Easy Sheet Music for String Orchestra

Who doesn't love that feeling of the final concert of the term, anticipating the long Summer break? This simple work is written with Junior String players all over the world in mind. It features swung...

Autumn Sundance is an upbeat and catchy work in the style of a contredanse (a French country dance). Place emphasis on each downbeat to maintain the dance style but without getting heavy. Keep 8th not...

Rock Star Strings is a fun work for young students based on the standard 12-bar blues progression that is the basis for early rock and roll music. Be sure to balance both the upper and lower strings d...

An invaluable collection of pieces for string ensemble for pupils of mixed abilities, with piano accompaniment. Arrangements of popular works by Beethoven, Dvo?ák, Handel, Haydn and Vivaldi.

Sail the high seas in this exciting work for beginning strings! Written to sound much more mature than a beginning work, this exciting adventure in 3/4 time only uses only five different rhythms and l...

Prepare to be swept into the dark world of Irish legend with Ride of the Dullahan. Galloping motives, haunting melodies, and fierce clashes bring to life the terrifying tale of this headless horseman....

Noten des Titelsongs des Kinoerfolgs 'Forrest Gump' für Streichorchester aus der Reihe 'Essential Elements For Strings'.

Two of the most memorable themes from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone are scored for beginning strings with the colorful textures and flowing melodies intact. The chromatic nature of the harmony...

Introduce one of Mozart's best known operas to your ensemble with this exciting yet approachable nod to "The Marriage of Figaro." Finding Figaro is an entry-level adaptation by Carrie Lane Gruselle ba...

Explore Searching for Seville, a fantastic arrangement based on Rossini's overture to The Barber of Seville! The clever and confident character of Figaro comes through in music that provides ample opp...

Unleash the excitement of arena rock in your string orchestra! We're Number One! is a high-energy piece by Dión Morales that is perfect for developing players, utilizing only open strings and first-fi...

'Golly gee, Batman, we're back in fashion again.' So states the masked Robin as he enters the rumbling Batmobile. Let your imagination run wild and keep your audience fascinated as the adventure, exci...

Explore the vibrancy of Mexico with Luz de la Mañana, perfect for 1st-year orchestras. Arranged by Bob Phillips, Sarah Lenhart, and Becky Bush, simple rhythms and harmonies are blended to remind the l...

Beautiful rendition of the beloved American song. (Artist Level)

A confidence-building arrangement about America's favorite pastime is just right for one of those first concerts with this new arrangement that will delight every parent in the audience.

Performer Level (correlates with Book 1, p. 34)

An elegant dance in 3/4 time, this Beethoven minuet is a great vehicle for teaching about rondo form. The episodes between the refrains are short - just four measures in most cases - so students hear...

Here's an effective work for beginning level players that features solid teaching material in a setting that is also terrific concert programming. Skilled part writing for all players, bold modal harm...

Take your students on a desert caravan in this fun and exciting piece written to introduce low first-finger notes(Eb and Bb). All students-even your more advanced players-will love the Far Eastern har...

Your first-year string students will shine as Baroque meets country in this fun, Grade 1 selection. Based on quotes from Bach's famous Menuet in G and his Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, this is the perfe...

One of the most important works of the 20th century was Stravinsky's ballet, The Firebird. The iconic 'Finale' is now accessible to young players with this effective arrangement by Michael Story. All...

A (Very) Short History of Music is an amazing grade 1 medley of a representative example from each major period of Western music using mostly half and quarter notes. Seamlessly presented by Douglas E....

This work contains notes and rhythms in the printed music - but no tempo indication or expressive markings (such as dynamics or articulations). Those missing items are the 'music' that you, the teache...

Pizzicato Parade by Chris M. Bernotas is a delightful march that allows all students in the orchestra to have a chance to shine while developing their pizzicato and rhythmic skills. Approachable chall...