Highland String Orchestra

During the Civil War era, the song 'Follow the Drinking Gourd' was shared among slaves as a means to facilitate their escape to the North. The text of the song contained hidden messages about how the...

During the Civil War era, the song 'Follow the Drinking Gourd' was shared among slaves as a means to facilitate their escape to the North. The text of the song contained hidden messages about how the...

During the Civil War era, the song 'Follow the Drinking Gourd' was shared among slaves as a means to facilitate their escape to the North. The text of the song contained hidden messages about how the...

As part of Tapestry: A New England Suite, Fiddle-Fest pays homage to the fiddlers of the New England style by incorporating three tunes from the fiddle tradition. The set begins with the joyful reel '...

As part of Tapestry: A New England Suite, Fiddle-Fest pays homage to the fiddlers of the New England style by incorporating three tunes from the fiddle tradition. The set begins with the joyful reel '...

Composed in an 'Old World' style, Peasant Dance attempts to capture the spirit, energy, and spontaneity of folkdance, a celebration of both life and death. This work calls for a cabasa, though if one...

Composed in an 'Old World' style, Peasant Dance attempts to capture the spirit, energy, and spontaneity of folkdance, a celebration of both life and death. This work calls for a cabasa, though if one...

Variations on an English Pastoral Theme is based on the tune 'Brother James's Air.' At the heart of the piece is the opening violin solo melody, which is rather free-form in a wistful, quasi-improvisa...

Variations on an English Pastoral Theme is based on the tune 'Brother James's Air.' At the heart of the piece is the opening violin solo melody, which is rather free-form in a wistful, quasi-improvisa...

Rooted in expressions of both suffering and hope, the African-American spiritual brings depth and richness to the body of American folk music. Beginning with a prayerful statement of the opening text,...

Rooted in expressions of both suffering and hope, the African-American spiritual brings depth and richness to the body of American folk music. Beginning with a prayerful statement of the opening text,...

Rooted in expressions of both suffering and hope, the African-American spiritual brings depth and richness to the body of American folk music. Beginning with a prayerful statement of the opening text,...

Irish Yuletide blends three ancient Irish Christmas melodies into a lovely Celtic medley that touches the heart. "Our Savior Thee" ("Taladh ar Slanair" in Gaelic), "A Merry Christmas Jig" and "Christm...

Showcase your strings with Folk Tune Air and Fiddler's Fury! From the lyric melody of the first section to the shuffle bowing, finger slides, and furious fiddling of the second section, your orchestra...

Showcase your strings with Folk Tune Air and Fiddler's Fury! From the lyric melody of the first section to the shuffle bowing, finger slides, and furious fiddling of the second section, your orchestra...

Showcase your strings with Folk Tune Air and Fiddler's Fury! From the lyric melody of the first section to the shuffle bowing, finger slides, and furious fiddling of the second section, your orchestra...

Showcase your strings with Folk Tune Air and Fiddler's Fury! From the lyric melody of the first section to the shuffle bowing, finger slides, and furious fiddling of the second section, your orchestra...

This selection is essentially a set of variations on the "Pong Lang Dance", one of Thailand's most popular melodies. The pong lang is a suspended vertical wooden xylophone whose keys are arranged upsi...

This medley of traditional sea-faring songs, while written in the sand dunes of beautiful Lake Michigan, brings to life a sense of the wide-open ocean as well. 'Sea Chanty,' an exciting, rhythmic, dri...

This medley of traditional sea-faring songs, while written in the sand dunes of beautiful Lake Michigan, brings to life a sense of the wide-open ocean as well. 'Sea Chanty,' an exciting, rhythmic, dri...

Students, teachers, and audiences will enjoy "Zydeco Two-Step," where country fiddles and bl bass lines meet in the Mississippi delta! Challenging bowings, blue notes, call-and-response melodies, and...

This is the first movement of a String Symphony in four movements entitled 'American Serenade.' Each movement of this work has a descriptive title which attempts to paint a picture of America from a h...

This is the first movement of a String Symphony in four movements entitled 'American Serenade.' Each movement of this work has a descriptive title which attempts to paint a picture of America from a h...

A great musical find! This incredible piece, originally for string quartet and piano, has been faithfully transcribed for string orchestra and optional piano. Technically easier than the St. Paul's Su...

A great musical find! This incredible piece, originally for string quartet and piano, has been faithfully transcribed for string orchestra and optional piano. Technically easier than the St. Paul's Su...