Choral (Highlights)

SKU: HL.48188539

O Wasn't Dat A Wide River. Composed by Georges Aubanel. Leduc. Softcover. Composed 2015. Heugel & Cie #HE32724. Published by Heugel & Cie (HL.48188539).

Aubanel Negro Spirituals 2eme Serie O Wasn't Dat A Wide River 3 Part.

By Gregg Sewell. Arranged by Bill F. Leach. For unison/2-part choir. Sacred Anthem. Octavo. Published by Triune Music Inc

Composed by Jesus Guridi (1886-1961). Music Sales America. Exam Material. Book Only. 8 pages. Union Musical Ediciones #MUSUME19549. Published by Union Musical Ediciones

By Various. Edited by Trevor de Clercq. Fake Book. Softcover. 224 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Guitar Chord Songbook. By Various Artists. Guitar Chord Songbook. Softcover. 170 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bassoon, Bongos, Brake Drum, Chimes, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Euphonium, Euphonium T.C., Flute 1, Flute 2, Horn, Mallet Percussion 1, Mallet Percussion 2, Oboe, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Percussion 3, Snare Drum and more. - Grade 2.5

SKU: CF.YPS217

Composed by Zachary Cairns. Folio. Yps. Set of Score and Parts. 8+8+4+8+8+4+2+6+4+4+4+8+8+8+8+6+6+6+4+6+4+2+2+4+6+10+24 pages. Duration 4 minutes, 48 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #YPS217. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.YPS217).

ISBN 9781491156544. UPC: 680160915088. 9 x 12 inches.

Hope Remains Within was commissioned by and composed for the Mount Nittany Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Concert Bands. Having heard the students of Mount Nittany perform another work of mine, I was very excited when their director, Johanna Steinbacher, approached me about writing a piece specifically for them. I knew right away that I wanted to write something that would tie in with their non-music curriculum in some way, but I wasn't exactly sure how, or what. Johanna talked to some of her students and learned that, in 7th grade, the students spend a good deal of time studying mythology in their English class. In particular, two clarinet students mentioned how much they enjoyed the story of Pandora. As such, I decided to use that story as the basis of this composition. Hope Remains Within doesn't attempt to re-tell the story, event by event, in musical terms. Instead, my goal was to address what seems to be one of the central issues of the Pandora myth. Though there are some variations, we probably all know the basics as told by the ancient Greek poet Hesiod. Zeus decides to punish Prometheus for stealing fire from heaven and giving it to humans. He and the other gods create Pandora, a beautiful and deceitful woman, and they give her to Prometheus's brother Epimetheus as a bride. Pandora is herself given a jar (according to many sources, jar seems to be a more accurate translation for what we commonly call Pandora's box) which contained numerous evils, diseases, and other pains. Out of curiosity, Pandora opens the jar and releases all of these evils into the world. But one thing remains in the jar: hope. The issue of hope seems to be one of the big interpretive questions of the Pandora myth. Why does hope remain within the jar? Why doesn't it come out of the jar to help humanity? Is hope being held on a pedestal of some sort? Is hope deliberately withheld from humanity? Why was hope in the jar with all those evils in the first place? I'm not enough of a mythological scholar to claim to have definitive answers to those questions, but these are the questions that I've tried to engage from a musical perspective in Hope Remains Within. I encourage the students and listeners to consider their own ideas of what hope is, and where you can find your own hope when needed. Musically, Hope Remains Within draws one of its main themes from the Prometheus Symphony by Alexander Skryabin (Scriabin). The note sequence F-D-Gb -F, heard near Hope's beginning played by alto saxophones and chimes, comes from the opening measures of Skyrabin's work. Given the important role that Prometheus plays in the Pandora myth, this seemed like an appropriate musical gesture to quote. This Prometheus motive is varied throughout the course of the piece, and even provides closure at the end, recast in a major key. Additionally, I have tried to involve a manageable amount of chromaticism in this piece. I have worked from the key of Bb major, no doubt familiar to every student who has ever played an instrument in a band. But I have added three extra notes: Db, Gb, and Ab, which are drawn from the key of Bb minor. During the piece's slow opening, I have allowed these minor key pitches to mingle freely within the Bb major tonality, adding extra color and (I hope!) beauty. As the piece progresses, though, the tempo increases, and we lose sense of the Bb major key entirely, and these extra notes play a more important role. But finally, Bb major returns triumphantly and all the extra notes are gone, except for a brief memory near the very end. (Ok, there are a couple of E-naturals that sneak in there along the way. I couldn't resist.).
Hope Remains Within was commissioned by and composed for the Mount Nittany Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Concert Bands. Having heard the students of Mount Nittany perform another work of mine, I was very excited when their director, Johanna Steinbacher, approached me about writing a piece specifically for them. I knew right away that I wanted to write something that would tie in with their non-music curriculum in some way, but I wasn’t exactly sure how, or what. Johanna talked to some of her students and learned that, in 7th grade, the students spend a good deal of time studying mythology in their English class. In particular, two clarinet students mentioned how much they enjoyed the story of Pandora.As such, I decided to use that story as the basis of this composition. Hope Remains Within doesn’t attempt to re-tell the story, event by event, in musical terms. Instead, my goal was to address what seems to be one of the central issues of the Pandora myth. Though there are some variations, we probably all know the basics as told by the ancient Greek poet Hesiod. Zeus decides to punish Prometheus for stealing fire from heaven and giving it to humans. He and the other gods create Pandora, a beautiful and deceitful woman, and they give her to Prometheus’s brother Epimetheus as a bride. Pandora is herself given a jar (according to many sources, “jar” seems to be a more accurate translation for what we commonly call “Pandora’s box”) which contained numerous evils, diseases, and other pains. Out of curiosity, Pandora opens the jar and releases all of these evils into the world. But one thing remains in the jar: hope.The issue of hope seems to be one of the big interpretive questions of the Pandora myth. Why does hope remain within the jar? Why doesn’t it come out of the jar to help humanity? Is hope being held on a pedestal of some sort? Is hope deliberately withheld from humanity? Why was hope in the jar with all those evils in the first place?I’m not enough of a mythological scholar to claim to have definitive answers to those questions, but these are the questions that I’ve tried to engage from a musical perspective in Hope Remains Within. I encourage the students and listeners to consider their own ideas of what hope is, and where you can find your own hope when needed.Musically, Hope Remains Within draws one of its main themes from the Prometheus Symphony by Alexander Skryabin (Scriabin). The note sequence F-D-Gb -F, heard near Hope’s beginning played by alto saxophones and chimes, comes from the opening measures of Skyrabin’s work. Given the important role that Prometheus plays in the Pandora myth, this seemed like an appropriate musical gesture to quote. This Prometheus motive is varied throughout the course of the piece, and even provides closure at the end, recast in a major key.Additionally, I have tried to involve a manageable amount of chromaticism in this piece. I have worked from the key of Bb major, no doubt familiar to every student who has ever played an instrument in a band. But I have added three extra notes: Db, Gb, and Ab, which are drawn from the key of Bb minor. During the piece’s slow opening, I have allowed these minor key pitches to mingle freely within the Bb major tonality, adding extra color and (I hope!) beauty. As the piece progresses, though, the tempo increases, and we lose sense of the Bb major key entirely, and these extra notes play a more important role. But finally, Bb major returns triumphantly and all the extra notes are gone, except for a brief memory near the very end. (Ok, there are a couple of E-naturals that sneak in there along the way. I couldn’t resist.).

Composed by Franz Schubert (1797-1828). Edited by Walther Durr. For piano solo. This edition: Urtext edition. Stapled. Level 6. Performance score. Text Language: German/English. Opus 15, D 760. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag

By Benny Goodman. Edited by Jeffrey Sultanof. Arranged by Tadd Dameron. For jazz big band (2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, guitar, piano, bass, drums). Ranges: Trumpet 1 to E6, Trombone 3 to Cb5. Swing. Difficult. Score and parts. Published by Jazz Lines Publications

(100 Songs Excerpted for Successful Auditions). Edited by Michale Dansicker. For tenor voice solo and piano accompaniment. Vocal Collection. Broadway, Movies and Pop. Difficulty: medium. Songbook. Vocal melody, lyrics, piano accompaniment, chord names and introductory text. 174 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Chamber Music Violin, cello, Piano

SKU: PR.114418250

Composed by Stacy Garrop. Contemporary. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 2013. 40+16+16 pages. Duration 23 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41825. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114418250).

UPC: 680160640959. 9 x 12 inches.

In 2011, Barbara Garrop, my mother, commissioned me to write a piano trio in memory of Norman Garrop, my father, who passed away about thirty years ago. When I started brainstorming about topics for the piece, I found it difficult to recall many moments of my early life involving my father. Too many years had passed, and the memories that I could summon were of achild looking up to her father, not an adult relating to an equal. However, while collecting stories of my father from various family members, along with discovering a number of objects that had once belonged to him and that I had stored away in boxes decades ago, I began to realize that this piece wasn't so much about my father as it was about my re-discovering the man that he was: a loving husband and dad who cared deeply about his family and his passions (which included bike riding, collecting coins, strumming our guitar, playing baseball, watching football games, entertaining people, helping to run local theater and puppet productions, and carving objects out of wook); an accountant who dreamed of a better future: a treasurer of our local synagogue; an early advocate for computers (we owned an Apple II+); and a pranster with a great sense of humor. Ultimately, I decided to musically tell the story of my search for these memories. In the first movement (Without), a child calls out in a sing-song voice, searching for her lost parent. This search intesifies over the course of the movement through a series of themes, including a stepping motif in which a two-note progression steadily climbs higher, a pseudo-jewish folksong, and a passionate longing theme. The child's search becomes increasingly intense throughout the movement, calling out fervently and repeatedly to the parent; the movement ends in a moment of great tnesion and uncertainty. The second movment (Within) quietly opens with the lost parent finally answering, represented by a solo cello; the child (now personified by the violin) has found the parent within the sanctuary of her own heart. This movement highlights the joy and solemnity of this beautiful discovery. -S.G.

(High Voice). Arranged by for Solo voice by Harry T. Burleigh. For Voice (High voice (Medium-High)). Vocal Collection. Spiritual. Book. 208 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

SATB choir - Moderate

SKU: LP.765762175303

Composed by Dave Clark & Allie Lapointe Geron Davis. Arranged by Geron Davis & Bradley Knight. Anthems. Inspirational and Sacred. Orchestration on CD-ROM. Published by Lillenas Publishing Company (LP.765762175303).

UPC: 765762175303.

Revisit the wonder and miracle of God's love come down through this stirring and thoughtful offering from popular songwriters Geron Davis Dave Clark and Bradley Knight. Soaring melodies and poignant lyrics written for solo voice with SATB will lead both congregation and choir to a renewed understanding that . . . to love us from a distance just wasn't good enough. Instrumentation: Opt. Flute 1 Opt. Oboe/Flute 2 Opt. Clarinet Alto Sax Opt. Horn Trumpet 1 Trumpet 2 Trombone Baritone Sax Rhythm Percussion Violin 1 Violin 2 Viola Cello/Bassoon String Bass Substitute Instrumentation: Keyboard String Reduction; Trumpet 3 (sub for Alto Sax); Tenor Sax (sub for Trombone); Trombone (sub for Baritone Sax); Clarinet (sub for Viola); Bass Clarinet (sub for Bassoon).

Over 100 Songs in the Key of C. By Various. Fake Book (Includes melody line and chords). Softcover. 184 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Performed by Elvis Presley. For voice and keyboard (right hand only). Format: easy piano/vocal/chords songbook. With vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, big note notation and keyboard registrations. Gospel, rock 'n' roll and rockabilly. Series: Hal Leonard E-Z Play Today. 104 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard