Youth String Orchestra

March of the Realm uses a satisfying blend of dynamic contrasts and articulation variations to create a wonderful way for young musicians to play with independent parts. A great way to open a concert!

Scored in D major, this winning march for first-year strings opens and ends with dramatic pyramid entrances from the bottom up -- cellos and basses first, then violas, then 2nd Violins, and finally 1s...

An excellent piece to introduce young string students to the regal "Maestoso" style.

This moderately-paced original in G has singable melody lines, well-articulated accompaniment figures, and interesting material for all. Some simple counterpoint adds depth and dimension, and the opti...

Designed as a first concert piece for beginners, this enduring favorite (released in 1968) limits rhythms to nothing shorter than a quarter note, includes no slurs, provides ample bowing reminders, an...

An excellent piece to introduce young string students to the regal "Maestoso" style.

First Finger March by Mekel Rogers is a great choice for a first year concert! Written in a march style, every note is played as an open string or using only the first finger. Scored to accommodate st...

First Finger March by Mekel Rogers is a great choice for a first year concert! Written in a march style, every note is played as an open string or using only the first finger. Scored to accommodate st...

First Finger March by Mekel Rogers is a great choice for a first year concert! Written in a march style, every note is played as an open string or using only the first finger. Scored to accommodate st...

First Finger March by Mekel Rogers is a great choice for a first year concert! Written in a march style, every note is played as an open string or using only the first finger. Scored to accommodate st...

March with Santa's elves to the North Pole with this charming holiday piece for beginning strings! Only easy half-, quarter-, and eighth-note rhythms from the D major scale are used as the jolly melod...

March with Santa's elves to the North Pole with this charming holiday piece for beginning strings! Only easy half-, quarter-, and eighth-note rhythms from the D major scale are used as the jolly melod...

Using only the notes on the open strings, unison writing, and simple quarter- and eighth-note rhythms, this exciting and very accessible original work is the perfect choice for a beginning orchestra's...

Using only the notes on the open strings, unison writing, and simple quarter- and eighth-note rhythms, this exciting and very accessible original work is the perfect choice for a beginning orchestra's...

Treat your beginning orchestra to the sounds of the ice rink this season with this very easy and fun arrangement of the famous winter classic. This arrangement provides excellent practice in slurring...

Experience the elegance of old Vienna with this very easy original in the Viennese waltz style. The sounds and sonorities of the era of Johann Strauss, Jr. come alive as students experience this impor...

Composed for the author's granddaughter, Faith, Faith's Waltz is in the key of G Major and is a good opportunity to reinforce the scale and its fingering, while playing in an ensemble preparing for a...

Composed for the author's granddaughter, Faith, Faith's Waltz is in the key of G Major and is a good opportunity to reinforce the scale and its fingering, while playing in an ensemble preparing for a...

Composed for the author's granddaughter, Faith, Faith's Waltz is in the key of G Major and is a good opportunity to reinforce the scale and its fingering, while playing in an ensemble preparing for a...

Composed for the author's granddaughter, Faith, Faith's Waltz is in the key of G Major and is a good opportunity to reinforce the scale and its fingering, while playing in an ensemble preparing for a...

A gentle, pretty waltz in D Major which would captivate students and audiences alike. There are interesting melodic parts for all. The piano is needed for the arrangement.

A gentle, pretty waltz in D Major which would captivate students and audiences alike. There are interesting melodic parts for all. The piano is needed for the arrangement.

A gentle, pretty waltz in D Major which would captivate students and audiences alike. There are interesting melodic parts for all. The piano is needed for the arrangement.

The ensemble should be encouraged to use whole bows for each note, regardless of whether it is a dotted minim, a minim or a crotchet. Therefore, the students need to 'plan' their bow speed, so that it...

The ensemble should be encouraged to use whole bows for each note, regardless of whether it is a dotted minim, a minim or a crotchet. Therefore, the students need to 'plan' their bow speed, so that it...