Youth String Orchestra

In the Sun has a lite atmospheric sound; the music is full of energy and spirit. Composed in rondo form, the main theme appears repeatedly, alternating with contrasting sections. A peaceful section wi...

The idea with this piece was a representation of a subatomic or chemical process beginning and progressing, with electrons bouncing around and interacting. This mostly pizzicato piece is contrasted by...

A stunning and heart-wrenching composition based on the Jewish folk son Shlof, Mayn Kind. You can hear the emotional content pour out of this piece written in memory of an outstanding orchestra direct...

Apparitions is a diabolical selection that starts off with some fun fingering challenges and string crossings and then ups the ante by getting faster… and faster… and faster! Not only is it a great pi...

One of the most famous arias of all time, Mozart’s music is faithfully arranged here in accessible E minor with slightly simplified, yet authentic notes and rhythms for the developing string orchestra...

Chase - Grade 2

Featuring long phrases in a slow tempo, Interlude Nightfall is a perfect composition to teach musicianship with young students using dramatic harmonies. Yukiko Nishimura's musical imagery provides a g...

This highly rhythmic piece for young strings pulses from beginning to end with an intense, syncopated rhythm set against driving quarter notes. Fractus means something that has been broken into small,...

This highly rhythmic piece for young strings pulses from beginning to end with an intense, syncopated rhythm set against driving quarter notes. Fractus means something that has been broken into small,...

This dramatic adventure features the fearless viola section, braving mixed meter and a key change from A minor to E minor to lead the orchestra to triumphant victory. Opening with violas solas (meanin...

This dramatic adventure features the fearless viola section, braving mixed meter and a key change from A minor to E minor to lead the orchestra to triumphant victory. Opening with violas solas (meanin...

New Guardians is a bold overture in D minor, designed as a way for students to show off a variety of intermediate-level skills, such as backward extensions, simple syncopated rhythms, and a variety of...

New Guardians is a bold overture in D minor, designed as a way for students to show off a variety of intermediate-level skills, such as backward extensions, simple syncopated rhythms, and a variety of...

He was a legendary leader from Mongolia, viewed by many as a hero of epic proportions. Born in the vast open plains, Temüjin – or better known by his title Genghis Khan – united nomadic tribes to form...

He was a legendary leader from Mongolia, viewed by many as a hero of epic proportions. Born in the vast open plains, Temüjin – or better known by his title Genghis Khan – united nomadic tribes to form...

First appearing in Novello’s Album for the Organ, No. 3, this plaintive Elegy dates from 1898, the same year as Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Opus 33 Ballade for Orchestra and his Opus 30 cantata Song of...

Set in uplifting D major, this heroic string orchestra piece captures the triumphant spirit of all who perservere and overcome. First heard in violas in the slower opening, the soaring theme of courag...

Set in uplifting D major, this heroic string orchestra piece captures the triumphant spirit of all who perservere and overcome. First heard in violas in the slower opening, the soaring theme of courag...

Snowshoes is a musical poem portraying a winter trek up a mountain over deep drifted snow and dense evergreen forest to a bright summit vista. Students encounter lyrical melodies, a variety of articul...

Snowshoes is a musical poem portraying a winter trek up a mountain over deep drifted snow and dense evergreen forest to a bright summit vista. Students encounter lyrical melodies, a variety of articul...