Kendor Music

This grade 3+ - 5+ collection covers four centuries of music from European and American composers. These pieces can be used in either a recital or a festival ensemble experience.

These grade 3-4 trombone trios provide a variety of melodic, technical and rhythmic opportunities which display the colors of the trombone in the low, middle and upper registers.

In this outstanding concert arrangement by low brass expert David Uber, Wagner's most famous theme springs to life with all the dramatic power we've come to expect. Abundant dotted-eighth/sixteenth fi...

Selected from the lute and guitar literature by masters from the Elizabethan, Renaissance, Classical and Romantic periods, these 10 grade 3-5 transcriptions are perfect for the 4-mallet marimbist and...

This collection of 13 mallet solos from the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a follow-up to the classic Kendor bestseller Bach For Marimba (arr. Moore). Carefully edited by Lynn Glassock to avoid c...

These 9 grade 4-6 editions are culled from Peter Illych Tschaikowsky's symphonic and piano repertoire. All are playable on a low A marimba, and 5 are also playable on vibes.

Featuring 11 short selections by Hummel, Bach, Beethoven, Schumann, Byrd, Handel, Kabalevsky, Khatchaturian, Shostakovich, and Prokofieff, this marvelous set of duets for advancing players has been a...

This collection of 13 mallet solos from the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a follow-up to the classic Kendor bestseller Bach For Marimba (arr. Moore). Carefully edited by Lynn Glassock to avoid c...

Skillfully arranged, Katie has created a Christmas medley of themes from The Nutcracker along with familiar carols weaving in and out. This is your one stop shop for all things Christmas...beautifully...

This beautiful, grade 2 lyrical original ensures that every instrument enjoys the melody. The piano part is not required, however, it greatly enhances the orchestra's sound. An mp3 of the piano part c...

We welcome Kirt Mosier to the Kendor family of writers with this grade 2 original. This exciting work evokes images of suspense and intrigue as the only escape from harm's way leads over the old Stony...

The rapid pace and tight rhythms of this grade 2 original will help students develop quick and crisp bowing technique. A fast and furious theme requires precision in playing staccato and hooked bowing...

Beautiful melodic lines, rich harmonies and dramatic contrasts abound in this grade 4 work. Its intensely expressive nature will captivate audiences and provide wonderful programming material for any...

This arrangement of one of the more joyous choral movements from Vivaldi's immortal Gloria will excite all sections of the orchestra. Everybody gets to play their fair share of the jaunty melody and i...

Expertly arranged for student strings, Léo Delibes' Flower Duet (Sous Le Dôme Épais) from Lakmé reflects the unique harmonies, textures and dynamics of music from the opera's exotic setting in British...

Ce classique de Maurice Ravel est la troisième des cinq Pièces Enfantines de la Suite de la Mère l'Oie. Le caractère pentatonique se prête bien à l'orchestre à cordes. Trémolandos, dynamiques subtiles...

Robert Schumann's Album For the Young was composed for his three daughters and consisted of 43 short pieces. Most well-known as a piano piece, Knight Rupert adapts perfectly for grade 3 string orchest...

This Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arrangement can be performed as a moderate march at the indicated tempo or at a slower tempo as a regal processional. All ornaments -- grace notes, turns and trills -- are...

This mysterious and beautiful grade 3+ work conjures images of a hunt taking place under the cover of darkness with only the subtle light from the moon revealing the mysteries between the shadows. Com...

Beethoven composed his Symphony No. 9 between 1822-24. The fourth movement is a theme and variations on Schiller's poem Ode To Joy and included solo voices and choir. This arrangement includes the ope...

Mozart composed the Symphony No. 31 in D major, K. 297 during a trip to Paris in 1778 when he was 22 years old. This grade 3+ arrangement of the 1st movement is a great piece for developing bow contro...

What better way to introduce Mozart to students than with the finale of his first symphony, written when he was just 8 years old? Transposed to D major, this arrangement provides many opportunities fo...

Imagine a scene of great celebration with Slavic dances and lyrical themes soaring over underlying rhythmic drive. That sums up this Alexander Borodin favorite with all of its power, playfulness, lyri...

Put your bassists in the spotlight in this piece for beginning strings. Build confidence and skills in your bass section as they lead the orchestra while navigating the shift between first and third p...

Spooky and rhythmically energetic, the chromatic alteration between C-natural and C-sharp will give students opportunities to develop their left hand intonation. This piece includes arco and pizzicato...