Medley

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...

Finally an easy arrangement of this lovely prelude that is attainable for your young students! This piece maintains the spirit and feel of the original, yet shifting is very minimal and most parts rem...

This seamless medley of the most popular overture themes from the Classical and Romantic periods - a veritable music history listening lesson - will be a sure-fire hit on any concert program. Scored i...

A (Very) Short History of Music is an amazing grade 1 medley of a representative example from each major period of Western music using mostly half and quarter notes. Seamlessly presented by Douglas E....

This suite by Douglas E. Wagner for young string players is drawn from Terpsichore, a major compilation of 312 primarily French dance tunes published in 1612, compiled and arranged by Michael Praetori...

New World Variations, arranged by Jim Palmer, is a grade 1 variation based on two themes from Symphony No. 9 by Antonín Dvorák. The variations feature lyrical playing, accented playing, and pizzicato....

New World Variations, arranged by Jim Palmer, is a grade 1 variation based on two themes from Symphony No. 9 by Antonín Dvorák. The variations feature lyrical playing, accented playing, and pizzicato....

An engaging and playful piece for beginning string orchestra, Playlist takes students on a whirlwind tour of nine iconic classical themes. Imagining the experience of flipping through tracks on a smar...

Despite its title, A.I. Recomposes J.S. is a fully original work for string orchestra composed by a Richard Meyer. The piece serves as a creative "what-if" scenario, using the third movement of Bach's...

Arriving in the fresh, new format of score plus CD-ROM, this is the sixth suite in the ever popular 'Simply 4 Strings' series by Katherine and Hugh Colledge - composers of the well-loved Stepping Ston...

The Work This work is conceived as an intense journey into the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Like a courageous and enchanted visitor, the listener moves through the winding paths of lush vegetation...

The Work This work is conceived as an intense journey into the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Like a courageous and enchanted visitor, the listener moves through the winding paths of lush vegetation...

With this lively suite, the Hungarian music -teacher and pupil of Kodaly created a very in-s-tructive piece. Since all parts have independ-ent melodic tasks and are very often opposed to each other on...

This arrangement of the world-famous hit 'O Fortuna' is intended for school orchestra and amateur ensembles, allowing amateur orchestras to give impressive performances of Orff's masterpiece. For this...

Orchestration Strings (Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Bass) This suite was composed during 1912-1913 for the string orchestra at St.Paul's Girls' School in London, where Holst was teaching music, p...

The occasion for the composition, described as a “suite in the old style”, was the 200th birthday of the Norwegian-Danish poet Ludvik Holberg (1684–1754), which was celebrated in Bergen with several f...

The occasion for the composition, described as a “suite in the old style”, was the 200th birthday of the Norwegian-Danish poet Ludvik Holberg (1684–1754), which was celebrated in Bergen with several f...

This charming six movement suite is one of Janácek's early works and, unlike his later output, is devoid of large mood swings, instead reflecting a more Victorian mood with its gentility and lightness...

Czech composer and folklorist Leos Janácek's (1854-1928) IDYLL for string orchestra is his second surviving large-scale instrumental work, written by the then 24-year-old composer in the summer 1878 a...

This is the perfect programming for that Halloween concert. Including samples of famous themes, including: Beethoven's '5th Symphony”, Bach's 'Toccata and Fugue in D Minor”, Mussorgsky's 'Night On B...

This set of Grieg's masterpieces includes Solveig's Dance, Deep in the Coniferous Forest, Anitra's Dance, and In The Hall Of The Mountain King. The StringMasters Series, based on the success of the Co...

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...