Classical Sheet Music for String Orchestra

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...

Two short melodies for beginner strings, ideal as an introduction to string ensemble playing for near-beginners. Total playing time is around 2-3 minutes.

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...

The famous song by William Billings from the American Revolution has been the basis of many settings. In this new arrangement by Bill Calhoun the beginning students get to mix march-like rhythms with...

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...