SKU: A0.730530

INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENTS 1 of 2 (Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion). An original opera of four stories in the spirit of street theater, taken and based on Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales  updated with original libretto by American composer James Nathaniel Holland.  Act 1:  For All The Rocks Off the Coast of Brittany (drama), Act 2: Une Danse Macabre (drama/comedy), Act 3: What All Women Want (drama/comedy), and Act 4: That Pesky Itch (comedy).  Can be stand-alone one acts or performed together with overture.  Scores: Piano Vocal Score, Full Orchestral Score, and Instrument Parts 1 and 2.  8 Principals who double or triple roles and sing choruses parts in the other acts.  No chorus required or may include full chorus cast.  Instrumentation:  f1/picc, fl2, ob, eh, cl12, bsn 12, hrn 12, tpt12, trmb, tba, timp, perc., hrp, and strings.  Minimum required eight singers:  Coloratura, Soprano, Dramatic Soprano, Mezzo, 2 Tenors, Baritone, Bass.

SKU: A0.1286761

INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENTS PART 1 of 2 (Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion).  This four act contemporary opera, original libretto and music, by 21st century American composer James Nathaniel Holland is the story of the triumph of Love over Evil, however delayed, and the power of keeping steadfast to one’s righteous promise.  

Based on the German fairy tale The Six Swans, in a kingdom, during Saxon times, the murderous daughter of an evil entity, Ravia, infiltrates and takes over the lives of a royal family due to the King’s rash promise to marry her many years before. 

The royal children are sent away by their father for safety to a hidden, woodland cottage, but Ravia discovers where they are and hexes the younger siblings, turning them into swallows.  Usha, the eldest, escapes and flees to the wilderness and is visited by the apparition of her dead mother who explains what is going on and that Usha must swear an oath of silence for six years to break the spell and change her siblings back into human form.

Five years pass and a dashing and kind king, Rohric, of another kingdom, finds Usha while hunting, falls in love with and marries her, but Usha must remain silent and cannot reveal who she is.  Ravia, who now is sole queen of the old kingdom, is invited by Rohric’s nobles with hope to secure a “proper� wedding for Rohric.  Usha is accused falsely of killing her own child by the two and is sentenced to be burned at the stake, but as the bell tolls she finally can declare her innocence.  To the crowd’s amazement her siblings change back, all truth is revealed, and for Ravia’s failure, she is dragged back to hell by demons.  

Singers:  King Alfred (bass), Ravia (soprano), Princess Usha (mezzo), Queen Mother Arna (soprano), the royal siblings (children’s/boy’s chorus), King Rohric (Tenor), The Evil Noble (baritone), An angel/a demon (bass), SATB Chorus

Scored for full orchestra.  Instrumentation:  picc/treble recorder, fl12, ob12, eh, cl12, bsn12, hrn 123, tpt123, trom12, tba, timp, perc.12 (bd, crash cym, ride cym with soft mallets and stick, small gong, wood blk, glk, chimes, snar, tri), hrp, strings

Duration:  2 hours
Full Orchestral Score (concert pitch), Piano Vocal Score and Instruments Parts 1 (woodwinds, brass, perc.) and Parts 2 (harp and strings) sold separately.

SKU: A0.730488

INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENT PARTS only, Full score sold separately. Haitian voodoo rhythms, and gods Damballa Wedo, Papa Legba, Ezulie, Baron Zamdi the Gede are brought to the orchestral concert stage in this second symphony of American composer James Nathaniel Holland, who served for a while in Haiti in the US Peace Corps in the 1990s. The symphony for large orchestra is divided into three movements. It begins with a rousing invocation which melts into a sensitive section, sympathetic of the human condition and of the Republic of the Caribbean island of Haiti. The second movement, actually three sections, is very a very African sounding fugue that changes into a contraposition of the quiet, mysterious Minwet and the European French Minuet, and ends with an almost church joyous, dance of complex percussion, call and response. The last movement incorporates multimedia of the beauty of spoken Kreyol language: stating that we, ourselves, are the gods expressed in the Haitian folk dances. And ends with an energetic Haitian carnival section.   Great, varied and different, showpiece for any symphony orchestral concert with overtones of jazz and Afro Carib music. Instrumentation: picc/fl 1.2., fl/altofl. 3.4., ob 1.2., pic cl./clBb 1, clBb 2.3.4., bcl., ssax, asax, tsax, bsax, bsn 1.2., cbsn, hrns 1.2.3.4., tpt 1.2.3., trom. 1.2., btrm, tba, timp, perc (bdrm, slapstick (or whip) maracas, metal guiro, agogo bells, calabasa, crash cyms, tri., bongos, congos, celeste., marimba) harp, strings.

YouTube Presentation:  https://youtu.be/ON24g0ZJFQw
Composer website: https://www.facebook.com/jamesnathanielholland/

SKU: A0.823515

This arrangement is made for a generic music school orchestra, so the instrumentation is made flexible to suits many different formation.

The winds and brass parts are quite the same, so you can freely remove or double some of them.

This arrangement is totally playable without the strings session, but not viceversa.

If you have others percussions in your band, feel free to add them, al following the same part.

Basses part are playable by double bass, electric bass or/and tuba.

The arrangement sounds very good also if you have a jazz band and all the classic instruments are missing: brasses and saxes can sustain all the piece.

SKU: A0.730518

Instrument Parts 1 of 2 (Woowinds, Brass, Perc) . Full score, piano vocal score and individual parts (strings) sold separately. Moliere's 300 year old play Le malade imaginaire is adapted into a three act comedic opera by American composer James Nathaniel Holland (adaption, music and libretto). It's the story of a hypochondriac, studio mogul who is willing to marry off his daughter to his celebrity doctor's son to save on expenses. From the other side, his ambitious, hypocritical wife is trying to swindle his fortune. Only his long-time secretary and partner can save him and unite his daughter with the young man who she actually loves. Set in 1930's Los Angeles, Hollywood with early jazz elements, quasi musical numbers that will delight and tickle your audiences today. A small cast opera of about 8 singers (2 tenors, soprano, mezzo, coloratura, 2 baritones, and bass baritone) with no chorus and relatively small sized orchestra, this piece is perfect for any university or small opera house, and it's libretto is originally in English. Suitable for all audiences. Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes. Playlist link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEcbVsA36MCvU97UVaZdWAPdzkN8woFtw (Ver. 2022 with 2 new arias).

SKU: A0.730519

Instrument Parts 1 of 2 (Woowinds, Brass, Perc) . Full score, piano vocal score and individual parts (strings) sold separately. Moliere’s 300 year old play Le malade imaginaire is adapted into a three act comedic opera by American composer James Nathaniel Holland (adaption, music and libretto). It’s the story of a hypochondriac, studio mogul who is willing to marry off his daughter to his celebrity doctor’s son to save on expenses. From the other side, his ambitious, hypocritical wife is trying to swindle his fortune. Only his long-time secretary and partner can save him and unite his daughter with the young man who she actually loves. Set in 1930’s Los Angeles, Hollywood with early jazz elements, quasi musical numbers that will delight and tickle your audiences today. A small cast opera of about 8 singers (2 tenors, soprano, mezzo, coloratura, 2 baritones, and bass baritone) with no chorus and relatively small sized orchestra, this piece is perfect for any university or small opera house, and it’s libretto is originally in English. Suitable for all audiences. Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes. Playlist link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEcbVsA36MCvU97UVaZdWAPdzkN8woFtw (Ver. Revised 2022 with 2 new arias).