Sheet Music for Orchestra

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Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Violin 3, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) Known principally for his solo songs, Armstrong Gibbs also wrote music for the stage, sacred works, three symphonies an...

Orchestration: Group A: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello Group B: Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass Known principally for his solo songs, Armstrong Gibbs also wrote music for the stage, sacred wo...

Orchestration: Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) Known principally for his solo songs, Armstrong Gibbs also wrote music for the stage, sacred works, three symphonies and a substa...

Sound Innovations: Sound Development emphasizes playing with a characteristic beautiful sound. The components of producing this sound are broken into four levels, consistent with the revolutionary Sou...

An exciting opener for any concert or festival, the educationally appropriate bowings and fingerings in this original literature will save precious rehearsal time and lead to a professional sound. A p...

Sound Innovations: Sound Development for Advanced String Orchestra continues the emphasis on playing with a characteristic, beautiful sound, but also focuses on 3-octave scales, particularly scales th...

This brisk, cheerful Allegro can open any concert in style. The clearly marked bowings and fingerings in this original literature will save precious rehearsal time and lead to a more professional soun...

Sound Innovations: Creative Warm-ups emphasizes four aspects of string performance essential to the refinement of musicianship and skill at the intermediate level. Consistent with the Sound Innovation...

Hear the drama in the overture to Gluck's most popular opera, Iphigenia in Aulis, now abridged for string orchestra by Kirk Moss. The clearly marked bowings and fingerings will save precious rehearsal...

The definitive arrangement by Dan Forrest of this beloved traditional English carol, 'See Amid the Winter's Snow,' is now scored by Kirk Moss for string orchestra with optional percussion. A stunningl...

This arrangement for strings with optional timpani captures the drive and triumphant spirit of the original work but at an accessible level. In its original keys, this great selection for any concert...

Orchestration Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) William Lloyd Webber was born in 1914. By the age of fourteen he had already become a well-known organ recitalist, giving frequent perfor...

Julian Lloyd Webber writes: My father composed his four part song The Moon in 1959 to words by W.H Davies. The text - as in so many of his word settings - equates nature with humanity: "Thy beauty hau...

Two-note slurs and dotted quarter note rhythms are introduced to your first year orchestra in this delightful rondo. Basses will use half position while the notes of the D major scale are reinforced....

With or without catnip, the image of a cat dancing to its own private music is intriguing and beguiling. Half positions, left-hand pizzicato, and interesting turns of melody make this the perfect choi...

Alternating between G and D major, this light dance incorporates dotted rhythms. All players use hooked bowings and gets to play the melody all except bass stay in 1st position. Upper strings alternat...

This clever work is an E minor romp using two-note slurs with a variety of other articulations. It also highlights use of the fourth finger and uses some second position for the cello section.

Arkansas Otter is a hornpipe imitative of the graceful swim moves of an otter. The bowing challenges aren't onerous but will be your principal focus. You might even recognize a familiar fiddle tune.

A spirited, almost fiddle tune begins our journey down the river, with cascading 8th notes in each section. The drama builds with a modulation to D, with figures representing the whitewater rush. The...

Arachnids is written by Bud Woodruff in the spirit of a tarantella (Italian for Tarantula). This piece is intended to be a cello section feature focusing on third position technique, with a couple for...

The word "Catawampus" is often used to indicate something out of alignment or askew. Bud Woodruff's Catawampus, attempts to capture both meanings, with each variation quite opposite the ones closest t...

Two-note slurs and dotted quarter note rhythms are introduced to your first year orchestra in this delightful rondo. Basses will use half position while the notes of the D major scale are reinforced....