Orchestra

Introduce your beginning group to one of the great masterpieces of orchestral literature with this accessible arrangement of Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks.Genre: String Orchestra | # of Players: 8-8-5-5-5 Level: 1.5...

As the title suggests, Rum-Bah features elements of that ever- popular style- Latin American music. The catchy melodies and persistent Latin rhythms will quickly establish this piece as an orchestra favourite and a sure...

Commissioned by and dedicated to the New West Symphony & the Lyris Quartet, Salmagundi is a serious three-movement showpiece for string quartet and full orchestra.Genre: String Quartet with Full Orchestra | # of Players:...

Written for & premiered by famed LA session musician Malcolm McNab, Saloon Music is a delightful 4-movement suite for cornet & pit orchestra.Genre: Solo Cornet with Chamber Ensemble | # of Players: 8 + 1 Level: 5 |...

Serenade, which is marked tenuto e sempre cantabile, is a simple, tonal, melismatic composition for string orchestra that can be used to teach students to play with a beautiful, warm string tone. It can also spotlight more...

Delight listeners with this lighthearted work. Derek Bourgeois wrote the Serenade, Op. 22 for his own wedding, to be played by the organist as the guests left the ceremony. Not wishing to allow them the luxury of proceeding...

The title of this work, Silhouette, is taken from Gottry's idea to create a short piece in the style of Mozart or Haydn, but certainly not an exact picture.Genre: String Quartet | # of Players: 4 Level: 4 | Duration: 2:45...

Simmons Island is an exciting piece that will challenge intermediate string players to play fast, syncopated rhythms as well as beautiful legato phrases in the slower lyrical section. It depicts the waves of Lake Michigan...

"Why aren't there more slow pieces in three four time?'' Why indeed. The music is slow and singing in style. Providing musical challenges through the tension and release of the melodic and harmonic lines, it is plaintive and...

Here is a three movement work comprised of Cakewalk, Sarabande and Gigue. These traditional dance forms have been used by composers in several different musical eras. Each movement can stand on its own or as part of the...

Well, there's no competition out there for this one! It's a Renaissance-sounding French carol for vocal solo with string orchestra, hand drum and finger cymbals. Of course, the singer could be joined by others for a chorus...

Back-to-front, upside-down and split in half – in these pieces, familiar tunes have been rearranged to present students with the fun challenge of identifying them. Individual titles give some cryptic clues. This set of...

Reenact the suspenseful evening foisted upon a New England town. What creature can dominate the trail with only the gallop of hooves? What headless figure or apparition terrorizes the twilight? True horrors of the night are...

A beautiful arrangement of Handel's aria for strings with solo voice or instrument.Genre: Solo Voice with String Orchestra | # of Players: 8-8-5-5-5 + 1 Level: 2 | Duration: 3:00 InstrumentationSolo Voice or Instrument...

Song of the Open Road is a colorful three-section work for solo vibraphone and orchestra inspired by Walt Whitman’s poem of the same title. Equally lyrical and virtuosic, this is the perfect opportunity to showcase the...

Written for the Greater Miami Youth Symphony, Soulprints is a dynamic three-movement work that explores concepts of the human soul and spirituality.Genre: String Orchestra | # of Players: 8-8-5-5-5 Series: Sapphire Orchestra...