Latham Music

Your middle school orchestra players will think that they've fallen through the rabbit hole into a cartoon land. This piece is all about effectsstaccato, pizzicato, dynamics, and sudden bursts of colo...

Hold on to your hats for a fast ride on the samba machine! Thom Sharp has created this new piece that is rhythmically challenging and chromatic but has a singable main theme. All sections are featured...

The bass and percussion sections lay down the classic bolero groove while the rest of the orchestra takes turns playing the lazy, singing, rolling melody. Enjoy a warm, tropical feeling as the orchest...

An ideal piece for first year string students written in moderate tempo, a friednly key, and all players remain in first position. This gem by Emmy award-winning composer Thom Sharp is sure to be a hi...

This is a great way to introduce your strings to Jazz! This easy-to-play selection inspired by the "Be-Bop" style uses short swing-eighth note patterns over a walking bass line, and sounds good at var...

This easy, two-beat swing feel piece for beginning string orchestras is sure to please with its lilting phrases in the violins and interplay between the viola/cello and violin melody. Each section get...

These CANONIC SONATAS have been edited to reflect the recent, more authentic return to Baroque performance style. Now playable as a mixed duet, with viola or cello. Violin and Viola parts are Grade 3,...

These CANONIC SONATAS have been edited to reflect the recent, more authentic return to Baroque performance style. Now playable as a mixed duet, with viola or cello. Violin and Viola parts are Grade 3,...

This exciting work does wonders with the full spectrum of sounds available to string orchestra; spiccato, col legno (witht the stick), harmonics, tremolo, and more. These effects serve the musical ide...

This exciting work does wonders with the full spectrum of sounds available to string orchestra; spiccato, col legno (witht the stick), harmonics, tremolo, and more. These effects serve the musical ide...

Written in modal E minor with a Hebraic-sounding theme, this is a great piece for reinforcing fundamentals, such as counting, legato bowing, pizzicato, two-note slurs, and low 2s. Thematic material is...

This beautiful arrangement highlights everything the cello is made for: a soaring melody, romantic harmonies, and marvelous resonance. Cello 1 has some tricky shifts, but otherwise very playable.

In E minor, this lively piece mirrors Baroque period rhythms and textures. First violins will go to 3rd position, and basses are featured in the B section with a walking pizzicato bassline.

As the title implies, this music is "in the style of" Handel, using the counterpoint in a way that slowly builds intensity to the dramatic finish. Set in the key of E minor, this piece remains well wi...

This upbeat setting of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" starts with a funky Latin bass line in the low strings. Fragments of the tune enter with some cool syncopated patterns; some of these patterns come...

In E minor, this lively piece mirrors Baroque period rhythms and textures. First violins will go to 3rd position, and basses are featured in the B section with a walking pizzicato bassline.

This excellent arrangement by Lynne Latham of Handel's famous ROYAL FIREWORKS MUSIC is written at level 3 for string orchestra, with an alternative Violin 3 part to substitute for Viola. A wonderful a...

This excellent arrangement by Lynne Latham of Handel's famous ROYAL FIREWORKS MUSIC is written at level 3 for string orchestra, with an alternative Violin 3 part to substitute for Viola. A wonderful a...

This lyrical work will show off your strings' expressive side. The music, set in 3/4 time, moves seamlessly between D major and B minor tonalities and uses the notes string players learn first and kno...

This piece depicts the magic of butterfly migration with only open strings and first finger (using all strings). The butterflies disappear into the sky with a soft, delicate pizzicato ending. Bowing s...

This set of rose-themed trios for violin encompass a variety of musical styles. These trios are a great way to develop chromatic fingerings, syncopation, and shifting. They are designed for a variety...

This delicate, lyric solo is presented here for C, Bb or F instrument with audio accompaniment. A version for C, Bb or F instrument, piano and string quartet is also available. It is sure to find a sp...

From ethereal and mystical to virtuosic, these arrangements evoke the true Christmas spirit. There are some tricky rhythms and keys, so individual practice is recommended for these tunes. You will fin...

Here is a set of 4 wonderful jazz tunes written to the changes of some of our most-beloved jazz standards. Each tune is neatly arranged so that the melody can be played by any section or individual, a...