Texas UIL String Orchestra Grade 2

This fierce concert piece takes the orchestra on an exciting musical journey. Students will be challenged to perform with various emotional styles, including both intense and legato melodies.

Go on a heroic adventure with this original concert work. Creative scoring spreads eighth-note passages around to keep the momentum moving while the long melodic lines get passed to all of the sections.

This Grade 2 work is arranged from an elegant theme found in Verdi’s opera, "Falstaff." Enhance your students’ musicality and expression as the lyrical melody is featured in... view details

A gorgeous arrangement of this traditional Welsh folk song. A variety of orchestration techniques including pizzicato, rich harmonies, sweeping dynamics, tempo and key changes, and beautiful counterlines

Students and audiences will be enthralled by the dark tone and passionate style of Avatar (not related to the movie). Fast, romantic melodies reminiscent of video game themes pass through

A stunning lyrical work, Beauteous Spirit is the perfect selection to introduce expressive playing to your beginning strings. All students have an opportunity to play melodic material in this

Just as the title suggests, this piece is all full of fire! An opening theme in 3/4 with driving rhythms, heavy accents, and dramatic dynamic shifts fuels the blaze. A more lyrical B section in 4/4 with the

Get ready to jig with this medley of two old Irish folk songs. Father O'Flynn's and The Gobby O are bright and jaunty and sure to get toes a-tappin'.

This sparkling, energetic original work for young players is patterned after the classic compositional style of Mozart. It's perfect for propelling your students up to the next level of difficulty, while

This beautiful Irish folk song arrangement features a wide dynamic range and beautiful sustained phrases. This piece will challenge your students to find their expressive musical voice. The enchanting

Diversify your concert program with this captivating arrangement based on the 1913 Peruvian melody and inspired by traditional Andean mountain music. This arrangement will interest your students as it

This bold Spanish composition includes easy solos for violin and cello. The excitement and color of the bullfight are displayed in the playable music.

Dedicated to the composer's young son, this piece was written with thoughts of his playful nature which can be heard throughout. The lush, emotional opening depicts the composer's awe at being a parent to a

The three songs of the Finnish Folk Song Suite were chosen for their common connection to nature. Everyone gets a chance at the melody in this collection of minor-key folk songs reminiscent of

A beautiful, singing melody with rich harmonies and lush scoring. Students will greatly enhance their overall musicianship skills including balance, phrasing, tone, dynamics, and legato bowing. So much to

One of several popular dances from the time of the French Renaissance, this setting has a driving pulse with attractive modal harmonies in the friendly key of E natural minor. All instruments have melodic

This Baroque masterpiece is one of the most popular and recognizable pieces of its time! Richard Meyer's skillful arrangement retains the flavor of Handel's original in a very easy-to-play format, and is

A powerhouse work for your next concert, this aggressive mixed-meter piece relies heavily on pulse and the mixed placement of accents to create exceptional momentum. The composer makes extensive use of

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