Sheet Music for String Orchestra

Take your students on an auditory trip through the streets of Brazil with this challenging samba from Thom Sharp. Written for string orchestra, drum set, and caxixi (a large gourd shaker), Samba for a...

Too Big Shoes by Thom Sharp is a fun 8-bar blues form in G mixolydian to be played with swung eighth notes. The chromatics presented in the work are primarily alternating between 2 and low 2 fingering...

River Run by Thom Sharp is a quick-paced grade 3 string orchestra piece in E minor. The first A section has most of the orchestra providing a syncopated rhythmic underpinning while the first violins t...

Super Sleuth is a funky blues in the key of D minor. There's lots of call and response action between sections to keep it interesting. The melody and background ideas are presented in variation form b...

Oozing and dramatic! Chromatics and clever dramatic effects balance with long, tendril-like lines passed from section to section in this spooky original. Interspersed staccato bass lines, harmonic gli...

Mambos just don't get any friendlier than this. Every section in the orchestra is featured, with lots of fun imitation between upper and lower strings. All parts are in first position, with only one l...

A proud, stately theme in modal B minor represents the warriors in this piece. A combination of staccato and slurred articulations is used, and the cello and bass parts feature chromatic fingerings. E...

Your middle school orchestra players will think that they've fallen through the rabbit hole into a cartoon land. This piece is all about effectsstaccato, pizzicato, dynamics, and sudden bursts of colo...

Hold on to your hats for a fast ride on the samba machine! Thom Sharp has created this new piece that is rhythmically challenging and chromatic but has a singable main theme. All sections are featured...

Amazing! Thom Sharp has created an enjoyable work of music that has the players use only their first fingers! This frees them up to produce a better tone, more varied dynamics, and smoothness in their...

Wow! This is not your ordinary pizzicato feature! Bordering the Medium Easy-Medium level, this crowd-pleaser gives your developing string players some challenges they are going to love! Everything dep...

Here's a lighter number that's ideal for pops concerts, multicultural events, or any time you want to program a little Latin music into your concerts!  Calling for optional percussion part of gui...

A three movement work for solo violin, string orchestra, and optional rhythm sections, the first movement in 6/4 alternates between swing 8ths and straight 8ths. The second movement is a jazz ballad a...

Fresh, contemporary harmonies and unusual rhythms and phrase groupings keep this light-hearted piece interesting to musicians and audiences alike.

All school festivals really bring your program into focus, excite the younger players, and make the older kids into leaders! ÂThis exciting piece, perfectly suited to close your all-school concert, ha...

A 3/4 jazz blues form with a twist, this piece is set in the Dorian mode and features unusual changes. It also includes rhythm parts and room for an improvised solo for violin, viola or cello. Suggest...

Based on a West African dance form, this fun piece is written in 6/8 and offers challenging interlocking rhythmic motifs.  Drum part is included.

Oozing and dramatic! Chromatics and clever dramatic effects balance with long, tendril-like lines passed from section to section in this spooky original. Interspersed staccato bass lines, harmonic gli...

This fast swing piece in G minor is playfully sneaky! With a catchy, singable tune, this work features a tutti pizzicato section, as well as some melodic moments for bass and celli. All parts remain i...

Mambos just don't get any friendlier than this. Every section in the orchestra is featured, with lots of fun imitation between upper and lower strings. All parts are in first position, with only one l...

A proud, stately theme in modal B minor represents the warriors in this piece. A combination of staccato and slurred articulations is used, and the cello and bass parts feature chromatic fingerings. E...

Your middle school orchestra players will think that they've fallen through the rabbit hole into a cartoon land. This piece is all about effectsstaccato, pizzicato, dynamics, and sudden bursts of colo...

Hold on to your hats for a fast ride on the samba machine! Thom Sharp has created this new piece that is rhythmically challenging and chromatic but has a singable main theme. All sections are featured...

The bass and percussion sections lay down the classic bolero groove while the rest of the orchestra takes turns playing the lazy, singing, rolling melody. Enjoy a warm, tropical feeling as the orchest...

An ideal piece for first year string students written in moderate tempo, a friednly key, and all players remain in first position. This gem by Emmy award-winning composer Thom Sharp is sure to be a hi...