Sheet Music for String Orchestra

This antiphonal style voluntary is filled with a regal English flavor and sound worthy of the coronation of a king or queen. To add to its courtly feel, Compello has included an optional timpani part...

Instrumentation: Violin I, Violin II, Violin III (Viola TC), Viola, Cello, Bass, Chimes, Piano This modal piece has a dark, other worldly sound that students love to play. It's as if it is from the pa...

The imagery of a lush, green meadow helps set the stage for Verdant Meadows. This simple, yet harmonically adventurous composition alternates between legato melodies and staccato harmonies. Following...

Joseph Compello's Great Plains Saga for the beginning string orchestra students depicts wide open spaces, rugged terrain, and covered wagons heading West through the American plains. Students will lov...

A lively and exhilarating new piece for beginning string groups, Effervescence lives up to its title but is so much more. It also contains lush harmonies, sweeping melodic gestures reminiscent of the...

These timeless melodies from Alexander Borodin have been lifted from the original score, arranged for strings, and transposed into the friendlier key of G Major. This piece poses a challenge suitable...

Instrumentation: Violin I, Violin II, Violin III (Viola TC), Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano One of the best new pieces for advancing string orchestras that we have heard in years, this piece is destined to...

Instrumentation: Violin I, Violin II, Violin III (Viola TC), Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano This piece is a sound painting of the loveliness of the cherry tree. It starts with a lush melody as you admire t...

Instrumentation: Violin I, Violin II, Violin III (Viola TC), Viola, Cello, Bass, Piano Free Spirit offers a fresh new sound from composer Sean O'Loughlin. It has a uniquely American sound to it with o...

Composer Bud Woodruff continues to present compositions that students will love to perform and will learn from playing. The title, Dorian's Barn has a unique double meaning in that it is dedicated to...

Highlander's Pride showcases what Carl Strommen ability to write tuneful melodies and well-scored compositions. This march-like piece draws from Scottish influences and is perfect for developing group...

Kathryn Griesinger's Ballad of Burning Sky is a rollicking ballad which tells a tale from the untamed frontier of the historic Wild West. In this easy first-position piece, students can create their o...

Annie's Gone Home, composed in the style of a spiritual, was written as a tribute to composer Bud Woodruff's mother. The tune is built on phrases of easily understandable material, but the poignant na...

Featuring long phrases in a slow tempo, Interlude Nightfall is a perfect composition to teach musicianship with young students using dramatic harmonies. Yukiko Nishimura's musical imagery provides a g...

Incursion is a collaboration between composer Sean O'Loughlin and the students of the Westport, Connecticut Public Schools. Inspired by the students' desire for a dark and scary sounding piece, O'Loug...

Rejoice, East and West pairs two of the most popular holiday pieces. 'O Come, O Come Emmanuel' is one of the staples of music for the season of Advent. Its plaintive melody represents the subdued tone...