Orchestra Cello, Contrabass, Timpani, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2 - Grade 3

SKU: CF.CAS163F

Composed by Amy Barlowe. Cas. Full score. Duration 3 minutes, 5 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #CAS163F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CAS163F).

ISBN 9781491165485. UPC: 680160924394. Key: G major.

Symbolic of the victorious, the uplifting character of Winged Victory promises to infuse your orchestras and audiences with the joyful spirit of triumph. Engaging rhythms and articulations will provide students an enriching experience bound to encourage listening and communicationbetween instrumental parts. A distinctly celebratory work, Winged Victory’s heroic themes will launch graduations, sports events, important tributes, and special occasions with a stirring zeal that will be long remembered.

About Carl Fischer Concert String Orchestra Series

Thi s series of pieces (Grade 3 and higher) is designed for advancing ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:

• Expanded use of rhythms, ranges and keys but technical demands are still carefully considered
• More comprehensive bowing techniques
• Viola T.C. included
• Careful selection of keys and degree of difficulty for advancing musicians

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.1188355

Hawaii Indigenous Composer Series. Composed by King David Kalalaua. Arranged by Megann Sala. Pavane Choral. Concert, Hawaiian. Octavo. Duration 150 seconds. Pavane Publishing #P1727. Published by Pavane Publishing (HL.1188355).

UPC: 196288129714. 6.75x10.5x0.019 inches.

We are very proud to launch the Jace Saplan “Indigenous Composer Series” with two Hawaiian pieces, of which this is the first. It is not too often we get to sing music written by a king, and far too little Hawaiian music has been arranged for a cappella choir. The text is in Hawaiian and carries a message of love and appreciation. The second piece in the series is “Mahalo Piha” - be sure to read about that one too. They make a lovely programming pair.

Composed by Queen Lili'uokalani. Arranged by Justin Ka'upu. Pavane Choral. Octavo. 12 pages. Duration 235 seconds. Pavane Publishing #P1739. Published by Pavane Publishing

Concert Band (Score)

SKU: HL.4002119

Full Score. Composed by Steven Bryant. Steve Bryant. 22 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.4002119).

UPC: 073999263251. 11x17 inches.

This large-scale three-movement work, commissioned by Ray Cramer and the Indiana University Wind Ensemble, embodies the transformation of silence into sound. The opening movement is sparse, utilizing mallet percussion, harp, and piano to create a floating sense of timelessness. Featuring extensive solo flute, this floating texture gradually builds over several minutes, ultimately launching itself into a grandiose, warm, harmonically consonant blanket of sound. The second movement continues the focus on solo flute, and again opens slowly, gradually gaining momentum, but at a faster pace than in the first movement. The music spirals upward and outward, but instead of reaching a plateau, winds itself out and comes to a grinding halt in the upper range of the ensemble. Five brief, solemn chords conclude the movement, which immediately erupts into Movement III, music of unceasing, unsettling, motion, propelled by a driving ostinato which is repeatedly interrupted by bittersweet moments of lyricism, all the while pushing toward an unforgiving climax. The movements may also be performed separately. There is no explicit narrative to the piece, though many particular elements do have personal quasi-biographical significance. Ultimately, this is music of both personal and musical transformation.

NO TE: This work is available as a rental item directly from the composer. For details, e-mail rental@stevenbryant.com. The score is also available separately for purchase from Hal Leonard.

Woodwind quintet Bassoon, Clarinet, Flute, Horn, Oboe

SKU: PR.14440580S

For Wind Quintet. Composed by Lansing McLoskey. Co-premiered at the 2012 International Clarinet Association, International Double Reed Society, International Horn Society, and National Flute Association conventions. Contemporary. Full score. With Standard notation. Composed 2012. Duration 20 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #144-40580S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.14440580S).

UPC: 680160612567.

Four leading organizations (International Clarinet Association, International Double Reed Society, International Horn Society, and National Flute Association) joined together to bring about a mutual goal - to promote new works for the very ensemble that binds them together, the woodwind quintet. Once the details were ironed out, these organizations (together as The International Joint Wind Quintet Project) launched an international competition to find a new work for quintet. From the 76 compositions submitted, and through three rounds of judging, representatives of the four organizations proclaimed a winner - Lansing McLoskey's Hardwood. Written as a theme and variations (although not actually variations on a given theme), the five-movement work was premiered at the 2012 meetings of all four organizations, and it is a stellar beginning to a hopefully long-running competition. For advanced performers. Total dur.: c. 20'.

By Stroope. For SSAATTBB choir, a cappella. Choral octavo. Published by Alliance Music Publications. (AMP 0530)

For Guitar. 1-2-3 Fingerstyle Guitar is designed for intermediate to advanced flat-pick players who are ready to throw down that pick for a while to finally get a handle on fingerstyle. That's the secret ingredient of this study program -- its a beginning fingerstyle. DVD. Published by eMedia Music

Composed by Ray Starling. Arranged by Ray Starling. For jazz band (5-4-4-3). Stan Kenton Series. Swing. Grade 5. Score and set of parts. Published by Sierra Music

Chamber Music Piano

SKU: PR.140401310

Composed by Nora Holt. Edited by Lara Downes. Sws. Score. 8 pages. Duration 2 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #140-40131. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.140401310).

ISBN 9781491134153. UPC: 680160684250. 9 x 12 inches. Key: G major.

NORA’ S DANCE is a jazz-influenced rag from 1921, and among the only surviving compositions by Nora Douglas Holt. A charming and exciting work rejuvenated by Lara Downes’ 2021 recording for the Rising Sun label, the rag is both a fun 2 minutes for pianists and audiences, and also a fascinating time capsule. Composed several years after Scott Joplin’s death, and several years before the Charleston pervaded popular music, NORA’S DANCE blossoms with the energy and jazz harmony starting to emerge as The Roaring 20’s, using ragtime and stride as the seed for pianistic style.
My own life in music has been driven by a quest to find strong female role models, trails to follow, shoulders to stand on. In Nora Douglas Holt, I find an inspiring example of creativity, independence, and resilience – with a dash of troublemaking. She was a free spirit, a force of nature, and she lived a fascinating and eventful life on her own terms. She reinvented herself through five marriages and at least as many careers. From her beginnings at the piano at age four, she explored many avenues of musical expression – performing, composing, music journalism, broadcasting, teaching – all with inventiveness, style, and zeal.She made the most of the Roaring ’20s, as an artist, socialite, jetsetter, muse, and patroness of the Harlem Renaissance. In 1921 she started an independent arts journal called “Music and Poetry,” where the charming piano solo Nora’s Dance was first published. I think the piece captures beautifully, in a little under 2 minutes, the energy and excitement of those heady years.In 1926, Nora left New York to travel the world, performing in nightclubs throughout Europe and Asia. She put her belongings in storage before she left, and when she came back she discovered that many of her things had been stolen, including more than 200 of her musical compositions. She never composed again.When the Depression hit, she moved out to Los Angeles, where she studied music education at USC, taught music in the LA public schools, and opened her own beauty salon. She returned to New York in the ’40s and worked as a music critic for several major newspapers, then launched yet another career, this time in broadcasting. Her popular radio concert series “Nora Holt’s Concert Showcase” broadcast to New York’s classical music audience, with a focus on Black composers and performers.Ahead of her time, larger than life, full of ideas…. I am so pleased to introduce you to the feisty and free spirited Nora Douglas Holt!

Chamber Music flute, piano

SKU: PR.114422710

Composed by Charles Gibb. Set of Score and Parts. 44+8 pages. Duration 24 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-42271. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114422710).

ISBN 9781491136072. UPC: 680160688227.

DUOâ €™s succinct movement titles (I. Here, II. Open, III. Stark, IV. Ardent) tease at revealing the grand and heartfelt inspiration for exuberant romanticism in this sonata-like work of symphonic proportions and depth. Charles Gibb is both an accomplished pianist and an award-winning flutist, who has written of this compelling major addition to the literature: “This work is a journey. What journey and whose journey does not matter. It is my journey, it is your journey. It is the journey of those who came before us, and of those who will come after us. I wrote this hoping that we can find each other along the road, so we can realize that we don’t need to go on the journey alone.” Gibb’s DUO is sure to become a favorite major work for flute recitalists.
This work is a journey. What journey and whose journey does not matter. It is my journey, it is your journey. It is the journey of those who came before us, and of those who will come after us. I wrote this hoping that we can find each other along the road, so we can realize that we don’t need to go on the journey alone.“Here” begins with three notes that shape the rhythmic and harmonic content of the entire work. Melodies and harmonies including the tonic, dominant, and leading tone can be found in each of the four movements. The first moments of this movement introduce the melody, offering itself unencumbered and uninhibited. It shows itself as it is. The melodies soar, the harmonies become voiced more intricately, and the opening theme repeats in full grandeur. The momentum slows down, and the movement ends with a sense of completion, yet remains unbalanced.A striking piano gesture launches “Open,” the idea of instability reflected with the flowing flute trills and unclear meter patterns in the piano. The sensation of an unsteady grace in 5/8 time arrives with a piano ostinato. The melody is expressive, yet insecure and unbalanced due to changing meters. After a grand pause, the movement transitions to 4/4 time with the flute switching between duplet and triplet flourishes. After a rapid descent in the flute, the opening gesture returns, changed and abruptly interrupted.The third movement, “Stark,” is very static, beginning plainly but markedly. The falling fifth calls out continually throughout the movement, searching, lost. Melodies appear in pieces, some smooth and flowing, others rather disjunct. The piece climaxes with a line of mournfulness, yet revealing a deeper strength through intense projection of tone in the high register. However, the static harmonies return, this time unsteady all the way to its foundation. This destabilization repeats, and then quietly recedes.“Ardentâ� � is the longest of the movements and spans a wide range of musical emotion. Part of the movement is fast paced, energetic, and balances order and disarray. However, once the chaos dies down, a gentle, expressive theme comes in. The theme itself is very resolute; it is order appearing from the pandemonium. Conflict returns, and order and chaos become less distinguishable from one another, and soon fuse together. However, order returns with new meaning, synthesized with previous musical content, creating a truer, deeper sense of awareness or understanding. A moment of ambiguity arises, but the flute persists, supported by the sensitive but firm figuration in the piano, and resoundingly comes to a close, unburdened and at ease.

Orchestra String Orchestra - Medium Easy/Medium

SKU: CF.CAS29

Composed by Doris Gazda. This edition: Medium Easy/Medium. Carl Fischer Concert String Orchestra Series. Classical. Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 12 pages. Carl Fischer Music #CAS29. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CAS29).

ISBN 9780825860959. UPC: 798408060954. 8.5 X 11 inches. Key: C major.

A programatic work by composer Doris Gazda that sets out to depict the historic moon landing by the Apollo 11 astronauts and the famous first step by Neil Armstrong. A sound portrait of this remarkable event in America history.
In July, 1959 the world watched and listened as the astronauts of Apollo 11 traveled from the Earth to the moon. The mission, launched by NASA, successfully carried men to the surface of the moon and returned them safely to earth. The spaceship was made up of a command module, Columbia, and a lunar module, Eagle. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, flight commander, and Buzz Aldrin, pilot of the lunar module, actually walked on the moon. The third astronaut, Michael Collins, piloted Columbia, the command module that orbited the moon while Armstrong and Aldrin were on the lunar surface.The 238,000-mile trip to the moon took four days. Apollo 11 fell into orbit 60 miles above the moon's surface. The Eagle separated from Columbia, orbited the moon nine miles above the surface and then made a powered descent, touching down on the moon in the Seat of Tranquility. Six hours after landing, Armstrong stepped onto the moon's surface uttering these memorable words that brought to reality the possibilities of space travel and exploration, That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.Armstrong and Aldrin spent two hours walking on the lunar surface. They set up some scientific equipment, raised an American flag and left a plaque signed by the Apollo 11 crew and President Richard Nixon, reading:Here men from planet earth first set foot upon the moon. July 1969 A.D. We came in peace for all mankind.Twenty-one hours after landing, the Eagle with Armstrong and Aldrin onboard, left the moon to reunite with Columbia. After docking successfully, all three men got into Columbia. They jettisoned the Eagle and Columbia left lunar orbit to make the return trip. Two days later Columbia re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.

(The Zen Way to Play Guitar). By Philip Toshio Sudo and Tobias Hurwitz. For Guitar. This edition: 2nd. Book; CD; Guitar Method or Supplement; Method/Instruction. 128 pages. Published by Alfred Music

The Story of Tonight * What'd I MIss * Dear Theodosia * One Last Time, from the Broadway musical. Composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda (1980-). Arranged by Lisa DeSpain. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Pop Choral Series. Form: Medley. Broadway; Secular. Choral Octavo. 20 pages. Alfred Music #00-48295. Published by Alfred Music

By Brian Balmages. Intermediate Wind Band/Ensemble. FJH Developing Band. So what would it be like if someone could actually grab on to one of these comets and take a ride through the solar system? Comet Ride seeks to convey that very feeling. The opening bold section describes the sighting of the comet and builds as it gets closer and closer. The piece then takes off, launching a wild comet ride filled with excitement and energy. Eventually, the sheer beauty and awe of outer space becomes the focus of the work before the piece builds once again into a final roller coaster of excitement. Score for this title: B1291S. Extra part for this title: B1291P. Concert Band. Level: 1.5. Score and Set of Parts. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc.

By Cristian Grases. For Choral (SSAA). Fred Bock Publications. 12 pages. Gentry Publications #JG2436. Published by Gentry Publications

Concert Band - Grade 1.5

SKU: AP.49096

Composed by Peter Sciaino. Concert Band; MakeMusic Cloud; Performance Music Ensemble. Alfred Debut Series. Programmatic. Score and Part(s). 84 pages. Duration 2:15. Alfred Music #00-49096. Published by Alfred Music (AP.49096).

ISBN 9781470646028. UPC: 038081564401. English.

Conjuring breathtaking images of illuminated lanterns floating through the night sky, Peter Sciaino's Paper Lanterns is a delightful selection that will capture the imagination. Celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month, the Lantern Festival traditionally marks the end of the Chinese New Year. As the sun goes down, families will often go outside and pay homage to the moon by launching paper sky lanterns (also called Congaing lanterns) which function like tiny hot air balloons. Take your audience to a place of wonder and beauty with this unique selection for young band. (2:15) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

Concert Band - Grade 1.5

SKU: AP.49096S

Composed by Peter Sciaino. Concert Band; MakeMusic Cloud; Performance Music Ensemble. Alfred Debut Series. Score. 20 pages. Duration 2:15. Alfred Music #00-49096S. Published by Alfred Music (AP.49096S).

ISBN 9781470646035. UPC: 038081564418. English.

Conjuring breathtaking images of illuminated lanterns floating through the night sky, Peter Sciaino's Paper Lanterns is a delightful selection that will capture the imagination. Celebrated on the 15th day of the first Chinese lunar month, the Lantern Festival traditionally marks the end of the Chinese New Year. As the sun goes down, families will often go outside and pay homage to the moon by launching paper sky lanterns (also called Congaing lanterns) which function like tiny hot air balloons. Take your audience to a place of wonder and beauty with this unique selection for young band. (2:15) This title available in MakeMusic Cloud.

Composed by Harry Sparnaay. Book on Bass Clarinet. Periferia Music #BC3626PM. Published by Periferia Music

Jazz Ensemble plus F horns 2 & tuba - Grade 3

SKU: KN.02500S

Composed by Sammy Nestico. Jazz Journey. Kendor Music Inc #02500S. Published by Kendor Music Inc (KN.02500S).

UPC: 822795025002.

Recor ded by Count Basie & His Orchestra in the late 1960's, this classic blues for developing ensembles features written or ad lib solos for trombone and drums. Midway through, shortly after the trombone solo ends, the full band gradually builds intensity and volume before launching into a roaring shout that'll blow your audience away. Rhythm section parts are partially notated with chords cued.