Accent String Orchestra

This piece by Deborah Baker Monday offers some technical rigor that is still appropriate for younger musicians. A fun and educationally beneficial work for spring concerts or instant success back-to-s...

This fun-loving original by music educator Jeffrey Frizzi is guaranteed to motivate beginning string players by highlighting the strengths of every section. Unison cellos and basses start off with an...

This delightful original features the pentatonic A minor scale. Set in a brisk tempo (quarter note = 120-132), the thematic material is highly rhythmic and effectively drives the music from the introd...

Written in an appealing Latin style, this inventive original will excite first-year players with a melody that is passed throughout the orchestra. The tempo can be played slightly faster or slower, an...

This beautiful Latin piece contrasts a lyrical A theme and a rhythmic B theme with convincing results. It gives everyone a chance to shine, especially violas and cellos when they carry the melodic lea...

This spicy Latin style piece will energize any concert! Written in D major, it has several driving melodies and incorporates simple, but fun-to-play rhythms. Pizzicato and arco sections appear in all...

This beautiful Latin piece contrasts a lyrical A theme and a rhythmic B theme with convincing results. It gives everyone a chance to shine, especially violas and cellos when they carry the melodic lea...

This arrangement of two songs from western Africa -- "Ise Oluwa" from Nigeria and "Banuwa" from Liberia -- has everything a teacher could hope for in a concert selection: variety, excitement, and simp...

Your students will love playing this well-crafted setting of the traditional Welsh folk song. Written in AABA form in 3/4 time, the tempo is lively (quarter note = 92) and all parts have an interestin...

This great Irish hymn features a simple yet lyrical melody accompanied by rich, resonant chords and easy arpeggios. Basic note values, occasional slurs, and some divisi cello passages to supplement a...

This fun and energetic Jamaican folk song is expertly arranged here for grade 1+ groups. Everyone gets to play the melody, and plenty of great teaching tools are included, from bowing to fingerings, a...

Take the age-old favorite Turkey In The Straw, mix it with a boogie bass line and add some easy fiddle techniques, and you have the winning recipe for this guaranteed crowd-pleaser. Thanks to Frank's...

Based on the classic fiddle tune Goin to Boston, this is a great hoedown number for strings. It comes complete with several special techniques including bluesy note slides, shuffle bowings, hand slaps...

Images of a late night celebration in the European countryside come alive in this spirited original featuring easy double stops, spicy pizzicatos, and dramatic pitch slides. Duration 2:05. Available i...

Most often heard during the Christmas season but appropriate all year long, this familiar English tune lets students focus on playing with warm expression and good intonation. Great change-of-pace far...

Your students will love playing this fun-filled creative holiday arrangement. Combining Boil Em Cabbage Down with Jingle Bells, this grade 1+ piece is a great high energy piece to add to your next Chr...

With its rich, fully-bowed lyrical passages and contrasting pizzicato, "koto-like" textures, this original with a sophisticated sound is a great tool for teaching bowing technique that audiences will...

The arranger has taken this lively melody and added easy fiddle-style touches, a pinch of pizzicato, some simple double stops, open string ostinatos and fun-loving bass lines to create a winner that p...

This beautiful setting in G of the great Scottish tune encourages first-year students to play with good expression, intonation, balance and blend. The shortest note value is a quarter note, and the so...

As a pleasing contrast to the predominantly rhythmic character of this familiar holiday theme, this arrangement features a lyrical interlude before the D.S. and coda. Though the piano part is optional...

As a pleasing contrast to the predominantly rhythmic character of this familiar holiday theme, this arrangement features a lyrical interlude before the D.S. and coda. Though the piano part is optional...

Your students will have a lot to cluck about with this grade 1, swing-based piece. Based in the key of D major, it features easy repetitive rhythms throughout and offers a mix of pizzicato and arco pl...

Here's a fun piece that your beginning string students will ask to play again and again!