Latin Music for String Orchestra

Celebrate the holiday season with this fiery and exciting traditional Puerto Rican carol. This very playable arrangement is a perfect concert opener or closer that will have your audiences dancing in the

Here's a highly spirited paso doble that perfectly fits into any concert, any time of year. Set in D minor, this lively piece features contagious rhythmic elements and showcases the entire

The keys of G major and G minor are used in this delectable paso doble. Simple shifting is required for all but second violins, and violas play a brief melodic passage in treble clef.

This lilting Latin piece evokes images of an evening of dancing and merriment. Care has been taken to make sure all sections of the orchestra have their turns with the melody as well as exciting harmonic

The bass and percussion sections lay down the classic bolero groove while the rest of the orchestra takes turns playing the lazy, singing, rolling melody. Enjoy a warm, tropical feeling as the orchestra

Canarios is a movement taken from the Suite Espanola for guitar by Gaspar Sanz, a leading composer of Spanish Baroque music. This delightful arrangement in D major engages all sections of

A syncopated motive in the viola and cello sections starts this diabolical journey of dance and lyricism. The driving rhythms and lyrical lines are infused with elements of the tango, including the

A perfect rhythmic skill-builder, this exciting piece uses classic Spanish rhythms and the famous Andalusian chord progression found in the music of Spain, Central and South America. All sections get to

Presented beautifully through heart-pounding grooves in the low basses and devilish contours in the melody with the movement of a tango. A variety of rhythms are reinforced along with sweeping

You may not recognize the title, but you are almost certain to be familiar with the famous melodies of this stately Latin classic. Full of audience appeal!

El Pollo Ricardo was written in 1911 by Luis Alberto Fernandez, a young man from Uruguay who was a policeman by day and a tango musician at night. The title refers to a tango dancer friend of his

All of the rhythmic and melodic drama of the Spanish Paso Doble is captured in this arrangement. Explosive rhythmic outbursts, expressive gypsy melodies and varied dynamic contrasts make this

The definitive Spanish paso doble, arranged for intermediate string orchestra! This great cultural teaching piece features syncopated rhythms, triplets, repeated down bows, and... view details