String Explorer

As the title suggests, this fun grade 1.5 piece features ever-changing time signatures that will intrigue and challenge the young string orchestra. There are four mood shifts in the piece, suggested b...

December Fanfare is a perfect, high-energy opening/closing concert selection! Containing a vigorous rhythmic drive and unexpected appearances of familiar melodic ideas, this work makes for a great cha...

Fiddles Down Under presents an opportunity for string students to learn three standard fiddle tunes from the Australian "bush music" tradition. After a brief introduction, the sea chantey "Bound for S...

Through this suite of five English dances from the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods, young string players will have the opportunity to experience first-hand the "Musik of Shakespeare's Daye....

Looking for a piece that's fun to play but still educationally sound? Try Sword Dance on your next concert. Students will love this high-energy tune from the Renaissance era. The piece starts with a p...

Subterranean Dance provides a fun-to-play, exciting tune using the low strings of each instrument -- a great teaching piece! The violas and cellos will explore the bottom reaches of the C and G string...

Using only the notes of the D major scale, Richard Meyer has fashioned a medieval-sounding piece that is sure to fascinate your beginning string students. The minor key, modal harmonies and driving rh...

Treat your younger and less-experienced students to this mature-sounding arrangement of one of the most famous themes ever written. Presented in a 4/4 time signature, this arrangement makes Rossini's...

Written in a minor mode, this thrilling piece is reminiscent of Schumann's character pieces for young musicians and has been composed to reinforce F and C naturals and give young orchestras more exper...

A great way to rock the holiday concert! Featuring 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' and 'Jingle Bell Rock,' this medley will be fun to play and will go together easily. At the same time, it wi...

Have a jolly, jingly holiday, but bring out the blue jeans and red bandanas for a country Christmas! 'Jolly Old St. Nicholas' and 'Jingle Bells' shine in this fun, foot-stompin' piece. Correlates with...

A Suite Of English Carols With Optional Narrator The suite is a setting of many old English Christmas carols in six movements - each can stand alone for holiday concert programming, or when played tog...

Teaching opportunities abound in this fresh and creative arrangement of the carol 'We Three Kings.' The piece depicts the kings' famous nocturnal trek across the desert and is a great way to introduce...