Classical Modern Music Sheet Music for String Orchestra

Country Mountain Flight is a rousing original that will have the audience's toes tapping in the aisles. Although the percussion parts for a minimum of two players are completely optional, the added dr...

A 7-minute suite in three short movements in neoclassical style. Cello and double bass parts are combined for most of the piece with the occasional divisi sections. First performed by the National You...

Suite in three movements for elementary level string players featuring melodies in Scottish folk music style but which are not actual Scottish folk tunes. Violin 3, viola 2 and cello 2 parts are mainl...

Anogther Suite in three movements for elementary level string players featuring melodies in Scottish folk music style but which are not actual Scottish folk tunes. Violin 3, viola 2 and cello 2 parts...

Piece in four movments first performed in Tallinn, Estonia in 1993. The final movement is a small-scale fugue with a "tongue-in-cheek" reference to the final movement of Brandenburg 4.

Single-movement lyrical piece with a solo violin and solo piano part, performance time ca. 2-3 minutes

An introductory set of short pieces for beginner strings in five short movements, ideal for school use in four movements. The double bass part is played pizzicato throughout and can be omitted if requ...

The Suite is named after a summer music course for string players held in the summer holidays in the UK. There are three movements in predominatly in neo-classical style. Playing time is ca. 8-9 minut...

A "follow-on" second set of short pieces from the First Suite For Strings with five movements, each featuring a melody in the style of melodies from a central / eastern European country. Ideal for sch...

A 6-minute lyrical piece for solo cello and strinfgs first performed publicaly in the early 1990s by the Central Music School in Tallinn, Estonia.

This contemplative piece with a flavour of the tintinnabulist style of Arvo Paert is scored for double string orchestra with a nine-part "concertino" orchestra accompnaied by a larger "ripieno" string...

This is one of only a very few arrangements listed in the C. D. Wiggins Instrumental Catalogue and features five short pieces from Bela Bartok's piano collection "For Children" which has been in commo...

This standard for beginning strings has a new twist to it. The melody is much easier to teach in 4/4 rather than in 3/4. It is still in D major and contains no altered fingerings. The tempo marking is...

With drive and drumbeat, the basses (and cellos) are on the loose! This fun section feature puts those powerhouse low voices in the spotlight. With the easy key of E minor and minimal note range, even...

Bacchanale is a frantic dance full of reckless abandon. Taken from the name of the Roman god of wine Bacchus, this work is a festive celebration. It starts with lyrical melodies juxtaposed against sha...

Journey to the southern part of Spain where remnants of Moorish and Middle Eastern culture are found, along with traditional Flamenco music. These sounds, melodies and harmonies are used in an almost...

Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) was considered one of the greatest violinists of all time. Many of his works are known as 'pastiches,' works composed in the styles of other composers. Kreiser wrote Tempo d...

This contemporary work for intermediate string orchestra captures the spirit of pushing boundaries and testing limits with the potential to overcome. A fun and hopeful piece, Spirit of Adventure is fu...

This contemporary work for intermediate string orchestra captures the spirit of pushing boundaries and testing limits with the potential to overcome. A fun and hopeful piece, Spirit of Adventure is fu...

An exciting journey through Atlantis awaits students in this straight-forward composition using notes of the B natural-minor scale. Using only the notes and rhythms learned in the first year of study,...

As the name implies, this work portrays a morning run up a mountain and the feeling that comes with the wonderful vistas that surround. Students will experience images of beautiful vegetation and fres...

Searching for Destiny's Diamond is a mysterious, tension-filled work centering around young people searching out their destiny during dark times and journeying towards the diamond that is their bright...

This tranquil piece captures the serenity and wonder of the starry night sky. The legato melody uses both sustained and smooth detache bow strokes as the calm motif develops dynamically and harmonical...

This tranquil piece captures the serenity and wonder of the starry night sky. The legato melody uses both sustained and smooth detache bow strokes as the calm motif develops dynamically and harmonical...