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This stunningly beautiful reduction in G Major provides great parts for all players with each one taking a turn playing the pizzicato harp-like accompaniment while the melody is also shared by most se...

Fauré's breathtakingly beautiful 'Cantique de Jean Racine' is now available in a sumptuous arrangement for string orchestra, simply titled Cantique. The unifying triplet figure and profound harmonic d...

The Pavane, Op. 50, is by French composer Gabriel Fauré written in 1887. It was originally a piano piece, but is better known in Fauré's version for orchestra and optional chorus. Obtaining its rhythm...

The Pavane, Op. 50, is by French composer Gabriel Fauré written in 1887. It was originally a piano piece, but is better known in Fauré's version for orchestra and optional chorus. Obtaining its rhythm...

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This easy, yet energetic piece is sure to become a favorite of young string players. Carefully written for this grade level, all sections of the orchestra get to share in the activity of this fun, mot...

Hokie Dokie Dumpling provides a fun setting for teaching form and exposes your students to different techniques. With its contrasting sections and boisterous ending, your students won't want to stop p...

Although the key signature of two sharps suggests the key of D major, Dorian Parade begins with a six-measure introduction starting and ending on E-implying the Dorian mode. The piece spends a conside...

Playfully written, Scherzando employs mostly down and up bowing, includes some two-note slurs, and all instruments are given a chance to play the melody. Although the tempo is marked 88-104, it can be...

Imagine the stately bird, the blue heron, in the marshes along Lake Erie. When standing on one leg in the water, the bird is visible to the careful observer, yet their large wingspan makes them majest...

This romantic-style original piece is great for working on dynamics and running passages. Keep it moving, just like a lazy brook!

Edmund Siennicki has arranged this classic fiddle tune for young strings with more than just the fiddles in mind. Including the usual eight-note fiddling rhythmic figures (4/4), left-hand pizzicato, d...

The sight of all those bows dancing in rhythm across the strings is an inspiring sight to most young string orchestra audiences. The tasteful writing of Ed Siennicki will give your group plenty of pra...

Walden is a beautiful new ballad for strings by one of the most respected composers for young performers. Warm harmonies support a pastoral melody, while exquisite moving lines for all parts make this...

Straight ahead simple melody in D major that gets kids using bowed 8th notes. A fine teaching piece that is catchy and likeable.UIL String Orchestra Sight Reading Level 3 - 2008

From the composer of The Planets comes this beloved Christmas carol. Voted 'the best carol' in a 2008 BBC Music Magazine poll of some of the world's leading music directors, this lesser-known carol is...

In a delightful setting by Patrick Roszell that is incredibly accessible, this arrangement of 'In the Bleak Midwinter' allows young ensembles to play Holst and provides a holiday alternative. (2:40)