Sheet Music for Orchestra

First performance at the XIII Olympic Winter Games 1980, Lake Placid, New York, by the Crane Chorus and Orchestra, State University College, Potsdam, New York. Instrumentation: 2.2.2+BCl+CBCl.2+CBsn:...

In the Middle Ages, a triptych was an altar piece with a large central panel and two flanking panels which, as certain times of the church year, could be folded to cover the picture on the central pan...

This one captures all the exuberance of an American square dance! Set out simply in phrases of 4 bars, this will be easy to learn and fun to perform.

There are rich harmonies and singable melodies to delight the young string student. Set in the keys of D and G major, this one sounds more difficult than it appears.

Alexander Luigini (1850-1906) was an Italian violinist, conductor and composer who was born in France and spent most of his life there. Ballet Egyptien (1875) is his best known work, gaining great pop...

Here's an exciting three-part work centering around "giants." Movement one is named for the Titans of Greek mythology. Movement two is called Panda Bear and movement three is T-Rex. Imaginative and fu...

The Gavotte and the Contredanse are both lively French dances from the 17th century. Gaining popularity in the Court of Louis XIV, the Gavotte was a gracious dance in duple meter with four bar phrases...

One of Bach's most famous melodies (actually written as a chorale by Johann Schop and embellished by J.S. Bach), this is a timeless classic with value on any program. The chorale melody is placed an o...

PERPETUAL MOTION is a flashy, encore-type piece composed as a violin solo by Carl Böhm, who lived in the 19th and 20th centuries. This arrangement features the entire first violin section on the melod...

G. B. Sammartini (1705-1775) was known as St. Martini of Milan to differentiate him from his brother Giuseppe who worked in England. This is characteristic writing for strings and an introduction to t...

Spirited Dance exemplifies the spirited exuberance of the youthful musicians for which it was composed. Using the Lydian mode in several transpositions, the work contrasts shifting meters and syncopat...

Three of the best loved melodies from one of the most frequently performed operas of all time will become an instant student favorite. The work is skillfully arranged and adapted while retaining all o...

This one captures all the exuberance of an American square dance! Set out simply in phrases of 4 bars, this will be easy to learn and fun to perform.

There are rich harmonies and singable melodies to delight the young string student. Set in the keys of D and G major, this one sounds more difficult than it appears.

Alexander Luigini (1850-1906) was an Italian violinist, conductor and composer who was born in France and spent most of his life there. Ballet Egyptien (1875) is his best known work, gaining great pop...

A fun and enjoyable introduction to Irish 'Jig' style and 6/8 meter, this is a great repertoire addition for advancing players. While staying in first position, it offers challenges of hooked bowing,...

"As Spring Arrives" was written as a piece of absolute music, but friends of the composer suggested it sounded like the awakening of the spring season.  This title allows developing mus...

G. B. Sammartini (1698-1775) was known as St. Martini of Milan to differentiate him from his brother Giuseppe who worked in England. This is characteristic writing for strings and an introduction to t...

Spirited Dance exemplifies the spirited exuberance of the youthful musicians for which it was composed. Using the Lydian mode in several transpositions, the work contrasts shifting meters and syncopat...

Here's an outstanding medley from "Carmen" that everyone is bound to love. Beginning with the proud Toreador Song, it soon moves onto one of classical music's most famous moments, The Habanera. The in...

There are very few cuts made in this eerie, phantasmal tour de force. At least two solo violinists are needed because of unusual tuning. Be ready for a frightened audience!

Contrapunctus I is taken from The Art of the Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach. It is a masterful study in the construction of the Baroque fugue and shows Bach at his chromatic best. Artfully adapted for...

Bring a bit of international flavor to your programs with this setting of an authentic folksong from the Shanxi province of China. You'll provide a real slice of Chinese culture by presenting this mel...

This long awaited arrangement of the March from The Nutcracker fills the void of classic orchestral literature for string orchestra at the grade 2 level. This adaptation, along with Dance of the Sugar...

Every holiday concert needs music from Tchaikovsky's immortal ballet, The Nutcracker. Robert Longfield's masterful transcription brings Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy into the range of grade 2 string o...