Youth String Orchestra

This fun-to-play and listen to pizzicato work will totally engage your students while allowing them to focus on a good left hand position. Includes a non-optional piano part.

Ancient Days creeps in and rises to a crescendo with a driving, primodial melody. The work's Dorian modality is emphasized by arpeggiated lower string accompaniment, while upper voices have an opportu...

Ancient Days creeps in and rises to a crescendo with a driving, primodial melody. The work's Dorian modality is emphasized by arpeggiated lower string accompaniment, while upper voices have an opportu...

Die Ausgaben der Reihe Beliebte Melodien enthalten eine bunte Mischung von gern gespielten Streicherklassikern, populären Melodien und modernen Rhythmen. Die Sammlungen in vier Schwierigkeitsstufen (1...

Feature your Viola section with Gary Fletcher's distinctive 'Serenade for Violas'. The Violas get to shine all the way through with pizzicato accompaniment from the other sections. Outstanding in ever...

Your young students will love this rockin' yet very playable tune. Includes a substitute Viola part(Violin 3) and also includes optional piano and drum set parts.

Young string players will sound wonderful performing Gary Fletcher's timeless 'Mistletoe Memories' at your Christmas or Holiday concert.

An outstanding tool to increase the bowing technique of your young string orchestra while providing a delightful concert piece at the same time. Includes an optional piano part.

A lively composition all in first position which is sure to be a favorite of young players and audiences everywhere. Perfect for concert or contest performances. Includes a Viola substitute part(Violi...

This standard American folk song becomes great fun in the hands of highly creative arranger Carrie Lane Gruselle. All sections have interesting parts in this often "bly" arrangement. Your students wil...

Each section will enjoy a turn playing the lively melody in this fun and spirited arrangement from one of today's master writers for young orchestra, Carrie Lane Gruselle. "Kid tested" by the arranger...

Little Liza Jane and "Dance Josey" are American folk tunes abounding with energy and vitality. In this arrangement, these companion songs give young string players an opportunity to develop pizzicato,...

You're sure to envision the infamous snake charmer when you play The Charming Snake. Shifting between D major and minor, this piece is a study in contrasting styles, between Classical in the major sec...

In this tribute to film music of the spy-movie genre, our Secret Agent 440 tries to keep a low profile while exploring chromatics, dynamics, double stops and diverse articulations. When things get too...

In this arrangement of the fiddle tune 'Turkey in the Straw,' the turkey has dressed up and gone to the concert hall where its tune is heard in the style of Bach, Rossini, and Strauss, with a cameo ap...

This arrangement for young string players and optional ship's bell portrays an imaginary voyage, which includes "gummery bread," a "rubagub tree," and "Binnacle-bats" wearing "waterproof hats." All in...

Hop aboard as students learn about nineteenth-century American travelers who would jump aboard boxcars and journey to wherever their next destination leads. The sounds of the West abound in this light...

Light and cheerful, this charming arrangement of an English folk song stays in D major with low 2 fingerings only for violin 1. Independence of parts is challenged through varying textures including u...

The Texas Prep series is the quintessential daily exercise collection specifically designed to increase sight reading performance and skill! Written by experienced Texas Educators and Composers, this...

The Texas Prep series is the quintessential daily exercise collection specifically designed to increase sight reading performance and skill! Written by experienced Texas Educators and Composers, this...

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This five-movement work features several different composers of the renaissance period in a well-crafted arrangement for young orchestras. This is an excellent vehicle for teaching about this importan...

This rhythmically exciting work is sure to be a favorite with students and audiences alike. The driving rhythms of the work surround an Andante middle section of expressive beauty. Don't miss this one...

These three contrasting movements represent ideal literature for the intermediate orchestra. Very accessible, yet highly musical, this work will be one that you will enjoy coming back to year after ye...