Ensemble

Veteran music educator and writer Robert Longfield brings a fresh approach to this beginning level overture. The easy, unique string and special effects will give your students wonderful exposure to p...

From the pen of veteran composer and music educator Robert Longfield, Turning Point is a bold overture-style original work for strings, designed for festival or contest use. A solemn opening is follow...

Music educator and composer Jeff Frizzi brings us this new movement for strings that features bold diatonic themes, easy syncopation, and well-scored interesting parts for all sections. Ideal for deve...

For developing players, this piece is designed to engage all players on interesting melodic parts in a medium tempo, symphonic dance style. Set in solid E minor, your students will love the strong, mo...

Based on the famous Bugler's Dream, heard at the Olympic games. (Explorer Level)

This Appalachian fiddle and dance tune is standard repertoire in the world of bluegrass, with versions by all bluegrass luminaries, and most famously by the Stanley Brothers. The B section features th...

A solid original work that is set in the minor mode with contrasting sections, Vortex has a bold, edgy style in the main theme that will appeal to younger players. Opportunities to teach important ens...

John Moss has transformed this traditional holiday tune by placing it in a lighthearted duple meter style (not 6/8), making it more playable by younger players. Always a treat, John's holiday arrangem...

Artist Level (Book 1, p. 42). Based on Pop Goes the Weasel. Dur: 1:05.

Arranged now for string orchestra, the text of this traditional Hebrew song provided comfort to the victims and survivors of the Holocaust, serving as a beacon of hope for the future and for humankind...

As the nation commemorates 150 years since the Civil War, here is an appealing medley for young players that uses music of the period. The bugle call Taps originated during the Civil War and is used h...

A clever learning piece, Lloyd's quarter-note base tips its hat to the slang expression that denotes an American quarter coin. For added fun, the orchestra can choose the optional vocal ending...shave...

A clever title on a piece that's energetic and real fun for developing student groups - from veteran teacher and composer Jeff Frizzi.

Let the rhythm take you! This song was recorded by American indie pop band Fitz and The Tantrums, the lead single from their 2016 self-titled album, achieving success on the adult and rock charts as w...

An all-time favorite from the Monkees has endured for five decades, this version from Larry Moore sends the train right out to country fiddle land. Great fun that can also feature a fiddlin' duet and...

Transposed to A major, Larry Moore's edition of this signature tune from new sensation Black Violin is cutting-edge programming for string groups.

Taken from one of Tchaikovsky's string quartets, this edition features primarily tutti scoring and provides an opportunity to teach basic meter changes (2/4 to 3/4).

Finally, here is a version of the national anthem that works for most any string ensemble and should be in your library for all those special occasions. A practical, straight-ahead arrangement (key of...

Here is a classic Del Borgo piece-rhythmically exciting and harmonically rich. In addition, the contrasting middle section allows for attention to tonal development, balance and blend. Arlington Sketc...

Here is a classic Del Borgo piece-rhythmically exciting and harmonically rich. In addition, the contrasting middle section allows for attention to tonal development, balance and blend. Arlington Sketc...

Here is a classic Del Borgo piece-rhythmically exciting and harmonically rich. In addition, the contrasting middle section allows for attention to tonal development, balance and blend. Arlington Sketc...