Highland String Orchestra

This beautiful Romantic work has been expanded from the violin and piano setting and is perfect for strings! The violin I and II, viola, and bass parts are all playable in first position; cello goes t...

In this tribute to film music of the spy-movie genre, our Secret Agent 440 tries to keep a low profile while exploring chromatics, dynamics, double stops and diverse articulations. When things get too...

Perfect for advanced players and very true to the original. Shifting is required for 1st violins, cellos, and basses, while 2nd violins and violas get exceptionally rich parts of 16th notes and melody...

Un jeu « col legno » rafraîchissant, un rythme intense et des tonalités mineures sombres invitent les élèves à plonger dans « Midnight Vortex », de Caryn Wiegand Neidhold. Grâce à des parties doublées...

Un jeu « col legno » rafraîchissant, un rythme intense et des tonalités mineures sombres invitent les élèves à plonger dans « Midnight Vortex », de Caryn Wiegand Neidhold. Grâce à des parties doublées...

Designed to help students practice playing accidentals and chromatic notes, Mambo Incognito employs attractive Latin rhythms and sly melodies that both students and audiences will enjoy. Each section...

With form and texture that remain very true to the original, the keys of E minor and D Dorian serve to make this arrangement 'student friendly.' The first violin solo includes 3rd position while the s...

Full of educational opportunities for every section, this two-movement work has an old-fashioned folk music sound. 'Wisteria Waltz' is lush and legato while 'Fig's Frolic' is patterned after the energ...

This beautiful folk melody will capture the hearts of students and audiences. Originally scored for large orchestra, this string arrangement captures the essential qualities often heard in the English...

Filled with enchanting melodies and harmonies, O'Carolan's Draught is a lyrical air by Ireland's beloved Baroque-era composer, Turlough O'Carolan, and arranged by Andrew H. Dabczynski. Truly a crossov...

In keeping with the efforts of developing a curriculum that fosters Comprehensive Musicianship, this string orchestra arrangement of three of the most popular Renaissance madrigals, will provide your...

Bring Baroque splendour and exhilarating energy to your next performance! With Georg Friedrich Handel's world-famous "Entrance of the Queen of Sheba" in this first-class arrangement published by Highl...

Loaded with great learning opportunities, this arrangement is more evidence of Elliot Del Borgo's mastery of writing for school orchestras. Combining a well-known Bach chorale with the famous G major...

Originally composed for piano, this engaging and energetic piece will provide your students with the opportunity to develop several playing techniques, including upper position work, intonation, and d...

Edvard Grieg's Holberg Suite, Op. 40 was composed in 1884 to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of noted Norwegian playwright and satirist Ludwig Holberg. Composed in the Baroque dance-suite style...

Maurice Ravel composed Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye) as a suite in five movements for piano four hands between 1908-10. He orchestrated the suite in 1911. 'The Enchanted Garden (Le Jardin féerique),' t...

A dramatic work with a hint of romance, Conquistador! depicts the life and adventures of the Spanish explorers known as Conquistadors. Repeated note passages in A minor provide a glimpse into life on...

Avalanche is an expressive and energetic original composition for beginning orchestra that is also a wonderful teaching piece for bow distribution, lifts, retakes, and string crossing. The 'avalanche'...

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1713, the secular cantata Was mir behagt, is nur die muntre Jagd BWV 208 is the most famous of all Bach's arias. Arranged by Rick England, this string orchestra ar...

Young string players will be captivated by the sophisticated but innocent quality of this music. Written by history's most famous child superstar, this charming piece is an arrangement from the Clarin...

On a tour of America in 1833 and 1834, the Franco/Flemish violin virtuoso Henri Vieuxtemps heard Yankee Doodle. On returning to Europe, he produced the violin and piano barnburner that was the inspira...

Rich harmonic textures envelope a lush melody in this original composition for string orchestra. Long melodic lines will encourage bowing techniques to bring out the lovely melody and harmony. The wri...

Inspired by ragtime, this arrangement celebrates Claude Debussy's 150th birthday. Lively and fun to play, this piece offers the chance to explore various dynamic changes and accented playing.

A bold string adaptation of this revolutionary work, this piece includes the original string parts with the essential material from the wind parts added in. Eminently playable, the second violin and v...

4th movement - Very faithful to the original but arranged with the younger player in mind, this setting of an orchestral staple has it all, and is sure to challenge every section of your orchestra. Th...