Sheet Music for String Orchestra

With its rich, fully-bowed lyrical passages and contrasting pizzicato, 'koto-like' textures, this original with a sophisticated sound is a great tool for teaching bowing technique that audiences will...

This arrangement of a traditional Canton tune is a vivid, festive allegro that paints a picture of people holding and shaking large lion masks as they dance through the streets to celebrate the Chines...

This popular Celtic melody has been framed in an unforgettable and lively interplay of parts. For the classically trained, Celtic music is the most appealing crossover into world styles for string pla...

With a title that translates to Canoe Children in English, this is a lively medley of three Brazilian children's songs -- Capelinha de Melao (Little Chapel of Melon), A Canoa Virou (The Canoe Tipped O...

We welcome Janice L. McAllister to the Kendor family of writers with this exciting concert piece from the rich treasury of Hungarian folk music. Contrasting highly energetic and beautifully lyrical pa...

Located in southwest China and home to a number of ethnic minorities, the geographically sprawling Yunnan province contains magnificent mountains and rivers, as well as abundant natural resources. In...

Liven things up by taking the great maestro to a folk dance! This fun grade 3 arrangement combines several of Ludwig van Beethoven's most famous works with bluegrass style fiddling that's sure to be e...

Based on a couple of folk tunes which appear in their proper form once each, ... rest a moment here is freely written with good 'scrubbing' strings contrasted with beautiful quiet moments.

Die Komposition "Scottish Feeling" ist vor dem Hintergrund meiner schulischen Ensemble-Arbeit entstanden. Hier zeigt sich gerade in den klassenübergreifenden Arbeitsgemeinschaften eine große Bandbreit...

A true joy to perform and to hear, this timeless George Gershwin piece is perfectly set for strings with optional percussion and arranged by Jerry Brubaker. Composed in 1928, then immortalized in the...

Classical string orchestras and chamber music ensembles are constantly looking for jazzy and popular works which break through the boundaries between serious and light music. On the basis of his own p...

Viola & Strings

Leftovers just got better with this grade 2 piece based upon a 12-bar blues pattern. It offers both pizzicato and arco playing, challenging syncopated jazz rhythms, and a traditional big-band-like 'sh...

George Gershwin completed Rhapsody In Blue in 1924, and it was one of the first orchestral works to fuse together blues, jazz and classical styles to create a distinctly American orchestral sound, and...

We welcome George Frueh to the Kendor family of writers with this western style blues original that lets young groups experience the fun of playing in the swing style. Written in the key of D major, i...

This upbeat, rock-style piece featuring three themes was written to portray an adventurous journey or escape. Driving rhythms, major and minor tonalities, and fun-loving parts for all are features.

You won't believe how full the ensemble will sound performing Gershwin's endeared classic. This fabled melody is now accessible for your beginning strings by Bob Cerulli. (2:13)

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