Ensemble

Four Shakespeare Sonnets for baritone and string orchestra was composed to commemorate the 450th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth in 2014. For more than 40 years, I have enthusiastically com...

Reprint of the scholarly first edition of the Deutscher Verlag für Musik, edited by Hellmuth Christian Wolff. > Sinfonia I C-Dur MWV N.1 > Sinfonia II D-Dur MWV N.2 > Sinfonia III e-Moll MWV N.3 > Sin...

Here is a very easy introduction to the Baroque style through the lively and attractive rhythms and melodies of Antonio Vivaldi. Great for beginning level string orchestra. Includes an optional violin...

A pavane is a very old, elegant dance form. Ravel's masterwork is notable for its supremely sensitive nuances, and is representative of the school of French composition so much in favor at the turn of...

A pavane is a very old, elegant dance form. Ravel's masterwork is notable for its supremely sensitive nuances, and is representative of the school of French composition so much in favor at the turn of...

Béla Bartók for beginning strings! All the parts are reinforced in the piano accompaniment guaranteeing a superb presentation. Fine opportunities exist to develop outstanding characteristic tone quali...

Mentored by the likes of William Grant Still, Paul Hindemith, and Howard Hanson, Kay was an impressive composer by any metric, winning a Fulbright Scholarship, the prestigious Rome Prize, a Guggenheim...

The Sinfonia a 8 (La Melodia Germania No. 1) in D major by Johann Stamitz was originally composed for two French horns, two violins, viola, and bass. Since the wind parts largely doubled the strings i...

A re-discovered classic, this gem for String Orchestra was written by Howard Hanson (1896-1981) for the American String Teachers Association and first performed in 1976 at the Music Educators National...

Besetzung: Streichorchester Ausgabe: Stimmensatz je 8 Violine I/Violine Ii, je 5 Viola/Cello/Kontrabaß

Besetzung: Streichorchester Ausgabe: Partitur.

A nice showcase piece for your beginning string orchestra. There are lots of opportunities to get them frolicking around the fingerboard with many repeated eighth note patterns. The piece is tuneful a...

A beginning string orchestra piece of elephantine porportions! Sean O'Loughlin is able to deliver time and time again exciting music that students love to play. His pieces sound much more difficult an...