Sign up for the Musical EdVentures mailing list . What you need to view the scores and listen to the recordings About the recordings These recordings are, if I remember correctly, of a middle school string orchestra sight reading. 2nd violin, viola, and cello parts use open strings only.
First parts are mostly step-wise motion.
Leaps are mostly to or from an open string. In modes of D major. No notes requiring the fourth finger for violins and viola. The writing is mostly homophonic, except in the bass, and a few spots. The dense, dark, exciting chords will be more challenging to students ears than to their fingers, and also, hopefully, an exciting and educational change from straight triadic harmony.