SATB choir divisi (a cappella) - Beginning

SKU: MN.CH-1299

Composed by Charles Kulis. Octavo. Laurendale Associates #CH-1299. Published by Laurendale Associates (MN.CH-1299).

Witness For The Fallen was written March of 2002, shortly after the tragedy of 9/11. Mr. Kulis was in the process of writing a piece for The Gregg Smith Singers for their annual composers reading in Saranac Lake, New York. In November of 2001 Mr. Kulis close friend, James Whelan, gave him a text in which Mr. Whelan wrote down his reactions to the incidents of 9/11. Mr. Whelan had witnessed so much of what happened that day from an office in a building near Grand Central Station. Initially, Mr. Kulis had no intention of using the text for the compositions he was writing. However, he found himself coming back to the text time after time while writing and ultimately made the decision to use the text. The music he wrote is tonal and straightforward. The opening section is underlined by an F major chord sung by sopranos and altos with a simple melodic line sung by the tenors. The harmony is full of fourths, major sevenths and ninths. It has a distinctly American sound. Witness For The Fallen was recorded and released by the Gregg Smith Singers in 2007.

SATB choir, cantor, voice solo, assembly, piano accompaniment, guitar, C instrument - Beginning

SKU: GI.G-8595

Calling Me Home. Composed by Sally Ann Morris. OT 14 A, Sacred Heart of Jesus A. Celebration Series. Tune Name: Rainstar. Sacred. Octavo. With guitar chord names. 12 pages. GIA Publications #8595. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-8595).

UPC: 785147859505. English. Text by Adam M. L. Tice.

With a relaxed lilt, a 4-note motive makes up the first portion of the verses by cantor or unison voices. Verse 3 offers an altered echo for two soloists, with the same material repeated for the choir on the last verse. Additional instrumentation was originally conceived for soprano recorder or pennywhistle, but works well with flute, oboe, or other C instrument. The text of comfort is particularly suited to the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A.

12 Original Works. Edited by Jens Franke. Guitar & Folk, Repertoire, Collections. Schott Anthology Series. Romantic Guitar Anthology Volume 4. Classical, Romantic. Softcover Book and CD. 42 pages. Schott Music #ED13113. Published by Schott Music

Chamber Music Piano

SKU: PR.140401210

Hommage à Messiaen. Composed by Gerald Levinson. Performance Score. With Standard notation. 4 pages. Theodore Presser Company #140-40121. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.140401210).

ISBN 9781491114438. UPC: 680160642106. 9 x 12 inches.

Written in honor of the Béla Bartók centennial, MUSIQUE NOCTURNES is inspired by one of his most characteristic and original works, the fourth piece (by the same title), from the suite Out of Doors. Both pieces feature overlapping “night musics” – atmospheric cluster figures, sharply contrasting motifs suggesting nocturnal bird, frog, or insect sounds, and an element of human, folksong-like melody as Levinson alludes to the authentic Hungarian folksong, “Tiszán innen, Dunán túl.”.
This simple piece was written in 2015 as a birthday present for the composer’s wife, poet and fellow bird lover Nanine Valen, and is a distant sequel to Canons and Chorale, which he wrote for her in 1969. The ornithological character is an affectionate tribute as well to his teacher Olivier Messiaen. The titular birds are a highly stylized chickadee and two song sparrows.First public performance: Swarthmore College, November 13, 2016, by Marcantonio Barone, whose editorial assistance in the preparation of this edition is gratefully acknowledged. Recorded by Marcantonio Barone on Innova 948.

Concert Band - Grade 5

SKU: BT.EMBZ14690

Composed by Istvan Bogar. EMB Concert Band Series. Concert Piece. Score Only. Composed 2010. 56 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ14690. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (BT.EMBZ14690).

9x12 inches.

This splendidly instrumented work successfully combines 20th-century musical language with the antique elements deriving from its theme - for example, in the first movement we immediately find an ancient Greek asymmetrical rhythm. The second movement takes us on an adventurous journey to those astonishing geological wonders, the Meteoras the third movement presents a picture of the Delphic dancers, in its title the fourth movement indicates the form used in it, which preserves the unity between the thousands-of-years-old building and its contrasting environment, echoing to the music of the bouzouki. In the suite the composer expertly exploits the possibilities of instrumentationoffered by the wind orchestra, this extremely effective work can be a rewarding concert piece for any ensemble. (Recorded by Mirasound on CD 'Salute from Hungary' wwm 500.009 for World Wind Music label - www.worldwindmusic.nl ).

Dieses Werk von István Bogár ist eines der ungarischen Stücke für Blasorchester, welches in den letzten Jahrzehnten international einen großen Erfolg erntete. Es entstand im Auftrag des Ungarischen Rundfunks, seine Erstaufführung fand 1982 statt. Das grossartig instrumentierte Werk vereint erfolgreich die musikalische Sprache des 20. Jahrhunderts mit den vom Thema vorgegebenen, antiken Elementen. Ein Beispiel hierzu ist gleich im ersten Satz ‚Thessaloniki' ein altgriechischer, asymmetrischer Rhythmus. Der zweite Satz führt uns zu einem verblüffenden geologischen Wunder, den Meteoren, im dritten Satz wird das Bild der Delphi-Tänzer gezeichnet. Im vierten Teil (‚Athen') wird diegebrauchte Form schon im Titel angekündigt: Diese verewigt die kontrastierende Einheit der mehrere Jahrtausend alten Akropolis und ihr von Bouzouki-Musik lautes Umfeld (‚Plaka'). Der Komponist nutzt in der Suite die vom Blasorchester vermittelten Instrumentierungsmögli chkeiten meisterhaft aus.

Thessaloniki (danse de Macédoine) • Meteora • Delphi (danse antique) • Athènes (Acropolis, le quartier Plaka) En composant son oeuvre Hellas, le compositeur hongrois, István Bogár, a renoué avec ses racines grecques. La superbe trame orchestrale combine le langage musical du XXe siècle avec des éléments de la musique grecque antique. Les quatre mouvements sont techniquement exigeants et exploitent toutes les possibilités d’une formation vent. Une oeuvre enrichissante !

Un brano dalla splendida strumentazione, composto anche per ricordare le origini in parte greche del compositore, che abbina al linguaggio musicale del XX° secolo elementi antichi. I quattro movimenti Thessaloniki (Danza proveniente dalla Macedonia), Meteora, Delphi (Antica danza) e Athens compongono insieme un brano da concerto esigente ma allo stesso tempo molto gratificante.

Arranged by Mark Hayes. Choir Secular. 3-Part Mixed Choir (SAB). Choral Octavo. Choral Designs. Folk. Choral Octavo. 12 pages

Composed by Bruce Saunders. Squareback saddle stitch. Mel Bay Guitar University. Book and online audio. 96 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.21294M).

Orchestra and Cobla

SKU: BO.B.3260

Composed by Josep Ma Ruera. Instrumental Sets. Duration 40:52. Published by Editorial de Musica Boileau (BO.B.3260).

ISBN 9788480207584.

Engl ish comments:
Empuries is the result of the interest Ruera showed throughout his life for the culture and music of ancient Greece. As he himself writes in the introduction to the composition: The motives behind this work were inspired by contemplating and analysing the melos of ancient Greece. The few melodies that have been discovered from those far-off times inspired the composer of Empuries to create this work, conceived with the Greek modal system in mind, and adapted to modern instruments and tastes. The tetrachord and pentachords of these forms are the very bases of this work. The descending drift of the cadence, the harmonic priority of the upper and lower notes of the tetrachords and the displacement of these chords to different acoustic levels, make it impossible to specify the classic concept of a set tonality which, within the improvised musical working of the piece, leads to a naturally intertonal or atonal piece of music. Empuries came to light in 1971, when it won group A of the Ciutat de Barcelona prize. But one must, in fact, go back to the 1930s to find its true origins. Ruera made his first foray into the theme of ancient Greece with the sardana, Empuries, la grega, with which he won first prize in the Jocs Florals in Girona, in 1931. Shortly afterwards, he wrote a piece of organ music entitled Bucolics, in the Greek modal style, which was destroyed during the Spanish civil war. Ruera continued to work on the theme and in 1936 he presented his work Tres moviments simfonics, for a big band, inspired by the ancient Greek modes, at the XIV International Festival of the ISCM held in Barcelona. The work was chosen to debut in the festival's opening concert on 19 April 1936 at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Barcelona. In 1959, Ruera won the Pau Casals Prize at the Jocs Florals de la Llengua Catalana, held at the Sorbonne in Paris, for his work, Empuries: poema per a cobla i orquestra, which would later become the fourth movement of Empuries. Nine years later, in 1968, Barcelona City Orchestra, conducted by Antoni Ros Marba, gave the first ever performance of the symphonic poem Pastoral, written to be the first movement of Empuries, in Granollers. The final step was when he finally completed the work, won the Ciutat de Barcelona prize, opened in Granollers on 2 May 1976 and recorded it for the Columbia de Barcelona label in 1977. Anna Maria Piera

Comentario s del Espanol:
La obra Empuries es fruto del interes que el maestro Ruera demostro a lo largo de su vida por la cultura y la musica de la antigua Grecia. Como el mismo escribe en la cabecera de la composicion: Los motivos generadores de esta obra estan inspirados en la contemplacion y en el analisis del melos de la antigua Grecia. Las pocas melodias que hasta el momento se han podido descubrir de aquellos tiempos remotos sugieren al autor de Empuries la realizacion de esta obra, concebida pensando en el sistema modal griego, adaptado a los instrumentos y gustos modernos. Los tetracordes y pentacordes de dichas modalidades son las celulas en las que se basa la obra. El sentido descendiente de la cadencia, la prioridad armonica de la notas extremas de los tetracordes y el desplazamiento de estos acordes a varias alturas acusticas, hacen que no sea posible precisar el clasico concepto de una tonalidad determinada y que lleven, dentro del funcionamiento contrapuntistico, a una musica naturalmente intertonal o atonal. Empuries vio la luz en el ano 1971, ganando el Premio Ciutat de Barcelona, grupo A, pero en realidad tenemos que retroceder hasta los anos 30 para encontrar sus verdaderos origenes. La primera incursion en el tema de la antigua Gracia la hizo con la sardana Empuries, la grega, con la que gano el primer premio en los Jocs Florals de Gerona del ano 1931. Poco despues escribio una pieza para organo titulada Bucolics, en el estilo modal griego, que fue destruida durante la Guerra Civil espanola. Ruera continuo trabajando en el tema y en el ano 1936 presento su obra Tres moviments simfonics, en version para gran banda, inspirada en las antiguas modalidades griegas, en el XIV Festival Internacional de la SIMC que se celebro en Barcelona. La obra fue escogida para ser estrenada en el concierto inaugural de dicho festival, el 19 de abril de 1936, en el Palacio de Bellas Artes de Barcelona. En el 1959, Ruera gano el Premio Pau Casals en los Jocs Florals de la Llengua Catalana celebrados en la Sorbona de Paris con la obra Empuries: poema per a cobla i orquestra, que sera con el paso del tiempo el cuarto movimiento de Empuries. Nueve anos mas tarde, en 1968, la Orquestra Ciutat de Barcelona, bajo la direccion de Antoni Ros Marba, interpreto en Granollers la primera audicion del poema sinfonico Pastoral, pensado como primer movimiento de Empuries. El ultimo eslabon fue terminar definitivamente la obra, ganar el Premio Ciutat de Barcelona, estrenarla en Granollers el 2 de mayo de 1976 y grabarla para la casa discografica Columbia de Barcelona, en 1977.

By Fall Out Boy. Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook. Softcover. 80 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Jazz Piano Cocktails * Volume 4 with CD composed by Various. Arranged by Craig Stevens. For jazz piano. This edition: Paperback. Collection. Jazz Standards. Book and CD. Text Language: English. 48 pages. Published by Santorella Publications

Clarinet - Intermediate

SKU: FH.WC6

Clarinet Series, 2013 Edition. Composed by The Royal Conservatory. Clarinet Series, 2013 Edition. Book/CD. 68/32 pages. The Frederick Harris Music Company #WC6. Published by The Frederick Harris Music Company (FH.WC6).

ISBN 978-1-55440-582-4.

This new series offers a sequenced approach to the study of clarinet from the beginner to advanced levels. With a progressive collection of Repertoire, Etudes, Recordings, Orchestral Excerpts, and Technique, the Clarinet Series, 2014 Edition provides complete support for teachers and students at every level of study. Nine progressive volumes of Repertoire expose students to a wealth of music from the earliest works for clarinet to accompanied and unaccompanied contemporary compositions. Students will explore some of the most definitive solo pieces written for clarinet, along with popular folk tunes, Klezmer melodies, Classical solos, and contemporary compositions that incorporate traditional and extended techniques.
Technical Repertoire:
A Canticle for Ryan, op. 127 - Michael Conway Baker
Canzonetta in E flat Major, op. 19 - Gabriel Pierne
Clarinet Concerto in B flat Major: First Movement - Franz Anton Hoffmeister, arr. Mihaly Hajdu
Grande Sonate for Clarinet and Piano: Fourth Movement - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arr. Franz Xavier Gleichauf
Concertino in E flat Major, op. 26, J 109 - Carl Maria von Weber, arr. Cyrille Rose
Lyrical Repertoire:
Grand duo concertante, op. 48, J 204: Second Movement - Carl Maria von Weber, arr. Carl Baermann
Sonatina for Clarinet: Second Movement - Joseph Horovitz
Sonata in E flat Major for Clarinet and Piano, op. 167: First Movement - Camille Saint-Saens
Clair matin (Idylle pour clarinette et piano) - Paul Jeanjean
Concertino in B flat Minor: First Movement - Gaetano Donizetti, arr. Raymond Meylan
Lied - Luciano Berio
Bee Navigation - Libby Larsen.

Orchestra - Grade 3

SKU: AP.49438S

From Pines of Rome. Composed by Ottorino Respighi (1879--1936). Arranged by Douglas E. Wagner. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles; String Orchestra. Belwin Concert String Orchestra. Masterwork Arrangement. Score. Duration 4:50. Belwin Music #00-49438S. Published by Belwin Music (AP.49438S).

ISBN 9781470650575. UPC: 038081571355. English.

All the shrouded mystery and resplendent grandeur of the fourth movement of Respighi's masterpiece, Pines of Rome, has been effectively captured in this brilliant arrangement by Douglas E. Wagner for string orchestra and timpani (required). The symphonic poem, The Pines of the Appian Way is one of Respighi's most frequently performed and recorded works and stands as the most popular of all three of his Rome-inspired suites. (4:50).

Arranged by Mark Hayes. For Choir. (SSA). Choral Octavo. Level: Level 3 (grade L3). Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Viola - Early Intermediate

SKU: FH.VA3

Viola Series, 2013 Edition. Composed by The Royal Conservatory. Viola Series, 2013 Edition. Book/CD. The Frederick Harris Music Company #VA3. Published by The Frederick Harris Music Company (FH.VA3).

ISBN 978-1-55440-565-7.

This groundbreaking series for viola offers a sound and progressive collection of Repertoire, Recordings, Etudes, Technique, and Orchestral Excerpts for the aspiring virtuoso. Representing all major style periods and a variety of genres, Viola Series, 2013 Edition offers all the music and tools needed to support a comprehensive course of study from the beginner to advanced levels. A rich and varied selection of music in each of these nine progressive volumes of repertoire appeals to violists of all ages. From the Preparatory Level through Level 8, students will be exposed to quality selections originally written for viola, fun arrangements of traditional fiddle and folk tunes, as well as contemporary pieces by notable composers such as Violet Archer, Carey Cheney, and Fritz Kriesler.
Concertinos, Airs Varies, and Divertimentos:
Diverti mento in D Major - Haydn, Franz Joseph arr. Gregor Piatigorsky
- Third Movement
Air varie (Air with Variations), op 23, no. 3 - Rieding, Oskar
Concertino NO. 5 in D Major -Breval, Jean-Baptiste arr. Pierre Ruyssen
- First Movement
Sonatas:
S onata in D Minor, op. 5, no. 8 - Corelli, Arcangelo arr. Jason Noble
- First Movement: Prelude
- Second Movement: Allemanda
Sonata in A Major, TWV 41:E1 - Telemann, Georg Philipp arr. Kathleen Wood
- First Movement
- Fourth Movement
Concert Repertoire:
Three Miniatures (complete) - Miller, Michael
Waltz, op. 12, no. 2 - Grieg, Edvard
Toy Soldiers' March - Kreisler, Fritz
Abracadabra - Duke, David
Musette and Air de ballet - Gluck, Christoph Willibald arr. Kathleen Wood
Boston Fancy - American folk dance arr. Harold Birston
Ave Verum Corpus, K 618 - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus arr. Jason Gray
Conte serieux (Solemn Story), op. 62, no. 6 - Mendelssohn, Ludwig
Alla Greco - Baxter, Timothy.

Piano

SKU: HL.14048249

For Piano Solo. Composed by Joby Talbot. Music Sales America. Classical. Softcover. Composed 2016. 8 pages. Chester Music #CH85426. Published by Chester Music (HL.14048249).

9.0x12.0 inches. English.

Released in 2005, the album Once Around The Sun is the outcome of Joby Talbot's residency with Classic FM. During his year in residence, Talbot composed a new piece of music each month, scored for up to five instruments. The resulting twelve compositions were then premiered on Classic FM and were recorded on CD. April - The First Day Of Summer was the fourth piece to be composed and is scored here for solo piano.

Concert Band - Grade 5

SKU: BT.EMBZ14690SET

Composed by Istvan Bogar. EMB Concert Band Series. Concert Piece. Set (Score & Parts). Composed 2010. 338 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ14690SET. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (BT.EMBZ14690SET).

9x12 inches.

This splendidly instrumented work successfully combines 20th-century musical language with the antique elements deriving from its theme - for example, in the first movement we immediately find an ancient Greek asymmetrical rhythm. The second movement takes us on an adventurous journey to those astonishing geological wonders, the Meteoras the third movement presents a picture of the Delphic dancers, in its title the fourth movement indicates the form used in it, which preserves the unity between the thousands-of-years-old building and its contrasting environment, echoing to the music of the bouzouki. In the suite the composer expertly exploits the possibilities of instrumentationoffered by the wind orchestra, this extremely effective work can be a rewarding concert piece for any ensemble. (Recorded by Mirasound on CD 'Salute from Hungary' wwm 500.009 for World Wind Music label - www.worldwindmusic.nl ).

Dieses Werk von István Bogár ist eines der ungarischen Stücke für Blasorchester, welches in den letzten Jahrzehnten international einen großen Erfolg erntete. Es entstand im Auftrag des Ungarischen Rundfunks, seine Erstaufführung fand 1982 statt. Das grossartig instrumentierte Werk vereint erfolgreich die musikalische Sprache des 20. Jahrhunderts mit den vom Thema vorgegebenen, antiken Elementen. Ein Beispiel hierzu ist gleich im ersten Satz ‚Thessaloniki' ein altgriechischer, asymmetrischer Rhythmus. Der zweite Satz führt uns zu einem verblüffenden geologischen Wunder, den Meteoren, im dritten Satz wird das Bild der Delphi-Tänzer gezeichnet. Im vierten Teil (‚Athen') wird diegebrauchte Form schon im Titel angekündigt: Diese verewigt die kontrastierende Einheit der mehrere Jahrtausend alten Akropolis und ihr von Bouzouki-Musik lautes Umfeld (‚Plaka'). Der Komponist nutzt in der Suite die vom Blasorchester vermittelten Instrumentierungsmögli chkeiten meisterhaft aus.

Thessaloniki (danse de Macédoine) • Meteora • Delphi (danse antique) • Athènes (Acropolis, le quartier Plaka) En composant son oeuvre Hellas, le compositeur hongrois, István Bogár, a renoué avec ses racines grecques. La superbe trame orchestrale combine le langage musical du XXe siècle avec des éléments de la musique grecque antique. Les quatre mouvements sont techniquement exigeants et exploitent toutes les possibilités d’une formation vent. Une oeuvre enrichissante !

Un brano dalla splendida strumentazione, composto anche per ricordare le origini in parte greche del compositore, che abbina al linguaggio musicale del XX° secolo elementi antichi. I quattro movimenti Thessaloniki (Danza proveniente dalla Macedonia), Meteora, Delphi (Antica danza) e Athens compongono insieme un brano da concerto esigente ma allo stesso tempo molto gratificante.

Orchestra - Grade 2.5

SKU: AP.49014

As Recorded by The Weeknd. Composed by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Quenneville, Max Martin, and Oscar Holter. Arranged by Michael Kamuf. MakeMusic Cloud; Performance Music Ensemble; String Orchestra. Pop Intermediate String Orchestra. Pop. Score and Part(s). 96 pages. Duration 2:45. Belwin Music #00-49014. Published by Belwin Music (AP.49014).

ISBN 9781470645366. UPC: 038081563947. English.

Canadian singer The Weeknd's hit Blinding Lights rose to number one on the charts in 34 countries including the U.S. and Canada. Taken from his fourth album After Hours and performed at the 2021 Super Bowl, the singer combines elements of pop music along with the synth-pop era of the 1980s. This piece is the perfect vehicle to reinforce syncopation while having fun! Arranged by Michael Kamuf, the infectious groove will make this a favorite of students and audience alike! (2:45) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

Clarinet - Intermediate

SKU: FH.WC5

Clarinet Series, 2013 Edition. Composed by The Royal Conservatory. Clarinet Series, 2013 Edition. Book/CD. 56/28 pages. The Frederick Harris Music Company #WC5. Published by The Frederick Harris Music Company (FH.WC5).

ISBN 978-1-55440-581-7.

This new series offers a sequenced approach to the study of clarinet from the beginner to advanced levels. With a progressive collection of Repertoire, Etudes, Recordings, Orchestral Excerpts, and Technique, the Clarinet Series, 2014 Edition provides complete support for teachers and students at every level of study. Nine progressive volumes of Repertoire expose students to a wealth of music from the earliest works for clarinet to accompanied and unaccompanied contemporary compositions. Students will explore some of the most definitive solo pieces written for clarinet, along with popular folk tunes, Klezmer melodies, Classical solos, and contemporary compositions that incorporate traditional and extended techniques.
Technical Repertoire:
Concerto in B flat Major: Third Movement - Johann Stamitz, arr. Helmut May
Cantilene, op. 64 - Paul-Agricole Genin
Clarinet on the Town - Ralph Hermann
Clarinet Concerto No. 3: First Movement - Johann Melchior Molter, arr. Pamela Weston
Sonate: Second Movement - Paul Hindemith
Summer Fancy - William O. Smith
Lyrical Repertoire:
Sonata, op. 120, no. 1: Fourth Movement - Johannes Brahms
Tableau, from Le Cid - Jules Massenet
Fantasy Pieces, op. 43: First Movement - Niels W. Gade
Fantasy Pieces, op. 43: Second Movement - Niels W. Gade
Fantasiestuecke, op. 73, no. 1 - Robert Schumann
Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, op. 5: Second Movement - Bernhard Crusell, arr. Pamela Weston
Clarinet Quintet in E flat Major, op. 23: Second Movement - Heinrich Baermann, arr. Arthur H. Christmann
Concerto No. 1 in C Minor, op. 26: Second Movement - Louis Spohr, arr. Arthur H. Christmann.

Nouvelle technique de la contrebasse, Vol. 4 is the fourth book of a method for Double Bass by Francois Rabbath. Following the three previous volumes, it can be used by upper beginners or intermediate players and requires some basic musical knowledge in theory and reading. It also includes a DVD and provides full explanations, including pictures for all the technical points in French, English, German and Spanish. This book is divided into five chapters: exercises, studies, scales and arpeggios, orchestral figures and pieces for solo Double Bass. In term of technical points, it features the different positions, the double chords, the pivot and some highlight on the bow and the wrist positions among others. This helpful method is definitely one of the most complete. It will help all Double Bass beginners to get the necessary basic skills. Born in Syria in 1931, Francois Rabbath has been playing the Double Bass from a really young age. He later settled in Paris when he was the main Double Bass accompaniment for renowned French artists including Edith Piaf, Georges Moustaki and Serge Gainsbourg. He recorded some CDs and DVDs, did some touring and was offered the possibility of writing his own Double Bass method in which he describes his ?crab technique?.

Composed by Mark Boling. Saddle-stitched. Mel Bay's Private Lessons. Jazz and Contemporary. Book and online audio. 40 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc

Concert Band - Grade 2

SKU: AP.49153

As Recorded by The Weeknd. Composed by Abel Tesfaye, Ahmad Balshe, Jason Quenneville, Max Martin, and Oscar Holter. Arranged by Michael Kamuf. Concert Band; MakeMusic Cloud; Performance Music Ensemble. Pop Young Band. Pop; Radio. Score and Part(s). 157 pages. Belwin Music #00-49153. Published by Belwin Music (AP.49153).

ISBN 9781470646677. UPC: 038081564906. English.

Canadian singer The Weeknd's hit Blinding Lights rose to number one on the charts in 34 countries including the U.S. and Canada. Taken from his fourth album After Hours and performed at the 2021 Super Bowl, the singer combines elements of pop music along with the synth-pop era of the 1980s. This piece is the perfect vehicle to reinforce syncopation while having fun! Arranged by Michael Kamuf, the infectious groove will make this a favorite of students and audience alike! This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

Guitar duet - Intermediate

SKU: DZ.DZ-4120

Composed by Various. Score and parts. Les Productions d'OZ #DZ 4120. Published by Les Productions d'OZ (DZ.DZ-4120).

ISBN 9782898520372.

This fourth booklet is dedicated to ensemble playing through five trios and three quartets of various styles (tango, ballad, rock, etc.) appropriate for the end of primary school with a few years of experience and the beginning of secondary school. Some pieces are written in a homorhythmic manner and can constitute an introduction to ensemble music, while others are rather polyrhythmic. They can constitute a first contact with the following techniques and effects: staccato, pizzicato, accent, louré, natural harmonic, percussion or crossed strings. This volume is therefore intended for guitarists who already know the notes in first position. Two pieces include a more advanced part with an introduction to playing in 5th position. These are short pieces that do not present technical challenges other than those allowing you to achieve the effects and play expressively.

You will find in the scores indications of nuances, timbre, attack and fingerings which constitute suggestions for work and not prescriptions. Teachers and students are therefore invited to make interpretation choices different from those proposed or to try to convincingly render those already written.

The pieces were composed or arranged by UQAM music education students as part of a course aimed at equipping musicians for teaching guitar in the school system. Many of them are musicians from different backgrounds (composition, performance, world music, etc.), which explains the creativity found in the pieces. All the pieces have been the subject of an audio recording available on the Productions d’Oz website and on YouTube. Search for À vos guitares, prêt, joue! Vol. 4.

Isabelle Héroux, editor, professor, Department of Music, UQAM.
Louis-Edouard Thouin-Poppe, assistant editor, arranger and engraver.

Ce quatrième cahier est consacré au jeu en ensemble grâce à cinq trios et trois quatuors de styles variés (tango, ballade, rock…) appropriés pour la fin du primaire avec quelques années d’expér ience et le début du secondaire. Certaines pièces sont écrites de manière homorythmique et peuvent constituer une initiation à la musique d’ensemble, alors que d’autres sont plutôt polyrythmiques. Elles peuvent constituer un premier contact avec les techniques et effets suivants : staccato, pizzicato, accent, louré, harmonique naturelle, percussion ou cordes croisées. Ce volume s’adresse donc aux guitaristes qui connaissent déjà les notes en première position. Deux pièces comportent une partie plus avancée avec une initiation au jeu en Ve position. Ce sont des pièces courtes qui ne présentent pas de défis techniques outre ceux permettant de réaliser les effets et de jouer de manière expressive.

Vous trouverez dans les partitions des indications de nuances, de timbre, d’attaque et de doigtés qui constituent des suggestions de travail et non des prescriptions. Ainsi, les enseignants et les élèves sont invités à faire des choix d’interprÃ� �©tation différents de ceux qui sont proposés ou à tenter de rendre de manière convaincante ceux déjà écrits.

Les pièces ont été composées ou arrangées par des étudiants en enseignement de la musique de l’UQAM dans le cadre d’un cours qui vise à outiller les musiciens pour l’enseignement de la guitare dans le système scolaire. Beaucoup d’entre eux sont des musiciens provenant d’horizons différents (composition, interprétation, musique du monde, etc.) ce qui explique la créativité que l’on retrouve dans les pièces. Toutes les pièces ont fait l’objet d’un enregistrement audio disponible sur le site des Productions d’Oz et sur YouTube. Recherchez À vos guitares, prêts, jouez! Vol. 4.

Isabelle Héroux, éditrice, professeure, Département de musique, UQAM.
Louis-Edouard Thouin-Poppe, assistant éditeur, arrangeur et graveur.

Trombone (Baritone B.C.) Solo with Piano - Grade 2. Composed by H.A. VanderCook. Rubank Solo/Ensemble Sheet. Contest, Festival. Softcover. 8 pages. Rubank Publications #RUBX151. Published by Rubank Publications