String Orchestra with optional Winds

It don't mean a thing if it don't got that swing! Totally hip and features the bass! Students will feel soooooo cool playing this setting of Up on the Housetop. A great vehicle to develop the feel of...

Be ready to swing and recall the days of the big band era! Great practice in playing swing eighth notes. This piece will work well with strings alone or any combination of winds.

Everyone knows this melody. John Whitney presents an arrangement for young orchestra that is playable! It's bound to be a favorite with the audience and usable year after year.

A wonderful patchwork quilt of Handel's well-known melodies that concludes with an excerpt from the famous 'Hallelujah' chorus! The beautiful 'Largo' from Xerxes, Handel's famous carol 'Joy to the Wor...

The noble elegance of Respighi's marvelous work shines in this arrangement of the Balletto Movement from Suite No. 1. The feel of early music carries through in an arrangement that works equally well...

Ride 'em cowboy! Clean, driving rhythm sets the stage for the image of horses on the wide open prairie. A wonderful contrast follows with a soft tranquil picture of the stillness of the night and the...

This charming transcription of the opening piece from Saint-Saen's Carnival of the Animals, has captured the grandeur of the king of the jungle. The work is both majestic and descriptive, and is a gre...

A must for any regal ceremony. The traditional 'Pomp and Circumstance' has been scored for young full orchestra or strings alone. It includes a processional and the majestic 'Rondeau' from Premiere Su...

A must for any regal ceremony. The traditional 'Pomp and Circumstance' has been scored for young full orchestra or strings alone. It includes a processional and the majestic 'Rondeau' from Premiere Su...

From Tchaikowsky's ballet The Nutcracker Suite comes this fresh scoring for your full orchestra or string orchestra (any winds and/or percussion can be added). The technical demands have been reduced,...

Rhythmic fervor best describes this exciting new work for intermediate orchestra. This piece retains its energy while developing different textures and is contemporary in nature yet offers maximum fle...

From the Birthday Cantata, this familiar tune is filled with the infectious melodic material and mesmerizing harmonic content that are so characteristically Bach. The Best of Bach can be played with j...

Everyone remembers the tune by its subtitle, 'Going Home.' This lush song is creatively scored with your intermediate orchestra in mind. Although there appear to be some exposed woodwind passages in t...

The work is a tone poem representing the beauty and serenity of the early autumn evenings in the western provinces of Canada. A number of tranquil effects are enhanced with the addition of wind and pe...

The work is a tone poem representing the beauty and serenity of the early autumn evenings in the western provinces of Canada. A number of tranquil effects are enhanced with the addition of wind and pe...

A superb Robert W. Smith creation built on the foundation of the Ionian mode. A wonderful opportunity to teach the history of this mode through performance literature. As the title implies, the melodi...

Playable by string or full orchestra, this arrangement by Michael Story of 'Russian Christmas Music' by Alfred Reed is much shorter, but maintains the integrity of the original score. It contains mate...

Each year, all of us await the music of the holiday season to give us reason to remember and reflect, as well as to prepare once again for the abundant joys that only this time of year can bring. Robe...

Here's a romp that will have your holiday concert audiences in stitches. Just imagine your principal, your musicians' favorite teachers, the mayor, or whomever, complete with chef's hat, banging on po...

Siyahamba (pronounced: See-yah-hahm-bah), is adapted from a traditional song of the Zulu people, originating in the KwaZulu province of South Africa (now a part of Natal province). With strong ties to...

Sure to delight, the central portion of this original piece brings the unrestrained exuberance of bluegrass fiddling to the orchestra. In a lovely contrast, the piece opens and closes with a slow chor...

Throughout the ages, man has created ceremonies, both liturgical and secular, to celebrate human existence. Driving rhythms are underscored by the melodic and harmonic content and combined with unique...

This medley will bring the magic of the movie right to your concert stage. Michael Story has expertly crafted this medley for your intermediate or junior high school orchestra. Playable by strings alo...

This medley will bring the magic of the movie right to your concert stage. Michael Story has expertly crafted this medley for your intermediate or junior high school orchestra. Playable by strings alo...

This charming medley features 'The Polar Express,' 'When Christmas Comes to Town,' 'Hot Chocolate,' 'Believe,' and 'Spirit of the Season.' Selections from The Polar Express provides a delightful varie...