A Conductor's Guide to Program Development Featuring the Top 100 Intermediate and Advanced Works-This comprehensive guide of intermediate and advanced repertoire highlights 100 of the best compositions and arrangements in print. Annotated in detail – metric and key design performance and program notes alternatechoices of music – it represents all styles of classical and popular music. A grading scale considers both stylistic and technical challenges. Performance topics include repertoire selection program design rehearsaltechniques and score preparation. Music lists from the Renaissance string folios patriotic music arranged for string orchestra and a current contact list of publishers/distributors are included. An invaluable resource for thestring teacher performer and conductor.

Part of the Bosworth School Orchestra series this fast and exhilerating piece by Willem Ten Have has been arranged for amateur string orchestra. Perfect for school string orchestras and amateur groups and the perfect opportunity for young players to gain confidence in ensemble playing.

The 'ch'in' is a traditional Chinese seven-stringed plucked zither which was associated with sages and scholars. The sophisticated technique of 'ch'in' playing involves various ways of plucking the strings as well as range timbre and the use of ornaments. In this composition for string quartet Zhou captures the essence of these special musical gestures frequently found in 'ch'in' music.

First published in 1921 George Dyson’s superb Woodland Suite was originally titled In Pixieland. This title in part describes the musics changes of mood from lively to tranquil symbollic of the movement and nature of woodland nymphs. Expressive exciting and beautiful; this is an evocative and charming work and is ideally suited to amateur and school orchestras. This item is the Full Score for Strings and Wind Ensemble featuring Flute Oboe Clarinet and Bassoon.

Easy Pops Specials For Strings-Kids love to play the energetic fiddling style of Celtic music that continues to be a hit with the incredible success of both the Lord of the Dance and Riverdance stage productions. With this new arrangement geared for developing orchestras you can perform the exciting contemporary stylings of this traditional music. It's tuneful rhythmic and fun to teach.

(Music from the Romantic era)-The Simply Strings series is a collection of arrangements of well-known tunes for beginner string orchestras or chamber groups in schools and music centres. An easy optional piano part (and optional double bass part) is included to help teachers in rehearsal. Guitar chords are also included.Contains: Dance of the Reed Pipes (Tchaikovsky) Largofrom the New World (Dvorak) and Can-Can (Offenbach)

for String Quartet op. 35a-Josef Suk played second Violin in the Bohemian String Quartet. Since 1914 the ensemble was obliged to perform the Austrian national anthem at the opening of every concert. Suk decided to supplement this obligatory piece with a work inspired by the ancient sacred Bohemian St. Wenceslas hymn. The hymn?s message a plea for the well-being of the Czech people directed at their patron saint was immediately understood by the audience.The Bohemian String Quartet performed this single-movement Meditation for the first time on 27 September 1914; the premiere of the version for string orchestra followed on 22 November 1914 played by the CzechPhilharmonic. That same year the piece was published by Fr. A. Urbánek together with arrangements for Piano and Organ.This first Urtext edition prepared by the Sukscholar Zdenek Nouza is published in two scorings one for string quartet and another for String Orchestra (BA9584). The orchestral version differs in some details and has an added part for Double Bass.First Urtext editionInformative trilingual Foreword (Cz/Eng/Ger) and Critical Commentary (Eng) by the editorTwo versions published in two separate editions

Music educator and composer Jeff Frizzi brings us this new movement for strings that features bold diatonic themes easy syncopation and well-scored interesting parts for all sections. Ideal for developing orchestras program andcontest use.

Hal Leonard welcomes veteran teacher and composer Jon Ward Bauman with this impressive new work for string ensemble. The writing is bold and fresh and while giving string orchestras something uniquely different also provides anexcellent choice for contest literature.

Via Della Fortuna by Sadie Harrison. Written in 2013 especially for the St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra and Donatus Katkus.6; for String OrchestraWorld premiere: 25th April 2013 St. Katharine'sChurch Vilnius St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra conducted by Donatus Katkus.UK premiere: 10th May 2013 Cardiff Millennium Centre Vale of Glamorgan Festival.I - Casa di Caccia Antica (The House of the AncientHunt)II - Casa degli Amorini Dorati (The House of the Golden Cupids)III - Casa del poeta tragico (The House of the tragic poet)IV - Return to the Casa di Caccia Antica and northwards to Lithuania and the Amber Road(Gintaro Kelias)The piece is in four short movements each taking its title from one of the houses that line the main streets in Pompeii. Borrowing Mussorgsky's 'Promenade' from Pictures at an Exhibition the piece has twowalkers (violas) who take the listener with them onto the Via Della Fortuna then lead them from house to house. Several amber objects were found within the houses linking Pompeii with Lithuania. The lastmovement returns to the House of the Ancient Hunt then heads northwards along the Gintaro Kelias. The jubilant closing music refers to an earlier work (Geda's Weavings) based on Lithuanian folksongs.

Four pieces for elementary string orchestra-Four pieces for elementary string orchestra. score and parts - with CD containing printable string parts - strings (violins and cellos violas and double basses ad libitum) and piano - John Ryan's Polka (A lively dance from Ireland featuring an accelerando at the end) - The Dark Island (A slower movement with a haunting melody. The 'Dark Island' is the Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides) - The Piper o' Dundee (Starting with a drone this tune from Scotland explores a wide range of dynamics as the piper marches off into the distance) - Three Reels (The Rake of Mallow The Reel of Tullochgorum and Davy Nick Nack. A medley of three reels from Scotland andIreland guaranteed to get feet tapping)

for String Orchestra-A thoughtful lyric movement for strings Reverie for String Orchestra continues to be a favorite of orchestra directors particularly as an expressive program piece for festival and contest. This work offers plenty ofopportunities to present dramatic and sensitive musical expression from the entire ensemble.

Via Della Fortuna by Sadie Harrison. Written in 2013 especially for the St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra and Donatus Katkus.6; for String OrchestraWorld premiere: 25th April 2013 St. Katharine'sChurch Vilnius St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra conducted by Donatus Katkus.UK premiere: 10th May 2013 Cardiff Millennium Centre Vale of Glamorgan Festival.I - Casa di Caccia Antica (The House of the AncientHunt)II - Casa degli Amorini Dorati (The House of the Golden Cupids)III - Casa del poeta tragico (The House of the tragic poet)IV - Return to the Casa di Caccia Antica and northwards to Lithuania and the Amber Road(Gintaro Kelias)The piece is in four short movements each taking its title from one of the houses that line the main streets in Pompeii. Borrowing Mussorgsky's 'Promenade' from Pictures at an Exhibition the piece has twowalkers (violas) who take the listener with them onto the Via Della Fortuna then lead them from house to house. Several amber objects were found within the houses linking Pompeii with Lithuania. The lastmovement returns to the House of the Ancient Hunt then heads northwards along the Gintaro Kelias. The jubilant closing music refers to an earlier work (Geda's Weavings) based on Lithuanian folksongs.

Bryce Dessner's Réponse Lutos awski was c o-commissioned by the National Audiovisual Institute of Poland and the Mexico National Orchestraand first performed by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra at Teatr Wielki-Polish National Opera in Warsaw Poland on November 29 2014. Composer's Note: Réponse Lutos awski was written as an homage to Witold Lutos awski’s amazing composition for string orchestra Musique funèbre. I spent months studying the score and recordings of the work as well as many of his other pieces. This was an amazingprocess of discovering one of the 20th-centuries great musical minds and allowing his adventurous spirit to influence my own musical decisions. My Réponse Lutos awski is written in five movements each of which isinspired either directly or indirectly by the Lutos awski score. I like to think that his music opened a window in a certain direction for me or pushed open a door through which I could then pass and take my journey with themusic. Duration: Approximately 20 minutes

Heres a delightful movement based on a theme from French composer Saint-Saëns originally written for violin and orchestra. Featuring the familiar “habañera” rhythm throughout Roberts superb newarrangement brings thisstandard of the violin repertoire to the concert stage for string orchestras.