SKU: FJ.B1578

UPC: 674398232895. English.

This tribute to the exhilaration and majesty of flight is a perfect opener for your next concert. The aggressive opening fanfare provides the catalyst for the entire work as the music moves through a series of textural shifts. After a more subdued middle section (at the same tempo), the opening music returns once more in heroic fashion, driving to a thrilling ending.

About FJH Young Band

Appropriate for middle school and smaller high school groups. Second clarinets usually stay below the break. Parts are written with more independence, and instrumentation increases slightly. There is still adequate doubling in the lower voices. Grades 2 - 2.5

SKU: AP.48067S

UPC: 038081556857. English.

Lost Tomb of the Incas by Michael Story will transport your orchestra to the ancient civilization of the Incas. Featuring full-sounding melodies, interesting rhythmic accompaniments, and exciting percussion parts, this piece can be performed by string orchestra alone, or with as many added winds and percussion as possible, up to full orchestra. A perfect piece to open or close any concert or festival! (2:00) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

SKU: AP.30824

UPC: 038081351186. English.

This piece for symphonic band by Jerry Brubaker is a musical excursion into the American driving experience. From majestic mountain vistas and wide open spaces to the hustle and bustle of rush hour traffic. There is even a section about the beloved covered bridge. Find one and there's bound to be an interesting little two lane country road leading up to it. The piece is designed around just two themes which are tied together in the final section which the composer calls Our Favorite Road. This can be the road to the beach, to the mountains or just simply cruisin' with the top down on a summer afternoon! Enjoy this delightful taste of Americana. (7:11) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

SKU: AP.48067

UPC: 038081556840. English.

Lost Tomb of the Incas by Michael Story will transport your orchestra to the ancient civilization of the Incas. Featuring full-sounding melodies, interesting rhythmic accompaniments, and exciting percussion parts, this piece can be performed by string orchestra alone, or with as many added winds and percussion as possible, up to full orchestra. A perfect piece to open or close any concert or festival! (2:00) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

SKU: AP.48080

UPC: 038081553887. English.

Inspired by the sound of elementary Orff ensembles, Gamelan Groove, by Doug Spata, consists of easy two-measure phrases with layered pizzicato throughout creating fun and funky textures. Using only the notes of the D and A strings (basses go up to open G), this piece will give beginners a great introduction to ensemble playing and note reading. (1:52) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

SKU: CL.012-4451-01

Reflections From the Wall commemorates the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, and is inspired by the men and women who served our country during this conflict. The basis of the music is an emotional representation of the composer's visit to the Vietnam War Memorial and to the power of this spectacular monument. Opening with a simple depiction of a cloud-covered morning which broadens into a dramatic and powerful reflection from the wall as the sun breaks through the clouds. Emotion, reflection and a sincere thanks to those who served are the driving musical elements of this powerful piece. This composition will be received warmly and gratefully by all audiences.

SKU: HL.284555

UPC: 888680912901. 9x12 inches.

Composers note:

I never imagined I would write a string quartet. Then I heard the JACK Quartet, and I understood how I might be able to make the medium my own. The result was The Wind in High Places - a twenty-minute work composed entirely on natural harmonics and open strings.

Over the next few years, two more quartets followed. The second quartet, untouched, is a further exploration of the aeolian sound world of the first. Then, in Canticles of the Sky, the musicians finally touch the fingerboards of their instruments.

And now comes Everything That Rises.

This fourth quartet is more expansive, both in time and in space. It grows out of Sila: The Breath of the World - a performance-length choral/orchestral work composed on a rising series of sixteen harmonic clouds.

Everything That Rises traverses this same territory, but in a much more melodic way.

Each musician is a soloist, playing throughout. They surround the audience. Time floats.

Over the course of an hour, the lines spin out - always rising - in acoustically perfect intervals that grow progressively smaller as they spiral upward... until the music dissolves into the soft noise of the bows, sighing.