String Orchestra

A long-time favorite for festival and contest, Percy Fletcher's two-movement suite has been a choice teaching piece for school orchestras. In true English folk style, the first movement has multiple sections in varying styles and meters, and the second movement is rhythmic, energetic fiddle writing at its best.

Simply 4 Strings series - A French Suite: Four pieces for elementary string orchestra. Score & piano accompaniments, plus parts on CD-ROM. Composed by Katherine & Hugh Colledge. Contents - J'ai du bon violon; Au clair de la lune; Monsieur Barabon sur le pont d'Avignon; Alouette.

This long-time favorite concert work of Clare Grundman has been skillfully adapted for string orchestra by Robert Longfield. Originally based on vocal selections by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, the music is classic Grundman, in an exquisite, contemporary style. This transformation to strings gives it yet another opportunity for student players to experience Grundman's wonderful musical rewards. I. The Peat-Fire Flame; II. An Eriskay Love Lilt; III. Milking Song; IV. The Road to the Isles

These two popular vignettes from the classic American ballet Billy the Kid have been staples in the orchestral concert repertoire since their introduction in 1940. Now available for string orchestra, the music is distinctively Copland in two contrasting styles-the pastoral innocence of Prairie Night (also known as Card Game at Night) and the rhythmic, dissonant Celebration, depicting the capture of the famed outlaw.