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All For Strings Performance Selections

This rhythmic, hard-driving composition was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Texas Music Educators Association. This richly scored work includes additional parts for...

Akerwis comes from the Latin word acervus meaning to stack. Here it's the stacking of notes to create chords for this swing-style jazz composition.

Frequent meter changes combined with a brisk tempo equals an exhilarating selection for advanced orchestras.

Ms. Atwell says, 'Once you have heard Motif, you will remember it!' Motif is jazzy and includes syncopated passages for everyone.

Another great composition from award winner Shirl Arwell! Hold onto your hats as you listen to this rhythmically-charged selection. Listen, too, for the unique ways melody, counterpoint, and jazz harm...

A tribute to the Hubble telescope, this challenging, yet fun composition, includes a special message - but players and listeners must discover what the important message is! Resource material about th...

Commissioned by the Western Kansas Orchestra Festival, A Kansas Caper offers music with a bit of jazz flair.á A 'chase' intervenes at several points during the piece and offers lots of fun for players...

Written for holiday concerts, Winter Walk describes an icy stroll through a snowy landscape using sleigh bells, triangle, and pizzicato strings to accompany this happy, chilly walking tune. You could...

An innovative suite for piano and beginning strings, this selection introduces young players to the wonders of jazz. Primarily in open-string ensemble unison, your beginners will delight in accompanyi...

An innovative suite for piano and beginning strings, this selection introduces young players to the wonders of jazz. Primarily in open-string ensemble unison, your beginners will delight in accompanyi...

Here's a terrific choice towards the end of the year when mass string orchestra concerts are on the district performance calender.á Showcaseá beginning, intermediate, and advanced students with this d...

Everyone will love this one! The infectious grooves of this Brazilian Bossa Nova in D Major are perfect for string orchestra alone, or with the optional rhythm section and auxiliary percussion. Featur...

A great choice for introducing jazz to string orchestra! The optional rhythm section and auxiliary percussion will invigorate the ensemble, and the optional solo and improvisation section will highlig...

The Errol Garner classic scored for your beginners. A warm treatment that will be recognizable by grandparents everywhere, this is a lovely melodic work that should be familiar to young and old. A mus...

Vorliegende Choralkantate ist im Jahre des 500. Reformationsjubiläums komponiert und uraufgeführt worden. Als Grundlage dient der Text des Liedes 'Nun freut euch, lieben Christen g'mein' von Martin Lu...

Swing-Konzert für vier Holzbläser (Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette, Fagott) und Streichorchester. (Classic Swing Concert for four woods and string-orchestra). - Als Ausgangsmaterial für dieses Classic-Swing C...

Jazz for the Open Strings is written for the very beginners in string orchestra. This piece is performed by open strings only, which helps beginning level students to learn each of the strings of thei...

Alfred Schnittkes 'Suite im alten Stil' entstand 1972 und wurde in ihrer ursprünglichen Form im März 1973 von Mark Lubotsky (Violine) und Ljubow Jedlina (Klavier) in Moskau uraufgeführt. Das fünfsätzi...