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Welcome to the Orchestral section: news and information about the wide range of concert music from G. Schirmer and members of the Music Sales Group. We have published noteable orchestral works since the nineteenth century; our composers continue to break new ground today.
Explore G. Schirmer's interactive orchestra audio sampler, and our symphonic pops audio sampler. For further information or suggestions about orchestra repertoire, please contact
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News
01/11/2009
Ernst Bacon Performance Grant
The Ernst Bacon Society has announced a program of grants to underwrite portions of the rental fees for performances of orchestral works by Ernst Bacon. Celebrating the Bacon revival — including the recent release of Ford's Theatre on Naxos 8.5...
01/11/2009
Antheil's 'Ballet mécanique' returns to Boston
November 18, 1999, was the world premiere of George Antheil's spectacular 1924 composition Ballet mécanique in the original form that Antheil imagined. For multiple player pianos, percussion orchestra, airplane propellers, bells, and siren, the piece...
20/10/2009
Orchestra Focus: Civil War & Emancipation Proclamation
Civil War & Emancipation ProclamationThe significance of the Civil War to America cannot be measured, ending slavery at the cost of being the deadliest war in American history. To mark the upcoming sesquicentennial anniversaries of the Civil War (20...
20/10/2009
Kapilow Documentary: Summer Sun Winter Moon
SUMMER SUN WINTER MOON, a thought-provoking documentary film that exposes viewers to the reality of the American Indian perspective of Lewis and Clark's legendary "Corps of Discovery" mission, is scheduled for broadcast on PBS during November and Dec...
08/09/2009
Tan Dun Premieres ::::: Schirmer News Fall 2009
This Fall Tan Dun presents 2 major world premieres. On September 6 at the Grafenegg Music Festival in Austria, Tan Dun conducts soloists David Cossin, Haruka Fuji, Wang Bei Bei, and Zhang Meng in his Earth Concerto for ceramic instruments and orche...
08/09/2009
Dorman's Lost Souls ::::: Schirmer News Fall 2009
On November 20, Michael Stern conducts Alon Goldstein and the Kansas City Symphony in the premiere of Avner Dorman's new piano concerto Lost Souls. Referring to the work as a "séance for piano and orchestra," Dorman calls on the ghost...
08/09/2009
Kernis' Brandenburg ::::: Schirmer News Fall 2009
The conductor-less and perennially adventurous Orpheus Chamber Orchestra opens its 2009-10 season on October 8 with the world premiere of Aaron Jay Kernis’ Concerto with Echoes at Carnegie Hall. The New Brandenburgs, Orpheus’ groundbreaking commiss...
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Playlists
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Listen to samples of flute and piccolo concertos, some well-known, others ready to be explored, all ready to program.
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Explore these classic Schirmer works written for film.
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Features
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What's new for orchestra? Get your downloadable catalog here.
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Download the Orchestra handbook, a useful reference to G. Schirmer's extensive catalog of orchestra repertoire.
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Use this catalogue to pick the best repertoire for your Pops concerts.
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