Youth String Orchestra

This is a great way to introduce your strings to Jazz! This easy-to-play selection inspired by the "Be-Bop" style uses short swing-eighth note patterns over a walking bass line, and sounds good at var...

A true concert work for players in the first year of beginning instruction! This ominous piece offers young string players the experience of performing a mature-sounding composition without technicall...

With driving rhythms and powerful harmonies, you can almost see the ferocious fire-breathing dragons roaming the mountain in this dramatic work! From the first note, this epic piece will grab the atte...

Looking for a piece that's fun to play but still educationally sound? Try Sword Dance on your next concert. Students will love this high-energy tune from the Renaissance era. The piece starts with a p...

Two tunes traditionally played as rounds create a perfect first orchestra piece for young players. 'Reuben and Rachel' and 'Sweetly Sings the Donkey' are arranged in D Major with no hi 3s or forward e...

Here is the perfect first-year repertoire! Favorite beginning tunes are arranged in a novelty setting that makes them tons of fun and reinforces right-arm technique. Travel through various bowing skil...

Cute, fun, and a true grade 1 bass feature! What more could you want? Encourage the bass players by showing them off. The bass parts are very simple, but the basses also play jingle bells in a surpris...

Using only paired eighth notes with the notes on the A, D, and G strings, this accessible piece will help any group sound more mature. This easy, fun tune will delight audiences and students. It inclu...

Using only paired eighth notes with the notes on the A, D, and G strings, this accessible piece will help any group sound more mature. This easy, fun tune will delight audiences and students. It inclu...

Written in a flowing waltz style, this piece depicts the non-stop motion of an old-fashioned carousel going round and round with horses smoothly gliding up and down. In the keys of D Major and G Major...

A sparkling gem for a first concert or a mixed-instrument group lesson, this piece will be fun to play and features an exciting ending. Combining two commonly taught folk songs, 'Lightly Row' and 'Son...

A sparkling gem for a first concert or a mixed-instrument group lesson, this piece will be fun to play and features an exciting ending. Combining two commonly taught folk songs, 'Lightly Row' and 'Son...

This easy tune features all sections with clever rhythmic variations. Readily accessible and as easy to put together as any Bob Phillips fiddle tune arrangement, the traditional melody appears in all...

This easy tune features all sections with clever rhythmic variations. Readily accessible and as easy to put together as any Bob Phillips fiddle tune arrangement, the traditional melody appears in all...

Rousing sea shanteys are a popular listening trend, and here is one, arranged by Bob Phillips, that students can soon play! Perfect for most second-year players or even those at the end of the first y...

Rousing sea shanteys are a popular listening trend, and here is one, arranged by Bob Phillips, that students can soon play! Perfect for most second-year players or even those at the end of the first y...

The technical skills are well within the demands of first year players in this sophisticated overture for string orchestra. Students can concentrate on ensemble skills and beauty of tone and will be a...

The technical skills are well within the demands of first year players in this sophisticated overture for string orchestra. Students can concentrate on ensemble skills and beauty of tone and will be a...

Watch the sun set from your veranda with this relaxed Latin waltz. It's a good opportunity for upper strings to use both high and low 2nd fingerings. Your orchestra will learn to count tied notes and...

Take your beginning orchestra on a tour of the old west with this ballad in 3/4 time. A simple D major melody is passed between sections, with nothing more rhythmically complex than quarter notes. The...

Take your beginning orchestra on a tour of the old west with this ballad in 3/4 time. A simple D major melody is passed between sections, with nothing more rhythmically complex than quarter notes. The...

An excellent teaching and concert piece for 1st year string players! Using only the notes of the D Major scale with all parts staying in first position, this is a lovely setting in which to reinforce...

This skillful arrangement of themes from Brahms's First Symphony, Sibelius's Finlandia and Mouret's Rondeau ("Masterpiece Theater" theme) is a delightful excursion into some revered musical classics....

Familiar songs of the Chanukah season are skillfully presented in this great arrangement for young strings by John O'Reilly. Ideal for first-or second-year string orchestras, this selection is correla...

Your students will love the modern sound of this original by John O'Reilly. The piece begins with a lyrical "Andante" in Phrygian mode utilizing slurred bowings, followed by a robust folk style "Alleg...