String Orchestra Music - 2024-2025
String Orchestra Music - 2024-2025
Welcome Orchestra Directors
Easy String Orchestra Series - 2023-2024
Grade .5
Strolling - David L. Hinds
Jingle Old St. Nick! - Arr. Peter Blair
Accent Orchestra Series - 2023-2024
Grade 1
Christmas Stars - Larry Clark
March of the Realm - Erica Donahoe
Breakthrough Orchestra Series - 2023-2024
Grade 1.5
Dark Star Rising - Peter Terry
All-Star Fiddles - Eric B. Davis
Riu, Riu, Chiu - Arr. Steven L. Rosenhaus
Voyager Orchestra Series - 2023-2024
Grade 2 to 2.5
Ready? Set. Soar! - Joshua Hobbs
Reflections on a Rainbow - David Bobrowitz
Eagle Soaring - Brian Holmes
Fire Sprite - Doug Spata
Non dite mai - Arr. Deborah Baker Monday
The Tale is Told - Peter Terry
Concert Orchestra Series - 2023-2024
Grade 3 to 3.5
A Wicked Vow - Doug Spata
Gates of Olympus - Erica Donahoe
Christmas with the Nutcracker - Arr. LaBrie
Free Run - Liam Ramsey-White
A Winter Poem - Dennis Eveland
Renaissance Dances - Dennis Eveland
Danse Estrangé - Kirt N. Mosier
Symphonic Orchestra Series - 2023-2024
Grade 4 & Up
Colorado River Adventure - Doug Spata
Scherzo - Arr. Deborah Baker Monday
Choose the Perfect Level for Your Ensemble
Ranging in difficulty from beginner to advanced, our string orchestra music is meticulously edited and follows a strict six-part grading system reflected in our color-coded series.
Grade .5
- Playable by first year students with limited study
- Uses only the first six notes of the D Major Scale
- Moderate tempo and 4/4 time signatures
- All sections have an opportunity to play the melody
Grade 1
- Playable by 1st year groups
- Keys of D and G; first position (Bass 3rd position); careful writing of low 2 for Violins and Violas while avoiding high 3
- Introducing 2/4 and 3/4 time signatures with whole, half, quarter and eighth note patterns with no syncopation
- Detache, pizzicato, staccato, legato and marcato bowings to expand your students' technique with the right hand
Grade 1.5
- Playable by 2nd year musicians
- Incorporates dotted quarter-notes and simple syncopated rhythms
- Expanded right hand technique of 2-note slurs, hooked bows and adjacent string crossings
- Open string double stops
Grades 2 to 2.5
- Playable by 2nd and 3rd year groups
- Introducing 6/8 time signatures
- New key signatures including C, A, F and Bb
- New positions for Violin, Cello and Bass
- More complex rhythms and fingered double stops
Grades 3 to 3.5
- Playable by advanced middle school and high school musicians
- Exploring higher positions for all strings
- Expanded literature for advancing programs
Grades 4 & Up
- Playable by high school musicians
- First Violins explore 5th position while second Violins and Violas move through 3rd position
- Cellos expand to 4th position while the Bass section works through 5th position
Composers of New String Orchestra Music
Peter Blair
David Bobrowitz
Larry Clark
Eric B. Davis
Erica Donahoe
Dennis Eveland
David Hinds
Joshua Hobbs
Brian Holmes
Katie O'Hara LaBrie
Deborah Baker Monday
Kirt Mosier
Liam Ramsey-White
Steven L. Rosenhaus
Doug Spata
Peter Terry