A driving tempo, energizing rhythms, foot stomps, handclaps, and terse dynamics make this a thrilling yet highly playable work for beginning string orchestras. Unison rhythms greatly enhance the intensity.
Grab your chaps, spurs, and boots for this upbeat, Western-themed Grade 2 piece featuring lively melodies for all, with teaching opportunities to reinforce accents, hooked bows, pizzicato, two-note slurs,
Written in the style of a musical score from a superhero movie, this swashbuckling original work conjures up images of flights to freedom and battles with dark nemeses. An array of emotions are displayed in
A fantastic arrangement for string orchestra of the hit song from the popular Disney sequel! This presents an excellent opportunity to reinforce various triplet rhythms as well as hooked bowing and staccato
Featuring string quartet and orchestra, this tour de force follows a few straggling Irish musicians (the quartet) who find themselves in a junkyard picking up scrap instruments. As the quartet begins to
As ancient voices recall tales of forgotten glory, a sacred moment of reflection gives way to a stormy battle in the cello and bass sections and builds to a victorious key change to A minor. With just a
Many fictional works portray the moon as a living being, alone in space while looking at the Earth. This lullaby honors this "living moon," portraying various emotions including the loneliness of watching
An absolutely beautiful and enchanting piece. Heavy divisi writing opens up rich harmony and lush scoring that intertwine flawlessly with a gorgeous melody and counterlines. The perfect exercise in
This excellent and authentic transcription of Khachaturian's famous incidental music to a play of the same name is a fantastic showcase for the well-developed string orchestra.
This wild piece calls for violins and violas to use a one-finger glissando, creating a very eerie effect. Cellos will get to strum three-note chords with their thumb while canonic passages make your