String orchestra - Grade 1 - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMW172 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Marsha Chusmir Shapiro. Score and Parts. 26 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #OMW172. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMW172). 9 x 12 in inches.Feel the Spirit is an arrangement of four pre-Civil War spirituals which were sung by slaves inAmerica. These wereChristian songs which described Bible stories (Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho) or about living with the spiritof God (Every Time I Feel the Spirit). Sometimes the spirituals described the hardships of slavery (NobodyKnows the Trouble I've Seen). Most interestingly, some spirituals had hidden meanings. In Swing Low, SweetChariot it appears that the singer is talking about dying and going to heaven, but in actuality, home refers to aplace of freedom, and crossing the river Jordan means overcoming the obstacles to freedom.

String Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMW226 Composed by Joel Pau. Score and Parts. 40 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #OMW226. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMW226). 9 x 12 inches.The Woolly Mammoth March was inspired by the long extinct giant creatures that once roamed this Earth. Starting with a brass fanfare, much of the music is heavy, demonstrating the size and weight of the mammoths. Later, a contrasting softer section shows the more gentle side of this mammal. The work closes with thunderous stomping. In the last bars of the piece (49-56) the musicians are encouraged to stomp in the shown rhythm when playing sustained notes (if possible).

String orchestra - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMS155 Composed by Michael Smith. Score and Parts. 31 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #OMS155. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMS155). 9 x 12 in inches.America, Land That I Love is a varied and refreshing combination ofAmerican songs including This Is My Country, SimpleGifts, and This Land is Your Land. It is lively, fun and easy to sing along with. It was written for Band and/or Chorus and/orStrings, and it can be played or sung by any ensemble alone with great success. This is the perfect concert finale for thewhole music department.

String orchestra - Grade 3 - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMW141 Composed by Gary Edwards. Pathways Series. Score and Parts. 13 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #OMW141. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMW141). 9 x 12 in inches.A Lullaby for Kendall is a beautiful, relaxing lullaby written in 2009, in anticipation of the birth of my grand-daughter, Kendall. It's premier performance was the Coeur d'Alene (Idaho) High School String Ensemble, Jim Phillips Director, in May, before my granddaughter was born. The melody begins with the cellos and is followed by the violins. The interlude features the piano.

String orchestra - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMS154 Composed by Marsha Chusmir Shapiro. Score and Parts. 12 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #OMS154. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMS154). 9 x 12 in inches.This composition poses an unanswered question: Which wayAmerica? It suggests that we are at a turning point asa country, where we have choices to make about our direction. Is it a question about politics, world leadership,economics, social or moral values? If the director is so inclined, this might provide an opportunity for students tothink and write about where they wish to see the country headed.

String orchestra - Grade 2 - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMF131 Composed by John O'Neill. Score and Parts. 27 pages. Duration 4 minutes. Imagine Music - Digital #OMF131. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMF131). 9 x 12 in inches.COMPOSER'S NOTESWhile doing a 'straight' arrangement of the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, a rather strange thought popped into my head: What might Ludwig write today if he suddenly decided to 'whoop it up' (maybe after a little too much Bavarian Brew!)? Et Voila, Beethoven Goes Bananas!

String orchestra - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMS157 Composed by Marcia Stockton. Score and Parts. 22 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #OMS157. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMS157). 9 x 12 in inches.Deep under the Pacific Ocean in the Marianas Trench lies the Challenger Deep -- the deepest place on earth. Despite immense pressure, frigid water and near darkness, this unimaginably hostile environment holds diverse life forms. Manned exploration poses challenges similar to those of space exploration. Challenger Deep impressionistically depicts the deep ocean's remarkable, wonderful, bizarre, magnificent environment and its rarely-witnessed life forms. The score features unusual harmonies employing the deepest sonorities of the contrabass and cello sections. The upper strings' moving lines depict darting sea creatures and objects slowly dropping for miles underwater. Several musical devices convey the idea of enormous depth, including chromatic passages with lowered notes and themes that gradually transpose lower and lower.

String orchestra - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMS156 Composed by Marcia Stockton. Score and Parts. 13 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #OMS156. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMS156). 9 x 12 in inches.To a Wild Rose is the most popular piece in American composer Edward MacDowell's (1860-1908) well-known piano suite Woodland Sketches, Op. 51 (1896). Its simple, unassuming character portrays a pretty wild rose that one might encounter in the woods. Less elegant than their suburban garden cousins, the loveliness of wild rose blossoms is short-lived, fragrant and undisciplined. With this in mind, Stockton rejuvenated MacDowell's piano piece with a fresh orchestration featuring a lush string sound within younger musicians' capabilities.InstrumentationViolin I (divisi) up to 5th position; an optional ossia (the top voice down 1 octave) remains in 1st positionViolin IIViolaVioloncello (divisi)Contrabass (or bass cues in cello part).

String orchestra - Grade 2 - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMS153 Composed by Marcia Stockton. Score and Parts. 31 pages. Duration 4 minutes, 40 seconds. Imagine Music - Digital #OMS153. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMS153). 9 x 12 in inches.Picture Pennsylvania's natural beauty as it was seen by the pioneers: a misty morning, vast expanses of tree-filledwilderness, the seemingly endless Allegheny River stretching far into the distance. A river meant water forlivestock and agriculture, and the possibility of navigating the waterway for commerce. The energetic main themedepicts these sturdy settlers' aspirations and explorations. But the solemnity gives way to the merry fiddle tune of abarn dance. A wistful waltz in a minor mode contrasts their hardship and loneliness. The main theme returns a newkey, signifying determination and confidence. The piece ends as it began, with a query expressed by the violins,pondering what the future may hold.

String orchestra - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMF176 Composed by Kenneth Piotrowski. Score and Parts. 46 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #OMF176. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMF176). 9 x 12 in inches.Minuet Sauvage, as with my other string orchestra music, especially those that fall under the dance genre, was designed primarily for student orchestras. With that being said, however, they are also challenging enough to be of interest to both advanced players and professional string orchestras. The subtitle: Dance of the Catrinas (the world famous Day of the Dead dolls) came about due to the heavy use of both forzando and pizzicato.

String orchestra - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMS143 Composed by Mark Zuckerman. Score and Parts. 14 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #OMS143. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMS143). 9 x 12 in inches.Theme Song is meant to be fun for both players and conductors. Because of its mixture of meters (predominantly 13/8, organized as 9/8 + 2/4) and its bright and cheerful character, Theme Song and its various versions (including Festive Flourish) have been the subject of many conducting clinics.

String orchestra - Grade 2 - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMW144 Composed by Marcia Stockton. Score and Parts. 21 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #OMW144. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMW144). 9 x 12 in inches.Harvest Dance was originally written in 1995 as a piece for small orchestra (strings plus woodwinds and french horns). It is a dance of unbridled joy to celebrate a rich harvest of nature's bounty. In 2013, I transcribed it from my private archive of old dusty audio tapes no one had ever heard, and with the CarsonValley Sinfonia in mind, revised it for string orchestra without winds.1995 was a low period in my life. The pressure from my job in the technology industry was relentless, and personal relationships at that time sometimes brought emotional pain instead of solace and comfort. Grasping for any ray of hope to illuminate the gloom, I turned back to my original love: music.Immersing myself deeply in the process of music creation, I rediscovered not only a talent for composition, but even more importantly tapped into the creative source of uplift, joy, and energy, the source of all gifts, that is available to every sincere person. During those years, composing music was a vital lifeline. Like the powerful beam of the rescuer's flashlight guiding you toward the daylight when you are emerging from a dark cave. Like a new baby being born. Now a great many years later, life now brimming with music and friends, and having put old sorrows far behind me, music from that time of troubles still fills me with the same joy as when I composed it, and I hope it uplifts you.Harvest Dance is dedicated to my friend, composer John O'Neill, with profound appreciation for his encouragement, as well as helping me learn the practicalities of arranging for a string orchestra.

String orchestra - Grade 2 - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMS1510 Composed by Daniel Baldwin. Pathways. Score and Parts. 26 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #OMS1510. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMS1510). 9 x 12 in inches.River Rhapsody was written as a piece for youth string orchestra at the request of my son, Brett. He wanted a piece from me for his sixth grade orchestra.The piece is in two movements (an excellent introduction to multi movement compositions) with each of the two movements being progressive, meaning the second is a bit more difficult than the first. The first movement, River Song, is an original folk song with beautiful harmonies and melodies. This is a wonderful way to introduce minor key to your ensemble. The second movement, River Dance, is a rhythmic barn dance framing a lyrical chorale section. This movement is in the more comfortable key of B-flat and serves as an excellent introduction to syncopation.

String orchestra - Grade 2 - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMS162 Composed by Bill Sherrill. Score and Parts. 30 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #OMS162. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMS162). 9 x 12 in inches.

String orchestra - Grade 3 - Digital Download SKU: IZ.OMS141 Composed by Daniel Baldwin. Pathways Series. Score and Parts. 26 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #OMS141. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.OMS141). 9 x 12 in inches.Cyclone was commissioned by my good friend Doug Beyer in the spring of 2009. His plan was to premiere the piece with his group (he was teaching at Garden City Community College at the time) that next fall. Unfortunately, the strings program was cut at the end of that semester and he never had the chance program the piece. It was premiered in May of 2013 by the Tabor College Symphonic Orchestra under my direction. It was inspired by the painting Twisted Ironies, a beautiful portrayal of a tornado, which was given to the composer as a gift by the artist. The drum set part was added at the suggestion of a string teacher in the community. The piece alternates dramatic lyricism with driving string and percussion statements. There is an optional first violin solo as well as a drum set solo, which will add some flair to you concert!