Book with Online Audio (stream or download)-This new collection of 11-14 Rubank solos includes many that had long been unavailable. All are suitable for contest and festival performance (grades 2-4). Purchase includes exceptional performance tracks (recorded by pro players) accompaniment tracks for practice and PDF piano accompaniments for use at contest. Available December 2017. (Percussion book includes snare solos bass drum solos and percussion ensembles.)

Master Solos book/CD packs are a fresh source of solo literature in a comprehensive package for developing instrumentalists. The collections for the various instruments were personally selected and performed by world-famousperforming artists and educators (see below) and each features a specially prepared lesson. Every Master Solos pack includes 8 selections by renowned composers ? different for each instrument ? and a pianoaccompaniment book. The accompanying CDs are uniquely designed to serve in practice and performance situations and offer immeasurable benefits for the intermediate soloist and for the instrumental instructor. The first trackfeatures the solo performance with piano accompaniment providing tempo and musical style and the second track is the piano accompaniment only designed for rehearsal. The recorded accompaniment can also be used inperformances. Flute by Gary Sigurdson Oboe by Don Jaeger Bassoon by Leonard Sharrow Bb Clarinet by Ramon Kireilis Eb Alto Saxophone by Larry Teal Bb Trumpet/Cornet by Robert Getchell Horn by Louis Stout Trombone byBuddy Baker Baritone Horn by Larry Campbell Tuba by Daniel Perantoni Percussion by Peter Magadini. All books edited by Linda Rutherford.

Version 2010-“Books talk to each other” - Umberto Eco’s statement could just as easily apply to music as Les Citations for Oboe Harpsichord Double Bass and Percussion by Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013) brilliantly proves. Written in 1991 the score was reworked by the composer for the Festival d’Auvers-sur-Oise where the new version premiered in June 2010. The origin of this work goes back to For Aldeburgh 85. Written for the 75th birthday of singer Peter Pears the piece takes up a fragment of Peter Grimes whose leading role had been written by Britten for the beloved tenor. Dutilleux adds a page titled FromJanequin to Jehan Alain in which appears a song from the Renaissance composer “L’espoir que j’ay d’acquerir vostre grace” used by J. Alain in his Variations for Organ on a theme by Clément Janequin. The junction between the two parties is made through an Interlude that introduces the “wolf’s moan” theme from the ballet Le Loup (The Wolf) composed by Dutilleux in 1953 for the troupe of Roland Petit. This subtle tangle of quotations forms a shimmering and sensual work where the uniqueness of an authentic artist powerfully asserts itself.

A chamber ensemble piece that reflects Holt's passion for the visual arts and literature. The Banshee according to legend is less a shape than a mournful screaming that haunts the Irish night and the ScottishHighlands.Beneath the window of the visited house she fortells the death of one of the family.The Banshee was commissioned by Melinda Maxwell and is dedicated to her and Richard Benjafield thepercussionist at the first performance

 LUSKELL est une pièce pour Bande de Hautbois intégrant des élèves hautboïstes et bassonistes de cycle 1 and 2, Cette oeuvre a été commandée par l'association ' Bémols Perplexes ' sur l'impulsion de son directeur artistique : Claude Villevieille, Elle a été jouée pour la première fois le 9 février 01/01/14 à la maison de la musique de Nanterre (92) lors du concert des 20 ans de ' La Bande des Hautbois ', Une deuxième pièce, WOZNYA, est venue compléter cette commande,Cette pièce (ternaire) commence par une introduction en forme de berceuse qui utilise les notes harmoniques des hautbois et cor anglais, Puis les percussions annoncent une partie ' swinguée ' qui fait la part belle aux élèves hautboïstes et bassonistes, La Bande de Hautbois se charge des refrains durant ce swing, Les élèves hautboïstes les plus avancés se retrouvent solistes le temps d'un couplet et répondent à leurs camarades durant quelques mesures, LUSKELL se termine par un tutti mêlant élèves et Bande de Hautbois,NB : Les parties de hautbois et basson proposent quatre niveaux de difficultés pour des élèves de 1er cycle et début de 2nd cycle en conservatoire ou école de musique, Les parties A étant les plus simples (débutant) et D les plus difficiles, B and C correspondent à des niveaux intermédiaires entre ces deux extrêmes, A titre d'exemple - A - 1C2A / B - 1C3A / C - Fin 1er cycle / D - 2C1A ? à surtout adapter, moduler en fonction des élèves musiciens et de leur parcours, Collection Les bandes de hautbois / Hautbois