SKU: A0.742692

This arrangement has a ‘little’ bit of the feel of a Bruce Hornsby type song for the piano and rhythm section. Though it has some life and energy to it, there are no tricky rhythms in this arrangement. This should be a pretty easy arrangement to pull together with limited rehearsal time that sounds GREAT!

This arrangement begins in the Key of Eb and changes keys to F. You don’t have to have a rhythm section to play this piece. It’s great if you do, but it’s not critical. As long as you have a piano player, they can play the written out piano part and you are good to go.

SKU: A0.754034

This is the viola part for the string orchestra arrangement of We Wish You A Merry Christmas (variations for String Orchestra) ASCAP.

SKU: A0.869365

Instrumentation: 2222-4321-2perc-pf-strings.

When Andrea Bates, executive director of the Brockton Symphony Orchestra, first told me that the Brockton Symphony had commissioned me to write a new work to be premiered in 2003-2004, I immediately thought that since its music director, Jonathan Cohler, is a marvelous clarinetist I would be most attracted to the idea of writing a clarinet concerto for the occasion. Both Andrea and Jonathan were very receptive and enthusiastic about my idea. Andrea also told me that the commissioned work should somehow bring to attention the diverse cultures of the recent immigrants that have settled in the city of Brockton. So in the spring of 2003 I came down to Brockton for a meeting to which Andrea had invited representative members of these new communities. Three showed up: Maria Evora-Rosa, Rick Marrero and Fred Fontaine. Andrea had asked them to bring recordings of the music from their countries for me to listen to. There were CDs of very exciting and fun music from Cape Verde, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Haiti. After spending months listening to the music from these countries, all of them islands in the Atlantic or the Caribbean, I slowly began to get a sense of the beauty and the magic of the musical style and language of each place, each individual island. The end result is a three-movement work for clarinet and orchestra.

Unlike the traditional Concerto form which is Fast-Slow-Fast, this work begins with something slow. A fast number follows as a second movement; and then, after a short, slow interlude, another fast number appears. The first movement is my adaptation of the morna of Cape Verde – slow, melancholy and sad. The diva of the morna is Cesaria Evora. Her singing brings to mind a fusion between the African blues and the Portuguese fado. The second movement is my take on the merengue as performed by the inimitable Xavier Cugat. It is dance music through and through!!! The third movement is also a dance number: the ever-popular music from Haiti, the reggae. And in order to give some contrast between the two dance numbers, I added a slow chorale for clarinet and strings that serves as a prelude before the dancing begins in the final movement. I envision the chorale as a little church music before the people go out and dance the night away. Throughout the entire work, the solo clarinet is the principal voice … singing, dancing, and cavorting!!! Gotta dance!!!

Have fun and enjoy the music!!! I surely did as I was working on it ….

SKU: A0.736768

The Rondo Op. 94 was composed in 1891 for cello and piano. Dvorak later arranged it for cello and orchestra. Here is an arrangement for cello and string orchestra.

The PDF file contains the score and all instrumental parts.

SKU: A0.901325

Auld Lang Syne arranged for string orchestra and piano by Daniel Edwards. Daniel is the staff arranger for the Countess of Wessex’s String Orchestra. Includes a full score and a complete set of parts.

SKU: A0.1368452

Three Pieces for String Orchestra is suite of three short, graduated pieces for a student string orchestra: Puppet Dance (0.5 level), Twilight Dreams (1.0 level) and Bagpipe Dance (2.0 level). Each movement has it's own mood, colour and set of technical challengers appropriate to each level and mood.

SKU: A0.1002919

Debut Harmony is an Elementary Level piece for String Orchestra. It would make a great addition to your string orchestra repertoire. Your students will love to play this piece. Would be suitable for an introduction piece to ensemble development. Your audience will love it. Enjoy!

SKU: A0.832760

Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Arranged by Ryuichi Horikoshi.

Score, Set of Parts 242pages. Published by R1 Music Planning Office.

Souvenir de Florence OP.70 was composed for String Sextet. 

Ryuichi Horikoshi arranged this work for string orchestra in 2021 to perform it at the concert of Ensemble ArtAim (String orchestra).