Intermediate Sheet Music from Carl Fischer

Starting with a fanfare, this overture quickly moves into a lively melody reminiscent of Holst.  Varying meters and levels of rhythmic complexity create demands for mature players while the inner part...

Celebration of Peace is a fantasy on Oseh Shalom (He Who Makes Peace), a traditional Hebrew song. This lively arrangement uses mixed meter, tempo changes, syncopation, and instrumental textures to por...

La Barca de Oro (The Golden Boat) is a Mexican folk song from the late 1800's and is arranged here in ranchera lenta style. The vocals are optional so the piece can also be performed as an instrumenta...

This festive suite of original songs captures the style and spirit of three traditional Spanish and Latin American dances. First, Mi Tiplecito, a happy bambuco from Colombia. This song uses strummed p...

This festive suite of original songs captures the style and spirit of three traditional Spanish and Latin American dances. First, Mi Tiplecito, a happy bambuco from Colombia. This song uses strummed p...

Written by John Philip Sousa in appreciation of an honor awarded him by the Board of Directors of the 1893 St. Louis Exposition, The Directorate was one of the first pieces Sousa composed for his newl...

Capriccio Italien was based on Italian folk songs and was composed by Tchaikovsky in 1880. The work was inspired by his trip to Rome. This fantasy utilizes the capriccio's themes in order to capture t...

G Major

Journey to the southern part of Spain where remnants of Moorish and Middle Eastern culture are found, along with traditional Flamenco music. These sounds, melodies and harmonies are used in an almost...

This energetic second movement from Bach's famed Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 has been skillfully arranged to be more accessible to the developing string ensemble. Remaining in the key of G major, this...

This familiar sneaky theme was originally composed for solo piano by French composer Charles Gounod in 1872, as a bit of joke about a particular music critic. The mysterious and foreboding motif has s...

This familiar sneaky theme was originally composed for solo piano by French composer Charles Gounod in 1872, as a bit of joke about a particular music critic. The mysterious and foreboding motif has s...

Violinist and composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was known for embracing the previously unexplored song and dance forms from his father's native west Africa and incorporating them into his own very Euro...

Finally, an interpretation of Pachelbel's famous Canon in D with more than 8 notes for the cello and bass sections! Pachelbel's Rhapsody creatively reimagines this well-known melody so that all voices...

This contemporary work for intermediate string orchestra captures the spirit of pushing boundaries and testing limits with the potential to overcome. A fun and hopeful piece, Spirit of Adventure is fu...

This contemporary work for intermediate string orchestra captures the spirit of pushing boundaries and testing limits with the potential to overcome. A fun and hopeful piece, Spirit of Adventure is fu...

Starting with a fanfare, this overture quickly moves into a lively melody reminiscent of Holst.  Varying meters and levels of rhythmic complexity create demands for mature players while the inner part...

Inspired by hot air ballooning, this concert or contest composition starts with a celebratory feel with soaring melodic material and progresses to a suspenseful, yet graceful, completion.  Multiple dy...

Written in honor of the composer’s band director, this challenging concert opener or contest selection is designed to develop fundamentals of music, technical aspects of performance and expose student...

Written in honor of the composer’s band director, this challenging concert opener or contest selection is designed to develop fundamentals of music, technical aspects of performance and expose student...