SKU: AP.46685S
UPC: 038081534152. English.
L'improviste Vignette is a bold and energetic work for young string orchestra by composer and educator Michael Kamuf. The interesting melodic and accompaniment passages will keep all players engaged. Using flowing melodies with strong harmonies and bold rhythmic figures, this piece works perfectly as an opening or closing selection for concerts and festival performances.
SKU: KJ.WB451F
UPC: 084027044483.
Inspired by the Latin word validus, composer Gary Gazlay brings us Strong, Mighty, Powerful, an inspiring and poignant aural journey. Timpani and low brass set a deliberate pace in the opening of this stirring piece. The first motif alternates with a lilting theme shared by woodwinds and brass, and all the elements coalesce in a rousing third section. Strong, Mighty, Powerful (Video)
SKU: CF.YAS151F
ISBN 9781491143599. UPC: 680160901098.
Carol of the Bells Variant for string orchestra is an interesting adaptation of the popular Christmas classic. The opening three-note ostinato is presented in 4/4 time and immediately sets the tone for this intriguing variation. The piece is built on driving rhythms, and the musicians should take an aggressive performance approach. Carol of the Bells Variant will provide a creative addition to the holiday repertoire.
About Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series
This series of Grade 2/Grade 2.5 pieces is designed for second and third year ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:--Occasionally extending to third position--Keys carefully considered for appropriate difficulty--Addition of separate 2nd violin and viola parts--Viola T.C. part included--Increase in independence of parts over beginning levels
SKU: HL.48024364
UPC: 888680747909. 10.5x13.5x0.227 inches.
Originally composed to introduce the various instruments of the orchestra, Britten's “Young Person's Guide†follows a set of variations based on a melody by Henry Purcell. In this setting for wind band, Richard Saucedo presents the opening theme followed by Britten's exuberant fugue which culminates in a glorious finale and recap of Purcell's melody. A stunning work for mature ensembles. Dur. 4:40.
SKU: HL.49046062
ISBN 9781540041425. UPC: 888680899875. 9.0x12.0x0.095 inches.
Troika is a Russian word meaning 'set of three' or a 'sled pulled by three horses.' In many places in the score there are three rhythmic layers working at different speeds to create a sense of forward motion. Sometimes these layers create a sense of a headlong rush, at other points the music glides along gently. The pianist may find places in the score that evoke other aspects of a troika ride: the winter wind, snow flurries, sleigh bells, horses galloping in tandem, bumps in the path, stars, or perhaps even a moonrise. The work is in three sections with a final coda that repeats material from the opening.Pedaling guidelines are included at various points in the piece. Performers may wish to nuance these in order to fit their individual interpretation.- Gregory SpearsTroika is a Russian word meaning 'set of three' or a 'sled pulled by three horses.' Throughout the piece there are three rhythmic layers working at different speeds to create a sense of forward motion. Sometimes these layers create a sense of a headlong rush, at other points the music glides along gently. The pianist may find places in the score that evoke other aspects of a troika ride: the winter wind, snow flurries, sleigh bells, horses galloping in tandem, bumps in the path, stars, or perhaps even a moonrise.
SKU: AP.33828S
UPC: 038081394909. English.
From the opening strains of Angels We Have Heard on High to the majestic Joy to the World, Noel! will certainly grab your holiday concert audience's attention. A short but poignant quotation of Hark the Herald Angels Sing at the end brings this fine arrangement to a festive conclusion. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
SKU: AP.47873
UPC: 038081548463. English.
This Lady Gaga/Bradley Cooper Oscar-winner lays at the heart of the blockbuster movie A Star Is Born. Alan's tasteful, sound-alike arrangement preserves the opening solo and duet passages before blossoming into full choral harmony. An expressive cello part (in the SoundPax and on the SoundTrax CD) adds even more emotion to this top-reviewed award winner!
About Alfred Pop Choral Series
The Alfred Pop Series features outstanding arrangements of songs from the popular music genre. These publications provide exciting, contemporary, and educationally-sound arrangements for singers of all ages, from elementary through high school, to college and adult choirs.
SKU: HL.1413029
UPC: 196288196341. 6.75x10.5 inches. Job 1:21, Psalm 84, Romans 8:38-39.
From the delicate opening notes of the piano, this anthem captures the innocence of this classic hymn text. A beautiful message of assurance wraps itself around the heart of the listener with healing peace. Crafted for accessibility, but delivering a deep expressive palette of colors and nuanced word painting.
SKU: CF.CPS70F
ISBN 9780825864827. UPC: 798408064822. 9 X 12 inches. Key: Eb major.
After a bracing and invigorating opening, Carl Strommen's tribute to the nautical culture of his home turf, Long Island, is off and flying. Wind whistles through the sails and the feel of the sea is ever-present in this tuneful and brilliantly scored selection from a master writer of music for band. This is a great way for a polished junior or senior high school band to show off its musical mettle.
SKU: XC.ICB2011
UPC: 812598033656. 9 x 12 inches.
Opening with an ominous fanfare, Storm Warriors will quickly hook your musicians and audiences with its infectious melody and rhythmic pulse. Matt makes a band sound great!
SKU: KN.52352
UPC: 822795523522.
Commissioned by the jazz division of the Illinois Music Educators Association for their All-State Jazz Ensemble in the year 2000, this medium-advanced, bright swing chart holds challenges for all. From the opening horn line to the driving shout chorus, a solid sense of time is essential. An open solo section may be expanded as desired, and in his score notes, Doug recommends that the ability of the band should determine the performance tempo.
SKU: PR.115402310
ISBN 9781491108406. UPC: 680160636891. 9x12 inches.
The High Songs, a commission from 12 bands across the country, became a 24-minute suite for Amplified Cello and Chamber Winds of five movements, an instrumental song cycle featuring the solo cello in high tessitura. The calm opening (Nepenthe) is followed by a big band evocation (Moto Perpetuo). Pann further explores the ensemble with Passacaglias and Adjusting the Torque (a nod to fellow composer Michael Torke), then finishes the suite with a simple Song for Heidi, which features a piano duet. When Carter Pann writes a substantial work exploring the vitality and colors of the wind ensemble, the results are guaranteed to be ravishing.
SKU: MN.50-5016
UPC: 688670550164. English. Scripture: Psalms 131.
A peaceful setting of Psalm 131. The composer begins with a calm opening statement by the cello and then incorporates it beautifully into the structure of the piece. This anthem may also be used with optional strings.
SKU: BP.HB528
UPC: 748769305287.
Written for 3 to 5 octave handbell choir and optional 3 octaves of handchimes. Level 3. This energetic original composition will give your ringers a musical and technical workout. A slow opening gives way to driving malleted chords and a frantic, emotional theme, which moves between registers throughout the piece. Rhythmic and exciting, this work is sure to delight!
SKU: CF.O5368
ISBN 9780825836190. UPC: 798408036195. 9 X 14 inches.
Fábulas (Fables), the first work of Carlos Rodriguez to be published by Pembroke Music (a division of Carl Fischer), was commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association. It was premiered by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the direction of Esa-Pekka Salonen on April 10, 1996. The piece, an extended one-movement structure involving a large orchestra with a very full percussion section, is concerned with narrative forms in purely symphonic terms, ie. - without an actual program. The musical sequence of the piece, in three continuously evolving sections lasting about 15 minutes overall, is derived from the very opening 12-note string chord arrayed in a pattern of perfect 5ths and minor seconds extending over four octaves. The central core of the piece, subtitled Six Anagrams, involves a highly unusual and original application of the 12-note concept. Each pitch in the row is assigned a letter so that the row spells out the phrase voice leading. The six anagrams are re-orderings of this sequence into six new rows, which are then subjected to canonic development. The resulting sophisticated game provides Fábulas, with a rare degree of musical coherence. A fascinating work that rewards detailed analysis, Fábulas, is so brilliantly scored that it dazzles on its own terms, as sound, even without detailed examination of its elaborate underpinnings.
SKU: HL.300638
UPC: 888680962968. 5.0x5.0x0.2 inches.
Since opening on Broadway in 2016, Dear Evan Hansen and its award-winning score by composers Benj Pasek and Justin Paul have become a force for good in the discussion of mental well-being. This remarkable Act I closer incorporates a text young people need to hear: “you are not alone.â€.
SKU: BP.BP2332
UPC: 748769023327. 6.875 x 10.5 inches.
Amid many settings of Christ's prayer, this new setting stands out for its artfulness without unnecessary difficulty. Careful voiceleading and accompaniment will guide your choir in this through-composed setting from its gentle opening to its dramatic climactic moments and its closing Amens.
SKU: HL.1423731
UPC: 196288200215.
Immerse your choir in the timeless beauty of â??Be Thou My Vision,â? elegantly arranged by Paul John Robinson. This rendition of the revered 8th-century Irish hymn is a masterful interpretation, gradually building from a gentle opening to an awe-inspiring finale. With skillful key changes and a captivating progression through stanzas, Robinson's arrangement is a testament to exquisite simplicity and profound musicality.
SKU: AP.49524
ISBN 9781470649364. UPC: 038081570143. English.
Otter Point Holiday, by Robert Sheldon, begins with a playful, fast tempo with interesting harmonies and meters, students will be immediately enamored by this piece. There is a contrasting, beautiful, and expressive lyrical section that follows before the opening feel returns---bringing the piece to an exciting conclusion. This delightful work is very tuneful and filled with joy! (4:09).
SKU: BP.HB777
UPC: 748769307779. 8.5 x 11 inches.
Fanfare and Intrada is a bold and original 3-5 octave handbell composition by Jason W. Krug. The piece opens with a grand fanfare, with the bells ringing out in triumphant bursts of sound that build in intensity. A more reflective middle section offers a respite before the return of the driving rhythm of the opening. This exciting original is not to be missed!
SKU: PR.114423130
ISBN 9781491137574. UPC: 680160691029.
Hailstork’s beautifully lilting SICILIANA for solo English horn is actually structured as a recitative and aria: a dramatic prelude serves as a soliloquy with question-like pauses, teasing our ears forward. This opening unfolds into a gorgeous rendering of the traditional 12/8 dance form, full of soaring melodies and elegant arabesques. SICILIANA’s technical demands are within the reach of students looking for unaccompanied contest repertoire, while the expressive potential is enticing for advanced players in any setting. This 6-minute work has been recorded for Navona Records by Elizabeth Starr Masoudnia of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
SKU: PR.114423360
UPC: 680160686285.
When the Newport Music Festival commissioned me for a piano trio in honor of their 2021 season, I looked for a topic that would celebrate an aspect of the Newport community. While researching the area, I was struck by the nine lighthouses situated around the island. The dual nature of lighthouses was particularly appealing to me: not only do they serve a vital role in the navigation of ships around rocks and land, but they are also a beautiful sight, particularly at night when their blinking beacons are clearly visible to the eye. It occurred to me that lighthouses link the past with the present, and will endure long into the future, with their beacons serving the same purpose for every generation.I became fascinated with the lighthouse on the property of Castle Hill Inn, located at the opening of the East Passage of the Narragansett Bay. This squat thirty-four foot granite structure was erected in 1890 on a very picturesque spot, right at the water’s edge. Its “characteristic,†the nautical term for each lighthouse’s unique light sequence that allows ships to identify the lighthouse, is to alternate on for three seconds, then off for three seconds. The lighthouse has also served as the starting and finish line for numerous high profile yacht races, as well as survived a massive hurricane in 1938, though the lighthouse keeper’s nearby residence wasn’t so lucky. American novelist Thornton Wilder wrote much of his 1973 novel Theophilus North while staying at the Castle Hill Inn; a passage from the book perfectly captures the dual nature of lighthouses:“At a later visit I was able to engage the pentagonal room in a turret above the house; from that magical room I could see at night the beacons of six lighthouses and hear the booming and chiming of as many sea buoys.â€In Beacon of the Bay, we first hear the lighthouse’s characteristic as its ruby light blinks on and off. This is followed by a simple theme that represents the lighthouse performing its solitary duty. As the piece progresses, we hear waves playfully lapping around its base, then yachts gracefully floating by; this is followed by a violent storm that churns the waves with so much force that they crash against the lighthouse’s granite body. But the steadfast lighthouse holds firm to the rocks, grandly blinking its ruby light. The music quiets back down to its simple theme, with yachts sailing by once more as the piece concludes.
SKU: KN.SN70118S
UPC: 822795701180.
Originally written for the Sammy Sammy Nestico Dark Orchid recording and later reprised on A Portrait Of Sammy, this classic swing tune gives all of the solo work to piano -- first in the opening 48 bars, then again in the middle and ending segments. In between the band tackles a terrific double counterpoint chorus and carries a full ensemble shout. Altos and tenors double on flute.
SKU: LO.30-3683MD
UPC: 000308153156.
Orchestral Score and Parts for Broken Bread, Broken Life (10/5402MD) - This passionate worship anthem by Jay Rouse emphasizes Christ's ultimate sacrifice on the cross and His gift to all believers of new life. A serene opening builds to a profound finale where the choir repeatedly proclaims, Lord, You are the Bread of Life. Thank You for Your sacrifice. Highly appropriate for use throughout the Easter season, it is just as impactful year-round. From Songs of the Cross (55/1199MD).
SKU: HL.48024143
ISBN 9781784540852. UPC: 888680712143. 5.25x7.5x0.27 inches.
30-minute orchestral suite from Khachaturian's celebrated ballet, Spartacus (1955). Scenes 4 and 5 present the dramatic turning point where Spartacus is galvanised into leading the slave rebellion, opening with a mournful elegy for the death of a gladiatorial friend. It also includes a lively and charming central interlude, the Dance of the Shepherd and Shepherdess. Performance materials available on hire. Suitable for advanced standard performers.
SKU: CF.SPS92
ISBN 9781491157893. UPC: 680160916498. 9 x 12 inches.
Echoes from Within is a dramatic piece that must be played with emotion. The opening cadenza should be played in an uplifting manner. Care should be taken by the soloist not to rush this section. The Andante cantabile section should be played in a very expressive manner. The director is encouraged to use rubato, accelerando, ritardando, and other expressive means to achieve a romantic style during this section. At m. 40, the style should be light and dance-like in character. The director should make sure that the percussion parts do not dominate this section. The vibraphone and marimba must be heard throughout this section, except when marked forte. The second cadenza (m. 149) should be played with emotion. The section beginning at m. 150 should be played in a fanfare-like style, very bold and majestic.
SKU: HL.4007730
UPC: 196288085140. 9.0x12.0x0.071 inches.
The rich heritage of French-Canadian folk music dates back several centuries. Robert has chosen three of these songs to create a musical portrait of this colorful culture. The opening piece is the jaunty and dance-like Monsieur Lecure, followed by the hauntingly beautiful Blanche Comme la Neige. The piece concludes with the spirited march Vive la Canadienne!, which features a drum break and builds to an exciting, rousing finish. The creative use of harmonizations, key changes and dynamic contrasts gives this piece a sophisticated sound and intensity of a much more advanced piece. Dur: 3:35.
SKU: KN.02960S
UPC: 822795029604.
In Horace Silver's own words, this sassy, bluesy shuffle with a bebop-style melody portrays a mythical man of rather dubious character. An alto, trumpet and trombone trio give the opening and closing presentations of the theme, and each of those players carries a full-length solo chorus in between. A sustained band chord with ad lib flourishes by the trio brings everything to a dramatic, satisfying close. Rhythm section parts are partially notated with chords cued. Duration 5:40.
SKU: LP.765762142329
UPC: 765762142329.
Vibrant and exuberant, Spirit Welcome is the perfect opening song for any worship service. Arranged for solo vocals with moderately difficult choral parts by Daniel Semsen, your choir and/or praise team will love singing this exciting new praise and worship tune.
SKU: CF.CPS131F
ISBN 9780825888373. UPC: 798408088378. 9x12 inches.
Crowns and scepters have been an essential part of the royal celebration since medieval times. This piece suggests the declaration of an opening ceremony with a bold militaristic fanfare, followed by a regal processional, reminding the listener of kings and queens receiving admiration from their people as they process on a stately occasion. Besides its potential as a piece for contest or festival performance, it will also work well for graduation ceremonies.
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