String Orchestra - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.563591 Composed by Austin Ralphson. Blues,Concert,Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 39 pages. Austin Ralphson #4317691. Published by Austin Ralphson (A0.563591). Children (and adults) who learn a musical instrument will always progress at different rates. Students also develop some of the many skills involved in instrumental playing faster than other skills.The Mixed Abilities School Ensemble Series for Easy String Orchestra has the flexibility to allow pupils of different standards to play together in one ensemble (up to five parts).Each piece has a total of 5 different parts which are fully interchangeable between violins, violas and cellos (double basses can double the cello parts). So whether you have 15 violins and a viola, or 3 violins, or 4 cellos or whatever, the pieces will still work well together. All parts are provided for all instruments.Part 5 uses long notes on open strings. The other parts gradually increase in difficulty up to Part 1, which uses first and second positions. The teacher should select appropriate parts for the players in the group.I GOT THE BLUES is the second piece in this series, and uses typical Blues characteristics such as syncopation and swung quavers. It also includes a section in which any player can improvise; suggested notes to use in the solo are provided along with backing figures.Please listen to the mp3 file, which is an electronic example of the piece being played with 4 violin parts and a cello on Part 5.The purchaser of this product may print as many copies of the parts as required in order for the piece to work successfully with the ensemble. They must not copy, print or distribute the score or parts for others who have not purchased the product independently.Complete string catalogue arr. Austin Ralphson is here (copy and paste to new tab):www.ralphsonstrings.com 

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.730531 Composed by James Nathaniel Holland. Broadway,Contemporary,Musical/Show,Opera. Score and parts. 212 pages. James Nathaniel Holland #6503325. Published by James Nathaniel Holland (A0.730531). INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENTS 2 of 2 (Strings and Harp). An original opera of four stories in the spirit of street theater, taken and based on Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales  updated with original libretto by American composer James Nathaniel Holland.  Act 1:  For All The Rocks Off the Coast of Brittany (drama), Act 2: Une Danse Macabre (drama/comedy), Act 3: What All Women Want (drama/comedy), and Act 4: That Pesky Itch (comedy).  Can be stand-alone one acts or performed together with overture.  Scores: Piano Vocal Score, Full Orchestral Score, and Instrument Parts 1 and 2.  8 Principals who double or triple roles and sing choruses parts in the other acts.  No chorus required or may include full chorus cast.  Instrumentation:  f1/picc, fl2, ob, eh, cl12, bsn 12, hrn 12, tpt12, trmb, tba, timp, perc., hrp, and strings.  Minimum required eight singers:  Coloratura, Soprano, Dramatic Soprano, Mezzo, 2 Tenors, Baritone, Bass.

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1087401 Composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Arranged by Regis Bookshar. Classical,Contest,Festival,Instructional,Multicultural,Romantic Period,World. Score and parts. 26 pages. Regis Bookshar #691621. Published by Regis Bookshar (A0.1087401). Coronation March, TH 50, CW 47 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. String Orchestra - Advanced/Intermediate - Digital Download. This marvelous arrangement of Peter Tchaikovsky's Coronation March, sometimes called Festival March or Festival Coronation March, would be a fabulous addition to any music library and could be performed for concerts, recitals and other festive occasions. This arrangement keeps all of the intensity and excitement of the original composition and is suitable for high school and college students. Professional musicians would also enjoy playing this selection. Included are a score and a complete set of parts (26 pages). This selection is one of the many arrangements from The Regis Bookshar Trumpet Ensemble's extensive music library which are being made available to the public for the first time. The Coronation March was ordered by the city of Moscow for the coronation of Tsar Alexander III in 1883. It was written during March of 1883 and was performed for the first time on June 4, 1883 in Sokolniky Park in Moscow, conducted by Sergei Taneyev. The music then included excerpts of the anthem, God Save the Tsar. The American premiere was on May 5, 1891, for the opening concert of Carnegie Hall in New York City, conducted by Tchaikovsky himself. During the Soviet Era, Russian performances and recordings of the music were revised to omit the excerpts from the Czarist national anthem, replacing it with thematic material used earlier in the march, due to an official Soviet ban on the anthem. Starting with Dmitri Medvedev's inauguration in 2008, an abbreviated version of this piece is played during the Russian presidential inauguration accompanying the entrance of the incoming president, and ends well before the playing in this piece of the Tsarist anthem God Save the Tsar. Unlike Tchaikovsky's other major compositions, the Coronation March does not have an opus number. It has been given alternative catalogue designations TH 50 and CW 47. Tchaikovsky's Coronation March was originally scored for a full orchestra and written in the key of D Major. Regis Bookshar has now created an abbreviated version, written in Db Major, and has arranged it for a String Orchestra, with parts for 3 Violins, 2 Violas, 2 Violoncellos and 1 Double Bass. In addition to this arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Coronation March for a String Orchestra, other arrangements of this festive composition for various instrumental ensembles are also available. Please feel free to search for other arrangements by Regis Bookshar as there are many more arrangements in a variety of styles, also available for purchase. You may find something else which might interest you as well, and please continue to check periodically because new arrangements are being added as often as possible. I'm certain that this wonderful arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Coronation March will continue to entertain both audiences and performers alike for years to come.

String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.747131 Composed by Enric Marfany Bons. Arranged by Keith Terrett. 20th Century,Patriotic,World. 12 pages. Keith Terrett #6620803. Published by Keith Terrett (A0.747131). An arrangement of the national anthem of Andorra for String Orchestra. ''El Gran Carlemany presents the nation’s history in a first-person narrative. The anthem was officially adopted on September 8, 1921, the anniversary date of the feast of Our Lady of Meritxell (the Virgin Mary), the patron saint of Andorra. Despite the anthem having been written just before the official change in Catalan orthography, the lyrics using the old orthography are still official in Andorra and in active use. For more of my original music, great arrangements and all the national anthems of the world, check out my on-line stores: http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/keith_terret http://musicforalloccasions.org.uk http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=keith+terrett Need an anthem fast? They are ALL in my store! All my anthem arrangements are also available for Orchestra, Recorders, Saxophones, Wind, Brass and Flexible band. If you need an anthem urgently for an instrumentation not in my store, let me know via e-mail, and I will arrange it for you FOC if possible! keithterrett@gmail.com.

String Orchestra - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.908655 Composed by Mark D Hettle. Classical,Instructional. Score and parts. 9 pages. Goomba Publishing Company (GPC) #3377605. Published by Goomba Publishing Company (GPC) (A0.908655). I composed this warm-up chorale for the elementary string orchestra. Written in the key of B minor, I included both the raised and lowered 6th and 7th scale degrees for exposure to the melodic minor scale. I wrote all instruments in 1st position only. I doubled the 2nd violin with the viola, and the cello with the bass to accommodate orchestras with incomplete instrumentation. I hope you enjoy rehearsing and performing my composition. Thank you!-Mark D Hettle

String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1444101 By Chicago. By Robert Lamm. Arranged by Gary Wolk. 20th Century,Jazz,Pop. 15 pages. Gary Wolk Music #1024049. Published by Gary Wolk Music (A0.1444101). An instrumental version of the song by Chicago, arranged for String Orchestra.

String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.890262 Composed by Paul Witney. Christian,Praise & Worship,Sacred,Spiritual. Score and parts. 17 pages. PAW Print Music #5993663. Published by PAW Print Music (A0.890262). These are the String and Percussion parts to accompany the song Prayer for Guidance. The Piano and vocal part needs to be purchased separately and can be found on the address below.This song is based on a Prayer for Guidance, inspired by Catherine McAuley - the founder of the Mercy Sisters in Dublin, Ireland.This song can be sung as a solo work, or as a work for SA choir (with or without soloists). The instrumental parts are flexible - they can range from String Orchestra and percussion, to single string instruments.  There is a Violin III part (Viola treble clef) included.https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/paw-print-music-sheet-music/3006098?ac=1?aff_id=700579

String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.784349 Composed by Joshua Hauser. Instructional. Score and parts. 146 pages. Slide Ride #5288707. Published by Slide Ride (A0.784349). 1 Octave Scale Studies in 15+ keys for 4-part ensembles of like or mixed instruments If this is your first exposure to these scale studies, you are in for a treat! Donuts, if you make a mistake!The initial incarnation of these studies were written for trombone quartet and we would play them in the Tennessee Tech Trombone Choir with the challenge that whomever made the first mistake had to buy donuts for the rest of the ensemble. Since then I have brought that version to several clinics and warm up sessions. One time before I got to explain the title, a fellow trombone professor said, Oh, I get it! Don’t step in the holes!I only wish I had thought of that myself... Since we have one of the best donut shops in TN here in Cookeville, treating the studio to sugar coated goodies was always my intent.As with those initial exercises, you can vary these as much as you’d like.·     Choose a tempo.·     Choose a dynamic.·     Choose an articulation/style.One way I like to play these is to have one person be the model, playing the entire scale over and over while everyone else plays the fragmented versions. That helps everyone to keep on track and stay in time. Double or triple up the parts for ensemble cohesion with a larger group.Practice one key, gradually speeding it up to improve fluidity, or choose a variation and take it through all keys, playing version A, B, C, or D then skipping to play the same set in a new key.If you want an additional challenge, play them in different octaves or change the key. Play the F Major set in f minor (all forms), different modes, etc. Players really have to be on their toes to remember if they are playing melodic minor in the ascending or descending form! For jazz players, try swinging them in dorian or mixolydian modes.The variations are endless!If you are using these with transposing instruments, 1) is F Major in Concert Pitch, 2) is Bb Major in Concert pitch, and so on. When you reach a scale that is enharmonic for another key (Db/C#, Gb/F#, or Cb/B), they are presented in both keys for each instrument so Trumpets can play in Eb while the Flutes are playing in C# with similar examples for all keys.All Donut Etudes with the same volume number are compatible so you can play them in mixed quartets or large ensembles with one or more instruments/people on part 1 and a different instrument on part 2, etc. Since the quartets are all identical, conductors/coaches can use any of the scores to tell which part should be playing at what time. Once you have played a scale with one set of parts, everyone can rotate to a different part and play the same scales again!Enjoy!Combine these with the set for Band when used for Full or Chamber Orchestra.

String Ensemble Cello,Double Bass,Viola,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1112894 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by Regis Bookshar. Chamber,Christian,Classical,Instructional,Religious. 44 pages. Regis Bookshar #714847. Published by Regis Bookshar (A0.1112894). Recordare (from Requiem (K. 626) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart/Franz Xaver Sussmayr - String Orchestra - Advanced/Intermediate - Digital Download. Hauntingly beautiful is how the Recordare from Mozart's Requiem is often described. Originally written for an orchestra and four vocal soloists, it has now been transcribed by Regis Bookshar for a String Orchestra, consisting of 3 Violins, 2 Violas, 2 Violoncellos and 1 Double Bass, and would be a wonderful addition to any music library. This arrangement will provide students with the opportunity to play this beautiful composition, something which they may not have had the opportunity to do, otherwise. This selection could be performed for concerts, recitals and church services and is suitable for high school and college students but professional musicians would also enjoy playing this arrangement. Included are a score and a complete set of parts (44 pages). The Regis Bookshar Trumpet Ensemble has performed the Trumpet Quintet version of the Recordare for funerals, providing beautiful, introspective music for the occasion. There is some controversy surrounding the circumstances of the Requiem's composition because Mozart died before he could complete it. Count Franz von Walsegg had commissioned a Requiem Mass but Mozart had received only half of the payment in advance. So, upon his death on December 5th, 1791, his widow, Constanze, wished to have the work completed secretly by someone else and submit it to the count as having been completed by Mozart to collect the final payment. Joseph von Eybler was one of the first composers to be asked to complete the score and had worked on a number of movements but felt unable to complete the remainder and gave the manuscript back to Constanze Mozart. The task was then given to another composer, Franz Xaver Sussmayr. Sussmayr borrowed some of Eybler's work in making his completion, added his own orchestration to other movements and added several new movements which a Requiem Mass would normally comprise. He then added a final section by adapting the opening two movements which Mozart had written to the different words which finish the Requiem Mass, which according to both Sussmayr and Mozart's wife, was done according to Mozart's directions. The completed score, initially by Mozart but largely finished by Sussmayr, was then dispatched to Count Walsegg complete with a counterfeited signature of Mozart dated 1792. Despite the controversy over how much of the music is actually Mozart's, the commonly performed Sussmayr version has become widely accepted by the public, and is considered one of Mozart's finest compositions. The Recordare is considered by many people to be one of the most beautiful compositions in Mozart's entire catalogue. Regis Bookshar, a trumpet player, has performed the Requiem in concert with a full orchestra, soloists and a chorus and felt that other musicians should have the opportunity to play the hauntingly beautiful Recordare as well. So, in addition to this arrangement for a String Orchestra, he has made quite a few other arrangements of this beautiful composition. There are Quintets, Sextets, Septets and Octets readily available for a wide variety of instrumental ensembles. Please take the time to look for other versions of this composition. You may fine something else which may also suit your needs. I would also encourage you to search for other arrangements by Regis Bookshar as well, as there are numerous arrangements in a variety of styles, also available for purchase. You may find something else which might interest you. Please continue to check periodically because new arrangements are being added as often as possible. I'm certain that this beautiful arrangement of Mozart's Recordare, will continue to entertain both performers and audiences alike for years to come.

String Orchestra - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1405159 Composed by Tracy Ficquet. Classical,Instructional. 12 pages. Tracy Ficquet #988203. Published by Tracy Ficquet (A0.1405159). As implied in the title, this “symphony� features only 3 notes: D, E, and F#. The piano accompaniment not only completes the sound, but also allows for any gaps in instrumentation. A fun early tune for beginning orchestra.Level: Very EasyInstrumentation:Violin 1Violin 2ViolaCelloBassPianoAdditional information:Note Range: D, E, F#Rhythms: Whole rest, half rest, whole note, half note, quarter note.

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.736825 Composed by Pietro Antonio Locatelli. Arranged by Paul Wood. Baroque. Score and parts. 87 pages. MyMusicScores.com #6670367. Published by MyMusicScores.com (A0.736825). Locatelli composed his 12 Concerto Grosso Op. 3 in 1721. In 1729 he spent time revising the scores.This score has been prepared from the first edition. Any markings in brackets are editorial.The PDF file contains the score and all instrumental parts.

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1432024 By Juan Maria Solare. By Juan Maria Solare. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Historic,Instructional. 15 pages. Juan Maria Solare #1012503. Published by Juan Maria Solare (A0.1432024). Orchestraining is a cycle of orchestral studies, each focusing on different aspects of performance. These studies are specifically designed for non-professional orchestras, although any orchestra will improve by playing some of these pieces during rehearsals. It is always necessary to pay attention to intonation and many other aspects of orchestral performance.In addition, these studies are also useful for orchestral conducting students. For example, it is essential to know how to conduct a simultaneous attack of a chord that does not begin on the first beat, but a eighth note after the third beat.I began writing these studies around 2013, when I took over the direction of the Bremer Orchestergemeinschaft and noticed the complete absence of repertoire of this kind. As a pianist, I am accustomed to studies by Carl Czerny or playing scales. Each individual instrumentalist knows studies of technique for their instrument. However, there are no, or at least I am not aware of, similar studies for orchestral performance technique and the specific difficulties of ensemble playing that it requires. The cycle Orchestraining aims to fill this gap.The third Etude focuses on Spiccato and is therefore only for strings.

String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1365233 By Metallica. By James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. Arranged by Brittany Osman. Rock. 43 pages. Brittany Osman #949551. Published by Brittany Osman (A0.1365233). This arrangement includes first and second parts for Violin, Viola, Cello, and Bass.  The melody is in the first Violin and Viola part.  There is an improvised solo section - the solo can be played on any instrument and the solo can be split among multiple players.  This is an ideal arrangement for a mixed level middle or high school ensemble as the second parts are simpler and more repetetive for less advanced players, and the first parts include shifting and challenging rhythms and articulations.

String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.799592 Composed by Antonin Dvorak. Arranged by Matthew C. Weiss. Romantic Period. Score and parts. 11 pages. Matthew C Weiss #5744921. Published by Matthew C Weiss (A0.799592). This arrangement by Matthew C. Weiss of Dvorak's timeless classic is in the key of D Major so that violin kids in Suzuki book 3 can be the soloists. The orchestra part is relatively straightforward but is by no means watered down. In fact, the middle section is especially dramatic using tremolos and the viola and cello parts are quite good, though not overly difficult.Even though this arrangement is especially designed to accompany violin soloists, any instrument comfortable in the key of D major can play the solo line. Enjoy!

String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.522221 Composed by Various. Arranged by Colin Kirkpatrick. Christmas,Holiday,Renaissance,Standards. Score and parts. 20 pages. Colin Kirkpatrick Publications #3885295. Published by Colin Kirkpatrick Publications (A0.522221). Arranged for strings, keyboard, any C-pitched instruments, simple percussion and other instruments. The volta is an anglicised name for a dance that was popular during the Renaissance. Considered at first to be slightly risqué and controversial it eventually became more respectable but never completely dignified. The first dance uses interesting cross-rhythms.In this series, Renaissance Hits for Strings, some of the most well-known dances from Terpsichore are included. They are all attractive pieces and are sure to be popular at any concerts or end-of-semester events. They are fairly easy to play too and the flexible instrumentation allows any players to take a solo with the melody part. They can be played by string quartet, string orchestra or ideally string ensemble plus any other C-pitch instruments that happen to be available. This publication consists of a score showing the four-part ensemble, keyboard and percussion parts. There are separate parts for violin 1, violin 2, viola (violin 3), cello/bass, percussion and keyboard. Additional instruments are not essential but they add contrasting tone colour. The keyboard part is intended as a guide and when possible the keyboard player should improvise around the part and chords shown. A piano sounds distinctly out of place in this music and a digital or acoustic harpsichord sounds more authentic. Most electronic keyboards have a harpsichord option.Every instrumental part (except percussion) also shows the melody line. This allows anyone to take a solo and play the melody, while the other players remain tacet. Solos can be decided in advance and the parts marked accordingly. Just cross out what you don’t need! The percussion instruments used are similar to those found in elementary school music rooms and usually include a small bass drum or hand-held drum, finger cymbals, clave or small headless tambourine. Two players are usually required and the parts can be interpreted quite freely. Dance music is intended to be fun, and we hope that this arrangement brings you just that.