Youth String Orchestra

Take a tasty musical trip to the carnival with this grade 1 work written in 3/4 time. Based in the key of D major, it offers elementary rhythms and a simple call-and-response section. Each set include...

Your students will love playing this selection from one of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's most famous works. Expertly arranged for grade 1 players, it allows young groups to experience this great Nutcrac...

The Norse legend of Guldfaxe, Thor's horse with the golden mane, is captured in this dramatic piece for grade 1 strings. Basic D-major finger patterns, "run pony" rhythms, and the mystic Dorian mode a...

This fun, grade 1 arrangement of the classic American song by Joseph Winner features everyone on the melody. Cello and Bass are doubled throughout, and Viola is always doubled with either 2nd Violin o...

This collection of 4 brief grade 1 arrangements of patriotic tunes will allow your sting orchestra to proudly inspire audiences at school patriotic or ceremonial occasions. Titles include "America, Th...

This collection of 4 brief grade 1 arrangements of patriotic tunes will allow your sting orchestra to proudly inspire audiences at school patriotic or ceremonial occasions. Titles include "America, Th...

This grade 1 pizzicato feature for cello and bass is loosely based on the traditional Lightly Row theme. Written in A-B-A form, it is played pizzicato throughout and is set in A minor. The B section f...

As the title implies, this novelty number is a fun-loving marriage of music and foot stomping/shuffling that scores a big hit with young players and their audiences. Written in the key of D, the music...

With strong accents, vibrant tremolos, a suspenseful trill, and pizzicatos in just the right places, this pulsating portrait of bulls running freely through the streets of Pamplona, Spain is destined...

This entertaining original features the finger patterns and scale passages that are so important to young players. Very easy double stops create a strong, full sound and simple rhythms propel the piec...

Beginning students will easily "ketchup" to more experienced players in no time when they master this fun piece. Featuring easy step-wise motion and unison rhythms throughout, it offers an optional re...

This epic piece depicts the legendary monster Leviathan, ancient scourge of the seas. The fearsome creature is depicted in E dorian, featuring familiar bow rhythms supporting a melody that is passed a...

Everyone knows this one, and now even first year string players can join in the fun. Simplified for limited playing skills, Bob Cerulli's arrangement is bound to be a big hit with students and audienc...

Everyone knows this one, and now even first year string players can join in the fun. Simplified for limited playing skills, Bob Cerulli's arrangement is bound to be a big hit with students and audienc...

This familiar folk song from Mexico, arranged for beginning String Orchestra, is a perfect work to introduce multicultural music in the instrumental music curriculum. The arrangement, which correlates...

This familiar folk song from Mexico, arranged for beginning String Orchestra, is a perfect work to introduce multicultural music in the instrumental music curriculum. The arrangement, which correlates...

This unique piece will introduce students to the Apache violin and the musical style traditionally associated with it by enabling beginning students to improvise, compose, sing-and play their instrume...

This unique piece will introduce students to the Apache violin and the musical style traditionally associated with it by enabling beginning students to improvise, compose, sing-and play their instrume...

A flowing and delicate piece written for the composer's new grandson, this lovely lullaby will delight audiences with its simplicity. The legato nature of the piece will provide great bowing practice...