Includes: Alexander's Ragtime Band; Always; Anything You Can Do; Blue Skies; How Deep Is the Ocean (How High Is the Sky); Puttin' on the Ritz; There's No Business Like Show Business

With a bold and soulful style combined with a hint of vintage James Bond spy music here is a powerful setting of Adele's smash hit from the latest blockbuster Bond movie Skyfall.

This classical style arrangement from Lauren Bernofsky works well as a concert opener. Everyone in the ensemble has interesting parts and students can listen for slight variances in the melody as the work develops making it a good teaching tool.

By Lauren Bernofsky This short and delightful five-movement suite is based on life in a medieval castle. Lauren's expertise as an accomplished violinist and composer shines through in this wonderful collection of different styles tempi and timbres. Violin 2 doubles the viola throughout.

Full Score-In Japan there is an old tale which has been told since before time began. Two of the most beautiful stars in the night sky are Altair representing Man and Vega representing Woman. These two lovers can meet each other only one time each year on the night of July 7th. Living on opposite sides of the Milky Way they have to ride a ship to meet each other on that night. If it rains they cannot see each other because the river of the light in the sky is swollen. The name of the star ship that Altair and Vega ride is called Hoshi no Fune. I wanted to express in music the pain of these separated lovers.

The perfect technical piece for developing tone, listening skills, string crossings, smooth bow changes, and independence - as well as celebrating beautiful days at a park as melodies and dynamics move up and down between sections, as on a seesaw. The lines of music that the various instruments have weave up and down across each other as friendships weave throughout our lives. Imagine a leisurely day at the park, perhaps on a seesaw, and ponder this poem by the composer, Steven H. Brook. While pleasant breezes grace the sky, and clouds of joy drift gently by, our friendship bonds, we learn to play---and now, with you, we share today. (2:00) / Orchestre A Cordes

Nymphea Reflection is a work by renowned composer Kaija Saariaho arranged for String Orchestra. Commissioned by the Schleswig Holstein Festival it was first performed on the 16th of August 2001 inElmshorn Germany by Sinfonietta Cracovia conducted by John Axelrod. Saariaho states that the starting point for Nymphea Reflection came from the idea of arranging her stringquartet Nymphea. Originally working on a straight arrangement she eventually realised that this would be very difficult and she'd need to find a new way of composing that particular piece of music. She designed a formal conceptfor each of the six sections imbuing them with very different characters.  Her simulation of electronic processing by means of orchestration is an innovative take on a new form while the effect ofthe poem by Arseniy Tarkovsky whispered by the musicians gives a haunting new perspective to both music and words.

Sentinels was written for the Brodsky Quartet and John Metcalfe. The piece is really a long unrelenting march whose pulse never slackens or quickens and in which slightly quirky military-style gestures are almost always present.

Featuring a marvelous blend of Celtic-flavored themes Patrick Doyles soundtrack from the blockbuster Disney/Pixar film Brave ranges in mood from haunting and lyrical to powerful and majestic. Robert Longfield capturesthe style beautifullyfor string orchestra.

Here's a favorite from the past that gives your string players a chance to play an adventure-style Western piece filled with solid modal melodies and rhythmic drive. The optional percussion can enhance the Wild West flavor.

Le sens de la nostalgie associée avec le retour à sa patrie résonne à travers ce charmant style celtique air de violon folklorique. Les compteurs divers vont peser sur les élèves, mais toutes les parties restent en 1ère position, à l'exception de certains 2ème et 3ème position pour les premiers violons. Toutes les sections faire un tour avec les mélodies dans une grande variété de styles en s'inclinant. / Orchestre A Cordes