String Orchestra Music 2023-2024
String Orchestra Music 2023-2024
Welcome Orchestra Directors
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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
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