SKU: EC.9050

ISBN 600313490507. UPC: 600313490507.

Duration: 5:00.

SKU: AP.38393S

UPC: 038081438597. English. Traditional.

Have a rockin' good time at your holiday concert with this fun arrangement! Written for first-year string players, with both arco and pizzicato opportunities, as well as optional piano and hand percussion parts, this will be a favorite with both your students and your audience!

About Orchestra Expressions

Play great songs such as Over the Rainbow, Batman, This Land Is Your Land, and Star Wars (Main Title). Listen to and play a variety of styles of music: popular, traditional, classical, folk and patriotic. Read and write music; compose and improvise. Perform in a concert and play for your family and friends. Be a conductor of the orchestra. Learn about composers, such as Antonin Dvorak, Johann Pachelbel, Jacques Offenbach, Pytor Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Giuseppe Verdi, George M. Cohan, George Frideric Handel, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, Georges Bizet, Neal Hefti, and John Williams. Discover how music and art are related. Learn about a variety of musical ensembles including string orchestra, full orchestra, mariachi band, steel drum band, dixieland jazz band, rock band, and more. Play music from around the world, including North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

SKU: AP.41248S

UPC: 038081480503. English.

Imagine four soloists playing eight Boomwhackers on the heads of eight brave audience members while being accompanied by string orchestra. That's the scenario of this hilarious show-stopper. Your audience will love hearing Jingle Bells, Good King Wenceslas, and Deck the Halls like never before. Used by the composer with his own orchestra and guest teachers, this simple yet highly effective novelty number never fails! Complete staging instructions are included. (2:00)
Correlates to String Explorer Book 1, Unit 13. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

SKU: AP.38468S

UPC: 038081434629. English.

Jingle Bells has been transformed into a Viennese-style waltz and combined with We Wish You a Merry Christmas in this charming selection perfect for your second-year players' holiday concert. In the keys of D and G major, this light-hearted dance features every section of the orchestra and reinforces hooked bowings, eighth note runs, and a variety of triple-meter rhythmic patterns. A fun and educational way to challenge your students technically, while taking your orchestra to that next level of maturity.

SKU: AP.43760S

UPC: 038081496368. English.

Just for fun---and swing technique! This jazzy swing arrangement will teach important skills with a well-known tune as young players expand the realm of string playing with alternative styles. (2:45).

SKU: AP.40495S

UPC: 038081453743. English.

We all know Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen---Santa's reindeer for his yearly trip. But it was Rudolph who saved the night on that foggy Christmas Eve, leading with his red nose! For over sixty years, this holiday song has been loved by all. This flexible setting can be performed by strings alone or with the addition of any combination of piano and winds. (2:10).

SKU: AP.41231S

UPC: 038081472034. English. Cahn.

Pure enjoyment ahead with this fantastic melody set here in varied styles---a serenade, a waltz, a march, and even a pizzicato passage---showcasing the entire string section.