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.

Wonderful for teaching Baroque style and bowing concepts, this piece features limited third position for the violins, cellos, and basses. Violas share in the thematic materials with string basses mostly

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.

Tuneful, energetic, and emotional, this piece presents a sonic kaleidoscope of playing styles that will challenge every section of the advanced string orchestra. The unexpected harmonies and exotic rhythms

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

In ancient times, the dark patches on the moon were thought to be seas. Meaning "eastern sea," Mare Orientale is a crater on the edge of the side of the moon facing us, barely visible from earth. The lush

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,