Celebration Performance Sets

The three pieces in each String Riffs Celebration Performance Set explore a variety of concepts and skills. Some Celebration Performance Sets are designed for an ensemble of students sharing the same level of proficiency (for example, the string orchestra works of Set 2 and Set 3), while other Performance Sets challenge smaller groups of differing skill levels (like the works for cello trio and cello quartet in Set 1). Set 4 showcases each string instrument in turn. These substantial compositions are readily performed together on one complementary concert program or individually.

Celebration Performance Set 1
Tree Celli Mon for cello trio
Heart Strings for advanced cello quartet
Click Beetle Boogie for intermediate cello quartet
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Celebration Performance Set 2
Avalanchia for string orchestra with or without piano
Jester’s Court for junior high/high school string orchestra
The Storm for junior high/high school string orchestra
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Celebration Performance Set 3
Guppy Tales for junior high/high school string orchestra
Salamander Meander for junior high/high school string orchestra
Mosquito Poquitito for junior high/high school string orchestra
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Celebration Performance Set 4
Twitchy Latte for string orchestra
Orchestrocity for string orchestra
’Twas the Cat for string orchestra
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Mingo the Dingo

Commissioned by Mesa Public Schools in Arizona for 6th-grade feeder concerts, “Mingo” features sonorous three-part writing within the D-major scale. Level 1 for string orchestra.

$45.00 for all parts and conductor score

Saddles and Spurs

Yippee-ki-yay! Pull on your cowboy boots and ride the range from open strings to 3rd position with slurs, glissandi, accents and counting in brisk G major. Level 3 for string orchestra. 1st position Violin I, Viola, and Cello parts included.

$45.00 for all parts and conductor score