Great Works Publishing - LudwigMasters

Versatile as well as useful. Three patriotic songs, Chester, America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)and America the Beautiful, can be performed alone or together as a concert suite or effective warm-up. Fam...

This trio with unusual instrumentation (2 Horns and Trombone/Euphonium) gives opportunity for less advanced players to experience this beautiful song in three different variations. Also includes Trump...

Grand March is an original composition which may be used for contest, concert, or for some dignified occasion for a processional. Technical demands and ranges of all instruments are minimal. The key i...

This is the short story of activities that take place in a rural setting on a summer Sunday afternoon. Families attend a morning worship service and then share in social and recreational activity at a...

This familiar American holiday song is appropriate for either Christmas or Thanksgiving programs. Percy Hall has effectively arranged this beloved melody to be accessible by young performers while use...

A fun and enjoyable introduction to Irish 'Jig' style and 6/8 meter, this is a great repertoire addition for advancing players. While staying in first position, it offers challenges of hooked bowing,...

This familiar American holiday song is appropriate for either Christmas or Thanksgiving programs. Percy Hall has effectively arranged this beloved melody to be accessible by young performers while use...

Walden is a beautiful new ballad for strings by one of the most respected composers for young performers. Warm harmonies support a pastoral melody, while exquisite moving lines for all parts make this...

Straight ahead simple melody in D major that gets kids using bowed 8th notes. A fine teaching piece that is catchy and likeable.UIL String Orchestra Sight Reading Level 3 - 2008

The Gavotte and the Contredanse are both lively French dances from the 17th century. Gaining popularity in the Court of Louis XIV, the Gavotte was a gracious dance in duple meter with four bar phrases...

This arrangement was designed for Middle School and easy High School use in situations where there are no (or few) color instruments such as oboe, bassoon, bass clarinet, tenor and baritone saxophones...

True to its title, this is a foot-stompin', down home fiddlin' tune for young players. Written in G major, it's a great change of pace. Solo lines can be improvised or read from the parts. The solos a...

This ABA-form work is lyrical and dramatic. With changing meters, chromaticism in all parts, two keys and some shifting, it is a delicate and beautiful original work for string orchestra that is both...

Some of the most recognizable orchestral music ever written has been scored for strings by this skillful arranger. Fun to play, this arrangement will, however, provide some rhythmic and technical chal...

Some of the most recognizable orchestral music ever written has been scored for strings by this skillful arranger. Fun to play, this arrangement will, however, provide some rhythmic and technical chal...

PERPETUAL MOTION is a flashy, encore-type piece composed as a violin solo by Carl Böhm, who lived in the 19th and 20th centuries. This arrangement features the entire first violin section on the melod...

This arrangement was designed for Middle School and easy High School use in situations where there are no (or few) color instruments such as oboe, bassoon, bass clarinet, tenor and baritone saxophones...

Andy has provided a dynamic but very accessible arrangement of this favorite American song. A great way to introduce Saints to your students and an opportunity to feature your percussion section in au...

Christmas Collage is holiday music for the youngest bands, a medley of familiar carols: Jingle Bells, Good King Wenceslas, and The Wassail Song. Using only rhythms up to quarter notes in the winds, th...

A fun selection featuring foot stomps in all sections and glissandos for the trombones. An excellent introduction to staccato articulation and slurs for all players, the work uses eighth note patterns...

A fun teaching piece that introduces several stylistic elements, including use of dynamics and staccato. With a simple melody begun by the woodwinds, the brass and percussion sections both get a chanc...

This truly engaging number for your first year bands uses only rhythms of whole, half and quarter notes for the winds, and eighth notes in the percussion. Quincy has made this a very special work for...

Although this work will provide superior material for your band to work on the contrast between staccato and legato articulation styles, what everyone will remember will be the image of dancing Dachsh...

This is an outstanding addition to the first and second year band repertoire and will provide an opportunity to introduce or reinforce basic syncopation. The excellent melodic material uses only limit...

This lovely composition, which focuses on legato playing from all sections reminds us of the warm lazy days of another era. Technically not demanding, this will allow you to focus on your band's tone...