Interviews with the Drummers Who Shaped Rock 'n' Roll Music. Edited by Daniel Glass, Steve Smith. Percussion. Drum Reference, Rock Reference. Softcover with DVD. 225 pages. Hudson Music #HDBK35. Published by Hudson Music (HL.119719).

Chamber Music Cello, Piano, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2

SKU: PR.14440541S

For String Quartet and Piano. Composed by Gerald Levinson. Premiere: Orchestra 2001; Swarthmore College's Lang Hall, Swarthmore, PA. Contemporary. Score. With Standard notation. Composed 2009. 12 pages. Duration 5 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #144-40541S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.14440541S).

UPC: 680160591022.

For this piano quintet, Levinson's foundation comes from the background music of a late-summer evening - the ambient sound of crickets. The dual dedication is to Orchestra 2001 (their 21st season) and its founder-director, James Freeman (his 70th birthday). For advanced performers. Duration: 5'.

Piano Solo - Easy

SKU: FP.FBH01

Composed by Horace A. Bate. Sheet Music and Books. 13 pieces for piano inspired by rural life by Horace Bate, a much respected 20th Century organist. Suitable for early to intermediate players of grade 1-3 standard. Classical. Collection. Forsyths Publications #FBH01. Published by Forsyths Publications (FP.FBH01).

ISBN 9790570504220.

Horace Bate (1899-1995) studied organ with Charles Hylton Stewart at Rochester Cathedral, and then with Henry George Ley and Charles Herbert Kitson at the Royal College of Music in London. In 1921 he became organist of St Margaret's in Rochester, before becoming organist of St James in Muswell Hill (1923-1950), and was conductor of the Madrigal Society in Muswell Hill (1934-1995).

SKU: GI.G-10231

Composed by Robert Bode. Music Education. 166 pages. GIA Publications #10231. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-10231).

ISBN 9781622774456.

On warm summer nights, I listen to crickets sing their love songs to God... Penned by American poet Robert Bode, these thoughtful words and the poem from which they are taken inform the title for this book. Bode has long been a sought-after poet, providing deeply moving words for choral and solo music, many of which are included here. This collection of Bode’s lyric poetry displays the poet’s affection for the things of this world, both physical and emotional. “Songs” of morning, evening, nature, love, music, inspiration, and humor lift up and inspire thought. Most notably, the section focused on songs of justice, war, and healing offers many important messages for this time. Robert Bode is the Artistic Director of Choral Arts Northwest, a semi-professional chamber chorus in Seattle. In 2010, Bode and Choral Arts NW received the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence, presented by Chorus America. His poems are performed by choirs and soloists worldwide.

Concert band (1st Flute, 2nd Flute, Oboe*, 1st Bb Clarinet, 2nd Bb Clarinet, 3rd Bb Clarinet, Eb Alto Clarinet, Bb Bass Clarinet*, Bassoon*, 1st Eb Alto Saxophone*, 2nd Eb Alto Saxophone*, Bb Tenor Saxophone*, Eb Baritone Saxophone*, 1st Bb Trumpet, 2nd Bb Trumpet, 3rd) - grade 3.5

SKU: CN.S11238

Composed by Bruce Fraser. Band Music. Score only. Duration 8:30. Published by G & M Brand Music Publishers (CN.S11238).

Inspired by Saint-Saens' Carnival of the Animals, this work depicts many of the insects we know and love using interesting effects like tapping small sticks. Bands may like to perform the Carnival as a complete suite or to play individual movements on their own.

Carnival of the Insects was commissioned by the National School Band Association and was first performed at the Scottish Festival organized by NSBA and Brian Duguid of West Lothian Arts on May 12, 2001. The music letters SBA were used to form the basis of the melodies to personalize the piece for the Association. (S can be Eb, B can be Bb using European note names.) The Carnival is inspired by Saint Saens Carnival of the Animals and derives a lot of the rhythmic structures from it. March of the Ants - The Thin Black Line The composer was reminded of a French holiday when a line of ants would march every night from the gate of the house, past the pool and up into the garden. Crickets and stick insects Here the composer remembered balmy Mediterranean nights and the sound of crickets. An interesting effect is to have small groups of players around the performance venue randomly tapping small sticks throughout this movement. Insectivores These are the creatures which eat insects and the music has a dramatic scary feel to it with a chase in the middle. Metamorphosis This is where the caterpillar changes into a butterfly. The Euphonium melody will strike the listener as being very similar to The Elephant. The Bug Parade This is a grand finales where we can imagine many of the insects in a Disney-like parade. Bands may like to perform the Carnival as a complete suite or to play individual movements on their own.

SATB Choir

SKU: BT.MUSM570368679

For choir and fixed media. Composed by Evis Sammoutis. Score Only. Composed 2019. 14 pages. University of York Music Press #MUSM570368679. Published by University of York Music Press (BT.MUSM570368679).

Isthmus denotes a narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between two larger ars of land. The title is a metaphor for an effort to bond artistically my experiences of living in Cyprus, my birthplace, and in the USA, my recently adopted homeland. Having lived in a small, partitioned island for my formative years and in England for eleven years, water has always had a double meaning: it has at once served as a gateway to other cultures but also as a border, a violent and absolute interruption of a continuum. While in the USA, or indeed in a now connected Europe, it is possible to travel on land for days without having to encounter a border, in the countries where I lived for most of my life, that was not possible. As an artist, this notion of establishing boundaries and consciously trying to break them is very close to me, as my music deals both with modernity but also with tradition and, similarly, with metaphor and reality. As a Cypriot, the sea, the world of antiquity, the mysteries of the oracles, the notion of borders and the pastoral are all very central to my way of thinking. In Cyprus, different layers of history are frequently superimposed on a single building that might still preserve its Roman, Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman features in its layers of stone and architecture. Similarly, ancient ruins or the barbed wire of modern conflict often interrupt placid fields. An isthmus, therefore, can be seen to symbolize my artistic struggle to join strikingly different experiences and notions in a cohesive way. Similar to an isthmus, in this short piece, I connect these experiences with the purpose of creating a distinct and unique sonic context, connecting technology and tradition, the pastoral with the urban, the musical with the extra-musical and the abstract with the concrete. For example, the choir does not always sing in the traditional sense, but the singers imitate various natural sounds, such as water, air, crickets or birds, to create a vivid visual impression for the work. Scandinavian herding calls blend with field recordings from the seas of Cyprus and the lakes of Upstate New York, communicated within clearly defined, singular acoustic sources and spaces through wireless speakers. The text used is both onomatopoeic, articulating an imaginary language, but also literal, with a setting of the poem, “To make a prairie” by the iconic American poet Emily Dickinson and a tiny fragment from Callimachus’ “Hymn to Demeter.” Technology is used sparsely and very intentionally to articulate the expressive qualities of pastoral imagery, creating one unified synthetic timbre with the choristers’ sounds. This piece is dedicated to the wonderful singers of the Georgia Institute of Technology Chamber Choir with special thanks to Professors Hsu and Ulrich, without whose support this composition would not have been possible. Practical notes: A choir of no less than 24 singers is sought with 4 additional soloists (2 Sopranos and 2 Altos). Each singer must have their own wireless speaker, secured either in the music folder or as a strap inside their shirts. All sounds must match in volume the sound from the speakers, creating one unified timbre. The speakers should not be noticeable to the public. The four soloists are placed offstage at the beginning of the work. From 1:35’ onwards they enter the hall and take their positions, ideally at the four corners of the hall. If the hall is too large, the singers can find alternate positions, but these should always be antiphonal. The four soloists sing predominantly in the “kulning” style and the antiphonal aspect is very important to the work. There are two sound files for each section (SATB) that are triggered by each singer’s mobile device. The first occurs at the start of the piece, and the second, about a minute before the end. The sound files are able to be purchased separately, on CD, or are available directly from UYMP.

Old Time, Wire bound. Vocal. Book and online audio. 248 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #31104M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

by Frank Zucco. For keyboard accordion. All styles. Level: Beginning-Intermediate. Book. Solos. Size 8.75x11.75. 56 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc.

Arranged by Sarah Jaysmith. Pavane Choral. Octavo. 12 pages. Pavane Publishing #P1537. Published by Pavane Publishing (HL.159345).

A violin method for children age four and older. By Egon Sassmannshaus; Kurt Sassmannshaus. American English translation: Kurt Sassmannshaus and Melissa Lusk; Illustrations: Charlotte Panowsky. For Violin. Take advantage of our exclusive introductory offer now and save 25% off the regular price - this special price is available for a limited time only. Baerenreiter's Sassmannshaus. Original German title: Fruher Anfang auf der Geige - Band 1; Eine Violinschule fur Kinder ab 4 Jahren. Instructional Method. Method book. Text language: English. 64 pages. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (German import).

By Jane Smisor Bastien. (Bastien Supplementary Books). Bastien Piano. Folk Tunes. Level: Grade 3. Music Book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.