Texas UIL String Orchestra Grade 4

The fabulous setting of this great symphony will provide opportunities to develop spiccato bowing technique. It's perfect for any contest or concert.

Here's the 3rd movement from "Symphony #8," one of Dvorak's most famous works and it certainly carries his penchant for memorable melodies! Allegretto Grazioso, is actually based on a song from an

The added viola part includes melodic lines. All parts are playable in first position except occasional fourth position for cellos. Opportunities abound for students to polish Baroque bowing techniques.

This piece features a slow, lyrical opening followed by an exuberant journey through major and minor tonalities. Students practice Classical style along with multiple slurred notes, scale-like passages, and

With its tuneful and contrasting sections, lively tempo, syncopated rhythms in 2/4, and "big finish," this is a great piece to close or open a concert. Flexible parts are included allowing this piece to be

Two solo violins and a solo viola introduce this piece through a haunting, lyrical theme, which is subsequently taken up by the entire orchestra. It expands, gradually morphing into a fast and frenetic

The exotic and mysterious sounds of this imaginative selection imply flavors of music from India. Unexpected harmonic shifts, interesting chromatic twists, haunting melodies, glissandos, and hand-drumming,

Here is a lovely transcription of one of Bach's most famous works, instantly recognizable after the first few measures. Comfortably arranged at the medium level, this is great music that every music student

This exciting and energetic work is a rare example of Haydn's use of the minor tonality in symphonic writing. Aptly subtitled "Trauer" (Mourning), the string parts are very close to the original.