SKU: PR.16500092L

UPC: 680160039531. 11 x 17 inches.

Zion is the third and final installment of a series of works for Wind Ensemble inspired by national parks in the western United States, collectively called Three Places in the West. As in the other two works (The Yellowstone Fires and Arches), it is my intention to convey more an impression of the feelings I've had in Zion National Park in Utah than an attempt at pictorial description. Zion is a place with unrivalled natural grandeur, being a sort of huge box canyon in which the traveler is constantly overwhelmed by towering rock walls on every side of him -- but it is also a place with a human history, having been inhabited by several tribes of native Americans before the arrival of the Mormon settlers in the mid-19th century. By the time the Mormons reached Utah, they had been driven all the way from New York State through Ohio and, with tragic losses, through Missouri. They saw Utah in general as a place nobody wanted, but they were nonetheless determined to keep it to themselves. Although Zion Canyon was never a Mormon Stronghold, the people who reached it and claimed it (and gave it its present name) had been through extreme trials. It is the religious fervor of these persecuted people that I was able to draw upon in creating Zion as a piece of music. There are two quoted hymns in the work: Zion's Walls (which Aaron Copland adapted to his own purposes in both is Old American Songs and the opera The Tender Land) and Zion's Security, which I found in the same volume in which Copland found Zion's Walls -- that inexhaustible storehouse of 19th-century hymnody called The Sacred Harp. My work opens with a three-verse setting of Zion's Security, a stern tune in F-sharp minor which is full of resolve. (The words of this hymn are resolute and strong, rallying the faithful to be firm, and describing the city of our God they hope to establish). This melody alternates with a fanfare tune, whose origins will be revealed in later music, until the second half of the piece begins: a driving rhythmic ostinato based on a 3/4-4/4 alternating meter scheme. This pauses at its height to restate Zion's Security one more time, in a rather obscure setting surrounded by freely shifting patterns in the flutes, clarinets, and percussion -- until the sun warms the ground sufficiently for the second hymn to appear. Zion's Walls is set in 7/8, unlike Copland's 9/8-6/8 meters (the original is quite strange, and doesn't really fit any constant meter), and is introduced by a warm horn solo. The two hymns vie for attention from here to the end of the piece, with the glowingly optimistic Zion's Walls finally achieving prominence. The work ends with a sense of triumph and unbreakable spirit. Zion was commissioned in 1994 by the wind ensembles of the University of Texas at Arlington, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Oklahoma. It is dedicated to the memory of Aaron Copland.

SKU: CA.965500

ISBN 9790007164409. Language: Latin.

For faithful Catholics it is the great mystery, and for those who are not Christian believers it is incomprehensible, possibly even off-putting - the mystery of the Eucharist. As far back as the late medieval period, the verse prayer Ave verum inimitably captures the special atmosphere of the contradiction between a terrible death and the redemption of mankind. Matsushita sets an early version of this prayer for the Eucharist in motet-like ABA form. A floating melody, alternating precisely between major and minor and first sung solo by all four voices in transposition, introduces the piece in a contemplative style. The scale is then altered in the counterpoint to a pure Dorian mode, contrasting in the middle section at the text vere passum, where Matsushita accompanies the increasingly wide-ranging melody and its chromatic, augmented intervals, by increasingly dissonant chordal shifts like a fauxbourdon. From this the tonal high point develops into an almost perfect F major, which then finally picks up on the opening motif for the added lines of text O Jesu dulcis, o Jesu pie... before ebbing away in F major. Voice range: S: des' - fis'' / A:gdeg - d'' / T: cdeg - as' / B: F - c'.

SKU: HL.356773

ISBN 9781705113066. UPC: 840126941944. 9.0x12.0x0.345 inches.

The Strum Together series enables players of five different instruments – or any combination of them – to “strum together” on 70 great songs. This easy-to-use format features melody, lyrics, and chord diagrams for five popular folk instruments: standard ukulele, baritone ukulele, guitar, mandolin, and banjo. A great resource for beginning stringed instrument players who are ready to experience the fun of making music together! This collection includes 70 tunes perfect for your next coffeehouse gig: Across the Universe • Alison • Big Yellow Taxi • The Boys of Summer • Budapest • Constant Craving • Diamonds on the Inside • Dust in the Wind • Free Fallin' • Give a Little Bit • Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) • Hallelujah • I Melt with You • Iris • Leaving on a Jet Plane • Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) • The Scientist • You're So Vain • and more.

SKU: BT.MUSMFK100089

ISBN 9781780385556.

Music For Kids: Jingle Bells features 18 favourite Christmas tunes with melody line and chord symbols, ideal for Guitar, Ukulele and Recorder. The pack is ideal to encourage your child to sing, with fun backingtracks on CD featuring sing-along versions of all the songs.

• Audio CD of all of the songs
• Library of Guitar and Ukulele chords
• Fun-filled activity pages with Christmas scenes and stickers

SKU: MN.50-5006A

UPC: 688670004902. Text: Charles Wesley.

SKU: HL.380889

UPC: 196288019343. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches. John 6:51, Luke 9:10-17, Matthew 1:22-23.

This octavo is something delightfully different for your programming. Based on a traditional Jamaican melody, optional hand chimes will add an “islands feel” to bring the spirit of joy, hope and love into the sanctuary. The writing is approachable and perfectly crafted for this unique message that celebrates the community of faith. Score and Parts (hbl, perc, b) available as a digital download.