Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe

Evocative and dramatic music played an important role in this year's most anticipated fantasy adventure, based on the beloved writings of C. S. Lewis. The sweeping soundtrack by Harry Gregson-Williams are captured beautifully in these powerful orchestral medleys.

La Musica Notturna di Madrid op. 30 #6

Translated as “Night Music of Madrid”, this plucky piece is the highlight of the hit movie Master and Commander. Each movement represents a different scene of life in Madrid’s evenings during Boccherini’s day. This is a tremendous work which is very rewarding to hear in its entirety.

Mozart Box Sets
Cat #B90600 Complete Symphonies (Baren)
Cat #C81000 Complete Masses and Vespers (Carus)
Cat #B90601 Great Operas (Baren)
Cat #B90602 Complete Piano Concertos (Baren)

In honor of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 250th birthday, several box sets of Conductor scores are available. Choose between Complete Symphonies, Great Operas, Complete Masses with Vespers, and Complete Piano Concertos.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Dead Man's Chest:

Cat #13113 (Full Orch)

Cat #39995 (Str Orch)

Cat #39994 (Str Orch)

Black Pearl:

Cat #12458 (Full Orch, Grade D)

Cat #39913 (Str Orch, Grade M)

Cat #39946 Main Theme (Str Orch, Grade ME)

Cat #39923 Music from (Str Orch, Grade ME)

This blockbuster adventure film has a musical score that soars behind the high jinks of Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow and his band of nautical hooligans. Pirates of the Caribbean is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser for both audience and performers alike.

What's Up at the Symphony?
                             Cat #13023

Bugs and Porky invite you to take part in this classic(al) cartoon medley. All the greats are here: 'This Is It,' 'William Tell,' 'Barber of Seville,' 'The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down,' Liszt's 'Hungarian Rhapsody,' Brahms' 'Hungarian Dance,' and 'Ride of the Valkeries.' What's Up at the Symphony? includes every cartoon mood and effect you could expect. You've got to get up pretty early on Saturday morning to hear a medley better than this!

                               Wicked

Broadway's powerful new hit is filled with engaging music and an intriguing story line based on the infamous Wicked Witch of the West. Veteran Broadway writer Stephen Schwartz's music has received critical acclaim and are skillfully adapted in these orchestral showcases.

Norwegian Dances Nos. 2 & 3
                            Cat #30020

The music of Grieg is expressed very well in this two-part suite for full orchestra. The melodies are familiar, and Merle Isaac's fine arrangement is an excellent choice for either concert or contest usage.

  Mariachi Philharmonic
                  Cat #35561

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

String Clinics to Go

Build your string program with success from two of the country’s top string pedagogues, Bob Gillespie and Bob Phillips! DVDs include Live Demonstrations, guidelines and strategies, written printable resources in PDF format

Guidelines for Recruiting Success features: Getting children excited about playing strings; Advocacy in the community, administrators, and colleagues; Designing your own successful recruiting demonstration; Virtual Media-based demonstration ready to go.

Cat #49521 Getting Started

Innovate and practical approaches to beginning string teaching and classroom management highlights: Setting up your teaching space; Sizing instruments; Setting up a great bow hand and bowing motions; Formatting the left hand; Strategies for teaching beginning tunes.

Practice Successfully
                     Cat #Z16646

GIA Publications, Inc. is proud to bring to light this remarkable, timeless book Elizabeth Green completed in the last days of her life. In Part One, Green suggests isolating difficult musical passages so they become instantly manageable using rhythmic motifs, scales, accentuations, and etudes. In Part Two, experts on various instruments discuss reoccurring problems and how to defeat them. In the concluding Part Three, she notes in brief the physiological principles pertaining to practice and suggests ways to introduce a child to serious practice.