Lighter Selections for String Orchestra

This easy introduction to the blues scale features a quintessential walking bass line in low strings and piano. With a theme that reinforces F-natural, C-natural, and B-flat finger patterns, every

Your elementary orchestra will want to keep practicing this rockin' tune over and over. Written in E minor using only the first six notes of the D major scale and with an energetic drum set part, this piece

This dark and shadowy waltz elegantly weaves a spell in D minor, dancing through a twisted web of accidentals as it shifts and changes to E minor. Players get to work on extended and low-one finger

The title was cleverly inspired by the common experience every string player has after putting too much rosin on the bow. The rosin dust flies fast and furious during rehearsal and piles up underneath the

Bach never sounded more cool or hip! This classic masterpiece is transformed into a swinging chart with a walking bass line, including a written solo for all instruments and suggested notes for improvised

Wonderfully spooky! It's the haunting tale of the headless horseman. It starts very slow and dark, depicting the ominous night and the deep forest, before taking off to a gallop as the horseman gives chase.

This high-energy 12-bar blues tune includes all sections as it builds momentum. It incorporates a heavy brush spiccato, walking bass lines, and blues finger slides. The optional piano and drum set parts

Fun for any concert, any time of the year. The catchy melody with dance rhythm accompaniment will keep all the players engaged, and the audience will enjoy the change of pace.

Featuring a main melodic idea that alternates with contrasting episodes, this creative original work is a complete seven-part rondo (ABACABA) performed entirely without bows.  Everyone gets a chance to

An entertaining and fun piece for any time of year – especially summer concerts. Parts are included for washboard and spoons, and the violins get the spotlight with some old-fashioned fiddlestick

Here's a funky blues in the key of D minor with lots of call-and-response action between sections to keep it interesting. The melody and background ideas are presented in variation form before coming back

Part of the String Basics Correlated Series, Steps to Successful Literature, this familiar Caribbean folk song will bring smiles to players and audiences. This catchy arrangement includes claves and cabasa

Part of the String Basics Correlated Series, Steps to Successful Literature, this swashbuckling arrangement features two well-known pirate chanteys, Old English Sea Chantey and Blow the Man