Música clásica moderna para orquesta de cuerda

First composed for flute and continuo and published in 1731, this string orchestra arrangement works well for middle or high school orchestras. Musette en Rondeau reflects the pastoral charm typical o...

A superbly expressive work, this piece offers each section a chance to play the beautiful melody and is perfect for teaching phrasing. Third position notes in the first violin are cued an octave lower...

Two Christmas Angels: Two traditional holiday tunes, 'Hark! The Herald Angels Sing' and 'Angels We Have Heard on High' have been beautifully arranged and interwoven so all sections get the melody. The...

The Yucatan Peninsula on the east coast of Mexico is world famous for its Mayan ruins, sandy beaches, dense jungles and opulent resorts. This playful, lively, and easy waltz with the third as its main...

Written as a surprise gift for her close friend's wedding, this new Susan Day work includes her signature lush melodies, interesting harmonies, and moving inside lines. Opportunities for expressive pl...

This serenely surreal compositon employs an open form and fragments of 'The Water is Wide

Adapting the first and last movements of Telemann's Sonata in D Major, the arranger has here crafted a work accessible for younger orchestras and a fine choice for concert or festival use. Regal and s...

The essence of the American West is captured in this sweeping, cinematic musical tableaux by one of the country's top writers for young string orchestra.

Use this expertly crafted work for strings to introduce your orchestra to the pleasures of playing Renaissance Dance music.

This highly expressive Elizabethan pavane is charged with emotion, and this setting gives interesting parts to all instruments within the fabric of Renaissance counterpoint.

(trans. 'I Love You So Much') This gentle and beautiful Danza from the Cuban master combines the rhythms of Latin American popular music with the harmonies of European Romanticism.

Your young string players will love sounding sophisticated and mature beyond their years playing this loosely based arrangement of the Andante from Handel's 'Overture to Berenice'.

Written to evoke images of a radiant fall in the high country, this key of G work features interesting melodic lines in all parts, a relaxing tempo, a variety of articulations, and 3/4 time.

Ms. Day has here written the perfect centerpiece for a Holiday Concert for first and second year players, with optional parts for beginners. This medley smoothly and expertly combines Jingle Bells, Jo...

Working with a classic keyboard composition, the arranger has done an admirable job of making this esteemed work accessible to the young string orchestra. Use this excellent setting of a familiar piec...

After playing these original and unique variations on Yankee Doodle, your students will be experts on playing mixed meters! After the theme, the variations are in 5, 6, 7, and 15 beats per measure. Ge...

Sophisticated and gentle, these three pieces are excellent examples of early romantic chamber music. Since they were originally written for brass quintet (by German composer Ludwig Maurer), these piec...

Start your concert on a high note with this great celebratory program opener from Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks. Your students will love playing this energetic baroque classic!

Vivaldi's Concerto for Four Violins in B Minor, opus 3, no. 10, was published in 1711 in L'estro armonica ('The Harmonic Fancy'), a set of 12 concertos for various instruments. This particular concert...

Using melodic and harmonic material from two marches by G. F Handel, the arranger has created a stirring 'classical' concert opener. This fine arrangement has great musical integrity, yet is very play...

This holiday fantasy combines musical ideas from Jingle Bells and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik in a very playful, frolicking way. The piece starts as a fun setting of Jingle Bells accompanied in the cello a...

Take your students and audience back to the late 1800's in this arrangement of a song that was very popular in its day. All of the turn of the century charm and harmonies have been retained to give an...

A Sarabande is a slow and stately dance popular in the Baroque era. This piece is from the second of six English Suites thought to have been composed in 1715 by J. S. Bach. Since this Sarabande is con...