String Orchestra

A light-hearted holiday number with clever musical effects is just what you'll need to dress up your yearly performance. Lloyd Conley brings us a delightful ditty that works for most any group.

Using the favorite holiday carol Silver Bells as its centerpiece, here is a collage of bell tunes and effects, woven into a solid, accessible medley for developing string ensembles. Also includes Ukranian Bell Carol and Jingle Bells.

A suite for string quartet, attributed to Ben Franklin and discovered in Paris in the 1940s, quickly drew interest from American string quartets and composers. In this suite for string orchestra, Alan Shulman uses themes from the Ben Franklin quartet, maintaining the glorious 18th-century style and the flavor of revolutionary-era America. In this year honoring the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth, we are pleased to offer this unique edition for school string groups.

The music of the internationally famous pop group ABBA has found its way to the Broadway stage and serves as the centerpiece of this highly acclaimed show. Ted Rickett's arrangement several of ABBA's best songs from the production. Overture/Prologue, Mamma Mia, I Have A Dream and Dancing Queen.

Here's a tribute to one of the legendary groups of all time that features three classic songs that defined Queen's place in pop music history. With Larry Moore's medley for strings, your orchestra can rock with the best of them playing songs that have become popular music anthems. Features: We Will Rock You, Another One Bites the Dust, and We Are the Champions. Dur: 3:10

This bold, march-style theme from Disney's animated movie is a great choice for popular programming for your string orchestra. John Moss has woven in other thematic moments from the film to give this piece some tempo style changes that create dramatic film score effects.

From the Broadway show Sweet Charity comes this new version of the show's most memorable production number. From the famous opening 6-note riff, this sassy swing number is a crowd pleaser all the way. Dur: 2:55

From the powerful stage show Celtic Woman comes this simple song that translates wonderfully for strings. Bob Longfield's skilled setting for younger players features ample opportunities to teach expressive playing, rubato, and musical nuance.