SKU: SU.94010762

Dedicated to Titus Underwood, Principal Oboe, Nashville Symphony OrchestraOboe Duration: 5' Composed: 2020 Published by: Subito Music Publishing PROGRAM NOTE: The year 2020 has definitely been a very challenging year with many upheavals. During this time of the COVID-19 health crisis, wearing masks, and high racial tensions, I decided to compose four short solo woodwind works for flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon, which represent the core woodwind section in an orchestra. I was inspired to compose these short pieces after I first heard Igor Stravinsky's three short pieces for clarinet, which totals a little more than four minutes in duration. I thought that it would be nice to highlight and honor my African-American male colleagues in the orchestral music world. I wanted to celebrate the fact that they are the principal player in the section of their respective orchestras. The short pieces are as follows: Principal Brother No. 1 for flute solo for Demarre McGill, Principal Flute of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Principal Brother No. 2 for oboe solo for Titus Underwood, Principal Oboe of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Principal Brother No. 3 for clarinet solo for Anthony McGill, Principal Clarinet of the New York Philharmonic, and Principal Brother No. 4 for bassoon solo for Bryan Young, Principal Bassoon of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra. These works all begin with notes that are representative of their name; D for Demarre, B for Titus (ti in solfège starting on C), A for Anthony, and Bb for Bryan. There is also a rhythmic figure in the opening measures of each piece, which represent the utterance of their names. All four of these works are rhapsodic in nature with elements of improvisation. - James Lee III.

SKU: BT.HU3106

ISBN 9789230085254.

107 short technical exercises for Oboe.

SKU: ST.C474

ISBN 9790570814749.

Tricks and Games comprises a series of short and contrasting pieces, in a light, yet essentially modern idiom. Parts are intended to be played by two pupils of similar abilities, rather than by teacher and pupil, with the aim of public rather than private performance.

Oboe duet
Grades 3–6
Former Spartan Press Cat. No.: SP131.

SKU: HL.44000780

ISBN 9789043115735. UPC: 073999065558. International (more than one language).

If you see a house under construction, it's on its way to becoming a complete home for people to live in. With Scales Under Construction, it's much the same: step by step, you'll build up a framework while learning to play more and more scales, until you master all the major scales and feel comfortable with them. This book deals with all major scales up to those with three sharps or flats in their key signatures - first in the form of an exercise and then in a short fun piece made up of scale fragments. Gradually you'll learn to play all the major scales.