Orchestra

This high-energy piece will have your players rising to the challenge. The unpredictable Black Sea is depicted with meter changes, col legno, pizzicato and more. It's dramatic but not overly difficult. Brief interludes in...

Feature your top player on this famous American tune! The first time through, the soloist takes the lead accompanied by some pizzicato and the occasional foot stomp. The second time though, first violins play most of the...

Your upper level orchestra students will be shouting “ORCHESTRA ROCKS!” as they tear out on this heart-pounding, hardcore, heavy metal feature written specifically for strings! Written in D minor, including an...

A great way to introduce your beginning ensemble to the "Bolero" style, this original work features a legato melody over a steady ostinato pattern that can be enhanced with optional snare drum. Well within the capabilities...

As its title suggests, Brazen is a bold, daring, and unyielding new composition for intermediate string orchestra, written in D minor. After a brief ominous and foreboding introduction, a rhythmic ostinato full of accents...

Breaking Their Hold is a bold and aggressive work for orchestra. The intense percussion and dramatic themes are sure to move any audience.Genre: Full Orchestra | # of Players: Standard Level: 3 | Duration: 5:00...

An opening adagio presents lush harmonies and beautiful orchestration, but the excitements builds at the allegro with staccato playing and cascading passages. A great piece for developing strings.Genre: String Orchestra | #...

Originally arranged for concert band, Greg Danner has created an expressive and lyrical setting of the traditional French carol, Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella for full orchestra. The music is scored to explore various...

The Broom O’ the Cowdenknowes, also known as “Bonny May,” is a traditional Scottish ballad who’s origin is unknown, but is traced to the seventeenth century. This vibrant arrangement can be played by...

Written in e minor, By Hook or By Crook a mature-sounding selection that should come together quickly for most ensembles. All students have an opportunity to play the melody and the call-and-response writing between the...

Forward Through the Ages, cantata for choir, children’s choir, bell choir, organ, piano, cello, and timpani, was written for the commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of the First United Methodist Church, Mt. Pleasant,...

Capriccio for Marimba & String Orchestra is a lively work for 2-mallet marimba with string accompaniment that offers the soloist an opportunity to be technically challenged as well as melodically expressive. The listener...

Capriccio for Violin & String Orchestra is a lively work for violin with string accompaniment that offers the soloist an opportunity to be technically challenged as well as melodically expressive. The listener will enjoy...

It's all here! The big opening credits, the cat and the mouse tease and chase, the strutting swagger, and of course the BIG FINALE! Best of all, it can all happen in the imagination of the audience, not on the film screen...

Caterpillar Holiday introduces students to a style of playing that is aurally appealing and familiar, yet technically different from the standard string repertoire.Genre: String Orchestra | # of Players: 8-8-5-5-5 Level: 1 |...

The joy and energy of Irish folk music is readily apparent in this three-part work consisting of "Raggle Taggle Gypsies," "Londonderry Air," and "Irish Washerwoman." Logical bowings, comfortable keys, and careful attention...