(Music from the Motion Picture Arranged for Harp). Arranged by Sylvia Woods. For Harp. Harp. Softcover. 28 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Chamber Music Saxophone(s)

SKU: PR.114423500

Composed by Chen Yi. Performance Score. Duration 3 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-42350. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114423500).

ISBN 9781491137758. UPC: 680160691531.

Commissioned by The Juilliard School’s Music Advancement Program, IMPRESSIONS FROM THE CHINESE ZODIAC is a suite of three characteristic pieces within reach of advanced pre-college saxophonists, and introducing advanced techniques. The work is equally satisfying and impressive for top-level performers. The movements are titled:1. Rooster Singing Out in the Morning2. Monkey Jumping Around in the Forest3. Tiger Walking Down from the Mountain.
Commissioned by The Juilliard School for Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program, Impressions from the Chinese Zodiac was composed for any size saxophone in 2022. It consists of three independent movements featuring different musical characteristics with various performing techniques. The inspiration for the music came from impressions of three animal signs (rooster, monkey, and tiger), from the twelve in the Chinese Zodiac.The first piece begins with a repeated phrase imitating a rooster’s loud singing in the morning; the pitch with fluttertongue sounds like the noise from the rooster’s throat), followed by phrases of a pentatonic melody drawn from The Sun Is Rising With Our Joy, a Chinese folk song from Sichuan province. There are descending passages, simulating the dropping-down sound of the singing. Each passage is different from others, each of which should be played accurately and smoothly. The melody is moved up a step with variation, followed by an echo of the rooster singing at the end of the piece. Now the sky is bright, so the rooster call returns up four scale steps!The second piece includes two Chinese folk songs: Thinking of My Darling (from Shanxi province) and Guessing (from Yunnan province). Both songs have large interval skips spanning different registers, as well as microtonal intervals in their original singing, which show the characteristics of the regional musical languages respectively. The tone colors should be matched when registers are changed. The microtonal pitches (quarter-tone flat or three-quarter-tone flat) may be done by bending the tone with one’s lips. The image is the monkey jumping around lively, and the music is played humorously. The high and long pitch with a yelling-down effect at the end of the piece brings the music to an exciting peak.The third piece features the strong and brave tiger, with accented tones in the lowest register. The first 3-pitch motive is developed throughout the piece, while peristaltic chromatic material is formed in various shapes and directions, to show the gestures of a mighty and fierce image.Getting accustomed to special fingerings for the chromatic passages and trills, along with precisely notated articulations, and the techniques of tongue slap and key clicks, are the basic goals to achieve in this piece.

Tuba Solo with Piano Accompaniment - 1-2

SKU: KN.KEN10317

Composed by Various. Edited by Carl Strommen. Arranged by Michael Salzman. Solo. Tuba Solo. Solo part only. Kendor Music Inc #KEN10317. Published by Kendor Music Inc (KN.KEN10317).

UPC: 822795103175.

Designed for a first contest or recital performance, this grade 1-2 collections contain 14 pieces that have been carefully edited by tubist Michael Salzman, and edited by Carl Strommen. The free downloadable piano accompaniment MP3s will be an invaluable tool for students. Piano book sold separately (#10318). Available in SmartMusic

Contents:
The Water Is Wide (traditional); Scotland The Brave (traditional); Chester (Billings); Arirang (Korean folk song); 'O Sole Mio (Capua); Stephen Foster Medley (Foster); Haydn's Surprise (Haydn); At The Fireplace (Warshawsky); O Canada (Lavallee); Largo (Dvorak); Tambourin (Rameau): Hatikvah (traditional); Themes From March Slav (Tschaikowsky); Adagio (Beethoven).

Piano

SKU: BT.EMBZ8378

Composed by Gyorgy Kurtag. Educational Tool. Book Only. Composed 1979. 60 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ8378. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (BT.EMBZ8378).

English-German-Hungarian.

The idea of composing 'Games' was suggested by children playing spontaneously, children for whom the piano still means a toy. They experiment with it, caress it, attack it and run their fingers over it. They pile up seemingly disconnected sounds, and if this happens to arouse their musical instinct they look consciously for some of the harmonies found by chance and keep repeating them. Thus this series does not provide a tutor, nor does it simply stand as a collection of pieces. It is a possibility for experimenting and not for learning to play the piano.Pleasure in playing, the joy of movement - daring and if need be fast movement over the entire keyboard right from the firstlessons instead of clumsy groping for keys and the counting of rhythms - all these rather vague ideas lay at the outset of the creation of this collection. Playing - is just playing. It requires a great deal of freedom and initiative from the performer. On no account should the written image be taken seriously but the written image must be taken extremely seriously as regards the musical process, the quality of sound and silence. We should trust the picture of the printed notes and let is exert its influence upon us. The graphic picture conveys an idea about the arrangement in time of even the most free pieces. We should make use of all that we know and remember of free declamation, folk-music parlando-rubato, of Gregorian chant and of all that improvisational musical practice has ever brought forth.Let us tackle bravely even the most difficult task without being afraid of making mistakes: we should try to create valid proportions, unity and continuity out of the long and short values - just for our own pleasure! (BMC CD 139).

Band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bassoon, Bells, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Crash Cymbals, Euphonium, Euphonium T.C., Flute, Flute 2, Glockenspiel, Gong, Horn, Mallet Percussion 1, Mallet Percussion 2, Oboe, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Snare Drum and more. - Grade 2

SKU: CF.YPS214

Composed by George Sweet. Young Band (YPS). Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 8+2+4+4+2+2+5+2+2+4+4+4+6+3+3+1+1+1+2+3+16+2 pages. Duration 2 minutes, 49 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #YPS214. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.YPS214).

ISBN 9781491152331. UPC: 680160909834. Key: Bb major.

This new piece from composer George Sweet is a delightful combination of Scotland the Brave and Amazing Grace. Each tune on its own is wonderful, but in Sweet's setting, they are masterfully layered to reflect the composer's Scottish-American heritage. This presentation of a Scottish melody with Americana-inspired harmonies is a stunning example of compositional craft.
Bravery and Grace is a setting of the unofficial Scottish national anthem, Scotland the Brave. While the melody is taken from Scotland the Brave, the accompaniment and harmony both have a “Western Americana” feel, reminiscent of composers like Roy Harris and Aaron Copland.  This combination of a Scottish melody with American harmony is a reflection of the composer’s Scottish-American Heritage.The piece begins with a fragment of Scotland the Brave presented in a lush and reflective context. The main theme is performed in full by the upper voices at m. 9. The middle voices perform the material at m. 17, and the lower voices perform it again at m. 33. This results in a loud passage representing pipers at m. 46. The traditional spiritual Amazing Grace appears suddenly at m. 51 in a somewhat polytonal setting. This is, once again, reminiscent of practices of the aforementioned American composers.  After this lyrical presentation, a fragment of the main theme returns at m. 66. This is followed by a broad restatement of the theme at m. 70 and a brisk conclusion with a final flair of polytonality.

(Words, Music and Guitar Chords). By Various. For Melody/Lyrics/Chords. Waltons Irish Music Books. 64 pages. Hal Leonard #WM1349. Published by Hal Leonard

SKU: HL.49014420

Composed by John Horton. Edited by John Horton. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Teacher's edition. 74 pages. Schott Music #ED 11069. Published by Schott Music (HL.49014420).

ISBN 9790220129629. English.

(Young Men's Edition Volume 2 25 Songs from 19 Musicals). Arranged by Various. For Vocal. Vocal Collection. 180 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Edited by Denes Agay. For piano. Format: piano solo book. With fingerings. Baroque, Classical Period and Romantic Period. 80 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Yorktown Music Press. (MS.YK21376) A selected repertoire of classical pieces for the beginning pianist. Includes inventions, minuets, gavottes, and airs from such well-known composers as Bach, Handel, Schumann, Haydn, Mozart and Purcell.

106 Graded Pieces from Baroque to the 20th C. Compiled and Edited by P. Low, S. Schumann, C. Siagian. Composed by Various. Edited by Charmaine Siagian. Willis. Classical, Recital, Solos. Softcover. Published by Willis Music

Band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bassoon, Bells, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Crash Cymbals, Euphonium, Euphonium T.C., Flute, Horn, Mallet Percussion 1, Mallet Percussion 2, Oboe, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Percussion 3, Snare Drum, Tambourine, Timpani and more. - Grade 2.5

SKU: CF.YPS239F

Composed by Aaron McMichael. Full score. 22 pages. Carl Fischer Music #YPS239F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.YPS239F).

ISBN 9781491159620. UPC: 680160918218.

This piece is about a journey unlike any other in 2020. We have all been touched by the devastating effects of COVID-19, and we have seen friends, family, and many others succumb to it. For the people who are left behind this piece is dedicated to you, the brave warriors that have survived this pandemic. The piece is set in Eb major with a 4/4 time signature. The beginning starts off robust and full, with the tempo at quarter note= 150. Measure 25 presents many opportunities for shaping to move the melody and counter melody lines around as the ostinato is being played in the percussion and low brass. I wrote mm. 43-51 as a percussion feature. I felt in my eighteen years of experience as an educator that we always have plenty of percussionists! Double students on parts if you have way too many. Overall, this piece has many places for beautiful phrasing and shaping. You will need to assign the students places to breathe in order to achieve maximum effort from the group. I hope you enjoy my new piece The Brave Warrior.
This piece is about a journey unlike any other in 2020. We have all been touched by the devastating effects of COVID-19, and we have seen friends, family, and many others succumb to it. For the people who are left behind this piece is dedicated to you, the brave warriors that have survived this pandemic. The piece is set in Eb major with a 4/4 time signature. The beginning starts off robust and full, with the tempo at quarter note= 150. Measure 25 presents many opportunities for shaping to move the melody and counter melody lines around as the ostinato is being played in the percussion and low brass. I wrote mm. 43–51 as a “percussion” feature.  I felt in my eighteen years of experience as an educator that we always have plenty of percussionists! Double students on parts if you have way too many.  Overall, this piece has many places for beautiful phrasing and shaping. You will need to assign the students places to breathe in order to achieve maximum effort from the group.  I hope you enjoy my new piece The Brave Warrior.

Orchestra - Grade 2.5

SKU: AP.48076S

Composed by Richard Meyer. MakeMusic Cloud; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Sound Innovations for String Orchestra. Multicultural; Novelty. Score. 16 pages. Duration 3:00. Alfred Music #00-48076S. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48076S).

ISBN 9781470658793. UPC: 038081554341. English.

Take your orchestra on a trip around the world with this fun medley of some of the most famous melodies ever written in A Musical Passport by Richard Meyer. Using 22 tunes from 17 different countries, this is the ultimate multi-cultural experience for your students and your audience! The melodies are tossed from section to section so all the instruments get a chance in the spotlight, and the quickly changing styles will keep everyone on their toes.

Songs that are included in A Musical Passport by Richard Meyer are: America, the Beautiful (U.S.A.) * Rule, Britannia (England) * The Irish Washerwoman (Ireland) * Scotland the Brave (Scotland) * Roll Out the Barrel (Czechoslovakia/Germany) * Funiculi, Funicula (Italy) * Frere Jacques (France) * Dark Eyes (Russia) * Jasmine Flower Song (China) * Arirang (Korea) * Sakura (Japan) * Obwisana (Ghana) * Siyahamba (We Are Marching) (South Africa [Zulu]) * Waltzing Matilda (Australia) * La Cumparsita (South America [Uruguay]) * Las Chiapanecas (Mexico) * Cielito Lindo (Mexico) * O Canada (Canada) * Oh! Susanna (U.S.A.) * Camptown Races (U.S.A.) * America, the Beautiful (U.S.A.) * Home, Sweet Home (U.S.A.) * The Star-Spangled Banner (U.S.A.) * America, the Beautiful (U.S.A.). Correlates with Sound Innovations for String Orchestra, Book 2, Level 6. (3:00) This title available in MakeMusic Cloud.

Oboe

SKU: BT.9781408105283

Composed by Helen McKean. Abracadabra. Method. Book with CD. Collins Music Publishing #9781408105283. Published by Collins Music Publishing (BT.9781408105283).

ISBN 9781408105283. English.

The perfect book for pupil and teacher.

• Tunes you know and want to play.
• Technique carefully graded.
• Clear fingering diagrams.
• Concise theory explanations.
• New duets.
• Fresh new look.