Wilfin String Orchestra

The music evokes the joyful atmosphere of the famous Carnivale di Venezia, with its colourful characters and beautifully painted masks. The melody is instantly recognisable, and the variations explore...

Lost Puppy is a 2011 composition by Loreta Fin with a melancholy mood. Students have often commented how sad the piece sounds. In this new work, after many years, the lost puppy is finally found. The...

Lost Puppy is a 2011 composition by Loreta Fin with a melancholy mood. Students have often commented how sad the piece sounds. In this new work, after many years, the lost puppy is finally found. The...

Just add ... strings! This uncomplicated work is designed to teach very elementary concepts of bowing, pizzicato, lifted bows, and dynamics. It uses eight basic rhythms in common time. The use of rhyt...

Just add ... strings! This uncomplicated work is designed to teach very elementary concepts of bowing, pizzicato, lifted bows, and dynamics. It uses eight basic rhythms in common time. The use of rhyt...

The poppy is the enduring symbol of remembrance of the First World War. Based on the Last Post (or Taps), this slow, dignified work reflects the reverence of a hymn or chorale. Designed to be played a...

The poppy is the enduring symbol of remembrance of the First World War. Based on the Last Post (or Taps), this slow, dignified work reflects the reverence of a hymn or chorale. Designed to be played a...

Robert Schumann's Scenes from Childhood is a set of thirteen pieces for piano, written in 1838. The seventh one, Reverie or "Träumerei," means dreaming. Playing soft, slow pieces is never easy, and re...

Robert Schumann's Scenes from Childhood is a set of thirteen pieces for piano, written in 1838. The seventh one, Reverie or "Träumerei," means dreaming. Playing soft, slow pieces is never easy, and re...

A Minor Matter by Loreta Fin is ideally suited to introducing half position. It does not complicate the learning with intricate rhythms, but focuses on the harmonies and melodic line, using low first...

A Minor Matter by Loreta Fin is ideally suited to introducing half position. It does not complicate the learning with intricate rhythms, but focuses on the harmonies and melodic line, using low first...

Theme and variations is a very common musical structure that students will encounter in all musical eras, from Baroque to Contemporary. Haydn Theme and Variations features a theme that is built upon t...

Reminiscence by Loreta Fin is a dreamy piece in triple meter that uses simple rhythms and basic finger patterns. Dynamic range is explored, as well as pizzicato, whole bows, and bow divisions.

Three well-known nursery rhymes are arranged in Loreta Fin's Rhyme Time for Strings, using almost "every trick in the string playing book," such as pizzicato, slurs, staccato, tenuto, glissandi, harmo...

Charming tunes for celli and violas; very attractive, works very well; piano needed if no bass player.

Charming tunes for celli and violas; very attractive, works very well; piano needed if no bass player.

Charming tunes for celli and violas; very attractive, works very well; piano needed if no bass player.

It can be played in the second year of learning. There is a lovely melody in the 1st violins with a straightforward accompaniment in the other parts.

It can be played in the second year of learning. There is a lovely melody in the 1st violins with a straightforward accompaniment in the other parts.

A gentle, pretty waltz in D Major which would captivate students and audiences alike. There are interesting melodic parts for all. The piano is needed for the arrangement.

A gentle, pretty waltz in D Major which would captivate students and audiences alike. There are interesting melodic parts for all. The piano is needed for the arrangement.

The ensemble should be encouraged to use whole bows for each note, regardless of whether it is a dotted minim, a minim or a crotchet. Therefore, the students need to 'plan' their bow speed, so that it...

The ensemble should be encouraged to use whole bows for each note, regardless of whether it is a dotted minim, a minim or a crotchet. Therefore, the students need to 'plan' their bow speed, so that it...

Very playable. Educational value in extending bow technique.

A little more difficult than the above two pieces, but very playable. Educational value in extending bow technique.