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2025 Fall Orchestra Catalog

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33 Order Toll-Free! Call 1.800.345.6296 | jwpepper.com | [email protected] Bringing to Light—R. Christopher Teichler. Light is often connected with optimism and hope, and music can draw us to light in so many rich ways, including key centers, sweeping crescendos, and varying textures. This piece brings light through music to inspire beginning-level players. G major. 11619003 String Orchestra . . . . . 60.00 11619004 Full Score . . . . . . . . . . 10.00 Burst!—Brian Balmages. An energetic fanfare brimming with bravado to make the most of your first-year students' skills. Dynamic interplay with contrasting legato and détaché bowing create the burst of energy by playing eighth-note passages off the string. Also incorporates simple string crossing and brief violin divisi. A multimedia video with a link to software that synchs to your performance is available- not to be missed! 10277832 String Orchestra . . . . . 50.00 10277833 Additional Score . . . . . 10.00 11166974 Multimedia Video Synchronized for Performance. . . . . 60.00 Call of Heroes—Christian A. Williams. This driving and heroic piece is nonstop action from beginning to end. A bold main theme with pulsating eighth notes and biting rhythms and sharp accents creates a vivid image of heroes called to action. Excellent for teaching rhythmic counting, spiccato and hooked bowing technique, and dynamics. Optional third position shift in violin 1 at the end. An excellent work! 11393519 String Orchestra . . . . . 50.00 11393520 Additional Score . . . . . 10.00 A Can-Can Festival—Jacques Offenbach/ arr. Todd Parrish. In this multi-level arrangement for string or full orchestra, both new and experienced students get to enjoy the excitement of Offenbach's famous dance. The piece can be performed with strings only, with parts for beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. Or, add optional advanced wind, brass, and percussion parts for a full orchestra concert - combined levels or advanced players only. The perfect grand finale to your pyramid concert that will motivate young musicians with a great sense of pride and accomplishment! 11500306 String Orchestra Multi-Level. . . . . . . . . . 80.00 11500403 Additional Score . . . . . . 9.50 Canyon Sunset—John Caponegro. Your strings will enjoy the chance to paint this musical picture! Composer and arranger John Caponegro is well known for his fine writing for young string players. Recorded by Michigan State University Orchestra on the CD Teaching Music Through Performance in Orchestra, Volume 1 - Pepper #5973728. 547927 String Orchestra . . . . . 48.00 5960851 Additional Score . . . . . 10.00 Carpe Momento—Thomas May. Each day is full of potential! Individual moments of opportunity are the inspiration for this piece and your students will love the exhilarating energy conveyed by the constant use of eighth notes throughout most of the composition. Seize the day by living in the moment with Carpe Momento! 11500580 String Orchestra . . . . . 45.00 Caverns of Darkness—Mekel Rogers. Deep in the midnight forest lies a series of hidden caves where unknown creatures may lurk. This musical journey for beginning players contains nothing harder than quarter notes. The second violin part can be used as a viola treble clef part, and the cello and bass parts are identical. This is a great concert work to use with first- year musicians and will be a performance favorite for students and audiences alike. 11621735 String Orchestra . . . . . 55.00 11621767 Additional Score . . . . . . 8.00 Cellos on the Rooftop—Katie O'Hara LaBrie. Get ready to rock the holidays with Cellos on the Rooftop, an exciting intermediate piece featuring your lower strings! All players will enjoy slurring from F to F# to create a bluesy rock vibe, making it both fun and educational. Perfect for energizing your holiday concert, this arrangement of Up on the Housetop will have your orchestra and audience tapping their feet from start to finish! 11617585 String Orchestra . . . . . 60.00 11617613 Additional Score . . . . . 10.00 Celtic Sunrise—Soon Hee Newbold. Experience the beauty and power of a Celtic dawn in this accessible yet powerful-sounding work. Driving rhythms and decisive open intervals depict the countryside and rolling hills of Scotland. Optional percussion parts add to the festive quality of the piece which will give young ensembles a mature sound. 11203100 String Orchestra, Percussion Optional . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.00 11203101 Additional Score . . . . . 11.00 Celtica (for Solo Violin and Orchestra)— Brian Balmages. What could be more inspiring to your young players than playing with an advanced musician? Offer the solo to a local high school or college student, or even a pro in the area, and have them guest star at your next concert. Or, inspire your players by offering an easier version of the solo to be played by a member of your orchestra. It's a win-win situation for everyone! Your players will love the chance to play the lyrical lines and powerful, driving rhythms of Celtic music. 10008662 String Orchestra . . . . . 55.00 10008663 Additional Score . . . . . 11.00 Chasing the Storm—Deborah Baker Monday. Experience the unpredictable energy and drama of chasing an oncoming storm! Great cinematic writing gives all instruments interesting parts and builds a sense of drama, tension, and excitement. Accents and hooked bowings are reinforced. A minor in ABA form, first position for all. 11398759 String Orchestra . . . . . 60.00 11398773 Additional Score . . . . . . 7.00 Colorful Sunrise—Yukiko Nishimura. This lush and gorgeous work is every bit as warm as the title suggests and offers young musicians a chance to explore the harmonic intrigue that Nishimura is known for, allowing them to grow musically while having fun. 11562031 String Orchestra . . . . . 55.00 11562116 Additional Score . . . . . 10.00 Contredanse—Larry Clark. This engaging original work is very effective, and has the flavor of another era while remaining contemporary. Bright tonalities give it a real country dance appeal, and underlying rhythms add pulse. An exceptional work! 2399442 String Orchestra . . . . . 46.00 5723176 Additional Score . . . . . . 8.00 Dance Scenario—Elliot Del Borgo. This contemporary hoedown combines bold harmonies, lively fiddle rhythms, and some expansive divisi passages to create an exciting presentation for concerts and festivals. Special highlights include a 22- bar pizzicato section featuring cellos and basses early in the piece and a fortissimo 4-bar tremolo played by violins just before the ending unison figure. 2205177 String Orchestra . . . . . 52.00 8061276 Additional Score . . . . . 10.00 Dark Machinations (for multilevel orchestra)—Dion Morales. This hauntingly beautiful waltz tells the story of a villain's nefarious plan to destroy the hero. From the brooding opening notes of the gathering dark magic to the lighter, almost whimsical middle section as the hero lives a happy life, the tension builds and falls in a captivating dance of light and darkness. The mixed- level scoring provides a challenge to both primary and secondary players. The beginning and open string parts provide options for any orchestra program that wants to include a full range of playing abilities in a single performance. 11570793 String Orchestra Multi-Level. . . . . . . . . . 70.00 11570869 Additional Score . . . . . 12.00 Desert Sands—Soon Hee Newbold. Here is a unique and colorful piece for this level! Desert Sands introduces low first and second fingers to beginning players. The result is a fun, ethnic sounding piece accessible to young orchestras as they imagine caravans traveling across the desert. In the usual Newbold tradition, everyone gets a chance at the melody in this cinematic sounding score. 10047908 String Orchestra . . . . . 50.00 10047909 Additional Score . . . . . 10.00 Dinosaur Tracks—Cindy Hill. Practice call and response in G major with this piece, which features the lower range of the upper strings, accented bow techniques, and subito dynamics. 11618807 String Orchestra . . . . . 55.00 11618852 Additional Score . . . . . 16.00 Original Concert Works | Easy BEST SELLERS String Orchestra Original Concert Works Easy Buy with confidence! These works, listed in order of their popularity, are chosen most often by directors. Voyager—Soon Hee Newbold. 11195682 String Orchestra . . . 65.00 11195683 Additional Score . . . 11.00 Viking—Soon Hee Newbold. 10454265 String Orchestra, Percussion Optional 65.00 10454298 Additional Score . . . 11.00 Beyond the Thunder— Deborah Baker Monday. 10608529 String Orchestra . . . 48.00 10608541 Additional Score . . . 10.00 Polar Vortex—Katie O'Hara LaBrie. 11583970 String Orchestra Multi-Level . . . . . . . . 85.00 11583973 Additional Score . . . 15.00 Shadow Fire—Randall Standridge. 11521164 String Orchestra . . . 50.00 11521165 Additional Score . . . 10.00 The Journey Forward—Am're Ford. 11536020 String Orchestra . . . 55.00 11536021 Additional Score . . . 10.00 Momentous (for single or multi-level string orchestra)—Brian Balmages. 11399662 String Orchestra Multi-Level . . . . . . . . 85.00 11399663 Full Score . . . . . . . . 13.00 Burst!—Brian Balmages. 10277832 String Orchestra . . . 50.00 10277833 Additional Score . . . 10.00 Moonlit Skies—Sean O'Loughlin. 11100090 String Orchestra . . . 55.00 11100091 Additional Score . . . 10.00 Fantasy on a Japanese Folk Song— Brian Balmages. 10366818 String Orchestra . . . 50.00 10366821 Additional Score . . . 10.00 Customer service is available weekdays 9am–6pm ET

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