Youth String Orchestra

Grade 2

Well-scored new arrangement for younger players, for holiday use or most any program. (Expert Level)

Robert's newest overture for developing groups is a bold, dramatic statement with contrasting sections. The opening lines and dynamics give a visual and aural diamond shape, followed by energetic epis...

Featuring two learning keys (D major and G major), here is a teaching piece that centers on scale steps and includes several beginning level concepts - pizzicato, simple slurs, and repeated pairs of e...

Veteran music educator and writer Robert Longfield brings a fresh approach to this beginning level overture. The easy, unique string and special effects will give your students wonderful exposure to p...

Music educator and composer Jeff Frizzi brings us this new movement for strings that features bold diatonic themes, easy syncopation, and well-scored interesting parts for all sections. Ideal for deve...

For developing players, this piece is designed to engage all players on interesting melodic parts in a medium tempo, symphonic dance style. Set in solid E minor, your students will love the strong, mo...

As the nation commemorates 150 years since the Civil War, here is an appealing medley for young players that uses music of the period. The bugle call Taps originated during the Civil War and is used h...

A clever learning piece, Lloyd's quarter-note base tips its hat to the slang expression that denotes an American quarter coin. For added fun, the orchestra can choose the optional vocal ending...shave...

El Toro' is a Spanish dance reminiscent of an exciting bullfight in Madrid. (El toro means 'the bull' in Spanish.) After a castanet-style introduction, the theme is passed from high strings to low str...

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...

Violas take center stage in this fun and colorful section feature. The funky pizzicato groove laid down by the violins, cellos and basses, combined with rhythmic challenges and chromatic notes, makes...

The dark harmonies and driving tempo of this original overture are sure to make this one a favorite with your students. Designed to reinforce B-flats, this piece highlights every section of the orches...

Bonita Dia is a Latin-American rhumba for string orchestra that will have your students dancing in their seats! Full of rhythmic intensity, this piece may be enhanced by the addition of optional percu...

The ancient, brooding stone protectors are brought to life with fury and flourish in this dramatic concert piece. Growling melodies are passed between all sections of the orchestra while the modal har...

Wind Dancer provides a fun setting for teaching form as well as techniques such as hooked bowing, pizzicato and slurs. Perfect for your second-year string students, this would be a great choice for yo...

Dos Fuegos will light a fire under your orchestra! Written in a minor key and rhythmically compelling, this distinctly Spanish-sounding work will entrance your students. Great for your fall concert.

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...

If you're looking for something a little different on your next concert, Dancing Jelly Beans is the perfect piece. In ¥, the first phrases are three measures in length, providing contrast to the more...