Youth String Orchestra

This lively original fiddle tune by Ed Siennicki is sure to be a winner with students and audiences alike. Lots of eighth notes and open double-stops contribute excitement and sonority for a great mot...

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....

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This original by Richard Meyer combines traditional fiddle style with a few rhythmic and harmonic surprises to produce a motivational and educationally sound work for the young string orchestra. Corre...

Based on the hymn 'Tis the Gift to be Simple' (used in Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring), this arrangement is a superb vehicle for exploring Early American music and its links to the present. Skillf...

This easy, yet energetic piece is sure to become a favorite of young string players. Carefully written for this grade level, all sections of the orchestra get to share in the activity of this fun, mot...

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...

As the title implies, Wait Your Turn! is full of rhythmic challenges and surprises. Interlocking accompaniments and cadences are designed to help young musicians listen to themselves and each other si...

A refreshing and fun look at a well-known tune, Cabbage Countdown is a set of variations on the American fiddle tune 'Bile Them Cabbage Down. ' Entertain your audience and make the kids feel cool, whi...

This original piece features colors and tonalities seldom found in pieces for young orchestras. Written in ABA form, and very simple note-wise, this piece offers outstanding opportunities for improvem...

Subterranean Dance provides a fun-to-play, exciting tune using the low strings of each instrument - a great teaching piece! The violas and cellos will explore the bottom reaches of the C and G strings...

Subterranean Dance provides a fun-to-play, exciting tune using the low strings of each instrument - a great teaching piece! The violas and cellos will explore the bottom reaches of the C and G strings...

Subterranean Dance provides a fun-to-play, exciting tune using the low strings of each instrument - a great teaching piece! The violas and cellos will explore the bottom reaches of the C and G strings...

Music by Antony Holborne, William Brade, Claude Gervaise, Thomas Ravenscroft, and John Dowland / arr. Andrew Dabczynski Through this suite of five English dances from the late Renaissance and early Ba...

Music by Antony Holborne, William Brade, Claude Gervaise, Thomas Ravenscroft, and John Dowland / arr. Andrew Dabczynski Through this suite of five English dances from the late Renaissance and early Ba...

Music by Antony Holborne, William Brade, Claude Gervaise, Thomas Ravenscroft, and John Dowland / arr. Andrew Dabczynski Through this suite of five English dances from the late Renaissance and early Ba...

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Hot Potato is a 'perpetual motion' for beginning orchestras. Simple eighth-note melodies pass seamlessly between parts over a simple, pizzicato accompaniment. Designed to build part independence, impr...

Hot Potato is a 'perpetual motion' for beginning orchestras. Simple eighth-note melodies pass seamlessly between parts over a simple, pizzicato accompaniment. Designed to build part independence, impr...

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Hot Potato is a 'perpetual motion' for beginning orchestras. Simple eighth-note melodies pass seamlessly between parts over a simple, pizzicato accompaniment. Designed to build part independence, impr...

This title is available in SmartMusic.

A super simple presentation of a classic Baroque tune! In the key of G, each section plays the melody in very comfortable ranges. The perfect piece to make a young orchestra sound good on classic repe...

A super simple presentation of a classic Baroque tune! In the key of G, each section plays the melody in very comfortable ranges. The perfect piece to make a young orchestra sound good on classic repe...

A super simple presentation of a classic Baroque tune! In the key of G, each section plays the melody in very comfortable ranges. The perfect piece to make a young orchestra sound good on classic repe...