Western Australian Schools' Orchestra Festival

Music Selections 2009

Secondary School String Orchestra Premier Division
Secondary School String Orchestra A Division
Secondary School String Orchestra B Division
Middle School String Orchestra *
Primary School String Orchestra B Division
Primary School String Orchestra C Division
Primary School String Orchestra Novice Division
Secondary School Full Orchestra Premier Division
Secondary School Full Orchestra A Division
Secondary School Full Orchestra B Division

* Secondary String Orchestra C and Primary String Orchestra A have been replaced by Middle School String Orchestra. This division is open to secondary or primary students or a combination of each.

For further information on festival music selections contact Rosemary Michael.
Information on locating publishers.

# - piece is new in 2009.



Secondary School String Orchestra Premier Division
ComposerPiecePublisher
Bartok/Wilner Rumanian Folk Dances Boosey and Hawkes
Britten Simple Symphony (at least two movements) B & H
Corelli Concerto Grosso (Christmas Concerto) Lucks
Debussy/Chin Two Debussy Masterpieces Everything String
Elgar Serenade (at least two movements) Kalmus
Grieg Two Elegiac Melodies # Kalmus
Grieg Holberg Suite (at least two movements) Lucks
Hindemith Funfstucke  
Holst Brook Green Suite (at least two movements) Curwen
Holst St Paul’s Suite (at least two movements) Schirmer
Lalo/Alshin Symphonie Espagnole # Alfred
Meyer Acrobats H/Etling
Meyer Pagodas H/Etling
Mozart Divertimenti - any (Mov't 1 or Mov'ts 2&3) Any
Russell-Smith Air of Excitement Studio Music Co
Rutter Suite for Strings Goodmusic
Sibelius Impromptu, from Op 5 no 5 and 6 Reinisch
Vivaldi Concerto Alla Rustica (at least two movements) Kalmus
Warlock Capriol Suite (at least two movements) Faber
Other works of a similar standard may be accepted in Premier Division. To have another work approved as a "set piece", you must contact Rosemary Michael by Friday, 10 April. Ensembles with works not approved by this date will only be eligible to receive the award of Certificate of Participation.

Secondary School String Orchestra A Division
ComposerPiecePublisher
Bach/Kjelland Fugue in A Minor Alfred
Bach/Scheinberg Italian Concerto Alfred
Bell Rondo Festivo H/Etling
Blake/Osborne The Snowman Faber Music
Borodin/Conley Nocturne Kendor
Brahms/Chin Two Brahms Hungarian Dances Everything String
Brahms/Copping Hungarian Dance No 5 Emkay
Chin Arctic Fire Everything String
Chin Celtic Dreaming & Dance Everything String
Chin North Sea Voyage Everything String
Coleman/Wilson Rhythm Of Life Wilson
Copland/Moss Old American Songs Boosey and Hawkes
Debussy/Copping Le Petit Negre Emkay
Guenther Eclogue Southern
Handel/Bender And With His Stripes We Are Healed Kendor
Handel/England Cuckoo and The Nightingale (The) H/Etling
Haydn/Dackow Surprise Symphony – Andante # Tempo Press
John/Custer Lion King Selections Hal Leonard
Kerr/Newbold Irish Legend # FJH
Kershaw Owed To Joy Spartan Press
Meyer Incantations # Alfred
Meyer Mantras H/Etling
Monti/Del Borgo Czardas Alfred
Mozart/Clebanoff Allegro from Sonata in E minor RBC
Mozart/Dackow Overture to Lucio Silla # Tempo Press
Mozart/Kesztler Sinfonietta Editio Musica
Mussorgsky/Mishra Selections from Pictures at an Exhibition H/Etling
O’Fallon A Gaelic Overture H/Etling
Osborne Bytes and Pieces Faber
Puccini / Zinn Madama Butterfly Excelsior
R Korsakov/Dackow Capriccio Espagnol Tempo Press
Respighi/Alshin Antique Dances and Airs Kendor
Schumann/Alshin Romanze & Scherzo H/Etling
Smith (arranged) Variant on an Old English Carol Warner Bros
Vaughan-Williams/Moss Sea Songs Boosey and Hawkes
Williams/Custer
Theme from “Schindler’s List” #
Hal Leonard

Secondary School String Orchestra B Division
ComposerPiecePublisher
Alshin (arranged) Kabalevsky and Friends Kendor
Bach/Clark A Bach Suite Belwyn
Balmages Danza Latina # FJH
Beethoven/Meyer Finale from Symphony No. 5 String Explorer
Bizet/Osborne Suite from Carmen Faber
Brown Rustic Dances Chester
Capatu Blues for Dee H/Etling
Chin (arranged) Two Renaissance Pieces # Everything String
Chin (arranged) Two Russian Classics Everything String
Chin (arranged) Two Russian Folk Songs Everything String
Dardess Russian Gypsy Song Kendor
Frost Festival for Fiddlers Southern
Goldsmith (arranged) Donna Nobis Pacem # Belwyn
Grandage Matilda Suite #  
Gruselle (arranged) Follow the Drinking Gourd H/Etling
Gruselle (arranged) Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen H/Etling
Gruselle (arranged) Swing Low Sweet Chariot # Alfred
Gruselle (arranged) Two Songs of Newfoundland H/Etling
Handel/Soos Fifteen Easy Pieces† # EMB
Handel/Wright Minuet from Concerto Grosso # RBC
Harbinson Mable Creek Overture HEtling
Haydn/Dackow Symphony No 47 (Finale) Tempo Press
Hellem An Alpine Carol H/Etling
Hopkins Cripple Creek # Grand Mesa
Hultgren Australian Folksong Suite Ludwig
Meyer Carp Diem # Alfred
Meyer Curse of the Rosin Eating Zombies from Outer Space H/Etling
Meyer Folksong and Shanty Alfred
Meyer Viva Violas H/Etling
Meyer (arranged) Le Divin Enfant H/Etling
Mozart/Neihaus Menuetto TRN
Punwar Adventure Suite H/Etling
R Korsakov/Dackow Dance of the Tumblers Tempo Press
Reilly/Fry Gypsy Waltz H/Etling
Sharp Riders of Rohan Music House String Publications
Smith Evening Alleluias Belwyn
Strommen (arranged) Suo-Gan Belwyn
Tchaikovsky/Dackow Symphony No. 2 in C (Finale) Tempo Press
Vivaldi/Huws-Jones Scenes from The Four Seasons Faber
Wagner A Quiet Music # Belwyn
Williams Buckeye Pioneers Suite H/Etling
Williams
Dramatic Essay
H/Etling

Middle School String Orchestra
ComposerPiecePublisher
Bach/Fin Chorale and Bourree Wilfin Music
Barnes Yorkshire Ballad Southern
Bizet/Leidig Carmen Suite Alfred
Bishop Red Pepper # Wingert-Jones
Clemens Night in a Chippewa Village H/Etling
Daniels McAllen Suite Southern
Del Borgo Petite Overture Kendor
Del Borgo Rite at Stonehenge Belwyn
Del Borgo (arranged) The Gypsy Rover Alfred
Franck/Hamby Panis Angelicus Southern
Frost The Dory Anne Kendor
Frost (arranged) Simple Gifts Kendor
Gazda Stringtown Road Rag H/Etling
Hare (arranged) Three Tunes from Shakespeare’s England Chester
Haydn/Forsblad The Heavens are telling H/Etling
Kabalevsky (The) Clown Kendor
Ledger Secret Agent Tango Contact Composer
Leidig Renaissance Suite Alfred
Maiello (arranged) Irish Tune from County Derry Belwyn
Meyer End Pin Rag H/Etling
Mouret/Christensen Rondeau Kendor
Mozart/Dowty Petite Menuett in G Wynn
O’Reilly Jefferson County Overture H/Etling
O’Reilly (arranged) Saturday at the Symphony Alfred
Sarasate/Chin Gypsy Airs Everything String
Sharp Bilge Rat Blues Music House String Publications
Sharp Drowsy Maggie Music House String Publications
Sharp Fiddle Fever Music House String Publications
Sharp King’s Fiddlers (The) Music House String Publications
Sharp Mamba Samba Music House String Publications
Sharp Whispers in the Dark # Music House String Publications
Siennicki Caribbean Festival Alfred
Siennicki Stringin’ the Blues # H/Etling
Sieving Dos Fuegos H/Etling
Spata Crusader H/Etling
Spata Gargoyles H/Etling
Steibelt/Chin Andante & Allegro con brio Everything String
Tchaikovsky/Dackow Trepak from Nutcracker Suite Tempo Press
Weinberger/Isaac Polka from Schwanda, The Bagpiper H/Etling
Williams North Country Legend H/Etling
Williams (arranged)
Holiday Hoedown
Alfred

Primary School String Orchestra B Division
ComposerPiecePublisher
Bonds (arranged) Czech Polka Marian Bonds
Boyce/Del Borgo Symphony No. 4 (1st movt) Alfred
Boyle (arranged) Suite of English Folksongs Chester
Brubaker El Toro Alfred
Chin Fiddlers Ahoy Everything String
Chin The Bee Everything String
Chin Two Traditional Folk Songs Everything String
Dabczynski Norwegian March H/Etling
Dabczynski Whispering Winter Pines H/Etling
Dackow (arranged) Flirtation Tempo Press
Del Borgo Calypso Capers # Alfred
Del Borgo Highridge Overture Kendor
Fin Entrata Maestoso # Wilfin Music
Fin Pastoral Dreaming Wilfin Music
Gruselle Boogie Man Blues H/Etling
Gruselle (arranged) A Three Chorus Meal H/Etling
Gruselle (arranged) Crawdad Song H/Etling
Gruselle (arranged) Jane and Josie H/Etling
Halferty (arranged) Le Petite Enfante Kendor
Hultgren (arranged) Waltzing Matilda Brolga
Humperdinck/Brown Susy, Little Susy from Hansel and Gretel Ludwig
K & H Colledge A Caribbean Suite B/Hawkes
K & H Colledge A Celtic Suite B/Hawkes
Ledger Mystery of the Violin Case Contact Composer
Meyer Tangerine Rag Alfred
Newbold Honor and Glory # FJH
Niehaus Sunset Hills TRN
Offenbach/Meyer Can Can H/Etling
Sharp A Salty Sailor’s Song Music House String Publications
Sharp Bamboo Cowboy Music House String Publications
Sharp Dancing Peppers Music House String Publications
Sharp Dwarf March Music House String Publications
Sharp The Abbey Music House String Publications
Siennicki Bonita Dia H/Etling
Siennicki Left Right, Left Right Alfred
Stephan Dance in D Kjos
Sweeney Shenendoah # Alfred
Weber/Dackow Chorus of the Huntsmen Tempo Press
Williams
Scaling Mt. Pizzicato
Strictly Strings

Primary School String Orchestra C Division
ComposerPiecePublisher
Bonds (arranged) Clown Dance Arcodoro
Bonds (arranged) Patapan Marian Bonds
Bonds (arranged) St. Patrick's Day Arcodoro
Caponegro Doodlin’ Digits Kendor
Caponegro Fumble Fingers Kendor
Chin A Dozen Dazzlers Music House String Publications
Chin Cotton Field Calls & Praising Song Everything String
Chin Five Renaissance Pieces Everything String
Del Borgo Andover Holiday Kendor
Del Borgo Royal Scepter Kendor
Del Borgo Sonatine Classique Kendor
Dvorak/Meyer Slavonic Dance H/Etling
Fin Catch Me If You Can Wilfin Music
Fin Clog Dance Wilfin Music
Fin Matilda Learns to Waltz Wilfin Music
Frost Pizzicato Pizzaz Kjos
Karpiniec Big Red Bus Middle C
Karpiniec Little Blue Train Middle C
McLeod Waltz Giocoso Kendor
Meyer Bach Country Fiddles H/Etling
Meyer Elegy and Dance H/Etling
Nelson Rondo Spiritoso from ‘Together from the Start’ B & H
Nelson Tunes for My String Orchestra (any selection) B & H
Niehaus Stringamajig Kendor
Purcell/Niehaus Algadoon Kendor
Sharp Chicken in the Kitchen # Music House String Publications
Sharp Goblin Feast Music House String Publications
Siennicki Elves’ Toy Shop Alfred
Smith To Dance in the Fields of Glory Belwyn
Widger Easy Latin String Orchestra # Spartan Press
Williams Bow Town Blues H/Etling
Williams Fancy Fiddles H/Etling
Williams Night in Vienna H/Etling
Williams Star Dancer Alfred
Yamanda
Zou-San #
Carl Fischer

Primary School String Orchestra Novice Division
Own Choice

Secondary School Full Orchestra Premier Division
ComposerPiecePublisher
Bartok Rumanian Folk Dances (Small Orchestra version) Boosey and Hawkes
Beethoven Egmont Overture Kalmus
Beethoven Symphony No 1 (1st movement) Kalmus
Beethoven Symphony No 5 (1st movement) Kalmus
Beethoven Symphony No 8 (1st movement) Kalmus
Berlioz Hungarian March Kalmus
Bizet/Guiraud Carmen Suite Suite No 1 (at least two movements) Kalmus
Bizet L’Arlesienne Suite No 2 (at least two movements) Kalmus
Brahms/Schmeling Hungarian Dances No 5 & 6 Kalmus
Dvorak Slavonic Dances Op.43 No.1, 7 or 8 Kalmus
Elgar Chanson de Matin Kalmus
Faure Pavane Luck’s
Gershwin Cuban Overture Warner Bros
Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla Overture Luck’s
Grandage All That Glisters… Contact composer
Haydn Symphonies No 100-104 (any 1st movement) Barenreiter
Ledger Indian Pacific Contact composer
Mendelssohn Fingal's Cave (Hebrides Overture) Kalmus
Mozart Cosi Fan Tutte Overture Kalmus
Mozart Magic Flute Overture Kalmus
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol Luck’s
Rimsky-Korsakov Dance of the Tumblers from the Snow Maidens Kalmus
Rimsky-Korsakov/Isaac Procession of the Nobles Fischer
Saint-Saens Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah Kalmus
Saint-Saens Danse Macabre Kalmus
Saint-Saens Marche Militaire Francais from Suite Algerienne # Kalmus
Schubert Symphony No 5 (1st movement) Kalmus
Schubert Symphony no. 8 (1st movement) Kalmus
Shostakovich Festive Overture Hire only
Sibelius Finlandia Kalmus
Smith The Ascension Warner Bros
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.2, movements 2 or 4 Kalmus
Tchaikowsky Nutcracker Suite (at least two movements) Kalmus
Verdi Nabucco Overture Kalmus
Verdi/MacAlister Triumphal March from Aida - Concert Version Kalmus
von Suppe Light Cavalry Overture Kalmus
Voss Divertimento in C Kjos
Walton A Shakespeare Suite (at least two movements) OUP
Other works of a similar standard may be accepted in Premier Division. To have another work approved as a "set piece", you must contact Rosemary Michael by Friday, 11 April. Ensembles with works not approved by this date will only be eligible to receive the award of Certificate of Participation.

Secondary School Full Orchestra A Division
ComposerPiecePublisher
Bach/Harnsberger Jesu, Joy of man's Desiring Alfred
Beethoven/Leidig Symphony No 7 (2nd movement) Highland/Etling
Bizet/Bullock Carmen Suite Warner Bros
Brahms arr.Meyer Finale from Symphony No. 1 Alfred
Del Borgo Chant Rituals Warner Bros
Del Borgo (arranged) Shaker Variants Kjos
Dvorak/Isaac Slavonic Dance No. 3 Belwin
Gliere/Isaac Russian Sailor’s Dance Fischer
Grieg/Isaac Norwegian Dances Nos 2 and 3 Belwin
Grieg/Carter Homage March # OUP
Hardiman/Moore Music from The Lord of the Dance Hal Leonard
Haydn/Charles Finale from “London” Symphony Contact arranger
Holst/Leidig Jupiter - Bringer of Jolity from "The Planets" Highland/Etling
Holst Marching Song Kalmus
Ippolitov-Ivanov arr.Isaac  Procession of the Sardar Belwin
Mussorgsky/Stone The Great Gate of Kiev OUP
Puccini/Errante Madame Butterfly Alfred
Reed Greensleeves – A Symphonic Setting  
Saint-Saens arr.Isaac Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah Alfred
Smith By Loch and Mountain Warner Bros
Smith Into the Storm Belwin
Smith The Great Locomotive Chase Belwin
Stravinsky/Isaac Berceuse and Finale from "The Firebird" Belwin
Tchaikovsky/Charles 1812 Overture Contact arranger
Tchaikovsky/Charles March Slav Contact arranger
Tchaikovsky/Isaac Capriccio Italien H/Etling
Tchaikovsky/Isaac Waltz from Sleeping Beauty Carl Fischer
Tycho A Quiet Suburb Wilson
Tycho March of the Lifesavers Wilson
Verdi/Dackow
Overture to Nabucco
Tempo Press

Secondary School Full Orchestra B Division
ComposerPiecePublisher
Barnes Heatherwood Portrait Southern
Barnes Yorkshire Ballad Southern
Bernstein/Phillippe The Magnificent Seven Belwin
Bizet/Stone Farandole from "L'Arlesienne" OUP
Clark Engines of Resistance Warner Bros
Curzon/Stone March of the Bowmen OUP
Desmond/Cerulli Take Five Belwin
Glierre/Errante Russian Sailor’s Dance Alfred
Greig/Stone Two Lyric Pieces OUP
Handel/Stone Water Music Suite No 2 (any 2 Movts) OUP
Handel/Woodhouse March from ‘Scipio’ Boosey and Hawkes
Henzgen (arranged) Moreton Bay Middle C
Power Homeowner’s Guide to Making Music Warner Bros
Scheinberg Chaconne and March H/Etling
Smith The Sound and the Fury Warner Bros
Tchaikovsky/Dackow Symphony No 2 in C (Finale) Tempo Press
Tchaikowsky/Isaac
Nutcracker Ballet Set 1 or Set 2
Warner Bros

Music Publishers

Everything String
Suite 115, 236 Hyperdome
Loganholme, Queensland, 4129
Phone (07) 3290 0071
Email: chin@everythingstring.com
Internet: www.everythingstring.com

Music House String Publications:
PO Box 26, East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002
Phone (03) 9486 0050 Fax (03) 9416 1734
Email: info@musichouse.com.au
Internet: www.musichouse.com.au

To obtain pieces by James Ledger, James Charles and Ian Grandage please contact ABODA