Easy Classical Music of the Modern Age Sheet Music

Feel the frigid chill of winter winds and brittle ice! This original work for young orchestra offers a contemporary sound with approachable quarter- and half-note rhythms and basic stepwise motion. Fe...

Open your concert with an explosion of energy! This aggressive work will immediately command your audience's attention as it combines bold and powerful lines with moments of delicacy and lyricism. Vio...

Put your bassists in the spotlight in this piece for beginning strings. Build confidence and skills in your bass section as they lead the orchestra while navigating the shift between first and third p...

Spooky and rhythmically energetic, the chromatic alteration between C-natural and C-sharp will give students opportunities to develop their left hand intonation. This piece includes arco and pizzicato...

This energetic and refreshing original is destined to be a highlight of beginning-level repertoire for years to come. From bold, rustic sections to soft and suspense-building tremolos and pizzicatos,...

Bring the creepy monsters into the moonlight! Set in 3/4 meter in E minor, all violin, viola and cello parts are playable in first position, with basses shifting to 2nd position. This is a great piece...

This little violin method was written by the well-known Czech violin teacher Magdaléna Micková for children of around five years old and incorporates her longstanding teaching experience with this age...

Kalevi Aho's Three pieces for young violin players (2023) celebrates the full potential of open strings, first position, glissandos that end up on natural harmonics. The young violin player gets the t...

Streetwise is a superb collection of original compositions for alto saxophone from Karen Street. These characterful pieces are ideally suited for teaching and would be a rewarding addition to any deve...

This collection is unique in that depending on the tempo selected, the solo can be a grade 1, grade 2 or grade 3. Therefore, the three solos equate to nine solos depending on the chosen tempo. These w...

Perfectly scored for early ensembles, this piece balances simplicity with musical richness. Every section shines, from low brass melodies to a lively percussion soli and a charming clarinet feature in...

Imagine the open prairie, and wagons venturing westward under the vast blue sky. This is the world of Horizon West. Written in the style of an old, western waltz, it is a flowing, cinematic work celeb...

We welcome Timothy Isham to the Kendor family of writers with this winning original that combines an infectious rock groove in the cello and bass lines with sassy fiddle figures from violas and violin...

Presented here in a version for unison voices, this tender piece was composed in memory of the victims of Fukushima in 2011. It is both reflective and heartfelt, with a simple, appealing melody, rich...

Come, Let Us Worship is an impressive excerpt from the All-Night Vigil (Op. 37) by Sergei Rachmaninov, a masterpiece of Orthodox church music composed in 1915. This work opens the celebration with con...

Come, Let Us Worship is an impressive excerpt from the All-Night Vigil (Op. 37) by Sergei Rachmaninov, a masterpiece of Orthodox church music composed in 1915. This work opens the celebration with con...

In music, a drone is a repeated or sustained pitch that provides a harmonic foundation for melodies and harmonies to build around it. This definition describes this piece perfectly as the entire piece...

Echoes in the Tundra was composed to paint a musical picture of someone trying to survive in a dark, vast, snowy plain. Much of the piece uses call and response to represent the echoes in this environ...

Serenity is the perfect word to describe this lyrical piece: calm, peaceful and simple to perform. This selection was composed with the intention to introduce very beginning musicians to lyrical music...

The Call of the Summit is a heroic and stately piece which uses call and response between a solo trumpet and the remainder of the ensemble to establish "the call". With simple rhythms and limited rang...

Of Fate and Fortune is a great piece to introduce beginning students to more challenging music. The music focuses on one theme that is manipulated to take on several forms throughout.

Beneath the Golden Sky is a lyrical song that allows an ensemble to develop its skills playing in 3/4 metre. Each part is given the opportunity to play melodic material at some point in the piece.

Complete with a positive and uplifting theme, this new work for beginning band is great for all types of performance. Using only the first 6 notes of the Bb Scale, Sean has created a piece that is per...

Complete with a positive and uplifting theme, this new work for beginning band is great for all types of performance. Using only the first 6 notes of the Bb Scale, Sean has created a piece that is per...

Complete with a positive and uplifting theme, this new work for beginning band is great for all types of performance. Using only the first 6 notes of the Bb Scale, Sean has created a piece that is per...