Youth String Orchestra

This traditional Hanukkah song, My Candles (sometimes known as 'In the Window'), is a lovely and haunting melody written in strophic form. Strophic music is a song that has only one phrase of melodic...

Who doesn't love a catchy rhythm, with a South American feel? This fun-filled piece is all about getting that bow moving, while the audience gets their toes tapping. Interspersed with playful pizzicat...

Students will be swept away by 'North of the Mountain': a vivid musical adventure by Doug Spata in 3/4 time featuring advanced part independence, required shifting, and bracing sixteenth-note runs. Th...

Students will be swept away by 'North of the Mountain': a vivid musical adventure by Doug Spata in 3/4 time featuring advanced part independence, required shifting, and bracing sixteenth-note runs. Th...

Students will be swept away by 'North of the Mountain': a vivid musical adventure by Doug Spata in 3/4 time featuring advanced part independence, required shifting, and bracing sixteenth-note runs. Th...

Students will be swept away by 'North of the Mountain': a vivid musical adventure by Doug Spata in 3/4 time featuring advanced part independence, required shifting, and bracing sixteenth-note runs. Th...

This piece will get you ready to saddle up for the Christmas rush. Two familiar tunes, 'Silent Night' and 'Joy to the World,' are set with a fun, western flair. 'Silent Night' features the use of port...

A great concert closer or opener, this piece is rhythmic and dance-like with a reflective lyric section and melodic parts for every instrument section. Musically sophisticated but written completely i...

A great concert closer or opener, this piece is rhythmic and dance-like with a reflective lyric section and melodic parts for every instrument section. Musically sophisticated but written completely i...

A great concert closer or opener, this piece is rhythmic and dance-like with a reflective lyric section and melodic parts for every instrument section. Musically sophisticated but written completely i...

A great concert closer or opener, this piece is rhythmic and dance-like with a reflective lyric section and melodic parts for every instrument section. Musically sophisticated but written completely i...

This ode to the Wild West begins with a mysterious introduction using the folk song 'All the Pretty Little Horses' in an eerie setting that will send shivers up the spines of performers and audience m...

Written in the eerie key of F-sharp natural minor that attracts young students, this sound defines our scary monster called 'Stretch.' Each section gets important melodic and countermelodic material....

Not to be confused with the nautical term 'Ahoy!,' the phrase 'All hands hoay!' actually means all hands on deck for some serious work! In other words, string players, it's time to get those fingers m...

Frostbite, by Erica Donahoe, captures the icy blasts and chilling wind of a winter storm. This piece uses driving rhythms and repeated sixteenth-note passages to amplify the intensity of the melody. T...

By a Stream was composed by Susan H. Day with the aim of transporting its listeners to a peaceful setting near a mountain stream. Unhurried, with a relaxed tempo, the sounds of the stream are represen...

Spiders have taken over the house! Tiptoe across the floor (pizzicato) so that you don't disturb the skittering spiders (collegno). But watch out for that big one descending from the ceiling (glissand...

We welcome Lorie Gruneisen to the Kendor family of writers with this dramatic original. Depicting danger and intrigue on a sailing vessel from three centuries ago, this imaginative vignette features a...

Where energy, humor, dance, a tinge of sorrow, and the joy to be alive meet -- that's where you'll find Klemzer music. This soulful melody with its spirited rhythms will animate your orchestra and bri...

Bursting with spirited exuberance and joy, this arrangement combines the traditional English A Gallery Carol with the famous medieval German carol In Dulci Jubilo. Special features include buoyant hoo...

This arrangement from Bach's Cantata #140 provides excellent training and performance material in the Baroque contrapuntal style. Second violins play the slow moving vocal line (a tenor solo in the or...

The violas seize the spotlight and demand to be heard in this dramatic grade 2+ piece! The conflict rages as the violas' aggressive B minor main theme contrast with the soaring D major theme played by...

We welcome Lorie Gruneisen to the Kendor family of writers with this dramatic original. Depicting danger and intrigue on a sailing vessel from three centuries ago, this imaginative vignette features a...

The Shaker hymn, Simple Gifts, is an arranger's delight because the tune lends itself so well to a wide variety of musical presentations. In this new version for student strings, an expressive middle...