Piano

SKU: BR.EB-8032

Piano Lessons by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn. Edited by Heinz Walter. Solo instruments; Softcover. Edition Breitkopf. Romantic period. Score. 16 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 8032. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-8032).

ISBN 9790004174357. 9 x 12 inches.

In the last year of his life, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847) composed the six charming Children's Pieces, op. 72 (EB 8317). In contrast to the collections of children's pieces (by Schumann or Reger, for example), these have remained relatively unknown. Admittedly, however, they here and there demand technical and musical accomplishments that are beyond those to be expexted of beginners and belong to an intermediate stage of instruction. In the present edition, minor re-arrangements and cuts (in op. 72 no. 6) are intended to make the music more accessible to a child's understanding. The Songs without Words presented here are musically more demanding. From the total of 48 pieces, I have selected three slow compositions in which simple, beautiful melodie lines are supported by chorale-like piano textures. True performance of these pieces requires clean polyphonic chord playing and a cultivated pedal technique. The selection of pieces in this edition will, it is hoped, stimulate renewed interest in the piano music of Mendelssohn, which is so neglected today. Heinz Walter, Salzburg, Spring 1979

A Selection from 6 Children's Pieces (Op. 72) and Songs without Words.

Chamber Music Clarinet

SKU: PR.114419200

For solo Bb Clarinet. Composed by Shulamit Ran. Solo part. With Standard notation. 8 pages. Duration 7 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41920. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114419200).

ISBN 9781491114223. UPC: 680160671731. 9 x 12 inches.

Spirit was composed in memory of the renowned clarinetist Laura Flax. Laura commissioned Ran’s first solo clarinet work, For an Actor: Monologue for Clarinet, to premiere with the Da Capo Chamber Players in 1978. Ran returned to the clarinet in many compositions over the years, sometimes as a lead instrument and at other times as an important voice, yet always inspired by Laura’s rich sound, blazing technique, and the “brain and guts” that she brought to her playing. As a memorial, Spirit is not about absence, but rather a celebration displaying a wide range of emotions, with at least a tiny glimpse of Laura’s brilliant spirit and spiritedness. Only in the work’s final stretch does the sense of parting and loss take over.
SPIRIT was composed in memory of Laura Flax (1952-2017), the renowned New York-based clarinetist and my cherished friend. Our musical and personal association began in 1977 when Laura invited me to compose a solo clarinet work, For an Actor: Monologue for Clarinet, in memory of her mother, Hazel Flax, whom I had known.After composing For an Actor for Laura I came back to the clarinet in many of my compositions over the years, sometimes as a lead instrument and at other times as an important voice. In all of my clarinet music Laura is present. The rich sound, blazing technique, the “brain and guts” that she brought to her playing, and her remarkable person, have inspired me in so many ways during the four decades of our friendship, and beyond.I did not want Spirit to be about absence, though. I wanted the piece to exhibit a wider range of emotions, as well as capture at least a tiny glimpse of Laura’s brilliant spirit and spiritedness. Only in the work’s final stretch does the sense of “parting,” and of loss, take over.Upon completing Spirit on October 21, 2017 I found myself compelled to add at the bottom of the score the words “To Laura, always in my heart,” as though in an effort to reach out, for a brief moment, and touch the unreachable.—Shula mit Ran.

Band Wind Band - Grade 2

SKU: KJ.WB488

Composed by Brad Ciechomski. Concert and Contest. Tradition of Excellence, Excellence In Performance. Score and parts. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #WB488. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.WB488).

UPC: 8402704848.

Appropr iate for the beginning of a concert, Let It Begin gives the young concert band a solid piece of music that helps them to sound mature beyond their years. Carefully scored with ample doublings, composer Brad Ciechomski's fun and exciting music is a great addition to any library.

About Tradition of Excellence: Excellence in Performance

< p>Excellence in performance is a concert band repertoire series correlated with the Tradition of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method by Bruce Pearson and Ryan Nowlin. The compositions in the series correlate to a specific page in Tradition of Excellence Books 1, 2, or 3 and reinforce and expand on skills and concepts introduced in the method.

/Selecti ons include exciting parts for every player, grade-appropriate cross-cueing, accessible ranges and rhythms, creative percussion writing, electric bass and rehearsal piano parts, and full conductor scores with rehearsal suggestions, program notes and composer biographies. In addition, the Grade 1 works provide an Advanced Snare Drum part for percussionists who have achieved a higher level of ability, playable simultaneously with the more basic Snare Drum part to facilitate differentiated learning.

By Gustav Theodore Holst. Arranged by Dan Forrest. For SATB choir (piano accompaniment). Dan Forrest Series. Main Key: B Flat Major. Sacred. Difficulty: Medium Advanced (Adult). Set of parts. Duration 3 minutes 30 seconds. Published by Hinshaw Music Inc.

Concert band - Grade 2

SKU: CL.011-4493-01

Composed by Coles. Young Band, closer. Command Series. Audio recording available separately (item CL.WFR390). Extra full score. Composed 2016. Duration 2 minutes, 42 seconds. C.L. Barnhouse #011-4493-01. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.011-4493-01).

Insurrection is a bold, ominous and aggressively spirited musical juggernaut, full of energy from start to finish! Depicting the intensity and unsettled feel of sudden conflict, it begins with a powerfully introspective statement, and quickly shifts gears to a faster, eerier direction with colliding dissonances and staccato rhythms in the high woodwinds. A calmer emotional release follows, before the revolt against authority returns with the relentless and forceful energy of the opening. The dynamics, choppy woodwind flourishes, powerful low brass riffs, and frenzying percussion brings the idea of a rebellion to your next concert program. This a crisp and exciting concert opener or closer that makes even the youngest of players sound advanced beyond their abilities. Exciting music!

Set of Parts Soloistically Augmenting. By Johann Pachelbel. Arranged by Helmut May. Schott. Size 9x12 inches. Published by Schott.

Grade 1

SKU: CL.023-3762-01

Coronation March. Composed by Robert W. Smith. Young Concert Band. Sound Foundations Series. Audio recording available separately (item CL.WFR360). Extra full score. Composed 2008. Duration 2 minutes, 18 seconds. C.L. Barnhouse #023-3762-01. Published by C.L. Barnhouse (CL.023-3762-01).

Crown of Glory is a concert march in a traditional British style. Even though ranges are limited to a single octave, this original work by Robert W. Smith will make your band sound mature beyond their years. Written for concert and festival performance, Crown of Glory is also very effective at ceremonial events including graduation.

By Brant Adams. For SATB Choir. Choral. Sheet Music. 127 pages. Published by Shawnee Press.

Grade 3

SKU: CL.RWS-2116-00

(Warm-Ups for Symphonic Band). Composed by Traster Canzano Dell R. W. Smith. Concert Band. Score and set of parts. Composed 2021. RWS Music Company #RWS-2116-00. Published by RWS Music Company (CL.RWS-2116-00).

A significant addition to your concert band folders, Keys To Success is a daily approach to developing stellar sonority and technique with your ensemble. Combining traditional long tone and technique exercises/studies with original chorales, this is a rich resource that has been proven in the classroom over many years. Detailed teaching notes to the conductor are included providing invaluable information beyond most band technique books. Directors are encouraged to listen to the publisher-provided demonstration recording featuring a high school band who has used Keys To Success for years in the development of their ensembles from grades 9-12. A cost effective and teaching-focused resource for all concert bands!

Concert Band Concert Band - Grade 1.5

SKU: XC.HCB2204

March. Composed by Larry Clark. Concert Concert Band. Harmony Grade 1.5. March. Set of parts. Excelcia Music Publishing #HCB2204. Published by Excelcia Music Publishing (XC.HCB2204).

12 x 9 inches.

Set in the classic fast and fun American march style, Reliance is unique in that it begins in the relative minor for the introduction and first strain, before shifting to a major key for the second strain and beyond. Exciting and different!

Composed by Melanie Smith. Squareback saddle-stitched. Book and online audio. 116 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

By Allan Bevan. For SA choir with piano. Octavo. Published by Cypress Choral Music

By Various. Instrumental Folio. Softcover. 146 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Flute - Level 5

SKU: BA.BA11049

Composed by Matthias Pintscher. Stapled. Performance score. Composed 2013. 10 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA11049_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA11049).

ISBN 9790006523061. 42 x 29.5 cm inches.

Continuity and further development shape Matthias Pintscher’s composing. Thus, in this work, he continues with concepts that he developed in his Flute Concerto “transir”:
“Every sound from a flute is ‘connected to breathing’ – no instrument is articulated so close to the air stream itself. The instrument, vibrating in direct contact with the human breath and acting as an extension of the breathing body, carries within itself the archaism of many millennia and builds its communicative bridge over to the present time.”
The composition refers to Anselm Kiefer’s art project “A.E.I.O.U.”< br>

(All-Access Guitar Instruction). By Troy Stetina. Instructional/Guitar/DVD. DVD. Hal Leonard #300219. Published by Hal Leonard

Violin and Piano. By Olivier Messiaen. Editions Durand. 28 pages. Published by Editions Durand.

Piano - beginner, intermediate, advanced

SKU: KJ.TW302J

TCW Resources. Method Book. TCW Resources #TW302J. Published by TCW Resources (KJ.TW302J).

UPC: 8402702078.

About TCW Resources

TCW Resources exists to create music teaching materials designed to inspire teachers and students to reach beyond the ordinary. We are committed to producing quality products that utilize sound educational principles. With the knowledge that music can enhance every child's life, we offer students and teachers fresh new tools that will promote their love of music and make music a valued gift for the rest of their lives.

TCW Resources was founded in 1993 by Laura G. Zisette, Charlene Zundel, and Kathleen Lloyd to create teaching materials that are thorough, easy to use, and fun and stimulating for students. The materials are age- and level-appropriate, well-paced, and employ multiple approaches to accommodate varied learning styles.

TCW materials are piloted through the Utah State University Youth Conservatory, a music preparatory program for community children. This conservatory serves over 250 students, ages 5-18, through group theory classes and individual piano lessons. Its curriculum offers weekly group theory classes and individual piano lessons as well as many other extra-curricular programs. The National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) stated that the USUYC should be a national model for music preparatory programs.

TCW materials are used in many other preparatory programs and conservatories around the United States and Canada.

Clarinet. Book; CD; Instrumental Series; Play-Along. Pop Instrumental Solo Series. Movie. 44 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.42597).

Violin and piano - advanced

SKU: HL.49045998

For Violin and Piano. Composed by Vijay Iyer. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. String. Softcover. Composed 2018. 44 pages. Duration 13'. Schott Music #ED 30262. Published by Schott Music (HL.49045998).

ISBN 9781540034960. UPC: 888680790998. 9.0x12.0x0.142 inches.

In The Diamond Sutra, an early Buddhist text also known as The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion, the Buddha leads his interlocutor, the Elder Subhuti, through a series of questions and provocations. The Buddha then concludes the session by offering this teaching to those assembled:All composed things are like a dream,a phantom, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning.That is how to meditate on them;that is how to observe them.This duo piece is in four sections, corresponding roughly to these four disparate visions of impermanence: four distinct moments of interplay between form and emptiness, four corners of a diamond. This series of images is itself a 'composed thing,' gathering dissimilar elements into a unified system. It suggests that the things we make are similar to things that exist beyond intention. The Buddha's utterance helps us hear so-called 'composition' and 'improvisation' - or the encompassing category, 'music' - as part of an even larger aggregate: that which forms and recedes.- Vijay Iyer.

(A Marching Band Folio for the School Year and Beyond!) Arranged by Larry Clark. Performance part book for low brass II (bass clef) and low woodwinds II (bass clef). 16 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Violin. Composed by Henry Schradieck. Edited by Benjamin Bergmann. String Method. Classical. Softcover. 96 pages. Schott Music #ED22004. Published by Schott Music

40 Intermediate Etudes in 8 Keys. Composed by Larry Clark. Edited by Larry Clark. Student book. With Standard notation. 48 pages. Carl Fischer #WF00211. Published by Carl Fischer

Orchestra 2 Bassoons, 2 Clarinets in Bb, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 3 Trombones, 3 Trumpets, 4 Horns in F, 4 Percussion, Bass Clarinet in Bb, Contrabassoon, English Horn, Harp, Piano/Celesta, Piccolo, Strings, Timpani, Tuba, optional spoken introduction

SKU: PR.466000620

A Tone Poem After Plato for Orchestra. Composed by Dan Welcher. With spoken introduction translated and paraphrased by Paul Woodruff. Contemporary. Full score. With Standard notation. Composed 1999. 50 pages. Duration 13 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #466-00062. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.466000620).

UPC: 680160599141. 8.5 x 11 inches. With spoken introduction translated and paraphrased by Paul Woodruff.

A Comprehensive Method Book for Years Two, Three, and Beyond. Edited by Marguerite Wilder. Habits of a Successful Musician. Music Education. Method book. 72 pages. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-9147).

Performed by Richie Gajate-Garcia. By Richie Gajate-Garcia. Edited by Ray Brych. Arranged by Ed Uribe. Percussion. Level: beginner intermediate. 104 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Orchestra Soli STB, SATB Choir, Picc, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Clt, 4 Fg, 4 Cor, 2 Pist, 2 Tr, 3 Trb, Perc, Arpa, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb, organ

SKU: CA.2709519

Composed by Charles Francois Gounod. Edited by Frank Hondgen. Messe Solennelle De Ste. Cecile. Sacred vocal music, Masses, Latin, Whole church year / Omni tempore. Set of Orchestra Parts. Composed 1855. CG 56. Duration 45 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 27.095/19. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2709519).

ISBN 9790007200282. Language: Latin.

Shining rays stream from the 'Messe de sainte Cecile'. At first people were dazzled, then bewitched, then overcome. This is how the composer Camille Saint-Saens described his impression of what was probably Charles Gounod's best-known setting of the mass. The work written in 1855 in honor of the patron saint of church music, soon became well-known beyond the borders of France and acquired a degree of popularity like almost no other sacred composition. In the Messe de sainte Cecile, Gounod combines sublime simplicity with operatic-dramatic elements and a colorful, effective orchestration. Critical edition in proven Carus quality. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.2709500.