Youth String Orchestra

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Celebrate the Chinese New Year in style with this original tune and be ready for cross-curricular study. Close your eyes as you listen and you will see the performers, carrying the dragon on poles, fl...

This fantastic and very easy arrangement will work well for festivals and contests. Folk-like in nature, the dance is set in a moderately fast tempo, which may be increased as the ensemble gains profi...

Designed to musically depict a large, four-hoofed animal, real or imaginary, as it wanders about, this original work will capture the imagination of your first-year students. Scored to be accessible f...

Based on a Cheyenne Indian song, this colorful piece would be a welcome addition to any concert program. The piece is scored to be accessible for students in the second half of their first year of ins...

Based on a Cheyenne Indian song, this colorful piece would be a welcome addition to any concert program. The piece is scored to be accessible for students in the second half of their first year of ins...

Make your holiday concert sparkle with this great arrangement by Michael Story of Tchaikovsky's popular classic from The Nutcracker! Though a solid grade 1, this setting of 'Russian Dance' (or 'Trepak...

Zombies are everywhere these days---at least in songs, movies, and on TV! This original piece is a tip of the hat to the wildly popular sci-fi craze. Written for first year orchestra students, 'Zombie...

This piece is sure to get your students and audiences in the holiday mood. The familiar melody, straightforward rhythms, and optional percussion create a wonderful arrangement of this timeless classic...

Tunes come at you so quickly that everyone listens intently to catch each change. Now, for your adventurous spring concert, comes this "Readers' Digest" version of the classics. Bits and pieces of Han...

This lovely Korean folk song will be a wonderful addition to any beginner program, while providing exposure to Asian culture. Arirang will help reinforce the pentatonic scale and is a familiar melody...

Like Pachelbel's original, this open-string and first-finger masterpiece written in D major builds in intensity and rhythmic interest throughout. All four strings are used, and technique is very eleme...

Like Pachelbel's original, this open-string and first-finger masterpiece written in D major builds in intensity and rhythmic interest throughout. All four strings are used, and technique is very eleme...

Your first-years will fiddle their hearts out during this foot-stomper. This selection focuses on repeated 16th note patterns at a quick tempo, building confidence through lots of unison playing. Get...

This delightful Latin-flavored work has percussion parts that are easily played by anyone in the orchestra. The strings use only open strings and one finger, while everyone gets a chance at the melody...

Here's an easygoing, flowing melody that is passed around the orchestra using easy notes in D major so the focus can be on bowing. String crossings, hooked bowing, and two-note slurs between adjacent...

Your first-years will fiddle their hearts out during this foot-stomper. This selection focuses on repeated 16th note patterns at a quick tempo, building confidence through lots of unison playing. Get...

This delightful Latin-flavored work has percussion parts that are easily played by anyone in the orchestra. The strings use only open strings and one finger, while everyone gets a chance at the melody...

Here's an easygoing, flowing melody that is passed around the orchestra using easy notes in D major so the focus can be on bowing. String crossings, hooked bowing, and two-note slurs between adjacent...

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...

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...

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...

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...