SKU: GH.GE-11240

ISBN 9790070112406.

Sixten about his Organ Sonata:
I wanted to create a classic Sonata that was leaning on different musical expressions and traditions, still doing my own thing with the way I treat those influences and how I put them together. I wanted to write a piece that an organist really would enjoy playing, and that attracts the audience..

SKU: P2.30094

Mark My Words, originally for tuba (but just as fun to play on clarinet), was composed by James Grant in February of 2007 as a heartfelt gift to his great friend and staunch musical ally, tubist Mark Nelson, in celebration of their first collaboration fourteen years earlier (Three Furies for solo tuba). Grant writes, When I began composing Mark My Words, I told Mark to be prepared for something fun that sounded like Charlie Brown doing a funky bossa nova (think jazz pianist/composer Vince Guaraldi's Linus and Lucy). I did not tell him that the middle section of Mark My Words would make overt references to all of the principal shapes, motives and themes from the Three Furies - my way of thanking Mark Nelson, specifically, for opening wide the door of composing for tuba and euphonium those many years ago and for so enthusiastically escorting me over that threshold. I am but one of many grateful composers whom Mark has supported over the years by commissioning, then recording their music. Mark My Words is my humble attempts at giving back to this devoted educator, consummate musician, fervent promoter of new music for tuba, and - yes - kickass player..

SKU: LO.70-2465L

ISBN 9780787779498.

Here are ten time-honored hymns, chosen and arranged by Mark Hayes in a creative yet simple style. There are no octave stretches in either hand. When the right hand is doing something challenging, the left hand is just supporting the right hand. The key signatures are friendly and the time signatures are easy to figure out. Mark’s creativity and trademark sense of harmony are on full display in this volume, perfect for adults who wish to return to piano and for younger keyboardists just starting their musical journeys.

SKU: AP.45975S

UPC: 038081526560. English.

This fun piece combines a fast jump beat with sections representing someone doing some big jumps on a trampoline. As they go higher and higher, onlookers watch and encourage through hand claps and foot stomps! (2:00).

SKU: AP.47261S

UPC: 038081546070. English.

This lighthearted selection puts a warm musical spin on an activity so many find themselves doing every holiday season---shopping! A call bell in the percussion section mimics the cash register and signals each purchase in this fun, musical shopping trip. Correlates with Sound Innovations for Concert Band, Book 1, Level 4).

SKU: AP.46342

UPC: 038081527215. English. Traditional Spiritual.

A rhythmic piano accompaniment drives this well-crafted arrangement of the classic spiritual. Singers will love the crescendoing choral riff that connects the syncopated refrains to the call and response verses. A vibrant descant grows more and more soulful toward the end, bringing the piece to a climactic close!