(How to succeed in Associated Board and other music exams!). By Caroline Evans. Survival guides. Book. Published by Edition Peters

Song of Survival (For Treble Chorus, A Cappella). Composed by Edvard Hagerup Grieg Frederic Chopin. Edited by Norah Chambers. Arranged by Margaret Dryburgh Norah Chambers. Mixed chorus. For SATB Choir. Choral. Piano reduction/vocal score. Standard notation. 14 pages. Published by Theodore Presser Company

(A Survival Guide for Making Music in the Internet Age 2nd Edition). Music Pro Guide Books and DVDs. Softcover. 240 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Organ

SKU: AP.12-0571507719

Volume 1. England 1510-1590. Edited by James Dalton. Masterworks; Organ - Method or Collection. Faber Edition: Early Organ Series. Masterwork. Book. Faber Music #12-0571507719. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571507719).

ISBN 9780571507719. English.

The Faber Early Organ Series is among the most comprehensive anthologies of early organ music ever published. In 18 volumes it spans two centuries and six geographical regions, presenting a broad and balanced view of the main forms, styles and composers. Within each geographical region the pieces, most of which are for manuals only, are arranged by date of composition or publication.
The presentation is both scholarly and practical; all of the music has been newly edited from the earliest surviving sources according to a systematic editorial method that preserves as many features of the original notation as possible while making it fully accessible to modern players. In every volume, an informative Introduction sets the music in historical context. There are also helpful sections on Ornamentation and Registration, and a Critical Commentary giving detailed information on the sources.

By Caroll Morris. Reference Textbooks; Textbook - General (Suzuki). Book. 96 pages

Band Concert Band

SKU: PR.46500013L

For Wind Ensemble. Composed by Dan Welcher. Contemporary. Large Score. With Standard notation. Composed 2010. Duration 14 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #465-00013L. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.46500013L).

UPC: 680160600151. 11 x 14 inches.

I n 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clarks Corps of Discovery to find a water route to the Pacific and explore the uncharted West. He believed woolly mammoths, erupting volcanoes, and mountains of pure salt awaited them. What they found was no less mind-boggling: some 300 species unknown to science, nearly 50 Indian tribes, and the Rockies. I have been a student of the Lewis and Clark expedition, which Thomas Jefferson called the Voyage of Discovery, for as long as I can remember. This astonishing journey, lasting more than two-and-a-half years, began and ended in St. Louis, Missouri and took the travelers up more than a few rivers in their quest to find the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. In an age without speedy communication, this was akin to space travel out of radio range in our own time: no one knew if, indeed, the party had even survived the voyage for more than a year. Most of them were soldiers. A few were French-Canadian voyageurs hired trappers and explorers, who were fluent in French (spoken extensively in the region, due to earlier explorers from France) and in some of the Indian languages they might encounter. One of the voyageurs, a man named Pierre Cruzatte, also happened to be a better-than-average fiddle player. In many respects, the travelers were completely on their own for supplies and survival, yet, incredibly, only one of them died during the voyage. Jefferson had outfitted them with food, weapons, medicine, and clothing and along with other trinkets, a box of 200 jaw harps to be used in trading with the Indians. Their trip was long, perilous to the point of near catastrophe, and arduous. The dream of a Northwest Passage proved ephemeral, but the northwestern quarter of the continent had finally been explored, mapped, and described to an anxious world. When the party returned to St. Louis in 1806, and with the Louisiana Purchase now part of the United States, they were greeted as national heroes. I have written a sizeable number of works for wind ensemble that draw their inspiration from the monumental spaces found in the American West. Four of them (Arches, The Yellowstone Fires, Glacier, and Zion) take their names, and in large part their being, from actual national parks in Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. But Upriver, although it found its voice (and its finale) in the magnificent Columbia Gorge in Oregon, is about a much larger region. This piece, like its brother works about the national parks, doesnt try to tell a story. Instead, it captures the flavor of a certain time, and of a grand adventure. Cast in one continuous movement and lasting close to fourteen minutes, the piece falls into several subsections, each with its own heading: The Dream (in which Jeffersons vision of a vast expanse of western land is opened); The Promise, a chorale that re-appears several times in the course of the piece and represents the seriousness of the presidential mission; The River; The Voyageurs; The River II ; Death and Disappointment; Return to the Voyage; and The River III . The music includes several quoted melodies, one of which is familiar to everyone as the ultimate river song, and which becomes the through-stream of the work. All of the quoted tunes were either sung by the men on the voyage, or played by Cruzattes fiddle. From various journals and diaries, we know the men found enjoyment and solace in music, and almost every night encampment had at least a bit of music in it. In addition to Cruzatte, there were two other members of the party who played the fiddle, and others made do with singing, or playing upon sticks, bones, the ever-present jaw harps, and boat horns. From Lewis journals, I found all the tunes used in Upriver: Shenandoah (still popular after more than 200 years), Vla bon vent, Soldiers Joy, Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier, Come Ye Sinners Poor and Needy (a hymn sung to the tune Beech Spring) and Fishers Hornpipe. The work follows an emotional journey: not necessarily step-by-step with the Voyage of Discovery heroes, but a kind of grand arch. Beginning in the mists of history and myth, traversing peaks and valleys both real and emotional (and a solemn funeral scene), finding help from native people, and recalling their zeal upon finding the one great river that will, in fact, take them to the Pacific. When the men finally roar through the Columbia Gorge in their boats (a feat that even the Indians had not attempted), the magnificent river combines its theme with the chorale of Jeffersons Promise. The Dream is fulfilled: not quite the one Jefferson had imagined (there is no navigable water passage from the Missouri to the Pacific), but the dream of a continental destiny.

By Jack Curtis Dubowsky. Duet. For Oboe, Bassoon. Contemporary. Sheet music. Composed 2005. Duration 12:00. Published by De Stijl Music

Band Concert Band

SKU: PR.465000130

For Large Wind Ensemble. Composed by Dan Welcher. Sws. Contemporary. Full score. With Standard notation. Composed 2010. Duration 14 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #465-00013. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.465000130).

ISBN 9781598064070. UPC: 680160600144. 9x12 inches.

Following a celebrated series of wind ensemble tone poems about national parks in the American West, Dan Welcher’s Upriver celebrates the Lewis & Clark Expedition from the Missouri River to Oregon’s Columbia Gorge, following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. Welcher’s imaginative textures and inventiveness are freshly modern, evoking our American heritage, including references to Shenandoah and other folk songs known to have been sung on the expedition. For advanced players. Duration: 14’.
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s Corps of Discovery to find a water route to the Pacific and explore the uncharted West. He believed woolly mammoths, erupting volcanoes, and mountains of pure salt awaited them. What they found was no less mind-boggling: some 300 species unknown to science, nearly 50 Indian tribes, and the Rockies.Ihave been a student of the Lewis and Clark expedition, which Thomas Jefferson called the “Voyage of Discovery,” for as long as I can remember. This astonishing journey, lasting more than two-and-a-half years, began and ended in St. Louis, Missouri — and took the travelers up more than a few rivers in their quest to find the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean. In an age without speedy communication, this was akin to space travel out of radio range in our own time: no one knew if, indeed, the party had even survived the voyage for more than a year. Most of them were soldiers. A few were French-Canadian voyageurs — hired trappers and explorers, who were fluent in French (spoken extensively in the region, due to earlier explorers from France) and in some of the Indian languages they might encounter. One of the voyageurs, a man named Pierre Cruzatte, also happened to be a better-than-average fiddle player. In many respects, the travelers were completely on their own for supplies and survival, yet, incredibly, only one of them died during the voyage. Jefferson had outfitted them with food, weapons, medicine, and clothing — and along with other trinkets, a box of 200 jaw harps to be used in trading with the Indians. Their trip was long, perilous to the point of near catastrophe, and arduous. The dream of a Northwest Passage proved ephemeral, but the northwestern quarter of the continent had finally been explored, mapped, and described to an anxious world. When the party returned to St. Louis in 1806, and with the Louisiana Purchase now part of the United States, they were greeted as national heroes.Ihave written a sizeable number of works for wind ensemble that draw their inspiration from the monumental spaces found in the American West. Four of them (Arches, The Yellowstone Fires, Glacier, and Zion) take their names, and in large part their being, from actual national parks in Utah, Wyoming, and Montana. But Upriver, although it found its voice (and its finale) in the magnificent Columbia Gorge in Oregon, is about a much larger region. This piece, like its brother works about the national parks, doesn’t try to tell a story. Instead, it captures the flavor of a certain time, and of a grand adventure. Cast in one continuous movement and lasting close to fourteen minutes, the piece falls into several subsections, each with its own heading: The Dream (in which Jefferson’s vision of a vast expanse of western land is opened); The Promise, a chorale that re-appears several times in the course of the piece and represents the seriousness of the presidential mission; The River; The Voyageurs; The River II ; Death and Disappointment; Return to the Voyage; and The River III .The music includes several quoted melodies, one of which is familiar to everyone as the ultimate “river song,” and which becomes the through-stream of the work. All of the quoted tunes were either sung by the men on the voyage, or played by Cruzatte’s fiddle. From various journals and diaries, we know the men found enjoyment and solace in music, and almost every night encampment had at least a bit of music in it. In addition to Cruzatte, there were two other members of the party who played the fiddle, and others made do with singing, or playing upon sticks, bones, the ever-present jaw harps, and boat horns. From Lewis’ journals, I found all the tunes used in Upriver: Shenandoah (still popular after more than 200 years), V’la bon vent, Soldier’s Joy, Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier, Come Ye Sinners Poor and Needy (a hymn sung to the tune “Beech Spring”) and Fisher’s Hornpipe. The work follows an emotional journey: not necessarily step-by-step with the Voyage of Discovery heroes, but a kind of grand arch. Beginning in the mists of history and myth, traversing peaks and valleys both real and emotional (and a solemn funeral scene), finding help from native people, and recalling their zeal upon finding the one great river that will, in fact, take them to the Pacific. When the men finally roar through the Columbia Gorge in their boats (a feat that even the Indians had not attempted), the magnificent river combines its theme with the chorale of Jefferson’s Promise. The Dream is fulfilled: not quite the one Jefferson had imagined (there is no navigable water passage from the Missouri to the Pacific), but the dream of a continental destiny.

By Denis Diblasio. Published by Jamey Aebersold Jazz. (SCAT) This book and CD examines some of the problems that vocalists encounter and how to deal with them. Designed for the vocalist that feels alone in the world of instrumentalists. Includes chapters on Jargon, preparing songs, chord voicings, scat singing, scales and chords, ear training and more...all supported by actual examples on the CD!

SB vocal soli, SATB choir, violin, oboe, bassoon, recorder, 2 violas da gamba (viola), basso continuo

SKU: CA.3913913

Funeral music. Composed by Georg Philipp Telemann. Edited by Klaus Hofmann. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Telemann-Archiv. Viola da gamba 2. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Mourning, death. Single Part, Viola da gamba 2. TVWV 4:17. 12 pages. Duration 30 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 39.139/13. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3913913).

ISBN 9790007216184. Text language: German.

With the final verse of the Book of Daniel from the Old Testament and a related cantata text, Telemann mourns the death of a prominent, but until now unknown dignitary in a cantata marked by great intimacy and with exquisite instrumentation. Jakob Ditmar, the Kantor of the Nikolaikirche in Berlin, to whom we owe the survival of this work, contributed two beautiful chorale settings for a performance in 1757. First critical edition of this cantata. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3913900.

Band concert band - Grade 3.5

SKU: KJ.WB316F

Composed by Quincy C. Hilliard. Bandworks. Score. Neil A. Kjos Music Company #WB316F. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company (KJ.WB316F).

Quincy Hilliard gives us another uplifting and powerful contest/festival piece. The bold 5/4 rhythms in the low winds are framed by the trumpet fanfares that open and close the work.

SKU: GI.G-317190

A Guide to the Top 100 Works in Grades IV, V, VI. Composed by Chad Nicholson. Music Education. 196 pages. GIA Publications #317190. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-317190).

ISBN 9781574630923. UPC: 884088398736.

The individual selection of quality literature - one of the most important responsibilities facing today's band director - is greatly simplified using this one-of-a kind publication. It is the ultimate tool in concert planning and programming benefiting both entry-level and experienced conductors by compiling all of the information needed for reliable music selection. Assisting conductors recall works they may have heard but not yet conducted, brief incipits of prominent melodic themes are included, as are cost, duration, availability, instrumentation, recordings, publishers, solos, and tips on programming. With hundreds of new works produced each year, this handy survival guide to music selection is a must for the serious wind band conductor. ... a much-needed addition to our profession ... this is a must for every band library! - Ray E. Cramer, Emeritus Director of Bands, Indiana University Click here for a YouTube video on Great Music for Wind Band.

Composed by Jim Payne. Saddle-stitched. Complete. Book and online audio. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.95164M).

By Muse. For Piano/Vocal/Guitar. Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook. Softcover. 88 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

SB vocal soli, SATB choir, violin, oboe, bassoon, recorder, 2 violas da gamba (viola), basso continuo

SKU: CA.3913903

Funeral music. Composed by Georg Philipp Telemann. Edited by Klaus Hofmann. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Telemann-Archiv. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Mourning, death. Vocal score. TVWV 4:17. 32 pages. Duration 30 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 39.139/03. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3913903).

ISBN 9790007171223. Text language: German.

With the final verse of the Book of Daniel from the Old Testament and a related cantata text, Telemann mourns the death of a prominent, but until now unknown dignitary in a cantata marked by great intimacy and with exquisite instrumentation. Jakob Ditmar, the Kantor of the Nikolaikirche in Berlin, to whom we owe the survival of this work, contributed two beautiful chorale settings for a performance in 1757. First critical edition of this cantata. Score available separately - see item CA.3913900.

Performed by Earth, Wind and Fire. For voice, piano and guitar chords. Format: piano/vocal/chords songbook. With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics, chord names and guitar chord diagrams. Urban and r&b. 88 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Score and Parts. Composed by Michael Giacchino. Symphony Pops. Softcover. Published by Hal Leonard

(Piano Solo Arrangements). By Bear McCreary. Arranged by Bear McCreary. Piano Solo Songbook. Softcover. 112 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

SB vocal soli, SATB choir, violin, oboe, bassoon, recorder, 2 violas da gamba (viola), basso continuo

SKU: CA.3913911

Funeral music. Composed by Georg Philipp Telemann. Edited by Klaus Hofmann. This edition: urtext. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Telemann-Archiv. Violin. Sacred vocal music, Cantatas, Mourning, death. Single Part, Violin. TVWV 4:17. 8 pages. Duration 30 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 39.139/11. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.3913911).

ISBN 9790007216160. Text language: German.

With the final verse of the Book of Daniel from the Old Testament and a related cantata text, Telemann mourns the death of a prominent, but until now unknown dignitary in a cantata marked by great intimacy and with exquisite instrumentation. Jakob Ditmar, the Kantor of the Nikolaikirche in Berlin, to whom we owe the survival of this work, contributed two beautiful chorale settings for a performance in 1757. First critical edition of this cantata. Score and part available separately - see item CA.3913900.

Composed by Michael Giacchino. Arranged by Robert Longfield. Pop Specials for Strings. Softcover. Published by Hal Leonard