Bizet's Symphony in C Major is one of 11 classical pieces for advanced orchestra included in Richard Young's Comprehensive String Pedagogy & Curriculum. A portion of the proceeds of sales for all CSPC music goes to support free music education at The People's Music School.

Bizet composed his magical Symphony in C Major when he was only 17 years old – the same age as many of the youth orchestra musicians who play it today! That it radiates such joie de vivre should not obscure the reality that the 1st and 2nd violin parts in the finale make this one of the most challenging pieces in CSPC’s Advanced section. Indeed, there are few works in the entire Romantic orchestral repertoire that require such breathtaking virtuosity. The challenge for student and professional players alike is to make the difficulties sound like “child’s play.” A true virtuoso is not someone who makes easy things sound difficult. It’s someone who can make difficult things sound easy.
-Richard Young

Full program notes are included with the score. There are fingerings and bowings in all the string parts of every one of CSPC's pieces. These "cooked-in" technical solutions target the particular levels of the students. They are not just pragmatic but "musical."

Please note that due to a loss of source files, the PDF files of the music have been generated from scanned copies of printed parts. While every effort has been made to produce high quality parts, the limitations of scanning will result in some degradation of print quality.