Beautiful, ready-to-use warm-up music for school string orchestras.

These five free chorales were created to help your ensemble develop tone, blend, listening, intonation, and musicality from the very first minutes of rehearsal.

Unlike mechanical warm-ups that simply fill time, these chorales are designed to sound genuinely musical—giving your students meaningful ensemble playing while preparing them technically.

Your free download includes:
  • Full conductor score

  • Complete string orchestra parts

  • 5 ready-to-use warm-up chorales

  • Instant PDF delivery

Free Resources

Why these chorales?

As a string educator and composer, I have always believed that warm-ups should do more than prepare fingers.

The opening minutes of rehearsal shape the atmosphere of the entire session.

These chorales were written to help student orchestras:

  • develop a richer ensemble sound

  • improve balance and listening

  • strengthen intonation awareness

  • encourage musical phrasing from the beginning

  • make warm-up time feel artistically meaningful


These chorales have already been used successfully by orchestra teachers in rehearsal settings and praised for being both practical and musical.

About the composer

César Avilés is a composer, violinist, and string educator who writes music specifically for school string orchestras.
His catalog includes original concert works, educational repertoire, and arrangements designed to be both musically rewarding and practical for teachers and students.

If you enjoy these free resources, you are warmly invited to explore the full catalog of string orchestra music.

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