Grade 2

SKU: CL.057-2096-00

Composed by William Billings. Arranged by Metzer. Marching Band. Score and set of parts. Composed 1988. C.L. Barnhouse #057-2096-00. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.057-2096-00).

Easy to prepare. A highly effective chart that builds quietly and builds to a big stately finish.

Marching Band - Grade 2

SKU: AP.42098S

Featuring: Goodbye My Son. Composed by Hans Zimmer. Arranged by Mike Story. Marching Band; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Big and Easy. Movie. Score. 8 pages. Alfred Music #00-42098S. Published by Alfred Music (AP.42098S).

UPC: 038081470252. English.

Part 2 of our Man of Steel show contains the poignant and beautiful Goodbye My Son. After beginning quietly with a horn or alto sax solo, the piece gradually builds to a stunning finish.

By Various. Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook. Pop. Softcover. Published by Hal Leonard

Band concert band - Grade 2.5

SKU: KJ.WB354

Composed by Bruce Pearson. Score and set of parts. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #WB354. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.WB354).

UPC: 8402701910.

Bruce Pearson is best known as the author of the Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method. But quietly and consistently he has become one of the foremost composers of quality and challenging music for young bands. Now Tableau joins such grade two titles as Tapestry, Renaissance Triptych, Proclamation, and Canticle as outstanding compositions for both contest/festival and concert programming. A tableau is a graphic description or representation of ancient days and Tableau, the composition, is its musical counterpart, written in the ancient F Aeolian mode. Sparked by a tranquil Andante trumpet solo, and followed shortly by an exciting Allegro flute solo, the selection ends with dramatic ascending scale passages for all instruments in the band. A performance must!

Band Bass Clarinet, Bass Drum, Bassoon, Chimes, Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2, Crash Cymbals, Euphonium, Euphonium T.C., Flute, Flute 2, Horn, Mallet Percussion, Oboe, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Snare Drum, Suspended Cymbal, Tam-tam, Timpani, Tom-tom and more. - Grade 1.5

SKU: CF.FPS152

Composed by Sean O'Loughlin. First Plus Band (FPS). Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 8+2+4+4+2+5+2+2+4+4+4+6+3 +1+2+4+4+20+2 pages. Duration 2 minutes, 5 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #FPS152. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.FPS152).

ISBN 9781491152126. UPC: 680160909629.

Incur sion was a collaboration between composer Sean O'Loughlin and the students of the commissioning group. When asked for a dark and scary sounding piece, O'Loughlin delivered in his typical fashion. Aggressive rhythmic figures set the tone of the piece early with a foreboding and dark melody in the lower voices.  The piece develops through a number of contrasting sections, providing plenty of exciting variations for students to enjoy.
Incursion is a dramatic, powerful work for the developing ensemble. The piece begins with an aggressive rhythmic idea that sets the tone for the composition. The lower voices enter with a foreboding and dark melody that carries on this feeling. The upper voices then split into counterpoint with the lower voices at m. 17. The counterpoint splits into three parts at m. 25, which culminates in a return to the opening rhythmic figure at m. 33. A contrasting slow section features some lush and haunting passages. Measure 54 brings the opening rhythmic figure back again, but this time includes a quietly intense approach. A recapitulation of the counterpoint and subsequent development follows. Measure 83 brings back the opening rhythmic idea one more time to conclude with a rousing finish.

(Xiao He Tang Shui). Arranged by Albert Wang. Orchestra. Part(s); Score; String Orchestra. Highland String Orchestra. Folk; World. Grade 4. 124 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing

Full orchestra

SKU: LO.30-3082L

Hymn of Christian Unity. Composed by Edwin M. Willmington. Choral. Sacred Anthem, All Saints' Day, Evangelism, General, Trinity Sunday. Orchestral score and parts. Lorenz Publishing Company #30/3082L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.30-3082L).

UPC: 000308136821.

This inspiring anthem begins quietly, builds to a reminder of our mission to the world, and concludes with a joyful affirmation that one day all believers will join together to praise God for eternity. A perfect blend of meaningful lyrics and a strong melody make The Jesus Prayer an anthem that your whole congregation will enjoy. (Ob, 2 Hn, 3 Tpt, 2 Tbn, Tuba, Timp, Perc, 2 Vln, Vla, Cello, Bass).

By David Conte (1955-). For SATB Choir and organ. Sacred. Octavo. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing

Handbells (3-5 octaves) - Level 2+

SKU: LO.20-1699L

Composed by Matthew Compton. Handbell score. Lorenz Publishing Company #20/1699L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.20-1699L).

ISBN 9781429134828.

Your ringers will enjoy this creative setting of a traditional tune. Beginning quietly with a recurring motive, the piece builds to a grand climax before ending with a meditative reiteration of the opening motive. This piece will enhance your concert programs or worship services throughout the year.

Arranged by Alexander L'Estrange. Choir Secular. For with Piano (SAB). Choral Octavo. Faber Choral Singles. Secular. Published by Faber Music

By Mark Hayes. For SSA (SSAA) choir and piano. Concert. Octavo. Published by Heritage Music Press. (15/2211H)

Piano Quartet (Score & Parts)

SKU: HL.49046229

Score and Parts. Composed by Huw Watkins. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Softcover. Composed 2012. 68 pages. Duration 600 seconds. Schott Music #ED13463. Published by Schott Music (HL.49046229).

ISBN 9790220138195. UPC: 842819105978. 0.181 inches.

Written in 2012 for the Schubert Ensemble and first performed at the Spitalfields Fesival. A single movement that starts quietly before a jolt from the piano which triggers a fast and restless section which, in turn, arrives at an unexpectedly serene conclusion.

Choir

SKU: HP.8672C

Edited by Jane Holstein. Arranged by Jane Holstein. Collection. Christmas, Sacred. Performance/Accompaniment CD. Hope Publishing Company #8672C. Published by Hope Publishing Company (HP.8672C).

UPC: 763628986728. By Various Writers.

Eight top-selling Christmas Anthems by Various Writers Here is the 6th volume in our successful series of accessible voicings of top-sellers in our catalog. All of these are proven winners from arrangers Joel Raney, Lloyd Larson, and Jack Schrader. Each is set for SAB choirs.

Unison voices, Descant, cantor, assembly, keyboard accompaniment, flute

SKU: GI.G-006282

Psalm 130. Composed by Steven R. Janco. Sacred. Octavo. GIA Publications #006282. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-006282).

UPC: 641151062822.

A quietly passionate setting of Psalm 130. This compelling yet practicable piece features a gorgeous descant on the each refrain as well as the final verse. Your soloists will enjoy the challenges presented in the expressive verses, with the result definitely well worth the effort.

Orchestra String Orchestra - Grade 2-2.5

SKU: CF.YAS57

Composed by Alan Lee Silva. Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series. Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 16+4+16+10+10+10+4+12 pages. Carl Fischer Music #YAS57. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.YAS57).

ISBN 9780825866890. UPC: 798408066895. 8.5 X 11 inches. Key: G major.

This is a sweeping new original composition in a subto Scottish style from popular composer Alan Lee Silva. Just another one of the pieces that always seem to flow effortlessly from his talented pen. This is an excellent piece for any contest or festival.
This Scottish-flavored, uptempo piece in has a lilting, jubilant-feel throughout. Highland Celebration is  built around two rhythmic subdivisions: two groups of three eighth notes per measure and three groups of two eighth notes per measure. Have the ensemble distinguish between the two subdivisions by tapping each one separately. Make an exercise of the rhythm in mm. 1–2 in Violin 1 to facilitate playing the different rhythms precisely: (1 2 3 - 4 5 6) and (1 2 - 3 4 - 5 6). Rehearsing four- to eightmeasure sections under tempo will aid in tightening these rhythms and solidifying pitch.The sections to concentrate on are: mm. 17–24 and mm. 33–40 to make sure that Violins I and II and Cello are playing together; mm. 33–40, to focus on the Violin 1 and Violin 2 unisons and couplings; and mm. 57–62, where the quarter-note subdivisions are emphasized. The piece is book-ended with the introduction material which always begins quietly and builds. The ensemble at m. 79 starts with tutti scalar figures and increases in intensity to the final accented measures at m. 83. Written in AABA form with a double bridge at m. 45, the overall feeling is dance-like and festive.

About Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series

Thi s 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

Composed by Mark Hayes. Choral. Sacred Anthem, All Saints' Day, General. Octavo. Lorenz Publishing Company #10/4954L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.10-4954L).

Trombone, Piano - Grade 2

SKU: FL.FX071925

Composed by Alain Lopez. Classical, Educational. Score and Set of Parts. FLEX Editions #FX071925. Published by FLEX Editions (FL.FX071925).

The wind carries away the yellow leaves fallen on the pavement, the cafes put tables and chairs in... I evoke here a fall tour that is difficult to do quietly in Paris. How to take your time in this city with so many streets to cross (musical phrases of 3 measures), cars or buses to avoid (musical phrases starts on the second time). While the chestnut vendors are on subway entrances, how not to hurry like others (theme B) to 'catch' the subway...

Concert band - Grade 3

SKU: CL.012-4589-00

Arranged by P. Clark. Concert Band. Concert Band Series. Score and set of parts. Composed 2017. Duration 4 minutes, 18 seconds. Opus III Wind Orchestra Publications #012-4589-00. Published by Opus III Wind Orchestra Publications (CL.012-4589-00).

Perfectly combining both the reverent serenity and also the emotional qualities of O Holy Night, this exceptional Paul Clark arrangement will be the highlight of your holiday concert! Starting simply, this setting slowly builds to a strong full ensemble, and ends as quietly as it began. This beautiful rendition of a beloved holiday classic will bring back fond memories of Christmas past, as well as being a wonderful part of Christmas present for your audiences and performers. Superb!

Orchestra (Score)

SKU: HL.283507

Orchestra Score. Composed by Bent Sorensen. Music Sales America. Classical. Softcover. 49 pages. Duration 780 seconds. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #KP01914. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.283507).

Exit Music for Orchestra was composed by Bent Sorensen in 2006-07. Exit Music was commissioned by the Bergen International Festival for the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, and is dedicated to Per Norgard on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Programme note It began with a dream, as it always does when I compose. I dreamt that I was standing in an open doorway on a hill in an otherwise open landscape. I do not know what was behind the door, but in front of it - towards the landscape - I saw my music disappearing. I stood looking for the music, and started to hear it, to remember it in time with its disappearance. The dream continued to recur as strange pictures in my daydreams, and I continued to try to write down the music that had vanished. It was also the dream that gave the piece its title- Exit Music. Exit Music is based on three simple songs (the songs that vanish through the doorway): a little lullaby, which continues to reappearin fragments; a strange polyphonic pop song that refers to a section of my opera Under the Sky; and a passionate little love song, which concludes the piece on the strings, very quietly and in unison. These simple songs are then constantly overpainted by enervating repeated motes in fairly simple rhythms, which push the songs out of the room. (Bent Sorensen).

Trumpet & Piano

SKU: SU.80101390

For Trumpet & Piano. Composed by Carson Cooman. Brass, Trumpet. Score & Parts. Zimbel Press #80101390. Published by Zimbel Press (SU.80101390).

Equinox Sonata (2015) for trumpet and piano was written for and is dedicated to Chris Gekker. The work was commissioned with support from the University of Maryland. At the two yearly equinoxes, the plane of the earth's equator passes the center of the sun, and day and night are equal. Sun Horizon is bright and energetic, cast in a loose sonata form. Dream Walking is dedicated in memory of composer Brian Fennelly (1937-2015). The tone is lyric and elegiac--building to several climaxes before ending quietly. Moon Mysteries begins with a machine-like ostinato and a modal melody. The (nervous) energy does not abate as the music presses towards a vigorous conclusion. Instrumentation: Trumpet and Piano Duration: 15' Composed: 2015 Published by: Zimbel Press.

Composed by William Averitt. Christmas, Sacred, 21st Century. Duration 3 minutes, 50 seconds. Galaxy Music Corporation #1.3482. Published by Galaxy Music Corporation

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.