Amid shouts of "ole!", your students will relish the "zesty" tempo marking and enjoy showing off their new-found skills.
Feel good surf music from the '60s...such great fun for beginning instrumentalists.
John Leavitt's arrangement of Dutch composer Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck's Grand Dances (1562 1621) affords opportunities to feature a quartet within...
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A carefree, nostalgic childhood frolic, this well-crafted score from Robert Buckley is deceivingly achievable for grade 2 ensembles.
Vintage rock-n-roll that appeals to all audiences. With easy rhythms for first year players.
With new themes by Michael Giacchino, the excitement and drama of the newest Star Wars film comes to life in this terrific medley from the soundtra...
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This catchy tune from indie-rock band Walk the Moon was a big hit in 2015. Michael Storys playable arrangement captures all the spirit of the origi...
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The all-girl band Fifth Harmony had a huge hit with this infectious pop tune in 2016. "Work from Home" has a great hook, and this arrangement by Mi...
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This piece will make your students and audience feel like they are paddling through the waterways of Venice. Optional tremolo imitates the sound of...
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Take your young musicians and the audience on a trip to Africa with this tuneful and rhythmic offering. The tribal Swahili beat and authentic-sound...
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Youve heard all of these melodies before, but never like this! Four themes from Tchaikovskys most famous overture have been turned into a cool 12-b...
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This piece provides a wonderful opportunity to teach phrasing, balance, and dynamics to your developing string orchestra. The beautiful melody is p...
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As the title implies, Merry, Merry, Merry was inspired by the Christmas holidays, with the light texture and melodies evoking the gentle images of ...
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Enjoy a timeless arrangement that incorporates a narrator reading the familiar words while the orchestra provides sound effects and performs tradit...
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You may not recognize the title, but youre sure to recognize the tune! This delightful music by one of the most successful French ballet composers ...
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This energetic and lively dance features some of the most delightful themes from Mussorgsky's original. Based in G Major, this arrangement also sho...
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This lively folk song celebrates early-American life of riding on a wagon. Spirited themes combine with engaging harmonic and rhythmic writing thro...
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This spirited, high energy work encompasses all the attitude expressed in its title! The orchestra's true personality shines as it moves between te...
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Modal and rhythmic theme from the popular series.
Its a fiesta for your basses in this colorful section feature that your students will love putting together. Carefully written to make your bass se...
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Arranged by W.C. Zhang. Even elementary string orchestras will sound fantastic playing this rousing national song which is skillfully arranged to g...
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A bold theme with power chords and a driving rock beat will make this '80s sports theme a must-play with your students. This version is arranged sp...
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This famous melody from the opera Thais has been performed by countless violinists, including Itzhak Perlman and Joshua Bell. Now you can feature a...
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Taken from the second movement of the Serenade (and similar to the minuets of his idol, Mozart), Tchaikovsky's Valse also resembles many of his own...
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The title of Carl Strommen's piece, Tum Balalaika, is best known as a Russian-Jewish folk/love/riddle song. Loosely translated, "tum" means "noise,...
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Peter Terry's The Lightning Catcher celebrates youth and the mysteries of summer nights. The wonder of lightning bugs and the hours spent chasing, ...
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The title of this piece,Le Printemps, is French for "the springtime." This piece brings images of springtime to the listener's mind. The rhythmic p...
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Alan Lee Silva's Northwestern Skies is lyrical and fresh, with his signature open and expressive style. Young string orchestras will sound rich and...
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As part of a collaboration between students and composer, Sean O'Loughlin, Dark Dreams is a dark and mysterious piece that utilizes techniques such...
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Featuring long phrases in a slow tempo, Interlude "Nightfall" is a perfect composition to teach musicianship with young students using dramatic har...
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Escapades is an adventurous and energetic composition written by David Hinds. A variety of articulation styles gives the piece character. The movin...
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Kathryn Griesinger builds the forceful minor theme of Centrifuge on a repeating motif of rotating eighth notes. Based on the scientific principle o...
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Bud Woodruff presents The Cat Is in the Kitchen, a tongue-in-cheek style piece with jazz influences that students enjoy playing. This quirky piece ...
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The title, Live On, by Larry Clark, is taken from Chrissie Pinney's poem about grief and loss. The piece is meant to depict the personality of Lind...
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With a story of Mexican folklore and with characteristic music, here is a terrific setting of the main song, as Pixar Studios strikes gold again wi...
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Go undercover for a furtive adventure in secrets and shadows! Edgy syncopation accompanies the minor theme as it sneaks into a pizzicato "stealth m...
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Full of engaging melodies and driving rhythms, this first publication by a new writer to the Grand Mesa catalog paints a vivid musical picture of h...
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Sunset Overture is an original non-programmatic allegro work for young string orchestra. With abundant 21st century counterpoint, the piece offers ...
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Here is a catchy Latin style number with a memorable melody that is supported by a fun, syncopated background that appears in the cellos, basses, a...
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In this sparking new string work, the composer has dug deep into his imagination to spin a musical version of the Cinderella story that is just as ...
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Taken from Rachmaninoff's "All Night Vespers", this richly musical and spiritual work can be a sublime highlight on any concert or festival appear...
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Imagine the fire-spewing, eyes-blazing, slimy-scaled mythical creature in this dramatic new work! This excellent teaching piece features many techn...
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Let your students show off their very best lyrical playing using this gorgeous arrangement of a traditional Scottish love song. Parts for all instr...
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Virtuoso arranger Bobrowitz brings a very original approach in this set of variations on the immortal "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". Starting with...
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This arrangement of In the Bleak Midwinter captures the sentiment of the holidays by placing Holst's beautiful melody in a lush string orchestra at...
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These vibrant and lively French Renaissance dances have a wealth of teaching material and will be a huge hit with your students. In the friendly ke...
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Giddy-up little donkey! Hurry, because we're late getting to Bethlehem! The image of the traveler is vividly portrayed in this Spanish children's c...
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Clap and stomp your way through this lively tune, written in a fun fiddling style. This first-position piece for developing strings moves between m...
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