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Original Concert Works | Very Easy
Metallurgy—Doug Spata. Designed to give
students experience reading G and C string
notes, this electrifying rock-style piece uses
simple rhythms, accents, staccato, and
changing dynamics to exciting effect. Every
section gets a chance to play the hard-
driving melodies, and an optional piano
part adds extra support and percussive
emphasis. Powerful!
11401198 String Orchestra . . . . . 53.00
11401199 Additional Score . . . . . . 7.50
Mochatissimo—Lisa Galvin. The playful
nature of family pets can be inspiring, and
this work was written to take that quality of
joy and love and set it to music for all to
enjoy. Share this delightful work with your
audience on your next concert.
11623831 String Orchestra . . . . . 65.00
11623856 Additional Score . . . . . 10.00
Momentous (for single or multi-level
string orchestra)—Brian Balmages.
So many performance options and
combinations! Equally suited as an
opener or closer, this Baroque-meets-
contemporary festival-style work has
exceptional performance flexibility as
a multilevel or single-level work! Play it
entirely as a Grade 2 or play it as a Grade
1. Or combine both - directors can add the
Grade 1/2 parts which are based on open
strings and limited first finger. Innovative
and exciting!
11399662 String Orchestra
Multi-Level. . . . . . . . . . 85.00
11399663 Full Score . . . . . . . . . . 13.00
Mystical Beasts—Bryan Sanguinito.
Dragons. Unicorns. Phoenixes. Sea
monsters. These are just some of the
mythical creatures that have captivated
the imagination for centuries. Now, it's time
for your developing orchestra students
to captivate their audience with this fast-
paced composition. Written in E minor with
no low twos, it uses only eighth-note scale
passages combined with quarter and half
notes. Basses stay in first position, middle
voices explore the G string, and cellos
perform their own invigorating melody
in the middle of the piece. Focusing on
dynamic changes, pizzicato, and bow lifts,
this enthralling composition builds to an
epic conclusion, bringing the mesmerizing,
legendary world of fantasy to life!
11621740 String Orchestra . . . . . 55.00
11621772 Additional Score . . . . . . 8.00
Nautilus—Kathryn Griesinger. Set out
on a daring voyage, facing the stormy
seas with fearless courage. This dark
adventure allows developing players to
practice alternating détaché and staccato
bow strokes as the melody is passed from
section to section. Hear the rising winds
in the low strings section, where cello and
bass are doubled for ominous strength. Feel
the uneven rise and fall of waves in melodic
lines that use only simple quarter, half, and
eighth-note rhythms. An exciting escapade
that sounds much harder than it is.
11608208 String Orchestra . . . . . 55.00
11608242 Additional Score . . . . . . 7.50
A New World Festival—Antonin Dvorak/
arr. Todd Parrish. Bring together students of
all levels for a magnificent festival of music!
Perfect for pyramid concerts or combined
district performances, this exciting multilevel
arrangement includes parts for beginning,
intermediate, and advanced string players.
Timpani and optional advanced wind parts
are also provided to create a full orchestra
experience if desired. This brilliant
arrangement allows everyone to participate
in the epic themes of Dvorak's Symphony
No. 9 "From the New World" finale. A
wonderful collaborative selection to inspire
students in your program.
11608238 String Orchestra
Multi-Level. . . . . . . . . 125.00
11608272 Additional Score . . . . . 15.00
The Night Hunt—David Samuel. Inspired
by high fantasy, this vivid work is great
for practicing consistent bow patterns and
reinforcing the minor key. Scored in full, it
will sound excellent from the tip of the bow
to the double barline!
11615081 String Orchestra . . . . . 50.00
11615170 Additional Score . . . . . 10.00
Ninja—Richard Meyer. There's a ninja on
the loose and he's sneaking through the
orchestra. Your students will love making
up storylines for what happens next in
this colorful Asian-flavored piece that uses
only the notes of the D Major scale. There
are plenty of great teaching opportunities
here for your first-year students including
pizzicato, accents, crescendos and melody/
accompaniment balance.
10594955 String Orchestra . . . . . 50.00
10594956 Additional Score . . . . . . 8.00
Our Heroes—Susan H. Day. A moving
tribute to the people we admire, whether it
be family members, role models, or those
serving our country, this piece in E minor
uses easy rhythms, pizzicato, some divisi in
the cello part, and a few low second fingers
in the violin 1 part. All players get melody
lines and the violin 2 part doubles the viola.
Sounds harder than it is!
10594957 String Orchestra . . . . . 46.00
10594958 Additional Score . . . . . . 9.00
Pets (1. Presto Puppies 2. Cantabile
Kitties 3. Con Brio Birdies)—Stephen
Chin. We all love our pets, and every day
seems to bring a new set of adventures!
Presto Puppies features rising scale
patterns and some surprising dissonances.
Cantabile Kitties expresses the more
subdued nature of our feline friends.
Intervals of the major seventh recall a kitten
lazily sprawling out and yawning. Con Brio
Birdies depicts the chattering of birds with
repeated quavers and soft dissonances.
Fun harmonics, regular pizzicato, left-hand
pizzicato, and Bartok pizzicato appear
throughout the suite.
11625695 String Orchestra . . . . . 70.00
11625699 Additional Score . . . . . 15.00
A Pirate's Dream—Susan H. Day. Legato
bowings, pizzicato, lifts, bow doubling, and
some marcato bowing express the pirate's
determination in his quest. All sections
share the minor melodies. The viola part
doubles the 2nd violin part.
10453631 String Orchestra . . . . . 46.00
10453679 Additional Score . . . . . . 7.00
Polar Vortex—Katie O'Hara LaBrie. Cold
air spins and an arctic chill sets in: a polar
vortex has arrived. This work for multilevel
orchestra encapsulates this wintery weather
phenomenon through its driving D dorian
tune, biting spiccato, and swirling motives.
Perform the A parts (Grade 3) on their own,
or add in multiple levels to include even your
youngest beginners.
11583970 String Orchestra
Multi-Level. . . . . . . . . . 85.00
11583973 Additional Score . . . . . 15.00
Protectors of the Realm—Nicolas
Repetto. Take your students on an epic
adventure! Set in a cinematic style, every
section in the orchestra gets a chance to
play the main theme. The piece reinforces
marcato and legato playing while the
optional percussion parts add excitement
and enhance the orchestration to give a full
sense of the adventure. A new favorite of
students and audiences alike!
11581825 String Orchestra . . . . . 60.00
11581826 Additional Score . . . . . 10.00
Radiance—Cooper Ford. Written with the
beginner in mind, this delightful piece is fun
for everyone! All parts have basic rhythms
and use notes only in the D major scale,
with cello and bass limited to the first six.
Second violin and viola are doubled, as are
the cello and bass. Despite its apparent
simplicity, players will enjoy melodies in
all parts, written in the uplifting Lydian
mode. Let your orchestra shine with this
scintillating work! (2:10)
11619609 String Orchestra . . . . . 55.00
11619689 Additional Score . . . . . 10.00
The Red Lion—Jeremy Woolstenhulme.
With a stirring melody, driving rhythms and
an energetic pulse that just won't quit, this
action-packed selection is sure to fire up
students and audiences alike.
10458715 String Orchestra . . . . . 55.00
10458716 Additional Score . . . . . 10.00
Rise of the Bow-bots (Megalift, the
Hookinator, and Slurtron)—Richard
Meyer. As much fun to play as it will be
to teach: in this creative offering, the Bow-
Bots are alive and invading your orchestra
room! This colorful selection is perfect for
your students to work on their bow lifts,
hooks, and slurs. Very simple note patterns
(left hand) will allow young musicians to
concentrate on their bowings (right hand),
and the minor key and modal harmonies will
set their imaginations wild as they picture
the rise of Megalift, the Hookinator, and
Slurtron. Correlates to Sound Innovations,
Book 1, Level 4. (2:40)
11568655 String Orchestra . . . . . 50.00
11568806 Additional Score . . . . . 10.00
Rize and Shine—Ruth Brittin. Ruth Brittin's
music is always creative, yet grounded in
an extremely relatable feeling. "Rize and
Shine" will transport you to the simple life,
and if you listen closely, you might just hear
the hustle and bustle of real folks going
about their morning!
11615383 String Orchestra . . . . . 50.00
11615455 Additional Score . . . . . 10.00
Rock, Paper, Scissors—Caryn Neidhold.
It's the fun game everybody knows - let's
play! This upbeat piece gets its rock 'n' roll
rhythm from the syllables of the title, and
the optional drum set adds a dance party
beat. Set in joyful D major, easy accidentals
create interesting harmonies while avoiding
awkward finger patterns on the D and G
strings. An exuberant celebration to start or
end your concert!
11608213 String Orchestra . . . . . 55.00
11608247 Additional Score . . . . . . 7.50
Sailors' Song—Mark Williams. This
vigorous original uses only the open strings
and the first notes learned on the D and
A strings to make your beginning string
players play out more confidently and
musically! It has a rugged, modal sound
evocative of the sea. Your strings will sound
bigger and better on this one!
2472794 String Orchestra . . . . . 50.00
5977058 Additional Score . . . . . 10.00
Seafarer's Waltz—Doug Spata. This jaunty
waltz is a perfect introduction to the 3/4
time signature. It is a spirited and animated
look at life on the high seas - sure to be a
highlight of your concert program!
11615217 String Orchestra . . . . . 50.00
11615277 Additional Score . . . . . 10.00
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