Orchestra - Grade 1.5

SKU: AP.38468S

Composed by Richard Meyer. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Highland/Etling String Explorer. Christmas; Light Concert; Secular; Winter. Score. 8 pages. Highland/Etling #00-38468S. Published by Highland/Etling (AP.38468S).

UPC: 038081434629. English.

Jingle Bells has been transformed into a Viennese-style waltz and combined with We Wish You a Merry Christmas in this charming selection perfect for your second-year players' holiday concert. In the keys of D and G major, this light-hearted dance features every section of the orchestra and reinforces hooked bowings, eighth note runs, and a variety of triple-meter rhythmic patterns. A fun and educational way to challenge your students technically, while taking your orchestra to that next level of maturity.

Orchestra - Grade 1.5

SKU: AP.46678S

Composed by Bob Cerulli. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Belwin Beginning String Orchestra. Form: Waltz. Light Concert. Score. 8 pages. Belwin Music #00-46678S. Published by Belwin Music (AP.46678S).

UPC: 038081532387. English.

This charming waltz based on the G major scale gives every section a chance to play the melody. A surprise melody, Chopsticks, also appears in the middle of the piece and is passed from the low strings to the upper strings with a countermelody in the lower strings. Waltzing Strings, by Bob Cerulli, is a perfect grade 1.5 piece using playable, scalar patterns to keep those beginner fingers moving!

Orchestra - Grade 0.5

SKU: AP.46704

Composed by Bob Phillips. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Sound Innovations for String Orchestra. Form: Waltz; Dance. Programmatic. Score and Part(s). 74 pages. Alfred Music #00-46704. Published by Alfred Music (AP.46704).

UPC: 038081536996. English.

Written in a flowing waltz style, this piece depicts the non-stop motion of an old-fashioned carousel going round and round with horses smoothly gliding up and down. In the keys of D Major and G Major, this is a perfect piece for first year players as all fingered notes occur on the D and A strings (D and G for bass). The violin 2 and viola parts are doubled, as are the cello and bass parts. Correlated with Sound Innovations Book 1, Level 5, Carousel by Bob Phillips is easily accessible by beginners and advancing students alike.