For voice and C instrument. Format: fakebook. With vocal melody, lyrics and chord names. Sacred. 182 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Creative Concepts

Arranged by Moses Hogan. For SATB choir and piano accompaniment (for rehearsal only) (SATB). Hal Leonard Choral Collection. Choral and Gospel. Songbook. Vocal score notation. 240 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Arranged by Larry Shackley. For Piano. Sacred. Level: (Moderate Advanced). Print Music Collection (Piano Collection). Published by Hope Publishing Company.

(Songs That Define an Era) Songbook for voice, piano and guitar (chords only). 144 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Senior Treble Book 2. By Various. Arranged by Doreen Rao. Boosey and Hawkes Secular Choral. Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Arranged by John Carter. For Piano. Level: (Moderate). Print Music Collection (Piano Collection). Published by Hope Publishing Company.

Full orchestra

SKU: LO.30-3623H

Composed by Mark Hayes. Conductor's score. Spiritual. Orchestral score and parts. Heritage Music Press #30/3623H. Published by Heritage Music Press (LO.30-3623H).

UPC: 000308151190.

Rich choral textures and a warm harmonic palette enhance the emotion and audience appeal of this popular spiritual arrangement. There are a few short sections with divisi, but singers should find the vocal parts quite easy and enjoyable to learn. Program Ain’t That Good News (15/3606H) to follow this title for an extended performance option.

Creative Concepts Publishing. Size 9x12 inches. 136 pages. Published by Creative Concepts.

(Best-of-the-Best Creative Extensions Arranged for Voices and Orff Instruments). Arranged by David Asplund. TEACHER ED. Expressive Art (Choral). 48 pages

The Definitive Paul Simon Songbook by Paul Simon. For Melody Line, Lyrics and Chords. Music Sales America. Folk Rock. Softcover. 560 pages. Paul Simon Music #PS11594. Published by Paul Simon Music

By Adrian Hopkins. Arranged by Matt Cowe. The Little Black Songbook. Pop and Rock. Book Only. 192 pages. Wise Publications #MUSAM999680. Published by Wise Publications

By Peggy Seeger. For Melody Line, Lyrics and Chord symbols. Folk. Sheet Music. 364 pages. Published by Oak Publications.

By Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse. Children's Musicals and Programs. Christmas and Choral. CD only - No Sheet Music included. Published by Alfred Publishing.

By Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse. Children's Musicals and Programs. Christmas and Choral. 5 Singer's Editions. Published by Alfred Publishing.

By Sally K. Albrecht, Jay Althouse. Childrens Musicals and Programs. Christmas and Choral. CD only. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Trombone and Piano - Advanced

SKU: CY.CC3136

Composed by John W. Ware. Classical. Score and Parts. Cherry Classics #CC3136. Published by Cherry Classics (CY.CC3136).

ISBN 9790530111055. 8.5 x 11 in inches.

This fine work has sat dormant for many years and has now come to light thanks to the efforts of Charlie Vernon, Bass Trombonist of the Chicago Symphony, who performed this virtuoso work as a young performer. The concerto is in the standard three movement form: Fast, slow, fast. This publication is a reduction from the original orchestral version (to be released at some point in the future). Here is a description of the Concerto by the composer, John W. Ware. I started on the trombone concerto in my junior year studying composition at Indiana University. While working on it, I learned of an opportunity to make it sort of a thesis piece (though students didn't write a thesis in composition while an undergrad). The original version was for trombone with string orchestra, and it was performed by the IU String Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Arthur Corra, with Robert Priez, trombone, as part of my senior composition recital. I thought the performance was quite good (Priez played extraordinarily well), and the piece received a newspaper review in the Indiana Daily Student, in which the reviewer wrote that the work was almost too exciting. I thought at the time that he had given me and my music a fine compliment. I made a piano version of the accompaniment, shortening and tightening the first movement, for performances in 1966; I made a second revision in 1967 for a performance by E. J. Eaton, trombonist at the University of Tennessee at Martin, arriving at the form in which the work exists now. The first movement is in fairly normal sonata-allegro form, in the key of A minor. It alternates between assertive and more thoughtful moods. There is no introduction; the soloist enters immediately and dominates much of the movement. The main theme is--by some manipulation--a source for most of the other themes, and all of the themes are used in close proximity to each other, including contrapuntal combinations, especially near the end. Originally the movement included a lengthy fugato, now much shortened and including a stretto that builds and subsides before a cadenza leading to a coda based on both the principal and secondary themes. Key relations in this movement, as in the other two, are quite free and often chromatic, with frequent third-relations; but returns to the tonic at the end are emphatic. The writing is challenging for both soloist and accompanist; the piece is substantial, requiring technique and stamina. The second movement is in F minor and is also built on both contrast and close relationships between the main and secondary themes. The main theme is heard in the piano part before the soloist enters. The mood is more lyric than in the first movement, but with dramatic episodes also. In this movement are some definite derivations from themes in the first movement. The ending is a sort of lengthened shadow of the opening. The finale returns to A minor, with themes slightly related to polonaise rhythms, but with strong echoes of first-movement themes. Here, too, dramatic and lyric episodes alternate, with dotted rhythms frequently propelling the music forward. The introduction is a brief and simple preparation for the solo entry. Later in the movement, a very brief, slightly slower section is soon overtaken by the original tempo. Toward the end, there is a second cadenza, again leading to a swift and energetic coda. The work is about 20 minutes in length and is appropriate for advanced performers.

Recorder

SKU: KV.3612501

Composed by Sarah Watts. This edition: paperback. School Start. Book. Published by Kevin Mayhew Publishers (KV.3612501).

ISBN 9781848675919.

This a colourful recorder tutor which guides children from the very beginning, including how to hold a recorder properly. Key symbols are explained at the outset and repeated throughout to encourage and aid learning. Music notes are introduced slowly and clearly, enabling good technique and musical literacy.

There are plenty of short pieces with jazzy piano or CD accompaniments at all stages and many of them have funny words or actions. Rhythms are clapped out, musical terms and symbols explained simply and games help promote understanding, all of which make this new book comprehensive yet enjoyable, easy to follow and fun!

And the best news of all is that the teacher doesn't have to be a recorder player or a musician -- just one step ahead of the children!