Texas UIL String Orchestra Grade 3

This Chinese folk song is used as a blessing for a bountiful harvest and a good year. Folk songs speak to the common person. Hardships and hope abound when we all realize that something as simple as a few

Reminiscent of a crisp, cool autumn day, when the leaves have turned, a handful already fluttering to the ground; the sky a paler blue than usual. There is plenty of independence between the sections in

This is not to be missed! Rarely do young string orchestras get the chance to play a work of this importance. This arrangement, in G major throughout, features the beautiful melody of the central hymn.

This musical depiction of the famous African mountain contrasts bold, aggressive spots with beautiful, lyrical lines.

Full of energy and motion, this exciting piece requires a strong rhythmic sense and beat.  Students will enjoy playing the driving rhythms in this excellent, accessible teaching piece for syncopation.

La Mariposa, or "The Butterfly" in English, gives students exposure to Latin music in the form of the mambo, a syncopated style of music and dance that originated in Cuba in the early 1900s.

These three movements: La Rejouissance, Sarabande, and Gigue, are taken from Telemann’s seven movement Suite in D, originally composed for trumpet and... view details