Ensemble

Twenty-six popular selections with words for singing. Ideal for use in performance or sing-alongs. Excellent reading and ensemble experience.

Songs for Christmas, Chanukah, and New Year's Eve. Solo-Duet-Trio-Quartet with optional Accompaniment. The Flex-Ability series, arranged by Victor López, fills the need for multi-level instrumentalists to play popular music together. Each instrument book includes 11 songs in four-part score form. The arrangements are carefully crafted to be educationally sound. Optional octaves and cue notes are included to allow for range flexibility.

First Things First is a collection of traditional folk songs, classical themes, rounds, and original pieces representing over ten countries and styles from around the world. The compositions are arranges to be extremely versatile in meeting the needs of younger beginners in an elementary level string orchestra. Each instrument has the melody line as well as an additional harmony line. By using all the parts, a string orchestra is achieved. With the addition of the piano, any size string class can successfully perform these selections.

Pieces for two violins written and arranged by the world's favorite string teacher Sheila Nelson. The pieces are written in easy keys and only the first position is used. Easy rounds serve as an ideal introduction to three and four part playing or singing.

World on a String exposes your string students to music from around the world, providing insights about rich cultures and heritages from other countries. With over 30 pieces available for performance in one collection, playable by any size ensemble, students will now be able to experience different cultures and styles through this incredible collection of world music.

Festive Strings is a collection of well-known Christmas and Chanukah melodies arranged to meet the needs of individuals, groups and orchestras. In order to provide flexibility, the collection is available in a number of instrumentations, all of which are compatible with each other. Accessible keys have been used, and shifting is kept to a minimum.

Suzuki Ensembles for Viola

Experience the exciting music of the marichi tradition! Lifelong mariachi performer and educator John Nieto joins Bob Phillips to provide authentic orchestral settings of familiar, traditional tunes for string orchestra alone, mariachi band alone, or string orchestra and mariachi band together. Trumpet and accompaniment books are available to provide optional parts for trumpet, guitar, guitarrón, vihuela, piano, and harp. Historical background and arrangement ideas are provided in the Teacher's Manual.