Music will usually be available on this site (see below.) Music is also often available at www.imslp.org. However, music may not match the versions being used so it's better to use the downloads from this site. You might wish to look at IMSLP to see parts of the piece that are not being played by the Rain City Symphony.
How to print music from this site:
- Click on your instrument or instrument group below. Note that english horn parts are included with oboes, bass clarinet with clarinets, etc.
- This will cause a zip file containing all of the parts for music of the quarter..
- You can then open the zip file and print the music or copy it to your device for display.
- Peter Klein has provided some helpful hints on how to resize music to fit on the page if you are having difficulties. Just download
the Peter's printing hints file. When you print your music, you may also wish to consider whether you want it single or double sided.
How to print music from imslp:
- After clicking on the link above, search for the piece by composer and then click on the "Parts" tab
- Find the part(s) you want and click on the part name (e.g. Oboe 1, 2)
- On the disclaimer page, click "I accept this disclaimer, continue to download file" - This brings up the part in your pdf viewer
- From the viewer, use the Print option - you may wish to think about whether you need all the pages and whether you want it single or double sided
For Spring 2025
Music for the spring quarter includes three pieces: Rimsky-Korsakov's Tales of Tsar Saltan Suite, Farrenc's Overture #1, and Griffes' Poem for Flute and Orchestra. Currently all the music is in the links below. Bowed versions of all music are available for all strings. Bowed parts for the Griffes and Rimsky-Korsakov have file names beginning with b-. The Farrenc came prebowed.
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet
Bassoon
Horn
Trumpet
Low Brass
Percussion
Harp
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Bass
Full Scores
For Winter 2025
Music for the winter quarter includes four pieces: Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 3, Ravel's Le Petit Pouchet (Tom Thumb) from the Mother Goose Suite and his Pavane pour une infante defunte, and Coleridge-Taylor's Four Characteristic Waltzes. Note that the download process has changed. When you click on the link a zip file will automatically be downloaded. This zip file will contain all the music for the quarter. Bowed versions of all music are currently available for all strings and the zip files below have been updated. Bowed parts have file names beginning with b-
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet
Bassoon
Horn
Trumpet
Low Brass
Percussion
Harp
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Bass
Full Scores
For Fall 2024
Music for the fall quarter includes three pieces: Wagner's Prelude to Act 3 of Lohengrin, Massenet's Cendrillon Suite (parts 2-4 and 6), and Schubert's Symphony 8. Note that the download process has changed. When you click on the link a zip file will automatically be downloaded. This zip file will contain all the music for the quarter. Bowed versions of all music for all strings are currently available. Bowed parts have file names beginning with b-. A link to a file containing Teresa's tempi has been added below.
Flute
Oboe
Clarinet
Bassoon
Horn
Trumpet
Low Brass
Percussion
Harp
Violin 1
Violin 2
Viola
Cello
Bass
Full Scores
