Modern Classical Music Sheet Music for String Orchestra

At the age of 19, Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) embarked on a career as a concert pianist, composer and folksong collector-arranger. It was in the last category that drew him to the tune he call...

An accolade is an award or special honor for a great achievement. This piece for beginning string orchestra showcases newly learned skills, using mostly unison rhythms, stepwise motion, and simple qua...

Using just 6 notes, Arco Echo explores G major in first position using only easy quarter- and half-note rhythms. A smooth detaché call-and-response between upper and lower string sections will help yo...

Using just 6 notes, Arco Echo explores G major in first position using only easy quarter- and half-note rhythms. A smooth detaché call-and-response between upper and lower string sections will help yo...

Haunted Carnival is a fun, spooky piece that first year students will enjoy performing during the Fall season. Using just five notes, this easy piece can be included on beginning musicians' first conc...

With unusual and unexpected harmonies in the piano accompaniment, this easy piece for beginning orchestra uses only simple quarter notes in unison to explore the mysterious celestial spheres. Remainin...

This Grade 3 original work makes use quarter and eighth-note triplets to depict a sense of swirling motion. A forward-moving theme in B minor is passed between sections, accompanied by a steady stacca...

This lyrical original work is based on a theme the composer first wrote at age 12. The melody is first stated in an expressive viola solo, then developed by the rest of the orchestra with dramatic var...

This fiery piece for string orchestra depicts the ferocity of an out-of-control blaze. Constantly alternating between 4/4 and 3/4, the melody is passed throughout the orchestra like a fire jumping acr...

With French-inspired harmonies, this elegant piece is written in the style of the siciliano - a pastoral dance or song in 6/8. Like the delicate and sweet fragrance of the flower that opens in the dar...

Sea Squall is about the journey of a ship traveling across turbulent seas. As the piece progresses, variations of the primary theme change like the winds: sometimes calm and safe, sometimes stormy and...

Named after the dark, twisting road that winds through the Hollywood hills, this homage to film noir unfolds like a mystery in the shadowy, stylized world of 1940s Los Angeles. The sweeping and expres...

Retrospect looks to the past through two themes in an ABA form. The first lyrical theme is heard over an unrelenting, syncopated pizzicato accompaniment that gives way to a slower, somber B section. A...

This exciting piece will help orchestra students soar to new heights! The brisk, consistent tempo will keep all players engaged as they alternate playing the two main themes. Light staccato accompanim...