Modern Classical Music Sheet Music for String Orchestra

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...

Magical Ireland has been the setting for countless captivating adventures in literature, art, film, and music. Isle of Destiny will lead your students to the edge of their musical imagination. From th...

Follow the twists and turns of this eerie dance through a dark maze of shadows. In this danse macabre style waltz, phantoms and whispers haunt every turn as the E minor melody steps down a creepy chro...

This exiting 6/8 piece conveys the daring adventures of voyages during the Viking Age, sailing aboard Norse longships in the Baltic Sea. This heavy, accented melody uses frequent doubling between sect...