The well-known children's prayer Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep is the basis of this teaching and performance piece for beginners. Lloyd has also included some vocal effects that reinforce proper dynamics and will put a smile on any listener's face. Dur: 3:30

This medley features three songs in traditional Celtic/Irish fashion with a melancholy ballad and two rhythmic folk tunes in triple and duple meter. The interest in folk and Celtic/Irish style continues to grow and your playersand audience will love this one! Includes: Aignish on the Machair As I Roved Out and Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms.

Three delightful “village” songs from the Spanish Renaissance have been combined into this instrumental suite for younger string ensembles. The short movements have stylistic shifts between major and minor modes andare written with melodic moving parts for all instruments. The optional medieval percussion adds to the Renaissance flavor. I. Song of the Innkeeper; II. Song of the Soldier; III. Song of the Woodmen

In Japan there is an old tale whic has been told since before time began. Two of the most beautiful stars in the night sky are Altair representing Man and Vega representing Woman. These two lovers can meet each other only one time each year on the night of July 7th. Living on opposite sides of the Milky Way they have to ride a ship to meet each other on that night. If it rains they cannot see each other because the river of light in the sky is swollen. The name of the star ship that Altair and Vega ride is called Hoshi no Fune. I wante to express in music the pain of these separated lovers.

The Rosegarden Of Light - String Sextet Parts-Gulistan-e Nur: The Rosegarden of Light for String Sextet and Youth Ensemble. Instrumentation: Professional String Sextet (2 Vlns 2 Vlas 1 Cello 1 Db). Youth/amateur ensemble (Interludes only): open instrumentation (5 treble alto bass parts (transpositions available) Keyboard). The Three Interludes are supplied separately. The sextet movements/Three Interludes can also be performed separately. I Bahar-e nastaran-bihag (Radio Piece) Interlude 1/ Introduction (Youth ensemble) Sextet Movement 1 (Professional) II - Shirin dokhtar-e maldar (Sweet Nomad Girl)Interlude 2 Sextet Movement 2 III - Watan Jan (Dear Homeland) Interlude 3 Sextet Movement 3 Duration: c.26 mins (complete) / c.16 mins (sextet movements only). On 11 December 2014 several young musicians from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music were performing at the Istiqlal School home to the French Cultural Centre in Kabul. The venue was targeted by a suicide bomber with devastating results leaving a number of students (and ANIM’s founder and Director Dr. Ahmad Sarmast) with severe injuries. Despite these most challenging of circumstances ANIM continues to provide an extraordinary learning environment for all its students regardless of gender ethnicity or social circumstances. They are committed to assuring musical rights rebuilding lives through music training future music educators establishing intercultural dialogue and to reviving and preserving Afghan Music. Gulistan-e Nur: The Rosegarden of Light is dedicated with great admiration to Dr. Ahmad Sarmast and to the students and staff of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul particularly remembering those who were injured in the 11 December attack. The work is also dedicated to Kevin Bishop and members of the pioneering ensemble Cuatro Puntos who are dedicated to global co-operation and

This medley for string orchestra from High School Musical 3: Senior Year includes: We're All in This Together Now or Never Right Here Right Now I Want It All Can I Have This Dance and High School Musical.

Four Christmas favorites combine to create a sparkling showcase for holiday programs. Perform with band alone or with chorus and strings for a fabulous concert finale! Includes: Deck the Hall Ding Dong! Merrily on High I SawThree Ships and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.

From this current Broadway smash hit comes high energy American pop and rock songs that give the show its across-the-board appeal. Includes: Good Morning Baltimore I Know Where I've Been The Nicest Kids in Town Run and Tell That and You Can't Stop the Beat.

für zwei Violinen und Viola oder drei Violinen-'This work brings me as much pleasure as if I were writing a major symphony...'. This was how Dvorak communicated to his publisher Simrock the joy he felt while working on Op.75a (Miniatures for Two Violins and Viola) and he immediately set about reworking it for Violin and Piano giving it a new title Romantic Pieces. The four short movements fully evoke the atmosphere of home music-making for which it was written. The Czech edition goes by the title Drobnosti (Miniatures) and is accompanied by a short Gavotte dated 1890 and also written in a simpler style for three Violins. This title is part of the first Complete CriticalEdition of Works by Antonin Dvorak.

In classic musical theater style with delightful rhythmic and harmonic coloring, this medley will take the audience and orchestra on a trip to Neverland that will never be forgotten. I'm Flying and I Won't Grow Up are featured. (4:10) / Orchestre A Cordes

Abstract Mirror is a single movement work for string quintet The composer writes: 'After listening to the Schubert Quintet it occurred to me that one of the many virtues of that score is the way the second cello is absorbed effortlessly into the texture. I became fascinated with the reverse highlighting the added sonority of the bass texture.' The title refers not only to the reverse image that a mirror provides but also to the idea of fragmentation refraction and distortion.

John Moss' superb writing brings us four of the best Beach Boy songs ever to hit the airwaves. With I Get Around In My Room Good Vibrations and Barbara Ann your students will love to play these infectious feel-good songs from the '60s.