Michael Hopkins

This exciting, energetic grade 3 arrangement of the traditional Shaker hymn is sure to be a hit with players and audiences alike. Blending traditional fiddling techniques with contemporary harmonies,...

Your students will love playing this well-crafted setting of the traditional Welsh folk song. Written in AABA form in 3/4 time, the tempo is lively (quarter note = 92) and all parts have an interestin...

Your students will love playing this well-crafted setting of the traditional Welsh folk song. Written in AABA form in 3/4 time, the tempo is lively (quarter note = 92) and all parts have an interestin...

Your students will love playing this fun-filled creative holiday arrangement. Combining Boil 'Em Cabbage Down with Jingle Bells this grade 1+ piece is a great high energy piece to add to your next hol...

This popular Celtic melody has been framed in an unforgettable and lively interplay of parts. For the classically trained, Celtic music is the most appealing crossover into world styles for string pla...

Liven things up by taking the great maestro to a folk dance! This fun grade 3 arrangement combines several of Ludwig van Beethoven's most famous works with bluegrass style fiddling that's sure to be e...

George Gershwin completed Rhapsody In Blue in 1924, and it was one of the first orchestral works to fuse together blues, jazz and classical styles to create a distinctly American orchestral sound, and...

Now your full orchestra can perform Beethoven's Symphony No. 9! Almost everyone can hum the famous "Ode to Joy," but now students can play it in the context of the heroic and beautiful fourth movement...

Fanfare and Celebration was composed in 2000 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Michigan ASTA Junior High String Camp, founded by Elizabeth Green in 1970. The piece is set in D major and conta...

Fanfare and Celebration was composed in 2000 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Michigan ASTA Junior High String Camp, founded by Elizabeth Green in 1970. The piece is set in D major and conta...

Fanfare and Celebration was composed in 2000 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Michigan ASTA Junior High String Camp, founded by Elizabeth Green in 1970. The piece is set in D major and conta...

Maurice Ravel composed Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye) as a suite in five movements for piano four hands between 1908-10. He orchestrated the suite in 1911. 'The Enchanted Garden (Le Jardin féerique),' t...

Maurice Ravel composed Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye) as a suite in five movements for piano four hands between 1908-10. He orchestrated the suite in 1911. 'The Enchanted Garden (Le Jardin féerique),' t...

Maurice Ravel composed Mother Goose (Ma mère l'oye) as a suite in five movements for piano four hands between 1908-10. He orchestrated the suite in 1911. "The Enchanted Garden (Le Jardin féerique)," t...

Maurice Ravel composed Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye) as a suite in five movements for piano four hands between 1908-10. He orchestrated the suite in 1911. 'The Enchanted Garden (Le Jardin féerique),' t...

Avalanche is an expressive and energetic original composition for beginning orchestra that is also a wonderful teaching piece for bow distribution, lifts, retakes, and string crossing. The 'avalanche'...

Avalanche is an expressive and energetic original composition for beginning orchestra that is also a wonderful teaching piece for bow distribution, lifts, retakes, and string crossing. The 'avalanche'...

Perfect for learning to play in parts, this wonderfully simple yet interesting beginning tune is in D Major. While remaining in first position, students will practice playing in steps and intervals wi...

Perfect for learning to play in parts, this wonderfully simple yet interesting beginning tune is in D Major. While remaining in first position, students will practice playing in steps and intervals wi...

Perfect for learning to play in parts, this wonderfully simple yet interesting beginning tune is in D Major. While remaining in first position, students will practice playing in steps and intervals wi...

This beautiful lullaby is a great piece for teaching slurs, bow distribution, bowing variation, grace notes and legato style. A fermata and a ritard near the end are perfect for teaching tempo changes...

This beautiful lullaby is a great piece for teaching slurs, bow distribution, bowing variation, grace notes and legato style. A fermata and a ritard near the end are perfect for teaching tempo changes...

This beautiful lullaby is a great piece for teaching slurs, bow distribution, bowing variation, grace notes and legato style. A fermata and a ritard near the end are perfect for teaching tempo changes...

This energetic new work is a musical depiction of the Seacoast Century, a 100 mile bike race along the New England coast. A programmatic work, descriptors are included for each part of the piece to en...

This energetic new work is a musical depiction of the Seacoast Century, a 100 mile bike race along the New England coast. A programmatic work, descriptors are included for each part of the piece to en...