Wilfin Music

The title says it all. This is a waltz, with the first, second and third parts played in a round or canon. Therefore the parts can be taught simultaneously. Very pretty melody and easy to play.

This piece is a fun exercise in counting notes and, just as importantly, counting rests. The players have to listen carefully, and never stop counting the beat. The notes are very simple, based on the...

This piece is a fun exercise in counting notes and, just as importantly, counting rests. The players have to listen carefully, and never stop counting the beat. The notes are very simple, based on the...

This piece is a fun exercise in counting notes and, just as importantly, counting rests. The players have to listen carefully, and never stop counting the beat. The notes are very simple, based on the...

This piece contains excellent lessons in baroque articulation and bowing styles. Be sure to instruct your ensemble to play detached sixteenth notes and short martelé quarter notes. The first violin pa...

This piece contains excellent lessons in baroque articulation and bowing styles. Be sure to instruct your ensemble to play detached sixteenth notes and short martelé quarter notes. The first violin pa...

This piece contains excellent lessons in baroque articulation and bowing styles. Be sure to instruct your ensemble to play detached sixteenth notes and short martelé quarter notes. The first violin pa...

Get ready to clap and stomp with this lively country-style barn dance. Bow divisions are important here, with string crossings and semiquaver passages guaranteed to keep everyone busy. Block pizzicato...

Get ready to clap and stomp with this lively country-style barn dance. Bow divisions are important here, with string crossings and semiquaver passages guaranteed to keep everyone busy. Block pizzicato...

Get ready to clap and stomp with this lively country-style barn dance. Bow divisions are important here, with string crossings and semiquaver passages guaranteed to keep everyone busy. Block pizzicato...

For my Loreta's mother, Patricia Fin, who is a big fan of Beethoven's music. This arrangement is designed for ensembles which are ready to address concepts of style in their performances. In the openi...

For Loreta's mother, Patricia Fin, who is a big fan of Beethoven's music. This arrangement is designed for ensembles which are ready to address concepts of style in their performances. In the opening...

The Requiem Mass in D Minor (K. 626) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was left unfinished upon his death in 1791. He composed only the first eight bars of the "Lacrymosa" movement, which was completed later...

Mozart's Requiem in D Minor is a sublime work. The Kyrie is a masterful lesson in fugal writing, requiring the students to "count like crazy." Every section of the orchestra plays the syncopated entri...

Mozart's Requiem in D Minor is a sublime work. The Kyrie is a masterful lesson in fugal writing, requiring the students to "count like crazy." Every section of the orchestra plays the syncopated entri...

These three short chorales (G major, G minor, G major) are excellent warm-up exercises, but would also be very useful for training ensembles to listen for pure intonation. Vibrato and tone quality cou...

These three short chorales (G major, G minor, G major) are excellent warm-up exercises, but would also be very useful for training ensembles to listen for pure intonation. Vibrato and tone quality cou...

The music evokes the joyful atmosphere of the famous Carnivale di Venezia, with its colourful characters and beautifully painted masks. The melody is instantly recognisable, and the variations explore...

A Saltarello is an Italian folk dance, similar to a tarantella. Its main feature is the "leap" step, which comes from the Italian verb "saltare," meaning to jump. This is portrayed in the hooked bowin...

Smooth legato and accurate counting are important in this delightful, lyrical work by Loreta Fin. Some extension work is required in the violins. Bow speeds and divisions should be carefully considere...

Lost Puppy is a 2011 composition by Loreta Fin with a melancholy mood. Students have often commented how sad the piece sounds. In this new work, after many years, the lost puppy is finally found. The...

Lost Puppy is a 2011 composition by Loreta Fin with a melancholy mood. Students have often commented how sad the piece sounds. In this new work, after many years, the lost puppy is finally found. The...

Popcorn Party by Loreta Fin is a delightful work that uses pizzicato throughout. Bows can be put down if desired, giving the ensemble the opportunity to talk about where the right-hand finger should b...

Theme and variations is a very common musical structure that students will encounter in all musical eras, from Baroque to Contemporary. Haydn Theme and Variations features a theme that is built upon t...

Theme and variations is a very common musical structure that students will encounter in all musical eras, from Baroque to Contemporary. Haydn Theme and Variations features a theme that is built upon t...