Música clásica moderna para orquesta de cuerda

A classic ballad from the Carpenters works well for string ensemble with this arrangement by Larry Moore. A good, solid teaching piece with contemporary pop style and harmonies.

Composer John Cacavas brings us this impressive new original work for strings that's designed for festival and contest use. A bold, rhythmic theme with contemporary harmonies is contrasted with a lyri...

A simple, beautiful tune from Venezuela is superbly arranged for young players by Jamin Hoffman. The importance of this song in the Venezuelan culture is such that it is incorporated into the national...

Samuel Barber's best-known work has become an icon of contemporary orchestral literature. Jamin Hoffman's arrangement now makes this landmark work accessible to intermediate-level groups with careful...

This ideal teaching piece features all quarter notes in a confidence-building ensemble style, as well as good use of dynamics and pizzicato for beginning students.

In a stately march tempo, Nobles of the Sword features tonal centers in A minor and C major, and is written in tutti style with ample opportunities to teach common rhythms (including dotted quarter/ei...

Una obra original divertida y alegre en sol menor que utiliza una partitura fácil, una melodía sencilla y pegadiza y una buena mezcla de unísono y armonía para crear una obra accesible que disfrutarán...

Una alegre y juguetona melodía en Sol mayor marca el tono de esta divertida y original obra que refuerza el staccato, las dinámicas y el pizzicato. Todas las secciones tienen su turno en la alegre mel...

La popular y enérgica obra para banda de concierto ha sido expertamente arreglada para orquesta de cuerda. Con una melodía dinámica y contagiosa, es excelente para enseñar una amplia variedad de conce...

Composer Keith Christopher has penned an ideal teaching piece that's also a delightful performance work. Centered around scale-based melodies and diatonic harmony, it also features tasteful pizzicato...

Easy yet tasteful writing is a feature of this new teaching piece from Stephen Bulla. Set in a gentle 3/4 waltz style, it has a good blend of music detail and accessibility for your developing string...

Who says Beethoven can't be fun? Here's a clever spin on classical music's most famous four-note motif, done up right in a current techno-dance treatment.

Long known for his effective writing for school groups, James Curnow's newest opus features strong diatonic lines, rhythmic backgrounds, and interesting parts for all players in a one-tempo setting.

Stephen brings us a superb, accessible piece for young players with only quarter/eighth note technical demands, solid intervals in the themes, and level-appropriate dynamics throughout. A great teachi...

Here's a delightful movement based on a theme from French composer Saint-Saens, originally written for violin and orchestra. Featuring the familiar habanera rhythm throughout, Robert's superb new arra...

One of opera's most famous scenes is now available in this skilled adaption for strings, with the powerful tribal dance scene from Samson and Delilah. After opening with an evocative violin solo, the...

Students love great adventure music, and Treasure Quest is sure to please. A seafaring, swashbuckling tune in 3/4 with bold statements for all parts, this mini-overture by composer/string educator Tom...

A YouTube sensation by pianist Yiruma has been adapted for strings by Larry Moore in a concert piece that is ideal for today's students. In a contemporary, emotive style, River Flows in You is a super...

Heres a bold modal-based mini-overture for younger players that has great appeal with its 'adventure' sound and energy, driven by easy syncopation. With a contrasting dolce center section, it's all in...

In the style of a lively hoedown, here is an entertaining fast-paced number thats fun to perform and will sound great with string ensembles. There is plenty of built in contrasts and easy fiddle styli...

Strong modal melodies and harmonies, clear tempo changes, and melodic sections for all players, The Great Wall is teaching and program material at its best for developing groups. Your students will lo...

James Curnow brings us a new programmatic work that's fresh and appealing to string orchestras. In several contrasting styles and tempi, it gives a dark, bold sense of drama and offers several playing...

Based on the famous Canon in D by Pachelbel, March and Canon for Strings helps students to reinforce basic rhythms that use half, quarter, and eighth notes in well-designed ensemble setting.

Here's the iconic song from the dean of American bluegrass, Earl Scruggs. His banjo style set the musical path for all who followed him. Larry Moore has captured the infectious and driving rhythm that...

Stephen Bulla has created a performance piece that spotlights that special but short period in classical music history with a movement based on the music of Telemann. The lighthearted title offers an...