Orchestre à cordes de jeunes

Each student has a chance to play the melody with their 'finger-bones connected to their... hand bones,' in this bone-rattling arrangement of a well-known spiritual. Perfect for Halloween or any time...

Simply 4 Strings - Musique d'ensemble pour cordes élémentaires de Katherine et Hugh Colledge, compositeurs de Stepping Stones, Waggon Wheels, Fast Forward et Shooting Stars. Une suite complète de morc...

With its rich, fully-bowed lyrical passages and contrasting pizzicato, 'koto-like' textures, this original with a sophisticated sound is a great tool for teaching bowing technique that audiences will...

We welcome George Frueh to the Kendor family of writers with this western style blues original that lets young groups experience the fun of playing in the swing style. Written in the key of D major, i...

You won't believe how full the ensemble will sound performing Gershwin's endeared classic. This fabled melody is now accessible for your beginning strings by Bob Cerulli. (2:13)

Discover the essence of Tchaikovsky's musical genius while performing a gorgeous Romantic-era classic based upon a G-major scale! The memorable themes of the Nutcracker Ballet are beloved world-wide,...

Your students' imaginations will run wild as they rehearse and perform this charming Spanish-flavored salute to cats. Glissando 'meows,' threatening 'hisses,' and even an enthusiastic visit from a dog...

A moving tribute by Susan Day 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...

This work features all of your school district's string orchestras at once and was written to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Freeport, Illinois orchestra program. The piece combines elementary...

As the title suggests, this nod to the fleet-footed dance of the 1800s, The Polka Dot Polka, is all about dots - dots over, under, and after notes! Written as an etude to enhance your young orchestra'...

Barnburner by Michael Story is a dynamic festival selection or concert opener or closer that will grab your audience's attention right from the start. It's full of energy, but very playable for develo...

This piece is a vibrant composition that will make your developing string orchestra sound mature. The accented quarter notes provide a great opportunity to teach the marcato bow stroke to all sections...

The famous first movement of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, arranged by Richard Meyer, has been simplified and shortened for the first-year player but still retains all the energy and spirit of th...

This suite by Douglas E. Wagner for young string players is drawn from Terpsichore, a major compilation of 312 primarily French dance tunes published in 1612, compiled and arranged by Michael Praetori...

Students will love Shipwreck Coast - a dark and stormy piece by Erica Donahoe! Cello and string bass players will enjoy digging into the opening melody, and all members of the orchestra will be challe...

Les débutants apprécieront le style fringant de Set a Course de Doug Spata tout en explorant de nouvelles techniques de jeu ! Les notes et les rythmes familiers rendent la musique accessible, et une p...

Arriving in the fresh, new format of score plus CD-ROM, this is the sixth suite in the ever popular 'Simply 4 Strings' series by Katherine and Hugh Colledge - composers of the well-loved Stepping Ston...

This standard for beginning strings has a new twist to it. The melody is much easier to teach in 4/4 rather than in 3/4. It is still in D major and contains no altered fingerings. The tempo marking is...

Mill Creek Stomp depicts a joyous, folksy dance with everyone having a great time! Both high and low strings share the straightforward melody of basic quarter notes and eighth notes set in cut-time. T...

An exciting journey through Atlantis awaits students in this straight-forward composition using notes of the B natural-minor scale. Using only the notes and rhythms learned in the first year of study,...

As the name implies, this work portrays a morning run up a mountain and the feeling that comes with the wonderful vistas that surround. Students will experience images of beautiful vegetation and fres...

Searching for Destiny's Diamond is a mysterious, tension-filled work centering around young people searching out their destiny during dark times and journeying towards the diamond that is their bright...

Conçue pour donner aux étudiants l’expérience de la lecture des notes de cordes de sol et do, cette pièce électrisante de style rock utilise des rythmes simples, des accents, du staccato et une dynami...

Ressentez le froid glacial des vents d'hiver et de la glace fragile ! Cette œuvre originale pour jeune orchestre offre un son contemporain avec des rythmes de noires et de demi-notes accessibles et de...

Évadez-vous dans un brouillard hivernal de neige tourbillonnante. Les mélodies mystiques tissées dans cet arrangement sont empruntées à la Symphonie n° 1 de Tchaïkovski. Le premier mouvement, intitulé...