Texas UIL String Orchestra Grade 2

This Grade 2 work is arranged from an elegant theme found in Verdi’s opera, "Falstaff." Enhance your students’ musicality and expression as the lyrical melody is featured in... view details

Two beautiful folk melodies in the graceful style of Celtic music. Including Bonnie Doon and The Minstrel Boy, contrasts between the movements make this an interesting concert and festival

Diversify your concert program with this captivating arrangement based on the 1913 Peruvian melody and inspired by traditional Andean mountain music. This arrangement will interest your students as it

The three songs of the Finnish Folk Song Suite were chosen for their common connection to nature. Everyone gets a chance at the melody in this collection of minor-key folk songs reminiscent of

One of Mozart’s best known string quartets, arranged for beginning orchestra. Set in easy first position with no slurs, this clever arrangement has been transposed to the key of G... view details

These three movements: La Rejouissance, Sarabande, and Gigue, are taken from Telemann’s seven movement Suite in D, originally composed for trumpet and... view details

Originally scored for five voices, Thomas Morley's My Bonnie Lass translates beautifully to string orchestra. The melody is skillfully shared between all sections of the ensemble. Tutti sections

This straightforward Baroque march works as either a processional or concert work for beginning to intermediate strings. It's a pleasing arrangement that reinforces many concepts such as dotted quarter-note

First published in 1984, this commemorative edition revisits the tranquil setting of the American folk hymn My Shepherd Will Supply My Need. It blends piano (or harp) with string orchestra for

Written with the second-year string player in mind, this work shares the majestic theme throughout the orchestra. Students will reinforce basic articulations using only quarter and eighth notes. An

A three movement visit to Germany, featuring three traditional folk songs from the Rhineland.  Accessible and very tuneful material for the developing string ensemble.  Titles: Wedding at

This compelling work captures the grandeur and imagery of Sequoia National Park. The hymnlike theme is powerful and yet relatively simple, nicely suited to intermediate students. It provides a great

A brilliant, accurate, and very playable adaptation for young string orchestra of the classic Mozart masterpiece. With meticulous editing of bowings and fingerings, your ensemble will gain invaluable

Take a trip back to Ancient Greece with this fun and energetic work! Students will encounter two-note to six-note slurs, pizzicato, staccato and legato bowings, rhythms in 3/4 time, and dynamic contrast,