Edmund J. Siennicki

This easy, yet energetic piece is sure to become a favorite of young string players. Carefully written for this grade level, all sections of the orchestra get to share in the activity of this fun, mot...

Bonita Dia is a Latin-American rhumba for string orchestra that will have your students dancing in their seats! Full of rhythmic intensity, this piece may be enhanced by the addition of optional percu...

Wind Dancer provides a fun setting for teaching form as well as techniques such as hooked bowing, pizzicato and slurs. Perfect for your second-year string students, this would be a great choice for yo...

Pack your suitcase and get ready to spend An Evening in Salzburg. Not technically demanding, this piece is a great choice for your first string concert. Correlated with Strictly Strings, Book 1, page...

Pack your suitcase and get ready to spend An Evening in Salzburg. Not technically demanding, this piece is a great choice for your first string concert. Correlated with Strictly Strings, Book 1, page...

If you're looking for something a little different on your next concert, Dancing Jelly Beans is the perfect piece. In ¥, the first phrases are three measures in length, providing contrast to the more...

Although the key signature of two sharps suggests the key of D major, Dorian Parade begins with a six-measure introduction starting and ending on E-implying the Dorian mode. The piece spends a conside...

Although the key signature of two sharps suggests the key of D major, Dorian Parade begins with a six-measure introduction starting and ending on E-implying the Dorian mode. The piece spends a conside...

Playfully written, Scherzando employs mostly down and up bowing, includes some two-note slurs, and all instruments are given a chance to play the melody. Although the tempo is marked 88-104, it can be...

Playfully written, Scherzando employs mostly down and up bowing, includes some two-note slurs, and all instruments are given a chance to play the melody. Although the tempo is marked 88-104, it can be...

Playfully written, Scherzando employs mostly down and up bowing, includes some two-note slurs, and all instruments are given a chance to play the melody. Although the tempo is marked 88-104, it can be...

Imagine the stately bird, the blue heron, in the marshes along Lake Erie. When standing on one leg in the water, the bird is visible to the careful observer, yet their large wingspan makes them majest...

Imagine the stately bird, the blue heron, in the marshes along Lake Erie. When standing on one leg in the water, the bird is visible to the careful observer, yet their large wingspan makes them majest...

Imagine the stately bird, the blue heron, in the marshes along Lake Erie. When standing on one leg in the water, the bird is visible to the careful observer, yet their large wingspan makes them majest...

This song was very popular early in the 20th century. It is spirited and bouncy. Hooked bowing is used, along with other bowing. This occurs when the dotted eighth note is followed by a 16th note. The...

This song was very popular early in the 20th century. It is spirited and bouncy. Hooked bowing is used, along with other bowing. This occurs when the dotted eighth note is followed by a 16th note. The...

Treat your string students to a piece of American history! With a number of great teaching opportunities including accents, slurs, dotted rhythms and a wide variety of dynamics, this piece is a wonder...

Treat your string students to a piece of American history! With a number of great teaching opportunities including accents, slurs, dotted rhythms and a wide variety of dynamics, this piece is a wonder...

Teaching opportunities abound in this bouncy piece! The first violin part explores third position and all instruments have extended finger patterns. The use of dynamics is important, however, the piec...

Teaching opportunities abound in this bouncy piece! The first violin part explores third position and all instruments have extended finger patterns. The use of dynamics is important, however, the piec...

This charming original piece contains a myriad of learning opportunities for your young string students. Dotted quarter/eighth note rhythms, slurs that cross strings and brief excursions into the mino...

This charming original piece contains a myriad of learning opportunities for your young string students. Dotted quarter/eighth note rhythms, slurs that cross strings and brief excursions into the mino...

Always lively and often loud dance music, a polka is truly fun for students to play! Though this setting is perfect for a concert, the boisterous feel of an evening of dancing remains! Correlates with...

A lighthearted piece that works well at many tempos, making it playable by groups of many levels. Correlated to Strictly Strings, Book 2, Page 22.

A lighthearted piece that works well at many tempos, making it playable by groups of many levels. Correlated to Strictly Strings, Book 2, Page 22.