching tool for developing string orchestras! Doug Spata has made pizz. fun!

There's more to this piece than meets the eye! Violet's Tango is a dark and whimsical dance for string orchestra featuring syncopated rhythms, chromatic notes and hooked bowings. Students are sure to...

Sea Chantey is an original concert rondo in the style of a robust eighteenth century British sailor song. Boisterous melodies are passed between sections in a call-and-response style throughout this b...

Inspired by the rolling hills, terra-cotta roofed villages, and vibrant colors of central Italy, Doug Spata sends your orchestra A Postcard from Tuscany. Focusing on time and slurs, this piece provide...

Students, teachers, and audiences will enjoy "Zydeco Two-Step," where country fiddles and bl bass lines meet in the Mississippi delta! Challenging bowings, blue notes, call-and-response melodies, and...

The jazzy melodies and bouncy style will make this piece an audience favorite, but directors will appreciate the often-overlooked skills that the piece teaches. Throughout this selection, beginning st...

The jazzy melodies and bouncy style will make this piece an audience favorite, but directors will appreciate the often-overlooked skills that the piece teaches. Throughout this selection, beginning st...

The jazzy melodies and bouncy style will make this piece an audience favorite, but directors will appreciate the often-overlooked skills that the piece teaches. Throughout this selection, beginning st...

Taking its name from the epicenter of Southern jazz in Memphis, this fun little boogie will get the orchestra moving! Featuring accidentals and chromatic passages throughout, each section gets its tur...

Taking its name from the epicenter of Southern jazz in Memphis, this fun little boogie will get the orchestra moving! Featuring accidentals and chromatic passages throughout, each section gets its tur...

Taking its name from the epicenter of Southern jazz in Memphis, this fun little boogie will get the orchestra moving! Featuring accidentals and chromatic passages throughout, each section gets its tur...

Here's a fun, jazzy, all-pizzicato selection for early beginners to play at one of their first concerts! Built around a strong, steady beat, this original by Doug Spata uses only the D and A strings,...

Here's a fun, jazzy, all-pizzicato selection for early beginners to play at one of their first concerts! Built around a strong, steady beat, this original by Doug Spata uses only the D and A strings,...