String Orchestra

Arranged for string ensemble.

Two familiar carols (Up on the Housetop, Jolly Old St. Nicholas) have been combined in this sparkling holiday number from John Leavitt. Creative treatments with key shifts and skilled orchestration give this new arrangement great appeal.

Not the Christmas tune, but the pop-rock anthem all about a bull frog. Every string group should have a chance to perform this with Larry's version that features each-to-teach syncopations and pop stylings for string players.

Now available for string orchestras, Joy to the World is one of the distinctive arrangements of Chip Davis and Mannheim Steamroller. Players and audiences love these contemporary pop versions that dominate the airwaves during the holidays, adapted here by Robert Longfield.

Higgins - Grade 1-1/2

Considered one of Grundman's most popular works for school groups, this montage of traditional American folk songs has been skillfully re-scored for string ensembles by veteran arranger Robert Longfield, and is well-suited for festival or most any program.

One of this year's biggest adventure films, King Kong had a soundtrack to match with James Newton Howard's epic orchestral score. This montage includes adventure, chase, and lyric themes heard throughout the film, arranged into a concert version that captures the aura of this memorable film.