Intermediate Sheet Music for String Orchestra

Winner of the 2000 ASTA with NSOA Merle J. Isaac Composition Contest, Bold Venture captures rhythmic vitality and melodic verve throughout.

Another great composition from award winner Shirl Arwell! Hold onto your hats as you listen to this rhythmically-charged selection. Listen, too, for the unique ways melody, counterpoint, and jazz harm...

Please welcome newcomer Miriam Overholt and her wonderful music to your orchestra! Her original two-movement work features Air and Jig, and both contain gorgeous, soaring melodies that will be unforge...

The restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially the distance rules and the resulting difficulties with large ensembles, led to the idea of creating versions of arias for soprano and string o...

The Airs variés Nos. 6 and 7 by the young Henri Vieuxtemps, published here for the first time, mark a significant step forward in the highly gifted composer’s development. With these works, he succeed...

Ritus was originally written as an opener for the African Suite by Abdullah Ibrahim. It creates a fusion between different shades of African and European musical traditions and paints a colorful, expa...

The work, although also known in the chamber orchestra version by Max Reger, was originally composed for string quartet (1887). The preservation of the idealized timbres by the composer, in this case...

Here is one of the most beautiful moments in all of opera! This arrangement creates a big, lush sound by writing divisi into every section but the basses with some brief solo passages for the concertm...

Here is Ravel's most famous full orchestra work transcribed for strings! To recreate the vivid textures of the original, rich divisi writing is used throughout, and soloists in both celli and violin a...

Here is Ravel's most famous full orchestra work transcribed for strings! To recreate the vivid textures of the original, rich divisi writing is used throughout, and soloists in both celli and violin a...

This set of Grieg's masterpieces includes Morning Mood, Peer Gynt's Serenade, Äse's Death, and Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter. The StringMasters Series, based on the success of the Concertmaste...

A sophisticated, original three-movement work for string orchestra, this is a terrific addition to the repertoire. Opening with great energy and moving sixteenth notes in the first movement, the secon...

DANCE OF THE FURIES was originally scored for strings with pairs of oboes, bassoons, and horns, plus three trombones. This arrangement moves essential wind lines into string parts while maintaining th...

One of the most recognizable works by Bach (originally written for organ), this arrangement features the fugue theme and developments passed through all string voices, creating an exciting challenge f...

A sophisticated, original three-movement work for string orchestra, this is a terrific addition to the repertoire. Opening with great energy and moving sixteenth notes in the first movement, the secon...

DANCE OF THE FURIES was originally scored for strings with pairs of oboes, bassoons, and horns, plus three trombones. This arrangement moves essential wind lines into string parts while maintaining th...

Gerald Doan has skillfully arranged Bach's Fugue in G Minor, one of the monuments of music, for strings. This work will provide a challenge for all sections, but the time and effort will pay dividends...

Alexander Luigini (1850-1906) was an Italian violinist, conductor and composer who was born in France and spent most of his life there. Ballet Egyptien (1875) is his best known work, gaining great pop...

Alexander Luigini (1850-1906) was an Italian violinist, conductor and composer who was born in France and spent most of his life there. Ballet Egyptien (1875) is his best known work, gaining great pop...

Recurring, asymmetric ostinato figures drive this hypnotic piece, punctuated by harmonically lush cadences. Program this exciting Shirl Jae Atwell work as a concert opener or pre-intermission cliffhan...

Take your students on an auditory trip through the streets of Brazil with this challenging samba from Thom Sharp. Written for string orchestra, drum set, and caxixi (a large gourd shaker), Samba for a...

Recurring, asymmetric ostinato figures drive this hypnotic piece, punctuated by harmonically lush cadences. Program this exciting Shirl Jae Atwell work as a concert opener or pre-intermission cliffhan...

Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) composed his Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98 in 1884. The symphony's premiere was in October 1885. Michael Hopkins' arrangement of the second movement is designed to ma...

Cyborg by Michael Hopkins is an upbeat, high energy blues-rock piece for intermediate orchestra. This is a great piece for working on left hand chromatic fingering, syncopated rhythms, and crisp artic...

The beautiful sounds of Gabriel Faure's beloved vocal work are perfect for string orchestra! Lovely soaring melodies are met by breathtaking harmonies, and lyrical passages move fluidly from section t...