Concert band (Piccolo, 1st Flute, 2nd Flute, 1st Oboe, 2nd Oboe*, Eb Clarinet*, 1st Bb Clarinet, 2nd Bb Clarinet, 3rd Bb Clarinet, Bb Bass Clarinet, 1st Bassoon, 2nd Bassoon*, 1st Eb Alto Saxophone, 2nd Eb Alto Saxophone, Bb Tenor Saxophone, Eb Baritone Saxophone*, 1st) - grade 5

SKU: CN.R10229

Composed by Siegfried Nauman. Band Music. Score and parts. Duration 4:30. Published by G & M Brand Music Publishers (CN.R10229).

Written in the Italian style - with a pinch of Sousa, Marcia a Montecelio was composed on pure inspiration in just two days. This concert march will excite your audience and challenge your ensemble.

Monticello is the name of a little place northeast of Rome where my wife and I have rented a simple home for more than 20 years. We participated intensively in the cultural life of the community where there was also a little band, the Banda Municipale Cornicolana, which consisted of about 55 wind players, mostly youngsters. One day, the Il Direttore came to me and asked if I would like to write a march for them, which I naturally did. It became the Marcia a Montecelio. After 14 rehearsals, with everyone tired, perspiring and red in the face, we were forced to give up. The march was too difficult for them. I then wrote another, easier march for them to perform at the forthcoming feast of San Michaeli. The Montecelio march was composed on pure inspiration in just two days. It is written in the Italian style - with a pinch of Sousa.

Method, Squareback saddle stitch. Folk. Book and online audio. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30770M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Grade 2

SKU: CL.011-1812-00

Overture. Young Concert Band. Command Series. Score and set of parts. Composed 1985. C.L. Barnhouse #011-1812-00. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.011-1812-00).

A very playable, but exceptionally rewarding work for contest by the composer of the best-selling Prometheus Overture’’ and Hyperion Overture.’’ A wonderful overture that sounds great and is also a very effective teaching device for the very young.

Orchestra Cello, Contrabass, Piano, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violin 3 - Grade 3.5

SKU: CF.CAS108F

Composed by James Meredith. Concert String Orchestra (CAS). Full score. With Standard notation. 16 pages. Carl Fischer Music #CAS108F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CAS108F).

ISBN 9781491151648. UPC: 680160909148. 9 x 12 inches. Key: D minor.

Thomas Jefferson's Fiddle Tunes is inspired by Thomas and Martha Jefferson's musical evenings after dinner at Monticello. Composer James Meredith has taken three reels from the colonial period in American history and put them together into a potpourri setting that students will enjoy playing.
Good music played well inspires the imagination. In the evenings after dinner at Monticello Thomas and Martha Jefferson enjoyed nothing better than to play music. Each was an accomplished musician. Jefferson would play the violin, and Martha would often accompany him at the piano. He especially enjoyed the music of Corelli. Thomas Jefferson’s Fiddle Tunes is an effort to depict what a musical evening might have been at the farm with guests joining in, clapping, stomping, or dancing to the lively tunes. Three reels of the Colonial period are featured in this medley. Jefferson and Liberty, Smash the Windows, and The White Cockade. Each jig is introduced by a solo violin then the whole section joins in.

About Carl Fischer Concert String Orchestra Series

This series of pieces (Grade 3 and higher) is designed for advancing ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:

• Expanded use of rhythms, ranges and keys but technical demands are still carefully considered
• More comprehensive bowing techniques
• Viola T.C. included
• Careful selection of keys and degree of difficulty for advancing musicians

(46 Songs for Medium/Low Voice and Piano). Composed by William Bolcom. For Vocal, Medium/Low Voice, Piano Accompaniment. E.B. Marks. Softcover. 248 pages. Published by Edward B. Marks Music

String quartet

SKU: FG.55011-486-9

Composed by Kai Nieminen. Score and parts. Fennica Gehrman #55011-486-9. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-486-9).

ISBN 9790550114869.

The composer describes his 3rd string quartet, as follows: When we moved from Mantsala to Ylitornio in 1962, the experience of the northern sky at night without streetlight or other light pollution just stuck in my mind. The depth of the starry sky and the idea of how small we actually are inspired me for the three series of the string quartet. All of the string quartets are associated with the winter atmosphere and winter light in Sea Lapland. The series will culminate in the Gestures of Winter quartet, nicknamed as Time Around Northern Night Skies....