Partitions pour orchestre d'instruments à cordes

Here's a strong teaching piece, well-suited for 1st or 2nd year players and a worthy goal toward one of their first performances. The modal harmonies will give students a confident sound and the struc...

A fun, well-crafted ensemble piece for beginning level players that features imitation between sections, simple harmony in parallel lines, and bold, modal sonorities. As always, Kenneth Baird creates...

Another skilled adaptation of a Beethoven scherzo comes from notable music educator and conductor, Jamin Hoffman. Once again, you can share the power and artistry of a Beethoven symphony with your int...

From the creative pen of Robert Buckley comes this infectious work that will engage developing players. The incessant driving rhythms, bold modal harmonies, and clever interplay between sections are j...

Freedom Rhapsody is a set of brief variations, based on the spiritual Follow the Drinking Gourd. There are four sections to the composition, marked The yearning to be free; Anticipation; Reflection; a...

Robert Buckley's clever tune is filled with imagination and great orchestration effects for younger players. As expected, Finn McCool has an infectious groove and melodic hooks that make it a sure-fir...

Cathedral Grove is a magnificent park on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, containing some of the oldest and largest trees in the world. It is the towering, majestic pillars of these ancient giant...

Here's a terrific showpiece for your students to enjoy many of the great musical effects that only string instruments can achieve. A delightful, slightly sinister sound in a dance-like movement makes...

Featuring quartet options within the ensemble and inventive variations, Grand Dances is a superb teaching piece in the Renaissance and Baroque style, carefully crafted for student groups by veteran ar...

Here's an effective work for beginning level players that features solid teaching material in a setting that is also terrific concert programming. Skilled part writing for all players, bold modal harm...

An ideal fun and learning piece for beginners with simple diatonic parts that are interesting for all players. Add the vocals for extra spice. (Correlates with Essential Elements Expert Level)

A medley including excerpts from: Piano Concerto No. 22; Piano Concerto No. 20; Confutatis (from Requiem, K. 626); Symphony No. 25.

The continuing popularity of Eric Whitacre's dramatic and evocative music is evident in concert programming everywhere, with his symphonic, choral, and operatic works. October is arguably his most not...

This arrangement has been adapted for string orchestra.

As heard in the Disney classic Fantasia where it served as accompaniment for ostriches, hippos, elephants, and alligators, Dance of the Hours continues as a staple of the of light classical repertoire...

The contemporary music of Paul Creston continues to be important repertoire, particularly his famous concerti for marimba and saxophone. Robert has adapted Creston's only piano work, this delightfully...

Jamin Hoffman brings a unique format to this iconic work, allowing multiple groups to be combined for a powerful concert finale. Parts for both intermediate and developing groups are carefully arrange...

String teachers have come to enjoy the the skilled arrangements of John Leavitt, and his treatment of this Handel classic is one of his best yet. Three famous themes have been arranged in a short suit...

Certainly one of Brahms' most revered melodies is transformed into a wonderful teaching and performance version for school orchestras. Jon Bauman's many years as an skilled music educator make each pu...

Veteran orchestral conductor and writer Cliff Colnot has created a unique set of publications featuring scoring especially for student groups with varying skill levels. With challenging parts for a so...

Known as Papa Haydn to his musicians, Haydn once wrote that his relative isolation in Esterhazy, away from the mainstream, forced me to be original. This sprightly arrangement provides a glimpse at bo...

This combination of pieces from both suites will provide a unique mix of both familiar and fresh music from Norway's master composer. Jamin Hoffman's new edition is well structured and paced, making t...