An exceptionally fine contribution to the literature for very young instrumentalists. Recorded by Michigan State University Orchestra on the CD, Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra Volume 1,

Students are challenged with numerous string crossings, large intervals and pizzicato passages that musically describe dancing grasshoppers.

Vivaldi's multi-movement masterpiece will serve as a real inspiration for the mature string orchestra. Beautifully scored, Ralph Matesky's arrangement will be perfect for four outstanding soloists with your

UIL String Orchestra Sight Reading Level 1

Here's a very creative and exciting work with an exotic Far-Eastern sound. First the upper strings create anticipation with an ostinato pattern that continues as the lower strings present the main melody.

Everyone knows and loves the music of "Carmen," and this Habanera just may be the most memorable selection of all! That descending chromatic line becomes play, not work, when it's part of something