Kantata Studios

09/09/2021

This post is to advise all readers that 10 new arrangements for beginning string orchestras are available. They are::
Berceuse, A Great Big Boo in 3, The Hesitant Hairy Rabbit,
The Little Bud Car, Icicles Dripping, The Mischievous Mop
Floating Snowflakes (great for Christmas) Peek a Boo Ghost,
Wallace The Wiggly Worm, and The Rhino And The Chimp.
All of these arrangements are available at "Sheet Music Plus".

08/23/2021

In September, I will be listing all of my compositions which are available at "Sheet Music Plus" and "The Canadian Music Centre". I have two new arrangements for string quartet or string orchestra. They are Blessed Jesus (Pie Jesu) by Gabriel Fauree and the Arioso by J.S. Bach. Both pieces are very suitable for
Jr. or Sr. High School Strings or Amateur Adult Orchestra.

08/22/2021

08/22/2021

This post is to advise all readers that, unfortunately the Kantata Studios Website was terminated dues to difficulties the company publishing the website. However, "Kantata Studios" is alive and well and I will be notifying interested people as to new works being available. Over the past fifteen months I have been writing arrangements for Duncan United Church. These arrangements are offered along with their publications of their newsletter entitled "The Dove". There are over forty titles of hymn tunes from the hymnal "Voices United" as well as "More Voices". I will be updating the Kantata Studios page with new titles becoming available. Please keep in mind that these titles are also
available on "Sheet Music Plus", as well as "The Canadian Music Centre". Many thanks

11/22/2017

A New violin solo for the intermediate violinist. A great piece with a wonderful theme.
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The Rambunctious Rondo for solo violin begins with a spritely, main theme which sends the Rondo off with a bang. The B and C sections are in contrast to the

11/02/2017

Here is a beautiful little arrangement of "Floating Snowflakes". Christmas will soon be upon us!
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“Floating Snowflakes” is a wonderful Christmas arrangement for Beginning String Orchestra, with an original Christmas melody, using very easy grace notes, which is then merged with the Christmas carol “The

10/25/2017

Here is a wonderful musical story about the "Bud Car" that used to travel from Victoria to Courtenay on Vancouver Island.

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“The Little Bud Car That Could” is written for violin solo and piano. This is a musical story about a train car and his adventures. The “Bud Car” was a

03/16/2017

Hello all. Im busy writing orchestral arrangements for all of the compositions in "The Scampering Scarecrow Violin Book.
It really should be from "The Scampering Scarecrow Violin, viola and Cello book because they are also represented in the "Scampering Scarecrow String Series". I also am almost finished "A Winter's Lament" written for Intermediate musicians.

03/09/2017

Interested in a great jazzy number for intermediate viola? Check out the sample score for "The-Girl-with-the-Bluesy-Hair" on our website and take a listen to how it sounds using our audio sample.
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08/01/2016

A very suitable Halloween composition, originally written as a violin solo is "A Great Big Boo in 3". The piece introduces young musician to the "A Melodic Minor Scale", as well as introducing them to new rhythm patterns found in the piece. A great piece for assisting young students to count as they play, as the piece highlights the use of rests throughout. [ 196 more words. ]

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A very suitable Halloween composition, originally written as a violin solo is "A Great Big Boo in 3" which is now written for intermediate orchestra students. The piece has a wonderful melody and musicians experience many different string techniques throughout the composition. The arrangement is com...

05/03/2016

"Wallace The Wiggly Worm" is a solo piece written to assist young cellist's in learning the art of playing chromatics in musical pieces. Young cello students seldom get the opportunity to play solo pieces which contain chromatic melodies. "Wallace The Wiggly Worm" is not only excellent practise for using chromatics, but more importantly, is a wonderful solo piece to play. Along with learning about the theory of chromatics, the student achieves a wonderful cello piece for performance. Have a listen to the MP3 audio file of this great little piece.

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"Wallace The Wiggly Worm" is a piece which assists the student to understand about the fi*****ng and sound of chromatics played on the cello. A FUN PIECE!

04/25/2016

A sneaky little jazz solo which requires the soloist to have an excellent grasp of jazz rhythms. An extremely fun piece to play; one which will excite audiences as well.

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A sneaky little jazz piece for solo violin.

04/23/2016

"Wallace The Wiggly Worm" is a solo piece written to assist young violinists in learning the art of playing chromatics in musical pieces. Young violin students seldom get the opportunity to play solo violin pieces which contain chromatic melodies. "Wallace The Wiggly Worm" is not only excellent practise for using chromatics, but more importantly, is a wonderful solo piece to play. [ 30 more words. ]

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“Wallace The Wiggly Worm” is a solo piece  written to assist young violinists in learning the art of playing chromatics in musical pieces.  Young violin students seldom get the opportunity to play

04/08/2016

The enclosed compositions were written by Garth Williams for Intermediate and Advanced students studying the violin. They can be downloaded as a complete disk or as individual pieces. This is a performance given by Garth Williams, violin and Ruth Williams, Piano. We hope that in listening to these pieces, you will either choose to play or teach one of these compositions. [ 110 more words. ]

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The enclosed compositions were written by Garth Williams for Intermediate and Advanced students studying the violin.  They can be downloaded as a complete disk or as individual pieces.  This is

04/04/2016

THE-SCAMPERING-SCARECROW-STRING ORCHESTRA
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You will find posts about new publications, my teaching schedule, seasonal pieces for my young students and updates about Kantata Studios!

03/29/2016

The enclosed compositions were written by Garth Williams for Intermediate and Advanced students studying the violin. They can be downloaded as a complete disk or as individual pieces. This is a performance given by Garth Williams, violin and Ruth Williams, piano. We hope that in listening to these pieces, that you either choose to possibly play or teach one of these compositions. If not, and you are just interested in listening, please enjoy. Many thanks for taking the time to listen. Garth Williams

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The  enclosed compositions were written by Garth Williams for Intermediate and Advanced students studying the violin.  They can be downloaded as a complete disk or as individual pieces.  This is

03/15/2016

The "Scampering Scarecrow String Series" now includes books containing ten seasonal pieces written for violin, viola and cello. For class string teachers and string orchestral conductors these tunes are available in a Beginning Orchestra Series available at "kantatastudios.com".

String music for all ages and difficulty levels. Solo Compositions available for Violin, Viola, and cello, as well as duets, and orchestra compositions.