Composed by Ed Kiefer.
Symphonic Band (SPS).
Full score. With Standard
notation. 16 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #SPS82F.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.SPS82F).
ISBN 9781491153277.
UPC:
680160910779.
Resig
nation was
composed in memory of
one of Ed Kiefer's best
friends. Evoking the
struggle of coming to
grips with the loss of a
dear friend, the piece is
based on the hymn, My
Shepherd Will Supply My
Need. It is dramatic,
heartfelt, and
overwhelmingly beautiful.
As Hans Christian
Andersen once said, When
words fail, music
speaks.. Dr. David S.
Kirby Commission
Consortium Phillip Riggs,
Commission
CoordinatorNorthwest
District Bandmasters
AssociationRodney
Workman, Past-Chair
Andrew Jimeson,
ChairWestern North
Carolina Bandmasters
AssociationAllen Klaes,
ChairNorth Carolina
School of Science and
MathPhillip Riggs,
DirectorA.C. Reynolds
High School BandSean
Smith, DirectorSouth
Caldwell High School
BandJason Childers,
DirectorJay M. Robinson
Symphonic BandAndrew
Carter, DirectorApex High
School BandDaniel Jarvis,
DirectorPanther Creek
High School BandDavid
Robinson, DirectorEastern
Randolph High School
BandCarolina Perez,
DirectorStanley County
Concert Band/Pfeiffer
University Concert
BandCarmella Hedrick, Tim
Hedrick and Frank Poolos,
DirectorsLenoir Rhyne
University Wind
SymphonyDr. Daniel Kiser,
ConductorDr. Christopher
NegrelliNumerous
colleagues, fellow
teachers, and former
studentsProgram
NotesThere is no possible
way I could compose a
piece of music worthy of
the memory of my close
friend, Dr. David Kirby,
who died very suddenly at
an early age. Neither
could I write a piece
that could come close to
reflecting his kind
spirit, wit, personality
or talent. In fact, it
was almost impossible for
me to write anything at
all. My own grief and the
stages of my
grief kept getting in
the way. I ended up with
a setting of the
hymn-tune, Resignation.
Resigned. To the fact
that he is no longer
with us. I know he is
in a better place, but we
are not. We miss him very
much. And so, My Shepherd
Will Supply My Need seems
to speak to those of us
he left behind. I
apologize if this piece
does not reflect your
special feelings for him
or help you celebrate his
moving on. Unfortunately,
I could only put down
what I have come to
accept and hope in some
way it may speak to any
of you that knew him or
to others of you who have
also lost a close friend.
My Shepherd Will Supply
My Need. That is my
hope and my hope for
you.Although technically
very easy, this
composition requires a
maturity of musicianship
to be performed properly.
The Bb contrabass
clarinet part is integral
to the composition, but
there are cues in the
tuba part if you need
them. Â Make sure you
bring horns to the fore
at m. 53 and the low
brass at m. 59 so the
melody can be heard
without effort.
Exaggerate dynamics to
bring more emotion to the
piece. Be careful not to
diminuendo too soon near
the end or it will be
difficult to diminish
even further at the very
end, where the lone
clarinetist holds over a
couple of measures,
fading into nothing. I
hope your students will
enjoy this piece and take
from it a greater
appreciation for the way
making music can express
feelings.
Composed by Ed Kiefer.
Symphonic Band (SPS). Set
of Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
4+4+2+4+8+8+2+1+2+2+2+2+2
+2+3+6+6+9+2+2+3+3+3+3+4+
1+1+1+1+1+16+2 pages.
Duration 2 minutes, 58
seconds. Carl Fischer
Music #SPS82. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.SPS82).
ISBN
9781491152591. UPC:
680160910090. Key: Bb
major.
Resignation
was composed in
memory of one of Ed
Kiefer's best friends.
Evoking the struggle of
coming to grips with the
loss of a dear friend,
the piece is based on the
hymn, My Shepherd Will
Supply My Need. It is
dramatic, heartfelt, and
overwhelmingly beautiful.
As Hans Christian
Andersen once said, When
words fail, music
speaks.. Dr. David S.
Kirby Commission
Consortium Phillip Riggs,
Commission
CoordinatorNorthwest
District Bandmasters
AssociationRodney
Workman, Past-Chair
Andrew Jimeson,
ChairWestern North
Carolina Bandmasters
AssociationAllen Klaes,
ChairNorth Carolina
School of Science and
MathPhillip Riggs,
DirectorA.C. Reynolds
High School BandSean
Smith, DirectorSouth
Caldwell High School
BandJason Childers,
DirectorJay M. Robinson
Symphonic BandAndrew
Carter, DirectorApex High
School BandDaniel Jarvis,
DirectorPanther Creek
High School BandDavid
Robinson, DirectorEastern
Randolph High School
BandCarolina Perez,
DirectorStanley County
Concert Band/Pfeiffer
University Concert
BandCarmella Hedrick, Tim
Hedrick and Frank Poolos,
DirectorsLenoir Rhyne
University Wind
SymphonyDr. Daniel Kiser,
ConductorDr. Christopher
NegrelliNumerous
colleagues, fellow
teachers, and former
studentsProgram
NotesThere is no possible
way I could compose a
piece of music worthy of
the memory of my close
friend, Dr. David Kirby,
who died very suddenly at
an early age. Neither
could I write a piece
that could come close to
reflecting his kind
spirit, wit, personality
or talent. In fact, it
was almost impossible for
me to write anything at
all. My own grief and the
stages of my
grief kept getting in
the way. I ended up with
a setting of the
hymn-tune, Resignation.
Resigned. To the fact
that he is no longer
with us. I know he is
in a better place, but we
are not. We miss him very
much. And so, My Shepherd
Will Supply My Need seems
to speak to those of us
he left behind. I
apologize if this piece
does not reflect your
special feelings for him
or help you celebrate his
moving on. Unfortunately,
I could only put down
what I have come to
accept and hope in some
way it may speak to any
of you that knew him or
to others of you who have
also lost a close friend.
My Shepherd Will Supply
My Need. That is my
hope and my hope for
you.Although technically
very easy, this
composition requires a
maturity of musicianship
to be performed properly.
The Bb contrabass
clarinet part is integral
to the composition, but
there are cues in the
tuba part if you need
them. Â Make sure you
bring horns to the fore
at m. 53 and the low
brass at m. 59 so the
melody can be heard
without effort.
Exaggerate dynamics to
bring more emotion to the
piece. Be careful not to
diminuendo too soon near
the end or it will be
difficult to diminish
even further at the very
end, where the lone
clarinetist holds over a
couple of measures,
fading into nothing. I
hope your students will
enjoy this piece and take
from it a greater
appreciation for the way
making music can express
feelings.
String Quartet No.
3. Composed by
Shulamit Ran. Sws.
Contemporary. Full score.
With Standard notation.
Composed March 9 2013. 32
pages. Duration 23
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-41690S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.11441690S).
UPC:
680160626021. 9 x 12
inches.
Ran's third
string quartet was
written for the Pacifica
Quartet, who are
featuring it in numerous
performances from May
2014 through February
2016, across the country
and abroad. Their blog
page dedicated to the
work also features the
composer's notes, for
more indepth insight.
...impassioned solos
emerge from ominous
quiet, and high arpeggios
in the violins quiver
alongside the earthy
cello. Ms. Ran skillfully
deploys these extremes of
color, volume and pitch,
yet the overall somewhat
chilly impression is one
of poise. -- Zachary
Woolfe, The New York
Times. My third string
quartet was composed at
the invitation of the
Pacifica
Quartet, whose
music-making I have come
to know closely and
admire hugely as resident
artists at the University
of Chicago. Already
in our early
conversations Pacifica
proposed that this
quartet might, in some
manner, refer to the
visual arts as a point of
germination. Probing
further, I found out that
the quartet members had
special interest in art
created during the
earlier part of the 20th
century, perhaps between
the two world wars.Â
It was my good fortune to
have met, a short while
later, while in residence
at the American Academy
in Rome in the fall of
2011, art conservationist
Albert Albano who steered
me to the work of Felix
Nussbaum (1904-1944), a
German-Jewish painter
who, like so many others,
perished in the Holocaust
at a young age, and who
left some powerful,
deeply moving art that
spoke to the life that
was unraveling around
him. The title of my
string quartet takes its
inspiration from a major
exhibit devoted to art by
German artists of the
period of the Weimar
Republic (1919-1933)
titled “Glitter and
Doom: German Portraits
from the 1920sâ€,
first shown at New
York’s
Metropolitan Museum of
Art in 2006-07.Â
Nussbaum would have been
a bit too young to be
included in this
exhibit. His most
noteworthy art was
created in the last very
few years of his short
life. The
exhibit’s
evocative title, however,
suggested to me the idea
of “Glitter, Doom,
Shards, Memory†as
a way of framing a
possible musical
composition that would be
an homage to his life and
art, and to that of so
many others like him
during that era.
 Knowing that their
days were numbered, yet
intent on leaving a mark,
a legacy, a memory, their
art is triumph of the
human spirit over
annihilation. Parallel
to my wish to compose a
string quartet that,
typically for this genre,
would exist as
“pure musicâ€,
independent of a
narrative, was my desire
to effect an awareness in
my listener of matters
which are, to me, of
great human concern.
 To my mind there is
no contradiction between
the two goals. Â As in
several other works
composed since 1969, this
is my way of saying
‘do not
forget’, something
that, I believe, can be
done through music with
special power and
poignancy. Â Â The
individual titles of the
quartet’s four
movements give an
indication of some of the
emotional strands this
work explores. 1)
“That which
happened†(das was
geschah) – is how
the poet Paul Celan
referred to the Shoah
– the Holocaust.
 These simple words
served for me, in the
first movement, as a
metaphor for the way in
which an
“ordinaryâ€
life, with its daily flow
and its sense of sweet
normalcy, was shockingly,
inhumanely, inexplicably
shattered. 2)
“Menace†is a
shorter movement,
mimicking a Scherzo.
 It is also
machine-like, incessant,
with an occasional,
recurring, waltz-like
little tune –
perhaps the chilling
grimace we recognize from
the executioner’s
guillotine mask. Â Like
the death machine it
alludes to, it gathers
momentum as it goes, and
is
unstoppable. 3) â
If I must perish - do
not let my paintings
dieâ€; these words
are by Felix Nussbaum
who, knowing what was
ahead, nonetheless
continued painting till
his death in Auschwitz in
1944. Â If the heart of
the first movement is the
shuddering interruption
of life as we know it,
the third movement tries
to capture something of
what I can only imagine
to be the conflicting
states of mind that would
have made it possible,
and essential, to
continue to live and
practice one’s art
– bearing witness
to the events.
 Creating must have
been, for Nussbaum and
for so many others, a way
of maintaining sanity,
both a struggle and a
catharsis – an act
of defiance and salvation
all at the same
time. 4)
“Shards,
Memory†is a direct
reference to my
quartet’s title.
 Only shards are left.
 And memory.  The
memory is of things large
and small, of unspeakable
tragedy, but also of the
song and the dance, the
smile, the hopes. All
things human. Â As we
remember, in the face of
death’s silence,
we restore dignity to
those who are
gone.—Shulamit
Ran .
Easy Piano Piano/Keyboard SKU: HL.282477 The New Decade Series. Co...(+)
Easy Piano Piano/Keyboard
SKU: HL.282477
The New Decade
Series. Composed by
Various. Easy Piano
Songbook. Pop, Standards.
Softcover. 346 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.282477).
ISBN
9781540034342. UPC:
888680789213.
9.0x12.0x0.812
inches.
Almost 100
songs from the birth of
the rock and roll era in
the 1950s are included in
this collection arranged
for easy piano with
lyrics. Songs include:
All I Have to Do Is Dream
* Bye Bye Love *
Chantilly Lace * Don't Be
Cruel * Earth Angel *
Fever * Great Balls of
Fire * Hound Dog * I Walk
the Line * It's So Easy *
Kansas City * Lonely
Teardrops * Mister
Sandman * Only You (And
You Alone) * Peter Gunn *
Rock Around the Clock *
Sh-Boom * Shout * Sixteen
Tons * Tequila * Tutti
Frutti * Unchained Melody
* Volare * Why Do Fools
Fall in Love * Yakety Yak
* Your Cheatin' Heart *
and more.
Choral (SATB) SKU: HL.601755 By ABBA. By Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeu...(+)
Choral (SATB)
SKU:
HL.601755
By ABBA. By
Benny Andersson and Bjorn
Ulvaeus. Arranged by Mac
Huff. Pop Choral Series.
Classic Rock, Pop,
Pop/Rock, Rock,
Seventies, Swedish.
Octavo. Duration 250
seconds. Published by Hal
Leonard (HL.601755).
UPC: 196288077954.
6.75x10.5x0.036
inches.
The four
original members of the
Swedish pop sensation
ABBA are back after a
40-year hiatus! From
their brand new album
“Voyage,â€
comes this harmonically
rich and cozy number that
sounds like it was
released in both 1977 and
in 2022. What a
comeback!
Angels We Have Heard On High and Away In A Manger arranged by Jonathon Robbins. ...(+)
Angels We Have Heard On
High and Away In A Manger
arranged by Jonathon
Robbins. For piano,
voice, guitar solo. Solo.
Best of Christmas series.
Christmas. Sheet Music.
Text Language: English. 8
pages. Published by
Santorella Publications
Orchestra - Grade 3.5 SKU: AP.49426S Composed by Mark Wood. Performance M...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 3.5
SKU: AP.49426S
Composed by Mark Wood.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Mark
Wood Series. Pop/Rock;
Rock. Score. Duration
4:00. Alfred Music
#00-49426S. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.49426S).
ISBN 9781470650940.
UPC: 038081571850.
English.
The
composer, Mark Wood,
writes: Come Fly with Me
comes from my personal
visualization of flying
while improvising music.
In writing a work which
combines classical and
American rock styles, I
have created a vehicle
for musicians to spread
their wings and truly
learn the beautiful art
of composing their own
music on the spot in the
improvisation section.
(4:00).
Orchestra - Grade 3.5 SKU: AP.49426 Composed by Mark Wood. Performance Mu...(+)
Orchestra - Grade 3.5
SKU: AP.49426
Composed by Mark Wood.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles;
String Orchestra. Mark
Wood Series. Pop/Rock;
Rock. Score and Part(s).
Duration 4:00. Alfred
Music #00-49426.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.49426).
ISBN
9781470650933. UPC:
038081571843.
English.
The
composer, Mark Wood,
writes: Come Fly with Me
comes from my personal
visualization of flying
while improvising music.
In writing a work which
combines classical and
American rock styles, I
have created a vehicle
for musicians to spread
their wings and truly
learn the beautiful art
of composing their own
music on the spot in the
improvisation section.
(4:00).
SKU: GI.G-10678 A Philosophical and Practical Approach to the Choral A...(+)
SKU: GI.G-10678
A Philosophical and
Practical Approach to the
Choral Art. Composed
by Will Kesling. Music
Education. 472 pages. GIA
Publications #10678.
Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-10678).
ISBN
9781622776436.
Draw
ing from his five decades
of success as a conductor
and educator in the
choral field, Will
Kesling has compiled a
comprehensive choral
methods resource that
addresses every necessary
fundamental for achieving
artistry in the choral
art. Written in clear and
conversational language,
this resource covers:
Building a healthy and
beautiful choral sound
Dealing with vocal issues
Selecting repertoire and
programming concerts
Developing score study
skills and interpretive
insights Understanding
the characteristics of
musical periods and
composers Planning,
preparing for, and
running rehearsals The
Voices I Hear also
explores important but
often overlooked topics,
including a discussion of
performing sacred music
in secular education
settings, techniques for
performing
choral-orchestral works,
choral versus orchestral
conducting, and how to
become a true
“maestro.â€
Individual chapters also
function as standalone
topics of study. A
valuable read for
emerging and seasoned
conductors alike, The
Voices I Hear is an
expert study of the
aesthetic, intellectual,
and practical aspects of
the choral art. Dr. Will
Kesling is Professor of
Choral and Orchestral
Conducting at the
University of Florida,
where he has taught for
two decades. He has
conducted hundreds of
choral ensembles and
nearly fifty of the
world’s finest
symphony orchestras. His
ensembles have received
international attention
for their excellence and
musical expression. Â
Thank you, Dr. Kesling,
for the decade you gave
of yourself to write the
most complete and
comprehensive writing on
the topics of choral
techniques, methods, and
conducting I have seen.
It is in-depth yet
practical, to the point
of being a valuable
resource for both the
young conductors entering
the choral field to the
well-established
professionals. You have
given us a solid
foundation in all
significant areas of the
choral art, including,
among many others, the
production of beautiful
vocal tone, detailed
physical vocal
production, textual and
physical components of
English diction,
repertoire programming,
appropriate style,
interpretation and
phrasing, and a pathway
to successful conducting
of combined choral and
orchestral forces. Your
enormous and highly
successful career, with
worldwide performances
and numerous awards and
honors, has enabled you
to bring validity and
integrity to the entire
writing. —Donald
Neuen  Â
Distinguished Professor
Emeritus, UCLA Â Â
Former member of the
Robert Shaw Chorale Â
 Mr. Shaw’s
Assistant Conductor with
the Atlanta Symphony
Orchestra and Choruses
For more than 50 years,
Dr. Will Kesling has been
and continues to be a
prominent figure and
voice in the
International and
American choral
profession. His new book,
The Voices I Hear, is the
distillation of his long
and distinguished career
as a conductor and choral
music educator. The
driving and consuming
passion throughout
Kesling’s life is
the preparation and
performance of the
world’s rich and
diverse choral and
orchestral repertoire and
the education,
development, and growth
of those who perform and
conduct it. This book is
a summation of a lifetime
immersed in the choral
art and all its many
aspects. It overflows
with insights into the
choral art that will not
only instruct the
beginning conductor but
also will enlighten and
entertain the seasoned
professional conductor
and educator. It is
filled with wit, wisdom,
and practical advice to
all practitioners of the
choral arts. I
enthusiastically
recommend
Kesling’s
enlightening new book as
an important addition to
the choral pedagogy
bibliography and for use
as an invaluable new text
for choral practicum
classes for both graduate
and undergraduate
students. Dr. Kesling has
brought to the choral
profession significant
new insights to all
lovers of the choral art.
—Craig Jessop Â
 Professor of Music,
University of Utah Â
 Former Music
Director of the
Tabernacle Choir and
Orchestra at Temple
Square   and the
United States Air Force
Singing Sergeants Will
Kesling’s book,
The Voices I Hear, is
practical and
philosophical, useful and
inspirational, focused
and comprehensive. The
observations and advice
are based on his vast
personal experiences on
the podium with choirs
and orchestras, and the
book is a monumental
resource for both the
young conductor and the
veteran. Containing a
broad spectrum of musical
styles, composers, and
topics, Kesling’s
direct and practical
writing connects
immediately with
today’s choral
musician. Keep The Voices
I Hear nearby as there
will be many times down
the road where the
information and opinions
in Dr. Kesling’s
book will answer the
questions you have, as
well as the ones you
didn’t even know
to ask! —Jerry
Blackstone  Â
Professor Emeritus of
Music (conducting) and
Director of Choirs
(retired) Â Â
School of Music, Theatre
& Dance, University of
Michigan This is the
textbook I wish had been
available when I was
beginning my studies. It
is comprehensive in
scope, practical and
helpful in its
suggestions, and, perhaps
most surprising in a book
from an academic,
superbly written in clear
and powerful English.
Kesling speaks with
conviction, clarity, and
polish, and he finds
colorful and memorable
ways of making his points
and presents the material
from the perspective of
one who has done all
these things for decades
at a highly professional
level. I give this volume
the highest possible
recommendation.
—Daniel Gawthrop
  Composer &
Conductor.
I. Farfallina (Butterfly) 2. Lucciola (Firefly). Composed by Italian Folk So...(+)
I. Farfallina (Butterfly)
2.
Lucciola (Firefly).
Composed
by Italian Folk Song and
Tuscan Folk Song.
Arranged by
Christi Jones. Fold.
Octavo.
8 pages. Duration 2
minutes,
35 seconds. BriLee Music
#BL1123. Published by
BriLee
Music
Trombone SKU: BT.EMBZ14143 By Makovecz Pál. Studies & Exercises. Book ...(+)
Trombone
SKU:
BT.EMBZ14143
By
Makovecz Pál. Studies
& Exercises. Book Only.
Composed 1997. 52 pages.
Editio Musica Budapest
#EMBZ14143. Published by
Editio Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ14143).
English-German-Hungari
an.
The collection
of 130 studies published
in two volumes was
compiled with the aim in
mind to meet the demands
of trombone instruction
from the highest classes
of the music schools to
the Academy of Music. lt
was selected from those
'traditional' studies
which played a decisive
role in trombone playing
and instruction at the
turn of the century and
have become the most
frequently performed
studies since then.
However old-fashioned
these studies may seem,
they belong to the best
ones with regard to safe,
smooth technique and the
elaboration of a nice
sound and will definitely
serve their purÂpose
in the future as well. On
compiling the volumes, I
have attempted to observe
not only asequence
according to grade of
difficulty but the
variety of characters as
well. I am convinced that
these studies are both
useful and, when
performed sufficiently
colorfully, may
contribute to overcoming
the monotony of technical
exercises. The
articulation sings and
markings of dynamics,
which often differ from
the original, try to meet
this aim.I had already
used this collection of
studies before it was
printed. 1 had to realize
soon that the technical
level of the first pieces
was too high to assure a
smooth transition from
the trombone tutors
written for beginners. As
a result, I found it
necessary to start the
first volume with a
shortened and facilitated
version of some studies.
Since these pieces in
question have been
changed considerably, a *
beside the composer's
name refers to the fact
in each case that they
are arrangements.I
recommend my work to my
past, present and future
pupilsPál
Makovecz.
(Christmas Carols For Mixed Voices) Edited by Graham Buckland. For SATB choir (u...(+)
(Christmas Carols For
Mixed Voices) Edited by
Graham Buckland. For SATB
choir (unaccompanied).
Format: a capella
songbook. With choral
notation, lyrics,
performance notes,
introductory text and
index of first lines.
Christmas and holiday.
224 pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by
Baerenreiter-Ausgaben.
Choir SKU: WD.080689462238 Composed by J. Daniel Smith. Arranged by J. Da...(+)
Choir
SKU:
WD.080689462238
Composed by J. Daniel
Smith. Arranged by J.
Daniel Smith. Choral.
Sacred Anthem. Octavo.
Word Music #080689462238.
Published by Word Music
(WD.080689462238).
UPC:
080689462238.
John
16:33 recounts
Jesus’ words to
us: “...In this
world you will have
trouble. But take heart!
I have overcome the
world.†In this
promising arrangement by
J. Daniel Smith, we are
reminded that when our
battles against the enemy
weaken our courage and
wear on our spirits, we
can take heart in our
invincible Savior. What a
great and mighty power we
have on our side!
Celebratory, confident
and worshipful, this
anthem of encouragement
is sure to be favored by
your church for years to
come.