John Caponegro Sheet Music for String Orchestra

This adventurous original brings to mind the repetitive patterns produced by machines on a manufacturing assembly line. Inspired in part by the television program How It's Made (Discovery Channel), st...

This soprano aria from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Marriage Of Figaro in the key of D major, contains some interesting modulations and is playable by grade 2+ groups. Much of the charm of this...

This introduction to Act 3 of the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet is a very melodic and lyrical piece. Arranged here at the grade 4 level in the key of D major, each set includes three copies of the 3rd...

This introduction to Act 3 of the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet is a very melodic and lyrical piece. Arranged here at the grade 4 level in the key of D major, each set includes three copies of the 3rd...

This soprano aria from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Marriage Of Figaro in the key of D major, contains some interesting modulations and is playable by grade 2+ groups. Much of the charm of this...

This beautiful Latin piece contrasts a lyrical A theme and a rhythmic B theme with convincing results. It gives everyone a chance to shine, especially violas and cellos when they carry the melodic lea...

This beautiful Latin piece contrasts a lyrical A theme and a rhythmic B theme with convincing results. It gives everyone a chance to shine, especially violas and cellos when they carry the melodic lea...

Here's a fun piece that your beginning string students will ask to play again and again!

This imaginative jazz waltz based on a standard blues chord progression will be a refreshing change-of-pace for any concert program and provides a great opportunity to teach students to swing 8th note...

Here's a fun piece that your beginning string students will ask to play again and again!

This imaginative jazz waltz based on a standard blues chord progression will be a refreshing change-of-pace for any concert program and provides a great opportunity to teach students to swing 8th note...

This imaginative jazz waltz based on a standard blues chord progression will be a refreshing change-of-pace for any concert program and provides a great opportunity to teach students to swing 8th note...

These charming minuets in 3/4 time are perfect for developing good intonation, rhythm, bowing and musical expression skills. Some easy contrapuntal textures will familiarize students with the Baroque...

This original by one of the industry's top writers begins as a leisurely chorale that tunefully moves into a march. Extensive doubling of the 2nd Violin and viola parts allows directors to move more p...

This regal selection from the oratorio Judas Maccabeus by Handel is playable entirely in first position. Accidentals are few, phrasing patterns and rhythms are customary, and melodic duties are not li...

An excellent example of Baroque literature in a non-contrapuntal style, the parts in this setting are technically simple so directors can focus on concepts of musicality and interpretation during rehe...

Scored in G and D, this simplified version of Beethoven's 9th Symphony theme features dramatic crescendos, clear bowing indications, and some pizzicato work for cellos and basses. It also assigns some...

This setting of a simple 8-bar canon written by Thomas Tallis in the 16th century affords young strings a wonderful chance to experience the challenge and thrill of playing contrapuntal textures. It f...

Skillfully arranged by one of the most creative educational string writers around today, this adaptation of two popular Nutcracker themes will be a concert favorite at Christmas time for years to come...

This well-known tune from Franz Schubert's song Die Forelle (The Trout) was also used in the 4th movement of his famous Trout Quintet. It is a tale about a large trout living in a pond and the efforts...

This familiar toasting song from Verdi's opera La Traviata is presented here in an elegant and accessible arrangement. Scored in the familiar performance keys of G and D major for students, the waltz-...

Haydn's works often contained musical jokes, and the Surprise Symphony (#94) includes the most famous of all -- a sudden loud chord in the theme of the second movement after a tranquil opening. The mu...

This tuneful, highly-rhythmic piece in G major portraying a classic fox hunt features excellent material for students who are just becoming familiar with the 6/8 time signature. Duration 1:20. Availab...