Sheet Music for String Orchestra

Spanning grades 1 through 2+, this collection of 30 arrangements and original works is sequenced from simple pieces for young string players up through more complex works for intermediate students.The...

Die ersten vier Frühlingslieder sind für das erste Unterrichtsjahr gedacht, stehen in D-Dur und sind in der ersten Griffart spielbar: 1. Alles neu, macht der Mai 2. Kuckuck 3. Winter ade 4. Der Kuckuc...

Into the Midnight Forest is a perfect selection for a string orchestra’s first concert! Using only quarter notes and half notes in B minor (relative of D Major), the composition has a “mysterious marc...

Early in 1781, during the American War for Independence, Colonial General Nathaniel Greene and British General Lord Cornwallis covered over 250 miles across North Carolina with their armies in an atte...

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...

Just when you thought it was safe to look under the bed, the dust bunnies have returned for their ultimate revenge! Some added percussion and an optional piano make this a real treat for your orchestr...

This upbeat piece has it all: an energetic key (G major), simple syncopation, a variety of bow strokes to work on, melodic interest in all parts, and even a passage where you may allow violin 2 and vi...

Drum set is featured with your orchestra in this e minor modal rock tune. Quarter and eighth notes are the rhythmic foundation with plenty of rests to make counting interesting.

Perfectly suited for first year students, Mountain Dance uses only the notes from a one octave D major scale. The rhythmic palette is limited to eighth notes, quarter notes, and quarter rests. There i...

Queen's Quest depicts an intense chase through the kingdom as our titular queen seeks to help her citizens in times of trouble! Your students will love playing the intense staccato rhythms and the pow...

Performers and audiences alike will love this arrangement of Rock, Rock Merrily on High by Vanessa Fanning. In this delightful piece, each section delivers the melody or counter melody accompanied by...

An excellent vehicle for teaching phrasing, Lijiang River Landscape is also a marvelous multicultural addition to your concert. Albert Wang has once again adapted a Chinese folk song to the string orc...

Just when you thought it was safe to look under the bed, the dust bunnies have returned for their ultimate revenge! Some added percussion and an optional piano make this a real treat for your orchestr...

This upbeat piece has it all: an energetic key (G major), simple syncopation, a variety of bow strokes to work on, melodic interest in all parts, and even a passage where you may allow violin 2 and vi...

Drum set is featured with your orchestra in this e minor modal rock tune. Quarter and eighth notes are the rhythmic foundation with plenty of rests to make counting interesting.

Perfectly suited for first year students, Mountain Dance uses only the notes from a one octave D major scale. The rhythmic palette is limited to eighth notes, quarter notes, and quarter rests. There i...

This unique arrangement has a haunting melody in the D pentatonic scale, which is passed to all sections. The basses will briefly venture to 4th position for their statement of the tune and fingerings...

Queen's Quest depicts an intense chase through the kingdom as our titular queen seeks to help her citizens in times of trouble! Your students will love playing the intense staccato rhythms and the pow...

Written in modal E minor with a Hebraic-sounding theme, this is a great piece for reinforcing fundamentals, such as counting, legato bowing, pizzicato, two-note slurs, and low 2s.  Thematic mater...

Fun in the sun in G major! This is a great special feature for your young group's concert! The strings' dotted rhythms and pizzicato play above maracas and clave percussion for a lilting Caribbean fee...

WOW for string orchestra is a great new way to integrate basic bowing patterns and ensemble playing into one fun experience. Everybody plays the same rhythms, but each section has different harmonized...