Texas UIL String Orchestra Grade 3

This beautiful lyric work will give your students an opportunity to develop long legato bowing. The piece features lush romantic harmonies and is great for working on expression, balance, blend, and bow

Beautiful, nostalgic, and lush, this intimate arrangement of a traditional Irish tune is an excellent tool for teaching phrasing and legato playing.

A challenge they will love, this piece is almost aerobic in its constant motion! It goes together more easily than it appears.

This stirring piece depicts determined explorers enjoying new discoveries. All sections share the majestic theme, and the middle section chorale encourages a warm, sustained tone.

This appealing tango is full of drama and passion, with an aggressive, dark theme and strong rhythm. Each member of the ensemble gets a moment in the spotlight and will surely enjoy achieving the challenges

Here is a Schubert classic that never goes out of style. This high energy march is full of dynamic contrasts and articulation challenges from beginning to end. It's lively, it's fun, and it's sure to be a

Although the structure, the notes, and the dynamics are written by Leopold Mozart, the arranger takes the liberty of distributing the main themes of Sleigh Ride among the sections of the ensemble

Students will learn cut time, rhythmic accuracy, clean staccato technique, musical form, and classical style in this engaging piece.

This versatile arrangement is a great showcase for your bass players and also provides an optional harp feature. The famous opening solo can be played in first position or thumb position and as a bass solo

The calming strains of this incredibly beautiful music have been thoughtfully and carefully scored in this string arrangement. The composer's full orchestration has been pared down to its basic elements,

String ensembles will grow with this intricate composition. It has been shortened with an emphasis on instrumental technique, musical sophistication, and developing musicality.