SKU: CL.011-3607-01

Containing beautiful melodies that will keep everyone humming, this inspirational and encouraging new composition from the pen of a young composer from Singapore will definitely appeal to both your players and audiences! With reasonable ranges for your developing players, this is sure to be a great tool to help them gain confidence in performance. The delicate slow section includes a short trumpet solo (cued for flute) is also an excellent opportunity to teach your band phrasing and expression. Beyond the Highlands will make your band sound BIG and is an excellent choice any concert, contest or festival performance!

About C.L. Barnhouse Command Series

The Barnhouse Command Series includes works at grade levels 2, 2.5, and 3. This series is designed for middle school and junior high school bands, as well as high school bands of smaller instrumentation or limited experience. Command Series publications have a slightly larger instrumentation than the Rising Band Series, and are typically of larger scope, duration, and musical content.

SKU: CL.025-3621-01

Part of the new Barnhouse Jazz For Developing Concert Band Series, this very hip Latin-rock chart features a great vamp, memorable melodic lines, and solid ensemble scoring. Along with traditional big band, expanded instrumentation includes parts for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, french horn, baritone, and tuba. The simple, two-chord, solo section is perfect for encouraging all of your students to improvise (suggested solos are included). This is a great chart for a young band, easy to put together, fun to play, and just right as a change of pace on your concert.

SKU: PR.16400212S

UPC: 680160037605.

Works of chamber music including flute and strings are not nearly as numerous as those for clarinet, or even the oboe. Probably the reason for this is the less assertive, more pure tone the flute possesses - it can't compete for volume or range with the clarinet, except in its top octave, and the oboe's tone is more penetrating and easily discerned from within a string texture. Consequently, composers who have written for flute and strings have done so in lightweight divertimento works: compare, for instance, the delicate flute quartets of Mozart with his monumental quintet for clarinet and strings.   When Karl and Joan Karber approached me with the ideas of writing a work for flute and string trio, I originally thought it would be best to write a humorous, rather offhand piece - but a look at their repertoire (mostly comprised of smaller works of the Rococo period) convinced me that it was the last thing they needed. In spite of the challenge (or maybe because of it?), I determined to write a large work, and a serious work. Zephyrus (named for the God of the West Wind, in deference to the flute) is a three-movement work, with each movement cast in a very different form, but all three being built of the same twelve-note series. There is also a rhythmic motive and a pair of themes that appear in all three movements.   The first movement plays with the idea of contrast and persuasion. The flute, at the outset, is the hell-for-leather protagonist, charging and swooping around the strings - who seem oddly unconcerned by his passion. Indeed, they have a more somber song to sing - and as the movement unfolds, the flute becomes less and less active, while the strings become increasingly enlivened. By the midpoint, when all four instruments are finally in the same meter and the same tempo, the flute's energy has finally infected the other three players, and this energy does not let up until the movement's abrupt final cadence.   The second movement begins with a tag from the first - as if the energy left over was too great to simply stop. At length, though, a very poignant flute melody appears over an almost bluesy harmony in the strings. After this has been fully exposed, a slight increase in motion, marked gently rocking in triplets, features a theme-fragment from Leonard Bernstein's Symphony No. 2 (Kaddish). Bernstein died as I was writing this work, and it seemed quite natural to encourage what was already implicit in the music, and create an Elegy for L.B. The music rises and peaks, then in the recapitulation of the opening the Kaddish theme reappears, as the ensemble suggests a gentle song of sleep.   The final movement is a Rondo-Variations form, with the slight alteration of adding the main theme of the second movement in what would be the trio of the form. The ritornello theme is a kind of ethnic dance music, almost an allusion to the Klezmer ensembles of Eastern Europe. The successive episodes between the ritornelli are loosely organized variations on the basic theme, but always beginning with a metric modulation, a rhythmic changing of gears. The movement reaches and apex of speed and furious pulsing, then abruptly pirouttes, and finishes.   Zephyrus was written between April and November of 1990 in Austin, Aspen, and Honolulu, and is dedicated to Karl Kraber and The Chamber Soloists of Austin. --Dan Welcher.

SKU: CF.YPS237F

ISBN 9781491159545. UPC: 680160918133.

Rejoice, Dolce, and Dance is written in three different and distinct styles. Rejoice is fanfare-like in quality and should be played in a bold majestic manner; balance is important in this section. Care should be taken to not let the battery percussion overpower the ensemble The forzandos are very important to the character of the fanfare and should be carefully observed. Dolce is slow and more lyrical in manner. This section should be played in a legato style. The director is encouraged to add his own interpretative elements in this section. The Dance is fast and light in character. Keep the tempo moving and pay special attention to the articulations and dynamics. Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity is an honorary fraternity for band directors. There are currently 35 active chapters in the United States, Canada, and Brazil. Phi Beta Mu is a non-political, non-profit fraternity promoting fellowship among its members, encouraging the building of better bands, developing better musicians throughout the world, fostering a deeper appreciation for quality wind literature, and encouraging widespread interest in band performance. Consortium Members: Commissioned by the International Bandmasters Fraternity, Phi Beta Mu   Alpha Chapter (Texas) Theta Chapter (South Carolina) Delta Chapter (Mississippi) Omicron Chapter (Arkansas) Alpha Theta Chapter (Nebraska) Alpha Gamma Chapter (North Dakota) Gamma Chapter (Indiana) Nu Chapter (Pennsylvania) Psi Chapter (Kentucky) Mu Alpha Chapter (Alberta, Canada) Lambda Iota (Ontario, Canada) Iota Chapter (Kansas) Kappa Chapter (Colorado) Eta Chapter (Tennessee) Zeta Chapter (Georgia) Keith and June Bearden (Alpha Chapter) Steven Moss (Alpha Chapter) Jay Watkins (Omega Chapter) Anonymous, David Lambert for his service to Phi Beta Mu International Anonymous, Scott Coulson, for his service to Alpha Chapter Jacqueline Gilley (Beta Chapter), In Memoriam, Francis McBeth Dennis Beck, (Lambda Iota Chapter) In Memoriam, Donald McKeller Brek Hufnus (Xi Chapter), In Memory of David Wuersig, Roosevelt Middle School, River Forest, IL, 1974-2014 David and Sheryl Gary Lambert (Alpha Chapter), In Memory of James D Gary, John Foster Dulles High School, Sugar Land, TX 1959-1968 Phil Min (Rho Chapter), In Honor of William T. Robinson Julia Reynolds (Omicron Chapter), In Honor of Wendell O. Evanson Julia Reynolds (Omicron Chapter), In Honor of Hal D. Cooper, Senior Steve Shoop (Alpha Chapter) In Honor of Patsy Dickerson Nelson David L. Wenerd (Nu Chapter), In Honor of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School Band    .
Rejoice, Dolce, and Dance is written in three different and distinct styles. Rejoice is fanfare-like in quality and should be played in a bold majestic manner; balance is important in this section. Care should be taken to not let the battery percussion overpower the ensemble The forzandos are very important to the character of the fanfare and should be carefully observed. Dolce is slow and more lyrical in manner. This section should be played in a legato style. The director is encouraged to add his own interpretative elements in this section. The Dance is fast and light in character. Keep the tempo moving and pay special attention to the articulations and dynamics.Phi Beta Mu International Bandmasters Fraternity is an honorary fraternity for band directors. There are currently 35 active chapters in the United States, Canada, and Brazil. Phi Beta Mu is a non-political, non-profit fraternity promoting  fellowship among its members, encouraging the building of better bands, developing better musicians throughout the world, fostering a deeper appreciation for quality wind literature, and encouraging widespread interest in band performance.  Consortium Members:Commissioned by the International Bandmasters Fraternity, Phi Beta Mu   Alpha Chapter (Texas)  Theta Chapter (South Carolina) Delta Chapter (Mississippi)  Omicron Chapter (Arkansas) Alpha Theta Chapter (Nebraska) Alpha Gamma Chapter (North Dakota)  Gamma Chapter (Indiana)  Nu Chapter (Pennsylvania) Psi Chapter (Kentucky) Mu Alpha Chapter (Alberta, Canada) Lambda Iota (Ontario, Canada) Iota Chapter (Kansas) Kappa Chapter (Colorado) Eta Chapter (Tennessee)  Zeta Chapter (Georgia) Keith and June Bearden (Alpha Chapter)  Steven Moss (Alpha Chapter) Jay Watkins (Omega Chapter) Anonymous, David Lambert for his service to Phi Beta Mu International Anonymous, Scott Coulson, for his service to Alpha Chapter Jacqueline Gilley (Beta Chapter), In Memoriam, Francis McBeth Dennis Beck, (Lambda Iota Chapter) In Memoriam, Donald McKeller Brek Hufnus (Xi Chapter), In Memory of David Wuersig, Roosevelt Middle School, River Forest, IL, 1974-2014  David and Sheryl Gary Lambert (Alpha Chapter), In Memory of James D Gary, John Foster Dulles High School, Sugar Land, TX 1959-1968 Phil Min (Rho Chapter), In Honor of William T. Robinson Julia Reynolds (Omicron Chapter), In Honor of Wendell O. Evanson Julia Reynolds (Omicron Chapter), In Honor of Hal D. Cooper, Senior Steve Shoop (Alpha Chapter) In Honor of Patsy Dickerson Nelson David L. Wenerd (Nu Chapter), In Honor of the Chambersburg Area Senior High School Band  .