Intermediate Sheet Music for String Orchestra

Veteran orchestral conductor and writer Cliff Colnot has created a unique set of publications featuring scoring especially for student groups with varying skill levels. With challenging parts for a so...

The continuing popularity of Eric Whitacre's dramatic and evocative music is evident in concert programming everywhere, with his symphonic, choral, and operatic works. October is arguably his most not...

A regal and stately march that is remembered as one of Chopin's most popular piano works, Polonaise Militaire can be performed in a variety of settings, including as a graduation processional. Robert...

One of the most famous opera arias of all time, La Donna e Mobile has been performed by countless artists, from Pavorotti to Bugs Bunny. It is light-hearted classical programming at its very best - a...

Another skilled adaptation of a Beethoven scherzo comes from notable music educator and conductor, Jamin Hoffman. Once again, you can share the power and artistry of a Beethoven symphony with your int...

One of the most popular pieces from Alan Hovhaness, Prayer of St. Gregory is taken from the opera Etchmiadzin and is described as u201ca prayer in darkness.u201d The original edition for trumpet and o...

Melding classical and hip-hop styles, the duo Black Violin has captured the attention of music lovers around the globe. Carefully adapted for string ensembles, Larry Moore's arrangement of the famous...

The composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor achieved such success in his life that he was called the African Mahler by his contemporaries. This arrangement for string orchestra by Robert Longfield uses music...

Leave it to Mannheim Steamroller's Chip Davis to give Tchaikovsky's masterwork a new twist with an infectious, funky bass line, rock drums and a groove that takes ballet music to a different level. A...

St. Paul's Suite continues as one of Holst's most remembered works for strings, written when he was an educator at the St. Paul's School for Girls. In four movements, the style reflects the craftsmans...

Samuel Barber's best-known work has become an icon of contemporary orchestral literature. Jamin Hoffman's arrangement now makes this landmark work accessible to intermediate-level groups with careful...

Samuel Barber's best-known work has become an icon of contemporary orchestral literature. Jamin Hoffman's arrangement now makes this landmark work accessible to intermediate-level groups with careful...

This famous aria pays homage to Johann Sebastian Bach and remains one of the most popular of Villa-Lobos' works, originally written for solo soprano and eight celli. Jamin Hoffman's setting for string...

Written in the final years of Mozart's life, this piece features a slow lyrical opening followed by an exuberant journey through major and minor tonalities. Students practice Classical style along wit...

A challenge they will love, this piece is almost aerobic in its constant motion! It goes together more easily than it appears and will become a favorite. (3:45)

The glorious melody of Beethoven's Ode to Joy gets an adrenaline boost as your orchestra rolls down the windows and turns up the volume! Ideal as an opener or closer, this exciting work by Brian Balma...

Andante from Symphony No. 5 by Felix Mendelssohn and arranged by William LaRue Jones is the Symphony's third movement. It is written in an operatic aria style, with the first violins singing the openi...

New edition of the full score of this 8-minute work composed in 1928. Highly passionate in character and rich in its melodic invention, Finzi's writing here is characteristically open-hearted and appr...

Hoe Down is a classic American symphonic work and its unique sound has become a trademark of composer Aaron Copland. This new edition has been carefully crafted for string orchestra, allowing intermed...

Known for his extensive orchestration work with Leonard Bernstein and numerous Broadway hits, Hershy Kay was a notable composer in his own right. This movement is taken from his popular 'Cakewalk' bal...

Monteverdiana is a work for string orchestra that is a contemporary homage to the music of Claudio Monteverdi. Conceived as a bridge through time, this score translates Monteverdi's aesthetics into th...

Monteverdiana is a work for string orchestra that is a contemporary homage to the music of Claudio Monteverdi. Conceived as a bridge through time, this score translates Monteverdi's aesthetics into th...

A pavane is a very old, elegant dance form. Ravel's masterwork is notable for its supremely sensitive nuances, and is representative of the school of French composition so much in favor at the turn of...

A pavane is a very old, elegant dance form. Ravel's masterwork is notable for its supremely sensitive nuances, and is representative of the school of French composition so much in favor at the turn of...

Mark Revell's Spring Forward is composed in a similar style to his commercial music (such as his LG Signature commercial, found in this YouTube link). This work was written to express the joys of spri...