A collection of 10 entrancing, original pieces designed for young cellists (with piano or CD accompaniment) in either a reading-based or Suzuki group lesson environment. This collection enables players of different levels to perform together---many of the pieces include parts for beginner, elementary, and more advanced players, and can be played successfully in different combinations. Includes reproducible cello parts and a 36-page score. The CD features a full performance of each piece as well as piano accompaniment tracks.

Prepared and edited by Rick Mooney, a well-known Suzuki teacher, teacher-trainer and member of the Suzuki Cello Committee, these books contain harmony parts to go with many of the pieces in the Suzuki Cello School, Volumes 1, 2 and 3. All of these pieces have been arranged to resemble, as much as possible, the existing piano accompaniments. These ensembles enable a cello teacher (who does not play or have access to a piano) to play harmony parts with students to prepare them for the time when a piano and pianist are available. Also, these parts give additional challenges for the more advanced player during a group lesson. Titles: * Long, Long Ago (T.H. Bayly) * Maytime Komm Lieber Mai from Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge, K. 596 (duet & quartet) (W.A. Mozart) * Minuet No. 1, Minuet II from Suite in G Minor for Klavier, BWV 822 (J.S. Bach) * Minuet No. 3, Minuet in C, BWV Anh. II 114/Anh. III 183 (J.S. Bach) * Chorus from Judas Maccabaeus (G.F. Handel) * Hunters' Chorus from 3rd Act of the opera Der Freischutz (C.M. von Weber) * Musette, Gavotte II for the Musette from English Suite No. 3 in G Minor for Klavier, BWV 808 (J.S. Bach) * March in G (J.S. Bach) * Theme from Witches' Dance (N. Paganini) * The Moon over the Ruined Castle (R. Taki) * The Two Grenadiers, Die beiden Granadier, Op. 49, No. 1 (R. Schumann) * Gavotte (F.J. Gossec) * Bourrée from Sonata in F Major for Oboe and Basso Continuo, HHA IV/18. No. 8-EZ (G.F. Handel)

This flexible collection of string ensembles will inspire chamber music performance while introducing beginners to some of the greatest classic themes ever written. Correlated with Strictly Strings, Book 2, Strictly Classics, Book 2 contains 14 ensembles spanning four centuries of music. Its flexible format provides performance opportunities for solo (with piano accompaniment), duet, and trio up through full string ensemble. Strictly Classics, Book 1 introduces 18 additional ensemble pieces which correlate with Strictly Strings , Book 1.

A fine collection of 39 ensemble arrangements comprising duets, trios, and 1 quartet which provide the accompaniment parts for pieces and songs in volumes 1 and 2 of this series. Level 1 ensembles corresponding to volume 1 are all in 1st position. Level 2 covers the backward and forward extensions, as well as the 4th and 2nd positions on the A and D strings.

Prepared and edited by Rick Mooney, a well-known Suzuki teacher, teacher-trainer, and member of the Suzuki Cello Committee, these books contain harmony parts to go with many of the pieces in the Suzuki Cello School, Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4. All of these pieces have been arranged to resemble, as much as possible, the existing piano accompaniments. These ensembles enable a cello teacher (who does not play or have access to a piano) to play harmony parts with students to prepare them for the time when a piano and pianist are available. These parts also provide additional challenges for the more advanced player during a group lesson. Volume 1 contents are: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Theme and Variations (Shinichi Suzuki) * French Folk Song (Folk Song) * Song of the Wind (Folk Song) * Go Tell Aunt Rhody (Folk Song) * O Come, Little Children (Folk Song) * May Song (Folk Song) * Allegro (Shinichi Suzuki) * Perpetual Motion (Shinichi Suzuki) * Long, Long Ago (T. H. Bayly) * Andantino (F. J. Gossec) * Rigadoon (H. Purcell) * Etude (Shinichi Suzuki) * Minuet in C, No. 11 in G Major from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (J. S. Bach) * Maytime (cello duet), Komm Lieber Mai from Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge, K. 596 (W. A. Mozart) * Maytime (cello quartet) (W. A. Mozart) * Minuet No. 2 from Minuet in G Major, BWV 116 (J. S. Bach).