Partituras de Compositoras para Orquesta de cuerda: Elegancia sonora

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Ahoy Ye Mateys, your beginning string players will love this pirate inspired piece written in dramatic e minor. The lilting ¾ time will have your musicians and audiences dreaming of adventure on the h...

The color is faint but the setting sun still has the power to light up the sky. Yukiko Nishimura's unique harmonic style and beautifully fresh melodic lines will inspire the best out of any performer.

Brave Fires, featuring Drum Set, is a cool and fun new work about a serious subject. Composer Caryn Wiegand Neidhold writes "Brave Fires honors the families impacted by devastating forest fires in Nor...

Venom is a unique new work for string orchestra by newcomer Erica Donahoe. The piece will be one your students ask to play over and over. Complete with a lyrical section for expressive playing, as wel...

Jam among the stars with Galaxy Jam, an inventive rock take on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star in E minor. The jam section encourages your students to be creative with instrument percussion improv and sol...

This delightful waltz gives your performers and audience the feeling of a lovely ride on an old-time carousel. As you circle around, the carousel horse gently moves up and down to the soothing music....

Colorful Sunrise is the latest addition to the repertoire of developing String Orchestra by composer Yukiko Nishimura. This piece offers young musicians a chance to explore the harmonic intrigue that...

L'automne is French for "the Autumn." This piece is meant to depict the different aspects of this beautiful season, as it begins with slightly cooler breezes and a break from summer's heat. Young musi...

The color is faint but the setting sun still has the power to light up the sky. Yukiko Nishimura's unique harmonic style and beautifully fresh melodic lines will inspire the best out of any performer.

Nomadic Journey is a driving adventure from start to finish. Using optional percussion instruments and ostinato patterns, composer Carol Brittin Chambers has written a piece that is not only enjoyable...

Continuing with her "seasonal" themed pieces, Ruth Elaine Schram gives us the latest addition to her collection: Summer. Enjoy the beautiful harmonies and full tutti playing that will make your string...

Imagine being in the midst of a blizzard. Snow swirling and blowing everywhere! Then suddenly, out of nowhere... BOOM! It's Thundersnow! This new work for string orchestra is sure to excite and impres...

Imagine being in the midst of a blizzard. Snow swirling and blowing everywhere! Then suddenly, out of nowhere... BOOM! It's Thundersnow! This new work for string orchestra is sure to excite and impres...

Written in G minor and using primarily the pentatonic scale, students will love the dark and brooding sound of this piece. Cello and bass players are featured throughout with exciting bass lines that...

The butterfly is a powerful metaphor of second chances, rebirth, and metamorphosis. The butterfly, seemingly so delicate and fragile, actually migrates thousands of miles, and is thus a symbol of tena...

Based on a true story from New Zealand, composer Laura Estes presents an ideal piece for historical lesson plans, as well as for contest and festival performance. Students will learn from – and love –...

What a fun way to start or end your next concert! Caryn's arrangement of John Ryan's Polka has everything from stomping to clapping, and loads of great string parts in between! Each section gets a pas...

Newcomer Erica Donahoe gives us a piece that could easily fit on any contest and festival program. Full of opportunities for advanced playing by each section of the string orchestra, this piece fits o...

String of Dolphins is going to be a piece that stands the test of time. Based on such a simple bit of imagery, composer Yukiko Nishimura crafts a new work that can only be described as masterful!

This piece is a tour de force from composer Yukiko Nishimura for the advanced string orchestra. It has all of the hallmark features of her works in an epic suite of three contrasting movements. Lush h...

Yukiko's musical sensibility is on full display in this lovely new work for the String Orchestra. Wonderful scoring and beautiful lines make this an enjoyable work for both the musicians and a captiva...

Even the youngest students get to play Vivaldi's beloved Four Seasons in this inventive arrangement. All string sections use tremolo and col legno in addition to fermatas, cesuras, and aleatoric eleme...

Your students will think the title is intriguing, but it basically says what it is, a dynamic new composition from composer Laura Estes for the least experienced players. Laura draws on her many years...