A series available as violin duets or violin and piano.Whether a student or a great artist, the desire to make a beautiful sound is a constant in the life of any musician. Sound is the musician's voice, the means of communicating an artistic vision to the audience and it should be the aim for children of any age or standard to be engaged in good tone production.The inspiration for writing these pi…

One Night In Bethlehem' is a wonderful retelling of the Christmas story in nine songs and linking narrative, ideal for schools and young choirs to perform. The songs may be sung in unison, but the harmony and counterpoint parts are very effective, and are written to be easily achievable - even by inexperienced singers. A delightful Christmas presentation that is full of life, capturing the true sp…

Kantate. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. The Vienna Musicians’ Society, a pension fund for the widows and orphans of professional musicians, asked Mozart, among others, to compose a choral work for performance at their benefit concert series. Presumably it was due not just to the pressure of a deadline, but also for the chance to have the music of the torso of the great C minor Mass, K. 427, performe…

Par GUILLOU JEAN. Jean Guillou, one of the most important organ composers of our time, studied with Marcel Dupré, Maurice Duruflé and Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Convervatoire. Following a several-year stay in Berlin (1958-63), he has been a titular organist at St. Eustache in Paris since 1963 and made appearances as a much sought-after concert organist and teacher of master classes. Written in…

WRITTEN BY JAZZ MUSICIAN BOB MINTZER, 14 JAZZ and FUNK ETUDES PRESENTS PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE AIDS AND EXPLANATIONS IN A VARIETY OF JAZZ AND FUNK STYLES. IN ADDITION, THE BOOKS INCLUDE A CD CONTAINING COMBO ACCOMPANIMENT THAT'S IDEAL FOR PRACTICE SESSIONS.

Par MENDONCA VASCO. 'Terrance Hayes? series of sonnets is an extraordinary collection of poems: his poetry captures the spiralling social and political chaos in America (and the world) in a way no newspaper article or scholarly essay has been able to; his words have the rare quality of clarifying a collective feeling that is messy and confusing, an elusive and disturbing combination of fear, hope,…

Par JACOB GORDON. Of all of Gordon Jacob's major contributions to the British wind band repertoire, the William Byrd Suite (written in 1923) stands as his most-often programmed work. Though originally based on six movements from William Byrd's Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, this setting for developing band incorporates two contrasting movements including 'The Earle of Oxford's Marche' and 'Wolsey's Wi…

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band builds upon the concepts in Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band with 399 new exercises that are more technically and musically challenging, including over 70 chorales written by some of today's most renowned composers for concert band, including: Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Andrew Boysen, Ralph Ford, Rossano Galan…

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band builds upon the concepts in Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band with 399 new exercises that are more technically and musically challenging, including over 70 chorales written by some of today's most renowned composers for concert band, including: Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Andrew Boysen, Ralph Ford, Rossano Galan…

Par COHEN MARY. Bags Of Showbiz is jam packed with great film, pop, TV and show tunes, from Harry Potter to High School Musical, Dr. Who to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Each piece is complete in itself, so does not need an accompaniment, but for fun you could ask a friend to improvise a simple rhythm on drum or percussion to fit with your part. Written and arranged by the UK's leading string pedagogue…

Par GOODALL HOWARD. Written for the St. David's Cathedral Festival, 'Jubilate Deo' (for SATB with organ accompaniment) is an appropriately exuberant and joyful setting./ Feuillet / Choeur

Par PETTIGREW LAURA. for Piccolo and Piano. Each of these pieces was written with young people in mind, and depict specific circumstances encountered in teaching. Composed for piccolo and piano, they are equally charming for flute and piano. Wonderful for student programming. Movements include: Wee Folks, Warm Winds, Picc?in/ Répertoire / Piccolo et Piano

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN / KURTAG (Arr.). This edition continues the series of György Kurtág\'s Bach transcriptions for piano duet which were published in \'Transcriptions from Machaut to J. S. Bach\' and \'Seven Bach Chorales\'. These pieces were originally written for the Kurtágs, György and his wife Márta, for their own use, and they were often played, together with the \'Játékok\' [Games] pie…

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Reggae Series : Value Line Number of pages : 24 This book provides guidance for the bassist as well as the percussionist and rhythm guitarist on creating individual reggae grooves. The numerous challenging 2 and 4-measure rhythm patterns make a great rhythm reading workout, and the advice the author provides on equipment se…

Par STAINER JOHN. John Stainer [1840–1901] is known primarily as a pioneer of English musicology. As a composer he dedicated himself primarily to “Cathedral music. ” His Services and Anthems from this body of music were written largely for St. Paul’s Cathedral, where he worked temporarily as an organist./ Répertoire / Choeur SATB/SATB et Orgue