String Orchestra Repertoire and Charts

The splendour, opulence and majesty of the seventeenth and eighteenth century French court must have been one of the great wonders of the world. Th...

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767) composed at an astounding pace. His works include 1043 cantatas, 46 passions, 40 operas, over 100 concertos, 7...

Want to showcase your beginner strings and concert band in an orchestra? Well this is just the piece for your ensemble! Written in the Hungarian st...

The shimmering opening sets the scene in a mythical forest covered in snow. Here knights ride wildly through the forest wielding their swords and f...

A trinket is an unusual ornament or charm. This set of quirky pieces is sure to fire the imaginations of young players. Many aspects of technique s...

This three movement work explores musically different aspects of heat. Pizzicato, left and right, legato melodies, staccato quarter notes and doubl...

This set of twelve short works for very elementary orchestra helps young players discover important string techniques such as bowed tremolo, sustai...

Here's one for your early morning rehearsal! The "cock-a-doodle-do" rhythm, which is at the start of the piece, is sprinkled throughout the work. T...

Well there is plenty here to fill even the busiest elementary programme! Players imaginations will go wild with titles such as "The Still Before th...

These two works reflect the pioneering spirit of Australia's early explorers. Dig Tree was the place where the great explorers Burke and Wills met ...

This work is a companion piece to the earlier "Bells of Ghengis Khan". The insistent rhythms and pounding fifths create an atmosphere of impending ...

Ghengis Khan was one of the the most feared warriors ever. In this piece, one can just picture him and his soldiers riding across the plains of Mon...

Everyone loves the thrill and fun of a circus! The Carousel is a simple yet effect waltz where the melodic line is shared between the parts. Young ...

The transition for the beginner player into a string orchestra can be quite daunting. These little gems however are just the thing for the transiti...

This moving piece is filled to the brim with poignant and ravishing melodies. The haunting main theme comes back in various guises and returns with...

Fantasia on a theme by Walter Frye (d 1474)

The Emperor Zhou, who reigned in China around the ninth century BC, is generally attributed as the creator of the Iching which is a series of texts...

The transition for the beginner player into a string orchestra is quite a wonderful journey. In a similar vein to the earlier publication *A Dozen ...

The warriors from the Gobi Desert were one of the the most feared people ever. They were eventually led by Ghengis Khan. In this work, one can just...

An intense fire or inferno of any sort is one of the most terrifying things anyone can encounter in their life. It is relentless, ruthless yet in s...

The Swans of Lir is an Irish legend about a group of young children who are transformed by dark forces into a swans that float in a lake for 900 ye...

Your elementary string orchestra will have so much fun with these most evocative works. Written almost entirely using pentatonic scales, young play...

From Sonatina op 137 no. 1

It is generally accepted that Nicolo Paganini was the most extraordinary violinist who ever lived. Indeed there are some works that only a few viol...