Youth String Orchestra

This creative original depicts a galactic battle infused with tender moments in outer space and beyond! Students will really enjoy using their open-string harmonics to create special sound effects --...

With all the energy and excitement of a top 40 song, this grade 1+ original will make your young orchestra students feel like pop superstars! Driving rhythms and simple syncopations give it an authent...

Picture the Twilight Express as it leaves the station sometime after sunset and speeds off into the darkness. Then when a bell sounds, the train slows, the skies clear, the stars are shimmering and th...

This exciting piece for grade 1+ groups in the key of E minor is perfect for concert or festival performances. The melodies are spread throughout all sections giving everyone a chance to shine. This f...

In a time of increased multicultural awareness, this setting of a Kenyan folk-song merges a memorable melody and a simple rhythmic motif with excellent results. Everyone shares the lead material, and...

Subtitled, The Spirit Of The Winter Wind, this grade 1 piece written in E Dorian is ideal for beginning string players. Using the familiar notes of the D major scale, this is a perfect piece for a fir...

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

This piece is written in the Dorian mode using rondo form. A great way to introduce modes to your students.

In this adaptation of the well-known Israeli folk dance, all parts share the melodic duties, harmonies are strong, and rhythms are solid. The opening marcato should be played with broad, well-spaced b...

This imaginative original contains three movements that correspond to the major areas found in a typical castle: The Gate House, an energetic, fanfare-style theme; The Dungeon, featuring special sound...

This original piece brings the magic of Scottish fiddle music to grade 1+ string orchestras. Pizzicato, double-stop drones, and lots of rhythmic energy are combined to make this an outstanding selecti...

Based on D, G and C major, the melodic lines of this original march give students a great chance to practice and perform scales in a stimulating group setting. Some passages featuring contrary motion...

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...

Del Borgo's newest original for grade 1+ strings beautifully portrays the grandeur and dignity of an era gone by with bold melodic lines built on a strong harmonic foundation. To achieve the robust so...

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...

This creative original depicts a galactic battle infused with tender moments in outer space and beyond! Students will really enjoy using their open-string harmonics to create special sound effects --...

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 Del Borgo 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 prope...

Picture the Twilight Express as it leaves the station sometime after sunset and speeds off into the darkness. Then when a bell sounds, the train slows, the skies clear, the stars are shimmering and th...

An incredibly motivational set of two fiddle tunes that can be used to teach string crossings on all instruments in the orchestra. Almost every measure includes a string crossing for each instrument!...

An incredibly motivational set of two fiddle tunes that can be used to teach string crossings on all instruments in the orchestra. Almost every measure includes a string crossing for each instrument!...

Originally the pentatonic air I fee d a lad at Michaelmas, Auld Lang Syne, a folk song from Scotland, is a favorite for ringing in the New Year. Recognized around the world, this well-loved folk song...

Originally the pentatonic air I fee d a lad at Michaelmas, Auld Lang Syne, a folk song from Scotland, is a favorite for ringing in the New Year. Recognized around the world, this well-loved folk song...

In the style of moto perpetuo. Enjoyable and well written for elementary school level. Simple ideas that are fun to play.