(for percussion septet). By Brian Blume. Percussion Septet. For 3 snare drums (high, medium, and low), 3 toms (high, medium, and low), concert bass drum (7 players). Medium-Easy. Score and parts on CD-ROM. 12 pages. Duration 2'35 . Published by Tapspace Publications

Concert CD & DVD handbell choir

SKU: HP.8529

Composed by Agape Ringers. Arranged by The Agape Ringers. This edition: Complete. Handbell Listening Media. Agape Ringers Series. General Worship, Sacred. CD. Hope Publishing Company #8529. Published by Hope Publishing Company (HP.8529).

UPC: 763628185299.

Perfo rmance DVD New for 2011 is the latest recording by The Agape Ringers, Chicago's Premier Handbell Ensemble, containing 18 selections.New for 2011 is the latest recording by The Agape Ringers, Chicago's Premier Handbell Ensemble, containing 18 selections.

By Art Gorman. Choral. Choral Collections. Level: Grade 2. Music Book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.

March. Composed by Seitz. BOVACO Classic CB. Score and set of parts. Published by BOVACO Music Publications (CL.BOV-S3662-00).

Arranged by Eric Osterling. Score and full set of parts. Discovery Concert Band. Grade 1.5. Size 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

By John Edmondson. For Concert Band. Concert Band. Queenwood Developing Jazz Band. Score. Published by Queenwood Publications.

By Texas A&M University Bands. By Various. For concert band. Mark Masters. Classical. Audio CD. Duration 52:00. Published by Mark Custom Music

Arranged by Ted Ricketts. Score and full set of parts. Young Band (Concert Band). Grade 3. Size 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Chamber Music soprano 1, soprano 2, soprano 3, soprano 4, soprano 5

SKU: PR.111401770

For Five Sopranos. Composed by Shulamit Ran. Contemporary. Set of performance scores. With Standard notation. Composed 1981. 16 pages. Duration 4 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #111-40177. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.111401770).

UPC: 680160003372.

This text of this piece use four languages - English, Hebrew, Italian, and French - to express joy and give thanks. Except for the word 'joy' which is presented simultaneously in all four languages at the outset of the work, the rest of the composition was composed initially without words.
In 1981, WFMT Radio in Chicago commissioned twelve composers to write short fanfares in celebration of the station’s thirtieth anniversary.  For one month at a time, each composer’s Fanfare was heard every day at a previously unannounced time slot.  Because of my special fondness for the human voice as an instrument, I decided to make my Fanfare a vocal one.  “My” month in this series being the month of November, the idea of giving thanks naturally suggested itself.  Though the work can be performed live by a minimum of five female voices, I really wanted to limit timbre differentiation to a minimum — hence the idea of pre-recording two singers and multi-tracking them.  And, in any event, it seemed especially appropriate to compose a work of this nature for the radio, a medium that is certainly quite distinct from the concert-hall. For a text, I put together a series of words in English, Hebrew, Italian and French, all concerned with joy and giving thanks.  Except for the word joy which is presented simultaneously in all four languages at the outset of the work, the rest of the composition was composed initially without words.  In a process akin, perhaps, to the orchestrating of music already composed, the words were then strung together by me to fit the sounds and the rhythms (a reversal, at least for me, of the usual process of combining text and music).

By Nestor Taylor. For SSBB soli, SATB Choir divisi (Mixed Voices). Secular. Choral. Moderately Difficult (for divisi writing). 12 pages

SKU: GI.G-OC06

Classical. GIA Publications #OC06. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-OC06).

The Chicago Symphony Brass & Alumni presents Giovanni Gabrieli Giovanni Gabrieli spent his early career in Bavaria working under the supreme master of Renaissance polyphony, Orlando di Lasso. Gabrieli's composition serviced political and religious events at St. Mark's Cathedral. The Basilica is known for placing distinct choruses in separate locations around the altar. Cori spezzati allows one group to echo the music played by another for a surround-sound effect.The present video recording was a live benefit concert for the Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest. Jay Friedman, Music Director, celebrated the retirement and career of Adolph Bud Herseth, principal trumpet of the Chicago Symphony for 53 years.

Chamber Music flute, piano

SKU: PR.114416460

For Flute and Piano. Composed by Thaddeus Kozuch. Contemporary. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 1937. 4+1 pages. Duration 3 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41646. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114416460).

ISBN 9781598067811. UPC: 680160620616. 9x12 inches.

POEM for Flute and PianoKozuch’s POEM is a plaintive elegy, perfect for memorial concerts, in religious services, or as a lyric interlude in recital. Although composed with piano accompaniment, the music is also very effective in performance with organ. Thaddeus Kozuch (1913-1991) was a Chicago-based pianist, composer, and professor at DePaul University and Northwestern University. His beautiful POEM was composed originally for violin and piano in 1937 for his wife-to-be, Jacqueline Frye. He revised POEM for flute and piano in 1988 but the work was discovered only recently in a piano bench by the composer’s daughter, flutist Ann Fairbanks.Although the final pencil manuscript is musically complete, it lacks dynamics, and this publication presents the music as the composer left it.The following performance suggestions are provided by Ann Fairbanks:Many nuances of the work may be left to the discretion of the performer. There are quite a few notes that may be slurred, such as sets of eighth notes or triplet-eighths; if notes are articulated as written, the tonguing should be legato.Dynamics for both flute and piano could be as follows: begin the work p, then crescendo to f in bars 6-7. Decrescendo in 10-11 to a p in bar 12. The most intense section (bars 16-32) should be played with energy and full sonority, including a crescendo in 26 to fin 27. The conclusion, beginning at bar 42, should be played p, with the last measures performed quietly.

Concert Band (Score) - Grade 5

SKU: HL.44010958

Composed by Philip Sparke. Anglo Music Concert Band. Concert. Score Only. Composed 2010. Anglo Music Press #AMP294. Published by Anglo Music Press (HL.44010958).

UPC: 884088613167. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dut ch.

As a native Londoner, composer Philip Sparke has always been attracted to the great cities of the world, fascinated by their varied moods and human diversity. London, Chicago, Tokyo, Paris, Rome and New York all have their own characters but also share much in common. This overture is a salute to the energy and grandeur of such cities. A fantastic new concert work for moderately advanced bands.

Als echte Londenaar is Philip Sparke altijd al gefascineerd door de metropolen van de wereld en de verschillende sferen en diversiteit aan mensen die wereldsteden eigen zijn. Deze ouverture is een hommage aan de energie en prachtvan zulke grote steden. Hun talrijke contrasterende eigenschappen weerspiegelen zich in wisselende stemmingen. Het zijn deze stemmingen die de bedrijvigheid, de majestueuze architectuur en de prettige maar ook minder prettige aspectenvan een leven in de stad belichten.

Als Londoner war Philip Sparke schon immer fasziniert von den Metropolen dieser Welt, den diversen Stimmungen und der Vielfaltigkeit menschlichen Lebens. Diese Ouvertüre ist ein Salut an die Energie und die Pracht solcher Grossstadte. Ihre kontrastierenden Eigenschaften spiegeln sich in wechselnden Stimmungen wider, welche die Betriebsamkeit der Grossstadt, die majestatische Architektur sowie die eleganten und weniger vornehmen Aspekte des stadtischen Lebens beleuchten.

Cette ouverture rend hommage a la grandeur et a l'energie des plus grandes villes du monde. Philip Sparke y depeint les contrastes de caractere a travers des atmospheres sans cesse changeantes. Les couleurs sonores et les chiff rages de mesure multicontrastes decrivent les avantages et les inconvenients de la vie dans une metropole.

Questa ouverture rende omaggio alla grandezza e all'energia delle piu grandi ed importanti citta del mondo. Philip Sparke dipinge le diversita delle citta e dei loro abitanti attraverso atmosfere che cambiano per rappresentare e descrivere al meglio le mille diversita che caratterizzano ogni metropoli.

Chamber Music Piano, Trumpet

SKU: PR.114419070

Composed by Martin Amlin. With Standard notation. 20+16 pages. Duration 9 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41907. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114419070).

ISBN 9781491113493. UPC: 680160671540. 9 x 12 inches.

Martin Amlin’s first recital work for Trumpet and Piano brings all the iridescent excitement that has intrigued other performers. Composed for his renowned colleague Terry Everson, Amlin’s sonata pours new wine into old bottles with its three movements titled: 1. Invention, 2. Chaconne, and 3. Moto Perpetuo. The publication provides solo parts for both C and E-flat Trumpet. Composer and pianist Martin Amlin has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Tanglewood Music Center, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Massachusetts Artists Foundation, St. Botolph Club Foundation, and the Massachusetts Council for the Arts. He was a recipient of an ASCAP Grant to Young Composers and has received many ASCAPlus Awards. He has been a resident at Yaddo, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the MacDowell Colony, where he was named a Norlin Fellow.Much of Amlin’s music is characterized by a pungent tonality and energetic rhythms. His Sonata for Piccolo and Piano and Sonata No. 2 for Flute and Piano both won the National Flute Association’s Newly Published Music Competition. Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra was premiered by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra,and he has had performances of his music by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver Chorale, Back Bay Chorale, Webster Trio, and the American Vocal Arts Quintet. He has had commissions from the Seattle Flute Society, Pacific Serenades, the Chicago Flute Club, ALEA III, the James Pappoutsakis memorial flute competition, pianist Andrew Willis, and clarinetist Michael Webster.Martin Amlin is Chairman of the Department of Composition and Theory at Boston University and Director of the Young Artists Composition Program at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. He is also recipient of Boston University’s Kahn Award for his Piano Sonata No. 7. He studied with Nadia Boulanger at the Ecoles d’Art Américaines in Fontainebleau and the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, and received masters and doctoral degrees as well as the Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. Mr. Amlin has appeared as soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra in performances of Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and has performed on the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Prelude concerts at both Symphony Hall and Tanglewood. He has also appeared on the FleetBoston Celebrity Series and been pianist for the M.I.T. Experimental Music Studio and the New England Ragtime Ensemble. He has often been heard live on Boston’s WGBH radio station as both performer and composer, and has given world premieres of many new works.Martin Amlin has recordings on the Albany, Ashmont Music, Centaur, Crystal, Folkways, Hyperion, Koch International, Opus One, Titanic, and Wergo labels. .

For Wind Quintet And Double Bass. Composed by Stacy Garrop. Premiered at Cedille Soiree at the Spertus Institute, Chicago, IL; performed by Fifth House Ensemble. Contemporary. Score and part(s). With Standard notation. Composed 2015. 116 pages. Duration 8 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41745. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114417450).

Concert Band (Score) - Grade 4

SKU: HL.50605201

Composed by Florence Beatrice Price. Arranged by Jay Bocook. G. Schirmer Band/Orchestra. Concert. Softcover. 28 pages. Duration 230 seconds. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50605201).

UPC: 196288072751. 9.0x12.0x0.056 inches.

Florence Price (1887-1953) is noted as the first African-American female composer of symphonic works, and is only in recent years beginning to receive the recognition so richly deserved. Her Symphony No. 1 was completed in 1932 and first performed in 1933 by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Here is a sparkling transcription for band of the third movement (Juba Dance). (Grade 4) Dur: 3:50.

Orchestra Concert Band

SKU: PR.41641418L

Large Score. Composed by James Matheson. Premiere: Baird Dodge, soloist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Martin Chalifour, soloist, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor. Contemporary. Large Score. With Standard notation. Composed 2012. 92 pages. Duration 25 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #416-41418L. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.41641418L).

UPC: 680160601998. 11 x 17 inches.

Grade 2

SKU: AP.98-RWS223900

Composed by Green. Young Concert Band. Score and set of parts. Composed 2022. RWS Music Company #RWS-2239-00. Published by RWS Music Company (AP.98-RWS223900).

Take your younger ensemble on a journey through the old-time continental United States, highlighting the town of Wheeler, Indiana. This developing band overture embodies the nobility and importance of one town that connected Chicago and Detroit. Through this musical voyage, a recurring melody appears throughout and is passed around the ensemble to showcase their developing skill.

Grade 2

SKU: CL.RWS-2239-01

Composed by Green. Young Concert Band. Extra full score. Composed 2022. RWS Music Company #RWS-2239-01. Published by RWS Music Company (CL.RWS-2239-01).

Take your younger ensemble on a journey through the old-time continental United States, highlighting the town of Wheeler, Indiana. This developing band overture embodies the nobility and importance of one town that connected Chicago and Detroit. Through this musical voyage, a recurring melody appears throughout and is passed around the ensemble to showcase their developing skill.

Composed by James M. Stephenson. BandQuest. Softcover. Published by American Composers Forum (HL.4004955).

SKU: GI.G-003530

Sacred. Collection. GIA Publications #003530. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-003530).

UPC: 641151035307. English.

William Ferris was a composer for whom writing music was a labor of love. He believed that music written for the Church should have the same integrity of form and substance as a concert work. In addition, it should contain the necessary spiritual qualities to influence the assembly toward prayer and to raising its voice in songs of thanks and praise. Be with Me, Lord was made on location at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Chicago. Most of this music was written for the William Ferris Chorale and performed during liturgies or concerts in that wonderful sacred place. All the pieces on the recording are available in octavo format, individually or in the music collection. In the words of the composer, It is my fond hope that you will find plenty of good listening here, but most importantly, I hope that these settings will touch your spirit and inspire you to prayer..

SKU: GI.G-003528

Sacred. GIA Publications #003528. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-003528).

UPC: 641151035284. English.

William Ferris was a composer for whom writing music was a labor of love. He believed that music written for the Church should have the same integrity of form and substance as a concert work. In addition, it should contain the necessary spiritual qualities to influence the assembly toward prayer and to raising its voice in songs of thanks and praise. Be with Me, Lord was made on location at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Chicago. Most of this music was written for the William Ferris Chorale and performed during liturgies or concerts in that wonderful sacred place. All the pieces on the recording are available in octavo format, individually or in the music collection. In the words of the composer, It is my fond hope that you will find plenty of good listening here, but most importantly, I hope that these settings will touch your spirit and inspire you to prayer..