Orchestra

This light-hearted and syncopated piece has a lively ragtime feel to it. It's a good learning and performing piece that audiences will enjoy.Genre: String Orchestra | # of Players: 8-8-5-5-5 Level: 3 | Duration: 1:50...

Commissioned by the Akron Symphony Orchestra for the 75th anniversary celebration. The piece is for youth orchestra with an accompanying cd of songs written by middle school children from Akron middle schools. Genre: Full...

A fun, programatic work for strings; utilizing many techniques essential to developing string orchestra. Imagine the ensemble guarding the Fortress!Genre: String Orchestra | # of Players: 8-8-5-5-5 Level: 3 | Duration: 2:45...

Forward Motion is quite blatantly a work about the motion of time, tremendously rhythmic and constantly moving forward. It celebrates the coming of the millennium and has moments of reflection, attention to the present and...

This book provides a substantial amount of progressive material to develop and reinforce both reading and technical skills. The music is written to encourage strong, solid playing while dealing with well-balanced, musical...

Four Kinds of Walking is a descriptive four-movement suite for string orchestra.Genre: String Orchestra | # of Players: 8-8-5-5-5 Level: 4.5 | Duration: 14:30 InstrumentationViolin I (8) Violin II (8) Viola (5) Violoncello...

Four adventurous pieces for strings highlighting different styles of playing while maintaining the fun of performing.Genre: String Orchestra | # of Players: 8-8-5-5-5 Level: 4 | Duration: 6:00 InstrumentationViolin I Violin...

A high spirited march for strings with modern elements. Genre: String Orchestra | # of Players: 8-8-5-5-5 Level: 4 | Duration: 3:00 InstrumentationViolin I Violin II Viola Violoncello Contrabass Percussion 1 [2 players]...

A powerful work for choir and orchestra. Based on Psalm 121, this modern setting of ancient text beautifully combines voices with a full modern ensemble. Filled with rhythm and texture, this work is sure touch your audience...

Subtitled "A Journey of the Soul," each movement of this concertino for solo marimba and ensemble reflects the movement of the soul into the portal of heaven. From Remission to Reflection to Redemption, Gillingham paints a...

A fantastic work for developing strings. With a regal bearing, your students will delight their audience with this performance.Genre: String Orchestra | # of Players: 8-8-5-5-5 Level: 3 | Duration: 2:20 InstrumentationViolin...

The Ghost of Tom is from England and has a creepy story. It's from a children's rhyme from the Dark Ages when a man named Tom was hung for murdering children and the villagers left his body hanging in the tree refusing to...

Here is a very fine example of Bach's work; pleasing to the ear and not too difficult. Marked Smooth and Flowing, it distributes the melody gracefully between sections. It's a great way to teach hooked bowing, ensemble...

Elysium—the fabled eternal resting place of Greek demigods and heroes—is here represented by a lush, epicurean setting for string orchestra. Genre: String Orchestra | # of Players: 8-8-5-5-5 Level: 3.5 |...

This fantasia on the traditional English Christmas carol God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen takes listeners on a journey through a wide range of styles and moods, giving ample opportunity for each section of the string orchestra...

These simple melodies and gentle rhythms have been combined into a delightful and refreshing piece for young musicians from the pen of a young musician.Genre: String Orchestra | # of Players: 8-8-5-5-5 Level: 1.5 | Duration:...