Rhapsody Orchestra Series

• Playable by advanced middle school and high school musicians

• Exploring higher positions for all strings

• Expanded literature for advancing programs

All is Bright

(Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Silent Night)

Steve Parsons

Composer/arranger Steve Parsons gives us a sweeping holiday piece using Hark! The Herald Angels Sing and ever popular Silent Night. His treatment is joyful, harmonical, and fresh in its presentation of these classic carols. Something new and different for your next holiday concert. (2:10)

Hydrangea

Yukiko Nishimura

Composer Yukiko Nishimura continues to create some of the of most beautiful music written for string orchestra over the past twenty-five years. Her sweeping melodies along with her absolutely gorgeous harmonic palette leave a lasting impression on all who play or hear her pieces. Don’t deny your students the opportunity to play this elegant new work. (3:40)

The Night of the Shores

Sean O’Loughlin

Dramatic and cinematic during the lush opening, The Night of the Shores then develops into a full music journey of epic proportions. Composer Sean O’Loughlin moves seamlessly between different emotion with common thematic material to give us a truly stunning work for string orchestra. (3:51)

Shimmering Daydreams

Larry Clark

What is a shimmering daydream? You will know once you hear this lush and lyrical work. The work has contemplative thoughts with a bit of longing and a sense of melancholy but hopeful at the same time. Young musicians will be stretched to express themselves musically with this sensational work from composer Larry Clark. (3:44)