Richard Meyer

Another very clever and entertaining novelty piece from Richard Meyer. Kids will surely enjoy the programmatic train ride effects and learn valuable syncopated rhythm patterns at the same time. Left h...

Another very clever and entertaining novelty piece from Richard Meyer. Kids will surely enjoy the programmatic train ride effects and learn valuable syncopated rhythm patterns at the same time. Left h...

Students are challenged with numerous string crossings, large intervals and pizzicato passages that musically describe dancing grasshoppers. Grade 1, 3:00

This bluegrass 'fiddle' version of Rossini's famous overture will get your audiences' toes tappin' and your violinists' fingers flyin'. The entire violin section is featured in this fun, virtuosic-sou...

This clever arrangement of "Deck the Halls" is the perfect way to introduce your orchestra to them and variations form. Included in the five variations are a Viennese waltz, Spanish tango and Bach-sty...

What would it sound like if Scott Joplin had written "Jingle Bells?" Your students and audience will find out when they hear this delightful holiday piece in ragtime style. Full of great teaching oppo...

Jingle Bells has been transformed into a Viennese-style waltz and combined with 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas' in this charming selection perfect for your second-year players' holiday concert. In the...

Jingle Bells has been transformed into a Viennese-style waltz and combined with 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas' in this charming selection perfect for your second-year players' holiday concert. In the...

Jingle Bells has been transformed into a Viennese-style waltz and combined with 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas' in this charming selection perfect for your second-year players' holiday concert. In the...

Jingle Bells has been transformed into a Viennese-style waltz and combined with 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas' in this charming selection perfect for your second-year players' holiday concert. In the...

Imagine four soloists playing eight Boomwhackers on the heads of eight brave audience members while being accompanied by string orchestra. That's the scenario of this hilarious show-stopper. Your audi...

Imagine four soloists playing eight Boomwhackers on the heads of eight brave audience members while being accompanied by string orchestra. That's the scenario of this hilarious show-stopper. Your audi...

Imagine four soloists playing eight Boomwhackers on the heads of eight brave audience members while being accompanied by string orchestra. That's the scenario of this hilarious show-stopper. Your audi...

Teaching opportunities abound in this fresh and creative arrangement of the carol 'We Three Kings.' The piece depicts the kings' famous nocturnal trek across the desert and is a great way to introduce...

Teaching opportunities abound in this fresh and creative arrangement of the carol 'We Three Kings.' The piece depicts the kings' famous nocturnal trek across the desert and is a great way to introduce...

Millennium, recorded this year by Alfred for the first time, was first released in 1998. Winner of the 1998 N.S.O.A. composition contest, this contemporary-sounding overture is extremely powerful and...

Exciting, lyrical and highly dramatic, this bold new showcase for the mature school orchestra has it all. Richard Meyer has fashioned an overture that explores the various sounds of American music (in...

First performed in Rome in 1816, this overture is among Rossini's most-loved orchestral works. Your students will undoubtedly recognize the infectious main theme from its frequent use in commercials a...

The wonderful arrangement brings Bedrich Smetana's masterpiece to your young orchestra while preserving the sound and intent of the original. All string parts are playable in first position with alter...

Hailed by Tchaikovsky as 'a colossal masterpiece of instrumentation', Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Capriccio Espagnol' has delighted audiences since its premiere in 1887. The melodies used in the piece go back...

Before writing the piece, Mr. Meyer asked members of the Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra to compose original themes of their own. Four of these themes were chosen, and then woven together by the com...

Since its premiere in 1874, Die Fledermaus (The Bat) has been one of the most beloved operettas ever written. Among Johann Strauss' most famous overtures, this delightful selection abounds with memora...

Enjoy this bright, cheery opera music and introduce the orchestra to Mozart. (2:45)

Treat your students to one of the most-loved symphonic movements ever written by a master of the classical style in this Richard Meyer arrangement of Symphony No.8, Mvt. 1, known as the 'Unfinished.'...

Flower Duet, as arranged by Richard Meyer, will give your full orchestra a chance to develop a legato and delicate playing style while paying special attention to proper blend and balance. A great "ch...