Ai Hai Yo is a Chinese folk song used as a blessing towards a bountiful harvest and a good year. Arranger Tyler Arcari writes “Folk songs speak to the common person. Hardships and hope abound when we all realize that something as simple as a few notes in time…
Style: String Orchestra
Composer: Tyler Arcari
Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing
Ain’t Got No Penguin Blues is a fun jazzy introduction to the blues form for grade 2 string orchestra. Each section plays the melody and there are opportunities for students to try improvisation and swinging eighth notes.Program NotesAin’t Got No Penguin…
Style: String Orchestra
Composer: Sarah Siegler
Publisher: C. Alan Publications
Aliens are here! This exciting new work is full of sound effects, drama, and suspense! Tyler Arcari weaves a dramatic tale of an Alien invasion from above…your attic to be exact! Your students will be asking to play this one over and over!
Grade Level: 1…
Style: String Orchestra
Composer: Tyler Arcari
Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing
Written as a follow-up to composer Tyler Arcari’s widely popular work Acidic, Alkaline takes an ironically less “basic” approach in this accessible work for developing string orchestras. The introduction features a clever ostinato pattern that will transport…
Style: String Orchestra
Composer: Tyler Arcari
Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing
Composer/arranger Steve Parsons gives us a sweeping holiday piece using Hark! The Herald Angels Sing and ever popular Silent Night. His treatment is joyful, harmonical, and fresh in its presentation of these classic carols. Something new and different for…
Style: String Orchestra
Composer: Steve Parsons
Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing
A Setting of Silent Night
Peter Blair has drawn on his jazz experience to craft a unique and memorable treatment of Silent Night. Lush chords and expressive lines combine to create a beautiful backdrop for the simple and elegant melody.
Grade Level: 3…
Style: String Orchestra
Composer: Franz Gruber, Peter Blair
Publisher: Kendor Music Publishing
Your students will have a great time with this rollicking new composition from Eric Davis. It is also a fantastic way to reinforce eighth-quarter-eighth syncopation. Your whole ensemble will be all stars with this fun-filled piece.
Grade Level: 1.5 Copyright…
Style: String Orchestra
Composer: Eric B. Davis
Publisher: Kendor Music Publishing
Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 needs no introduction. Each movement has been carefully studied over the course of recent history and performed countless times. This new setting of the Final movement for string orchestra comes with optional Timpani and is sure to…
Style: String Orchestra
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Brian Holmes
Publisher: Wingert-Jones Publications
Taken from the original version for Jazz ensemble by David Samuel, Caryn Wiegand Neidhold has realized it for the young string orchestra. It is a bluesy, swinging chart with lots of tutti rhythms making this an excellent choice for a young ensemble just…
Style: String Orchestra
Composer: David Samuel, Caryn Wiegand Neidhold
Publisher: Excelcia Music Publishing
Doug Spata has really given us an alley of screeching cats! Although these cats we’d listen to all day! A Great introduction to sliding with an equally nice introduction into a bluesy style.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2022 Series: Concert String Orchestra…
Style: String Orchestra
Composer: Doug Spata
Publisher: Wingert-Jones Publications