Richard Meyer

A perfect setting of this festive piece! Get the audience involved and carry on the great tradition of clapping and stomping along with the music. Just right for the early full orchestra experience.

Your students will love the Spanish sounds of this exciting and passionate dance, which introduces Act IV of this operatic masterpiece. The expressive opening melody will help develop your woodwinds'...

This gentle and beatifically melodic selection is the perfect way for your students to develop a sensitive, legato playing style. Suggesting the cool mountain air of an evening in Spain, this intermez...

Combined with an introductory theme from the suite, the overture is among the most majestic Baroque music ever written. Perfectly set as a first full orchestra experience, the contrasting statements o...

The 'Linz Symphony' is included among Mozart's best. The first movement is cheerful and buoyant in mood, yet retains an air of dignity and poise reflective of a true master of the genre. Richard Meyer...

¡Esta es una de las melodías más reconocibles y encantadoras que jamás hayan sonado en una sala de conciertos! La cuidada orquestación de Richard Meyer permite que los estudiantes puedan interpretarla...

Take your students on a desert caravan in this fun and exciting piece written to introduce low first-finger notes(Eb and Bb). All students-even your more advanced players-will love the Far Eastern har...

Your first-year string students will shine as Baroque meets country in this fun, Grade 1 selection. Based on quotes from Bach's famous Menuet in G and his Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, this is the perfe...

An exciting and colorful tone poem based on Washington Irving's famous short story, your students will love this musical depiction of the fateful night when Schoolmaster Ichabod Crane meets up with th...

Now your younger string players can experience the contrapuntal delights of this orchestral masterpiece! The difficult string crossings and the chromatic development section have been eliminated, but...

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...

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...

'This easy arrangement of the famous gondola boat song from Offenbach's 1881 opera The Tales of Hoffman is the perfect way to strengthen your young orchestra's legato playing skills. Slurs, crescendos...

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'...

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...

Vivid imagery, colorful orchestrations, and a variety of styles all combine to make this one-of-a-kind selection a journey that your students and audience will never forget! In the form of a five-part...

«Chanson y Nocturno», de Richard Meyer, es una encantadora selección ideal para concursos o festivales. Una Chanson alegre y elegante se combina con un Nocturno emotivo, lento y melancólico en modo me...

«Chanson y Nocturno», de Richard Meyer, es una encantadora selección ideal para concursos o festivales. Una Chanson alegre y elegante se combina con un Nocturno emotivo, lento y melancólico en modo me...

Esta obertura de concierto está repleta de oportunidades didácticas y retos para todos tus alumnos, y es la pieza perfecta para abrir o cerrar cualquier evento. Compuesta en forma ABA (rápido-lento-rá...

A pesar de su título, «A.I. Recomposes J.S.» es una obra totalmente original para orquesta de cuerda compuesta por Richard Meyer. La pieza plantea un escenario creativo de «qué pasaría si...», utiliza...

Millennium, recorded this year by Alfred for the first time, was first released in 1998. Winner of the 1998 N. S. O. A. composition contest, this contemporary-sounding overture is extremely powerful a...

Eine Reise in die Wunderwelt des Streicherspiels! Neue Streicherschule für Ensemble mit Abenteuercharakter! In Einzelbänden abgestimmt auf die einzelnen Streichinstrumente wird das Ensemblerepertoire...

Escrita en modo menor, esta emocionante pieza recuerda a las piezas de carácter para jóvenes músicos de Schumann y ha sido compuesta para reforzar los fa y do naturales y dar a las jóvenes orquestas m...

Since its premiere in 1874, Die Fledermaus (The Bat) has been one of the most beloved operettas ever written. Among Johann Strauss' most famous overtures, this delightful selection abounds with memora...