LudwigMasters Beginning Strings

This clever intermediate level string orchestra piece will have your students on the edge of their seats as they count carefully so as not to "fall into" the rests. Everyone gets a chance to play the...

Grab your beret and take a walk along the Seine River or perhaps enjoy an espresso at a Parisian café! In this delightful level 2.5 piece in G Major, the string bass section shines as the jazzy chords...

Grab your beret and take a walk along the Seine River or perhaps enjoy an espresso at a Parisian café! In this delightful level 2.5 piece in G Major, the string bass section shines as the jazzy chords...

An excellent vehicle for teaching phrasing, Lijiang River Landscape is also a marvelous multicultural addition to your concert. Albert Wang has once again adapted a Chinese folk song to the string orc...

This arrangement of the Hawaiian folk song Kahuli Aku will evoke the imagery and vibrancy of the "singing snails" (kahuli) depicted in the song lyric. Young musicians and their audience will sense a d...

Les Matadors represents an English country dance from Ignatius Sancho's "Minuets Cotillons & Country Dances for the Violin, Mandolin, German Flute, & Harpsichord", published in 1775. Sancho's original...

Vaclav Nelhybel brings the flavor of his homeland's folk music to this four-movement suite for string orchestra. He utilizes a wide array of styles, dynamics, tempos and moods to great effect. The ori...

In this original work, Nelhybel provides six separate variations on this famous William Billings hymn. Using only the key of D major, the selection reinforces all the basic first year rhythmic reading...

A contemporary American work for medium-easy strings. Recorded by Michigan State University Orchestra on the CD, Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra Volume 1 Pepper #5973728.

Vaclav Nelhybel brings the flavor of his homeland's folk music to this four-movement suite for string orchestra. He utilizes a wide array of styles, dynamics, tempos and moods to great effect. The ori...

In this original work, Nelhybel provides six separate variations on this famous William Billings hymn. Using only the key of D major, the selection reinforces all the basic first year rhythmic reading...

Here's an exciting three-part work centering around "giants." Movement one is named for the Titans of Greek mythology. Movement two is called Panda Bear and movement three is T-Rex. Imaginative and fu...

Bring a bit of international flavor to your programs with this setting of an authentic folksong from the Shanxi province of China. You'll provide a real slice of Chinese culture by presenting this mel...

At last, now there is a multi-movement symphony written for the youngest of musicians! Your students can get a taste of the concert hall with this tuneful and whimsical opus, and the subtitles for eac...

Every beginner who has practiced the Suzuki School, Volume 1 will immediately recognize this piece - and so will their parents. Using rhythms and techniques from the Suzuki book, Albert Wang has craft...

At last a version of Offenbach's much beloved dance that younger players can handle! Rehearsal Piano and Violin 3 (for Viola) parts provide valuable assistance for the youngest of ensembles. This is g...

Two sets of string parts make this work accessible to first- and second-year students. There are even two piano parts, one for rehearsal and one for performance, as well as some light percussion.

Island of Stars is a captivating early ensemble experience for your young orchestra. The students feel supported yet part of an orchestra experience with music written in two and three parts. The midd...

Shake, Shake, Shake is a delightful level 1 string orchestra piece by Ingrid Koller that will keep everyone on their toes! Every section gets a turn to play the simple D major melody, and everyone get...

Audiences will tap their toes and sing along to This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie as Ethen Epple's level 1 arrangement conceptually covers: staccato, pizzicato, detaché, syncopation, and a key c...

This engaging piece for string orchestra is appropriate for any time of the year but would be especially fun for a summer orchestra concert. Arco Polo is the musical depiction of the well-known swimmi...

Bring a bit of international flavor to your programs with this setting of an authentic folksong from the Shanxi province of China. You'll provide a real slice of Chinese culture by presenting this mel...

At last, now there is a multi-movement symphony written for the youngest of musicians! Your students can get a taste of the concert hall with this tuneful and whimsical opus, and the subtitles for eac...

At last a version of Offenbach's much beloved dance that younger players can handle! Rehearsal Piano and Violin 3 (for Viola) parts provide valuable assistance for the youngest of ensembles. This is g...

This arrangement of the Hawaiian folk song Kahuli Aku will evoke the imagery and vibrancy of the "singing snails" (kahuli) depicted in the song lyric. Young musicians and their audience will sense a d...