Sketches from Down Under. Composed by Roland Barrett. Concert Band; Part(s); Score. Belwin Concert Band. Form: Medley; Overture. Multicultural. 268 pages. Published by Belwin Music (AP.44926).

Arranged by Joel Raney. Score. Hope Publishing Company #9114. Published by Hope Publishing Company

(The followers of Jesus reflect on His final days). By Lloyd Larson. For SATB Choir and Piano (with optional orchestra). Cantata. Choral: Easter, Lent. Choral score. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

By Richard Byrd. For 3 Clarinets, Bass Clarinet. Part(s); Quartet; Score; Woodwind - Clarinet Quartet. Eighth Note Publications. 16 pages. Published by Eighth Note Publications

(2 (2pic).2.2.2-4.2.3.0-timp.2perc (s.d., b.d., cym., tri., gng, tub.bells)-hp.cel-str)

SKU: HL.49002518

Vocal Score. Composed by Sir Michael Tippett. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Piano reduction. Composed 1947-1952. 413 pages. Duration 150'. Schott Music #ED 10778. Published by Schott Music (HL.49002518).

ISBN 9790220120466. UPC: 073999913347. 9.0x12.0x1.015 inches. English.

Like few other theatre worksThe Magic Flute, A Midsummer Night's DreamTippett's first opera creates a wholly other place, one where human actions can be seen as in a tilted mirror. Since this is indeed an opera, the place, or dreamspace, is conjured by music: by luminescent music that, in its flowing abundance, radiant harmonies and evocative wind colourings, represents the natural world within which the characters have to integrate themselves. The central couple, those whose marriage is at first subverted and then gloriously celebrated, are Mark and Jenifer: he a young man of the earth and the senses, she a young woman of lofty spirituality. Each is only half a person, and before they can be united they have to be made whole, have to find within themselves an understanding of the other. Overseeing their mythic initiation and psychic healing are two Ancients, votaries of a temple on a wooded hilltop.As in the Mozart precedent, which the composer certainly had in mind, there is also a more workaday couple, Jack and Bella. The other principals are Jenifer's businessman father King Fisher, who wants to stop the wedding for reasons of his own, and an Erda-like seer. There is also a dancer, Strephon, leading the exuberant ballet in which the orchestra completes the story of enlightenment and passion. It is ultimately a victory of love and, before love, self-knowledge.(Paul Griffiths).

TTBB choir

SKU: BP.2150

Composed by Craig Courtney. Arranged by Craig Courtney. Sacred octavos. Sacred. Octavo. Beckenhorst Press #2150. Published by Beckenhorst Press (BP.2150).

Printed product.

The ethereal nature of the Samuel Francis Smith poem is perfectly paired with masterful text painting until the two become one in spirit and understanding. The move from earth to heaven is flawless. The music is deep; the text rich and profound. The melody line moves to harmony and back again until it finally finds a resting place in the sight and sound of eternity . . . making heaven a heaven. Glorious! Scored for SATB choir and piano with optional string quartet or orchestra parts available. Also available for SSAA and TTBB.

SSAA choir

SKU: BP.2149

Composed by Craig Courtney. Arranged by Craig Courtney. Sacred octavos. Sacred. Octavo. Beckenhorst Press #2149. Published by Beckenhorst Press (BP.2149).

Printed product.

The ethereal nature of the Samuel Francis Smith poem is perfectly paired with masterful text painting until the two become one in spirit and understanding. The move from earth to heaven is flawless. The music is deep; the text rich and profound. The melody line moves to harmony and back again until it finally finds a resting place in the sight and sound of eternity . . . making heaven a heaven. Glorious! Scored for SATB choir and piano with optional string quartet or orchestra parts available. Also available for SSAA and TTBB.

Grade 3

SKU: CL.012-1924-02

Composed by Tyra. Concert Band. Audio recording available separately (item CL.WFR318). Extra condensed score. Composed 1970. Duration 7 minutes, 15 seconds. Opus III Wind Orchestra Publications #012-1924-02. Published by Opus III Wind Orchestra Publications (CL.012-1924-02).

Three delicious original miniatures, the first, entitled Christmas Shopping has all of the cheerful hustle and bustle you would expect at this glorious time of year. Miniature two, Snow On Christmas Eve is a delicate movement at a slower tempo while Bells On Christmas Morning brings this piece to a joyful conclusion with its bright tempo and melodious holiday spirit.

Concert Band Symphonic Band - Grade 4

SKU: FJ.B1827

Composed by Brian Balmages. Concert Band. FJH Symphonic Band. Patriotic. Score and Part(s). The FJH Music Company Inc #98-B1827. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc (FJ.B1827).

UPC: 241444423660. English.

The spirit and industrial sounds of a historical shipyard come to life in this radiant work. From the metallic banging to a celebration of life on the water, the music paints a picture of the famed Baltimore Clipper, known for its speed and ability to outrun enemy ships. Significant tension is introduced as the clipper is put to the ultimate test before emerging in glorious celebration.

About FJH Symphonic Band

Appropriate for accomplished high school, college, and professional groups. Includes expanded instrumentation and ranges. Grades 4 - 5

Choral (Studiotrax CD)

SKU: HL.35032221

Composed by James C. Ward. Arranged by Heather Sorenson. Shawnee Sacred. Christmas, General Worship, Gospel, Sacred. CD. Duration 215 seconds. Published by Shawnee Press (HL.35032221).

UPC: 888680740924. 5.0x5.0x0.147 inches. II Corinthians 4:15, John 1:14, Luke 2:14.

This glorious anthem is the feel good piece of the season! Exuberant and filled with the Spirit, your choir will shout the comfort and joy as it interacts with the soloist and connects with the urban gospel styling of this arrangement. The traditional Christmas Gloria is reimagined with articulate syncopations and powerful chords of praise, complete with moments for clapping and the addition of a worship band. Careful attention has been paid to avoid the uncomfortable vocal tessituras often associated with this style. Score and Parts (tpt 1-2, tsx, tbn, pno, rhy) available as a digital download.

Wind Ensemble

SKU: HL.14027165

Composed by Niels Marthinsen. Music Sales America. Set (Score & Parts). Edition Wilhelm Hansen #KP00606. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14027165).

Danish.

REVEILLE RETRAITE for solo trumpetA joint commission between Hakan Hardenberger and Danmarks RadioDedicated to Hakan HardenbergerProgramme note:Everybody knows or has at least heard of the time honoured military bugle calls: Reveille Retraite, the awakening at sunrise the turning in at sunset. In a way it's the UR concept of the nature of the trumpet, an instrument capable of glorious panache as well as sublime, inward looking finesse. My piece is, as indicated in the title, a two fold composition in the form of two contrasting tone poems, each mirroring a fragment of original text, what one could call spiritual appetizers. At the end of chapter 8 of his high spirited Memoirs Hector Berlioz laments the murder of a man he admired, Prince Lichnowsky, who was stabbed to death in Frankfurt in September 1848 by German peasants: Oh, I must get out, walk, run, shout under the open sky! Now, there's a juicy bit of high strung romantic Sturm und Drang for you and the perfect motto for any awakening... Then night fall, Retraite, in which I've drawn upon the early, melancholy poem ALONE by Edgar Allan Poe and taken out one single line as 'subtitle' for this very hushed and withdrawn movement: And all I lov'd, I lov'd alone. I guess it won't hurt to quote the poem in its entirety:From childhood's hour I have not beenAs others were I have not seenAs others saw I could not bringMy passions from a common spring.From the same source I have not takenMy sorrow; I could not awakenMy heart to joy at the same tone;And all1 lov'd, I lov'd alone.THEN in my childhood in the dawnOf a most stormy life was drawnFrom ev'ry depth of good and illThe mystery which binds me still:From the torrent, or the fountain,From the red cliff of the mountain,From the sun that 'round me roll`dIn its autumn tint of gold From the lightning in the skyAs it pass'd me flying by From the thunder and the storm,And the cloud that took the form(When the rest of Beaven was blue)Of a demon in my view.Edgar Allan PoeProgramme note by Poul Ruders, January 2004.

SSAA choir, a cappella (Upper Voices - 3 parts or more) - Moderately Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193400955

Composed by Cecilia McDowall. Vocal score. 12 pages. Duration 3'. Oxford University Press #9780193400955. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193400955).

ISBN 9780193400955. 12 x 8 inches.

for SSAA unaccompanied
Originally written for SATB, this hymn to the 'Queen of the Heavens' is a glorious work, replete with dramatic changes of mood and texture. The majestic chords of the opening bars quickly give way to a spirited exchange between the voices. This pattern of contrasts is repeated throughout the piece before the final jubilant chords fade away to pianissimo. This is an approachable and rewarding motet, appropriate for any time of the year and in particular, the Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Eastertide. The original SATB version of Regina Caeli has also been recorded by the renowned American choir, the Phoenix Chorale, and released on a Grammy award-winning CD by Chandos (Spotless Rose CHSA 5066).