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Mambos just don't get any friendlier than this. Every section in the orchestra is featured, with lots of fun imitation between upper and lower strings. All parts are in first position, with only one l...

An ideal piece for first year string students written in moderate tempo, a friednly key, and all players remain in first position. This gem by Emmy award-winning composer Thom Sharp is sure to be a hi...

This is a great way to introduce your strings to Jazz! This easy-to-play selection inspired by the "Be-Bop" style uses short swing-eighth note patterns over a walking bass line, and sounds good at var...

The technical skills are well within the demands of first year players in this sophisticated overture for string orchestra. Students can concentrate on ensemble skills and beauty of tone and will be a...

The technical skills are well within the demands of first year players in this sophisticated overture for string orchestra. Students can concentrate on ensemble skills and beauty of tone and will be a...

Watch the sun set from your veranda with this relaxed Latin waltz. It's a good opportunity for upper strings to use both high and low 2nd fingerings. Your orchestra will learn to count tied notes and...

Take your beginning orchestra on a tour of the old west with this ballad in 3/4 time. A simple D major melody is passed between sections, with nothing more rhythmically complex than quarter notes. The...

Take your beginning orchestra on a tour of the old west with this ballad in 3/4 time. A simple D major melody is passed between sections, with nothing more rhythmically complex than quarter notes. The...

Written in modal E minor with a Hebraic-sounding theme, this is a great piece for reinforcing fundamentals, such as counting, legato bowing, pizzicato, two-note slurs, and low 2s. Thematic material is...

The sight of all those bows dancing in rhythm across the strings is an inspiring sight to most young string orchestra audiences. The tasteful writing of Ed Siennicki will give your group plenty of pra...

Straight ahead simple melody in D major that gets kids using bowed 8th notes. A fine teaching piece that is catchy and likeable.UIL String Orchestra Sight Reading Level 3 - 2008

This piece depicts the magic of butterfly migration with only open strings and first finger (using all strings).  The butterflies disappear into the sky with a soft, delicate pizzicato ending. &n...

This piece depicts the magic of butterfly migration with only open strings and first finger (using all strings). The butterflies disappear into the sky with a soft, delicate pizzicato ending. Bowing s...

Fun in the sun in G major! This is a great special feature for your young group's concert! The strings' dotted rhythms and pizzicato play above maracas and clave percussion for a lilting Caribbean fee...

The title is truth in advertising: this is about learning to cross strings as well as skipping fingers and developing proper hand position and finger independence. Some enjoyable knocking and other so...

Not surprisingly, this piece in D Major highlights the cello section. Young cellists will love having the melody and several brief solos. Though the focus is on the cellos, every section has plenty to...

With a sprinkle of childhood imagination and a sweep of all-grown-up ensemble sonority, students will love playing Tree Top Dreams by Caryn Wiegand Neidhold. Playable at the first-semester concert, ea...

Two sets of string parts make this work accessible to first- and second-year students. There are even two piano parts, one for rehearsal and one for performance, as well as some light percussion.

The title is truth in advertising: this is about learning to cross strings as well as skipping fingers and developing proper hand position and finger independence. Some enjoyable knocking and other so...

Teachers will find this a fun and easy way to teach glissandi to your young players and prepare them for shifting. Pitch bends are also used, to mimic techniques in bluegrass fiddling. There is no wor...

Not surprisingly, this piece in D Major highlights the cello section. Young cellists will love having the melody and several brief solos. Though the focus is on the cellos, every section has plenty to...

Island of Stars is a captivating early ensemble experience for your young orchestra. The students feel supported yet part of an orchestra experience with music written in two and three parts. The midd...

With a sprinkle of childhood imagination and a sweep of all-grown-up ensemble sonority, students will love playing Tree Top Dreams by Caryn Wiegand Neidhold. Playable at the first-semester concert, ea...

This unique arrangement has a haunting melody in the D pentatonic scale, which is passed to all sections. The basses will briefly venture to 4th position for their statement of the tune and fingerings...