Four pieces for elementary string orchestra-Four pieces for elementary string orchestra. score and parts - with CD containing printable string parts - strings (violins and cellos violas and double basses ad libitum) and piano - John Ryan's Polka (A lively dance from Ireland featuring an accelerando at the end) - The Dark Island (A slower movement with a haunting melody. The 'Dark Island' is the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides) - The Piper o' Dundee (Starting with a drone this tune from Scotland explores a wide range of dynamics as the piper marches off into the distance) - Three Reels (The Rake of Mallow The Reel of Tullochgorum and Davy Nick Nack. A medley of three reels from Scotland andIreland guaranteed to get feet tapping)

Sound Innovations: développement sain for Advanced String Orchestra poursuit l'accent sur ??la lecture avec une caractéristique, belle sonorité, mais aussi met l'accent sur ??des échelles 3 d'octave, en particulier les échelles que les étudiants auront besoin pour les auditions régionales et tous-Etats. Compétences techniques avancées sont présentées en quatre niveaux, conformément à la structure des innovations de son révolutionnaire: (1) Tone Sound, (2) Son archet, (3) Son décalage et (4) Balances sonores et arpèges. Les niveaux peuvent être utilisés dans l'ordre qui est le mieux pour vos élèves, comme chaque warm-up, ou sous forme d'unités structurées. Le livre idéal pour suivre un développement judicieux pour Intermediate String Orchestra, ou pour tout un ensemble de cordes avancé ou apprenant individuel, vos élèves perfectionnera la bonne utilisation de l'arc, coups d'archet, déplacement, et les échelles 3 d'octave. / Orchestre A Cordes

This new publication from veteran composer Robert Jager was written in honor of Elizabeth Green the esteemed music educator who had a profound effect on so many successful band and orchestra conductors. Robert's gentle sensitivemovement is contemporary writing at its very best and well suited to a string orchestra looking for top quality literature.

(Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)-The memorable tune that started so many young string players' playing experience is transformed into a set of variations ala Mozart himself. Your players will be charmed by the inventive treatments of this simple diatonic songwith Robert's impressive movement for string orchestra.

for small string orchestra with continuo but can be performed by a string quartet (except No.8 which requires 2 violas)

I Give You The End Of A Golden String was commissioned in 2013 by the Royal Philharmonic Society/Britten-Pears Foundation to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Benjamin Brittenand the bicentenary of thefoundation of the Royal Philharmonic Society.The piece was first performed on 8th June 2013 by the Britten Sinfonia conducted by Ryan Wigglesworth.'My aim when I began this piece was to create a long length ofstring music out of a single strand of melody.While experimenting at the beginning shaping and extending a melody in many possible directions I cameacross William Blake???s lines???I give you the end of a goldenstring;Only wind it into a ball It will lead you in at Heaven???s gate Built in Jerusalem???s wall???and this became my working method winding a single tune around itself so that it gradually formed itselfinto amuch richer more complex texture. The process happens three times producing the equivalent of acontinuous three-movement concerto.The ???first movement??? is engendered by two solo violas (the melody at the beginning alreadyentwined witha slightly alternative version of itself). The ???slow movement??? (a more extended more decorated developmentof the opening tune) is introduced by a solo cello (soon winding itself into a quartet of celli). The fast???finale??? led by two solo violins focuses on decorations within the melody rolling out ribbons of (Britten-like') thirds.' - Judith WeirSuggested minimum strings: 8.6.4.4.2 players

This work features all of your school district's string orchestras at once and was written to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Freeport, Illinois orchestra program. The piece combines elementary, middle school, and high school string orchestras each playing age-appropriate material, making for the perfect closer to an 'All-City,' multi-level concert. During the course of this energetic rondo, each group is featured on their own melody. As the piece unfolds, the melodies are creatively combined, keeping all the players 'on their toes' and active at all times. Grade levels for the three groups are: Elementary - Grade 1.5 - Middle school - Grade 2.5 - High school - Grade 3.5. (4:45) / Orchestre A Cordes

Score and Parts-Score and Parts. For String Orchestra (8 8 4 4 4) most of Fantasia on a Ground was composed for the Music School at Rivers in Weston Massachusetts. Duration: ca. 6 minutes.

(based on The First Noel)-John Moss' version of this gentle carol demonstates why his writing for young string groups has been a staple for directors who enjoy skilled and creative arranging that makes teaching a pleasure. Your students will love this fresh treatment. Dur: 2:30

Stephen Bulla arranger for the White House Orchestra has set this spiritual in a swing style. This delightful crowd pleaser will help teach basic swing concepts to your beginning orchestra members.

12 Pieces for String Ensemble-In this edition George Speckert has depicted an entire menagerie of small animals in 12 movements. Framed by an overture and epilogue ten animals/species make an appearance. These easy little character pieces can be played in any order by two violins viola and cello either one or more to a part. It is a fun-to-play collection especially suited for children and invites them to expand on these pieces by adding little tales pictures or scenes.- Easy fun pieces on animals geared towards children- Suitable for smaller and larger recitals- Can be played by a variable number of string players- Score & 5 parts (Violin I II III; Viola [or Violin III];Cello)

Largo In Homage to B.A.C.H. was commissioned by the Carmel Bach Festival 2013 and Music Director Paul Goodwin to whom the work is dedicated.COMPOSER NOTE:My very first idea was to use the BACH initials as a basis for the work - not as the melodic motif often used by composers but rather as a harmonic structure. This is possible because in the German musical tradition B stands for B flat and H for B natural. This led to the thought that there would be four short sections each led by a different soloist forming an emotional journey: Lamentoso (mournful) Ardente (fervent) Inquieto (restless) and Sereno (peaceful).TheDouble Bass leads the first section B. Lamentoso (B flat major). The Cello leads the next A. Ardente (A major) faster and higher in pitch to reflect the change of mood and when the Viola soloist urgently interrupts in C. Inquieto (C major) the scene is set for a big climax. In the final section H. Sereno (B minor) the mood persuaded by the Violin soloist quietens and eventually leads to a brief quote from the famous chorale from the St. Matthew Passion O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden which ends the work in calm and peace with a 'tierce de Picardie'.In turn each soloist carries the linear activity as protagonist on this emotional journey and the accompaniment to each section is dominated by the ?tonality? indicated. But there is also a mysterious ?misty? overlay only dissipating after the Viola?s tempestuous climax. The cluster of notes that makes up this ?mist? is formed from the octatonic scale in each case incorporating notes of the triad of the relative section to determine its tonality (B flat major C major etc).Each section therefore uses only the notes of the octatonic scale1 associated with it - until the Viola begins to incorporate a chromatic scale2 - and it is only in the final section that the familiar diatonic scale 3 appears and the mist is dissipated. Therefore although the overall feeling of