J.W. Pepper Music Catalog
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42019 Editors' Choice lNew for 2019 HPepper Basic Library ePrint All Prices in U.S. Dollars & Subject To Publisher Revision 10 STRING ORCHESTRA Go to cart The Abandoned Funhouse—Brian Balmages. Written for the true beginner, this piece takes the listener on an eerie tour that can best be described as an unsettling experience with a touch of curiosity and anxiousness. Piano and optional celesta (playable on a keyboard) create a haunting background reminiscent of a film score. Instruments move mostly by stepwise motion, and all string crossings involve an open string. No eighth notes are used, and many instruments use only five or six notes. 10592171 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 10592172 Additional Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4 Anthem of Triumph—Tyler Arcari. Anthem of Triumph is for all of the students who have made it to their first spring concert! Utilizing only the first 6 notes of the D-major scale, this exciting anthem will inspire young musicians. Perfect for beginners or as a celebration piece for events. 11100037 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 11100038 Additional Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.00 Arco-ology—Joseph Compello. Arco-ology gives very beginning students the chance to play with more bow and develop good tone in their first year of playing. Opportunities are provided for all sections of the orchestra to showcase their developing musicality in this fun short piece. 10907779 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 10907780 Additional Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.50 Asobu—Larry Clark. In Japanese asobu means "play." Your students will love playing this simple pentatonic tune over and over again. Pure fun for the youngest of students to inspire them to keep working hard on their instruments. 10457529 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 10457530 Additional Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.00 Aunt Rhodie's Appetite—arr. Joseph Compello. A delightful complete first concert for your first- year string orchestra, built around the story of Aunt Rhodie and the Old Grey Goose. Includes narration for a group of actors that will complete the fun! 10046230 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48.00 Chanukah Lights and Dreydls—Doris Gazda. Two of the most popular of Chanukah tunes are arranged here for the youngest of students. Although simple, it gives the very young player the chance to sound wonderful for their parents at the very first holiday concert. 10592881 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 Chopsticks Prism—Doris Gazda. Here is a versatile and delightful setting of the ever popular Chopsticks for the youngest of string players. The simple, easy to learn melody is stated and then it takes on new forms. Challenge your students by varying the style, dynamics, articulations and bowings to create a fun piece that students will enjoy! Involve the students by allowing them to create and perform their original variations! 10308766 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 10308769 Additional Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.00 H Christmas Sampler—arr. Mark Williams. Here's the piece you need for that very first holiday concert! Using only a one-octave D major scale and no eighth notes, Mark Williams has combined several favorite carols and provided interesting parts for all instruments to ensure a motivational concert experience. Includes: Jolly Old St. Nick; O Come, Little Children; Jingle Bells and Good King Wenceslas. 2375434 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.00 Classic Christmas Medley—arr. Susan H. Day. The perfect holiday concert centerpiece for your first and second year players, with optional parts for beginners. This expert medley smoothly combines Jingle Bells, Jolly Old St. Nicholas, Silent Night, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas. The beginner parts are mostly on open strings, and add interesting rhythms and light harmonies to the regular setting. Classic indeed! 10370761 Multi-Level Orchestra. . . . . . . . . . 60.00 Colossus—Larry Clark. As the title implies, this piece is intended to sound huge, even though it is written for the youngest of students. The piece is set in a fanfare style with strong open intervals, but the technical demands have been limited for beginning players. Some tension chords with dissonant notes are used to add to the drama of the piece. A very sophisticated sounding piece for young players! 10366546 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 10366547 Additional Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.00 A Dozen More Dazzlers—Stephen Chin. The transition for the beginner player into a string orchestra is quite a wonderful journey. These works are just the thing for the beginning ensemble player. Unison, simple part and call-and-response writing prepare players for the greater demands of playing in a full string orchestra. All parts have been carefully crafted for near-beginning players so that they can easily concentrate on essential ensemble skills. Pizzicato, legato, staccato and harmonics are just a few techniques that are exposed to the young player. Your students' imaginations will run wild with these attractive and evocative pieces. 10757012 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.00 10757017 Additional Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.00 Enter the Heroes—Elliot Del Borgo. Here's a heroic sounding original your orchestra will love to play! The music uses simple scalewise movement and easy skips in the key of D, yet still sounds bold and dramatic. Enjoyable for players and audience alike! 2472082 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 H Entry of the Tumblers—Elliot Del Borgo. An ideal piece for early string orchestra! Although it can be played by any student who has learned the D scale, Del Borgo's creative composing makes it sound much harder than it is. Thanks to some contrary motion, scalewise passages in harmony, even a small section in minor, your beginning orchestra will sound quite impressive. UIL String Orchestra Sight Reading Level 2 2465748 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 H Fiddler's Hoedown—arr. Robert Gillespie. Everyone knows young string players love that fiddle sound, and this fun piece based on Boil Them Cabbage Down will motivate all your students! It's very, very easy to play, suitable for students who have only been studying for a short time. Using only the D major scale, quarter notes and quarter rests (with optional bass shifting), this piece offers a guaranteed way to excite your beginners! 2433084 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.00 H First Christmas March—arr. John O'Reilly. It just doesn't get any easier than this! Using only six notes, this creative medley of familiar holiday tunes is perfect for that first concert that your beginners will play. Stringing together O Come, All Ye Faithful; Good King Wenceslas; God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen and Jolly Old St. Nicholas, this super piece has no tempo changes, which virtually guarantees success! 2346286 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.00 First Concert Suite—Susan H. Day. Here is a set of three stylistically different pieces that are perfect for your students' first concert. Pizzicato Party utilizes pizzicato on open strings. Noah's Arco again uses open strings, this time with the bow. Suite Sweet Slurs introduces slurring of notes in groups of two over a light, sweet melody. 10304011 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 10304012 Additional Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 First Finger Rock—Brian Balmages. Written with only quarter notes throughout, this is an ideal piece to introduce students either to the bow or to new strings. Complete with a bridge and short coda section, the piece includes an optional (and simple) drum set part. Real music using only open strings and first finger! 10748206 String Orchestra, Percussion Optional and piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 First Finger Suite (Three Movements for Open Strings and First Finger)—R. Anne Svendsen. This work requires only open strings and first finger only! (The bass will need 2nd finger briefly in the last movement.) The three movements are: Rain Dribs; Little Japanese Girl and Autumn Rhumba. There's also a very handy set of preparatory exercises and warmups to help your students. 2702915 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 10028513 Additional Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.00 H First Scale March—Mark Williams. What a perfect way to celebrate learning that very first scale! Using only a one-octave D-major scale and quarter notes, all sections join in the fun as the scale is played both forward and backward in the tuneful, easy march. Lots of interplay between the high and low strings help to make this a highly interesting and educational first-year selection. 2397552 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.00 Hunters' Chorus (from "Der Freischutz")— Carl Maria von Weber/arr. Richard Meyer. Masterfully arranged using only a one-octave D major scale and eighth notes, this arrangement will make your beginning strings sound amazingly mature. An excellent early introduction to the classics. This piece is also very familiar to Suzuki students, which is always a plus. 2397578 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.00 5730379 Additional Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.00 H Impulse—Brian Balmages. For the very youngest musicians, this highly energetic piece does not use eighth notes, is based on a one- octave D Major scale, and uses mostly stepwise motion throughout. Despite these features, the music is powerful and aggressive. 10512570 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40.00 10512571 Additional Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 4 Instinct—Brian Balmages. This aggressive work for true beginners portrays those inherent, sometimes raw behaviors that help a species survive. All string parts move almost entirely by stepwise motion and use just half and whole notes. Violin 1 uses a full D major scale, and all other instruments use D through B. An optional percussion part adds considerable interest to the piece. A background track is also available if you do not have percussionists. Powerful! 10995999 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.00 10996000 Additional Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.00 Jazzy Old Saint Nick—arr. Douglas Wagner. All the jazz is in the piano! The string parts are a straightforward arrangement of Jolly Old Saint Nicholas that your students could handle after only a few months of instruction. Some pizzicato sections add a delightful change and are fun for the students. This is a winner at their first holiday concert! 2478026 String Orchestra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46.00 BEGINNING STRINGS