SKU: HL.367995

UPC: 840126967043. 6.75x10.5x0.036 inches.

Composed in a Foundation for Small Voices songwriting workshop, the young women who are members of the workshop settled on a text that calls for hope and light at the end of the tunnel. Such a positive attitude reflects many young people's thoughts and hopes during these trying times. Lessons we all need to hear.

SKU: BT.MUSM570202997

English.

For Soprano and Large Ensemble. Published 1986-7. 2(both+picc).2(1st+ob d'amr).3(all+bcl, 2nd+asax, 3rd+tsax).1(+cbn) / 2.0.1.0 / 2perc.pf(+cel).hp / 1.1.1.1.1 Commissioned by Paul Webster for the Orpheus Ensemble with funds made available by the Arts Council of Great Britain. First performance: Jane Ginsborg and the Orpheus Ensemble, conducted by Paul Webster, Almeida Festival, 27th June 1987. Score.

SKU: PR.164002480

UPC: 680160038237.

This work is my second for a solo woodwind and a solo percussionist, following Firewing: The Flame and the Moth for oboe and percussion by nine years. The earlier piece followed a specific story line, and pitted the oboe against the percussionist as both adversary and lover. In Spirit Realms, my aim was not only to juxtapose the very different sounds of flute (plus alto flute and piccolo) against a large array of percussion, but also to attempt three different meditative spaces, each named for a different type of spiritual practice. The musical means of expression is very different for each of the three movements (as is the instrumentation), although they share a common scale-source: the looped pentatonic scale I have been developing over the last several years.   The first movement is called Prayer Tunnel, and is named for the Eskimo practice of solo meditation within a tunnel of ice blocks. This is said to be a means of overcoming demons within, and in my musical rendering it takes the form of an unaccompanied alto flute solo. The flute begins rather angrily, full of tension, but in the course of the solo passage manages to slowly unwind. The percussionist then plays the exact same music the alto flute had played....on seven tuned cymbals. Toward the end, the alto flute re-enters, its original meditation having fused with its mirror.   Kiva represents the circular, subterranean pit in which the Anasazi practiced their religion, a form of which still can be found in the Hopi tribes of the American southwest. These are not spaces for solo meditation, but rather a group meeting place in which only the sanctified are permitted. After an introductory invocation (dove call), the music begins. At first, it is flowing, in a repetitive double-five meter. It then traces several sections, with metric shifts forcing the pulse to race faster and faster, until it halves itself in the coda and returns to the exact pulse of the beginning. The flutist here uses the C flute, and the percussionist plays on both pitched (marimba) and unpitched instruments (various drums and struck sources).   Zendo is the meditation room used by Zen Buddhists. My music begins with another invocation (wind chimes, temple cup gongs, and temple blocks), then moves on to a slow subject stated by the flute. The subject is taken up by the vibraphone, and after several modulations and tempo changes, the flutist takes up the piccolo. The music continues higher and higher, and faster and faster (Zen meditation is NOT all about becoming lost!) until it breaks free at the very end. The percussionist is put through his paces in this movement, having to reach a staggering number of instruments in a short time.   Spirit Realms was commissioned by, and is dedicated to, the Armstrong Duo. -- Dan Welcher.

SKU: HL.283658

Tunnels De Lumiere for Chamber Orchestra was composed by Bent Sorensen in 2009. Premiered by conducted by Susanna Malkki, 6 May 2010 at Cite de la Ensemble InterContemporain Musique, Paris.

SKU: CL.RWS-2039-01

A thrilling musical adventure for your young band musicians, Race Against Time is a fast and furious journey with an educational focus on the time signature. Driving in 4/4 time, your students will like the intensity and strength of the musical race. However, they will love their journey through the time tunnel with simple yet effective meter changes. Master educator Robert W. Smith has provided a perfect vehicle to teach and reinforce the time signature in a musically relevant setting.

SKU: OU.9780193722491

ISBN 9780193722491. 12 x 8 inches.

A work in three contrasting sections, each reflecting a mood of Wilfred Owen's poem of the same name. The first depicts the 'strangeness' of the meeting ' . . . Down some profound tunnel', and the second portrays the viciousness of war with violent, jabbing rhythms. This leads directly into a concluding chorale-like movement in which a kind of peace is attained, echoing the closing words of the poem 'Let us sleep now . . .'.

SKU: KN.61781S

UPC: 822795617818.

This burning swing/shuffle chart maintains the blues tradition while mixing in some contemporary harmonies, with nice shout sections for the entire ensemble. Written or ad lib solo space is included for trumpet and alto saxophone. Written for advancing groups, each set includes a guitar chord chart by Jim Greeson. Duration 5:20.

SKU: M7.ELLI-3610

ISBN 9781559614818. UPC: 052296361020.

Nach dem Überraschungs-Erfolg der ''Gravikords''-Compilation (die bewiesen hat, daß man mit experimenteller Musik ein großes Publikum begeistern kann) gibt ellipsis arts eine zweite Folge mit schrägen und faszinierenden, selbstgebauten Musikinstrumenten heraus. Dies 96-seitige Buch mit CD (oder umgekehrt) nimmt den Hörer mit auf einen weiteren Streifzug durch die Werkstätten der Erfinder und Erbauer neuer und / oder ungewöhnlicher Musikinstrumente. Diemal sind sogar einige echte Stars mit von der Partie, wie z.B. Ambient-Ikone Aphex Twin, Tom Waits (mit einem Ensemble aus Nähmaschinen), John Cage und das viel-gefeierte Tanz- und Percussions-Ensemble Stomp. (ZGA - Collin Offord - Tom Waits - Bill Colvig & Lou Harrison - Arthea - Aphex Twin - Les Phones - Peter Whitehead - Ela Lamblin - John Cage - Stomp - Sharon Rowell - Bradford Reed - Ellen Fullman - Uakti - Leonard Solomon).