SKU: A0.976183

TRIBUTUM for Celtic Bagpipes and Full Orchestra is an award winning concert work. The original composition which is also listed on Sheet Music Plus, was commissioned for Celtic Bagpipes and Chamber Orchestra.
 Tributum pays homage to the great music of Ireland and Scotland, with lyrical and memorable themes throughout creating a dialogue between the chamber orchestra and the traditional pipes of Ireland, the Uilleann Pipes and the Great Highland Bagpipes. In ‘Tributum,’ Avant masterfully blends ethnic Celtic instruments with symphony orchestra to create a wonderfully moving work. Her majestic melodies and lush orchestrations transport the listener to the British Isles – it is an aural voyage worth taking.~ Hummie Mann, two time Emmy Award -winning composer
US Premier: March 24, 2013, NW Sinfonia Orchestra David Sabee conducting produced by Burmer Music LLC
International Premier Canada: January 23, 2016 Edmonton Symphony Orchestra with the Royal Canadian Artillery Pipes and Drums and Brass Quintet conducted by Lucas Waldin.
PRO: ASCAP
The MP3 and YouTube video are both from the Chamber Orchestra performance by the NW Sinfonia Orchestra under the direction of David Sabee, a production by Burmer Music LLC https://burmermusic.com/
and performed in Seattle at Benaroya, Nordstrom Hall, 2013.
Contact: Nan Avant
http://www.nanavant.net/
Email: njavant@gmail.com
Please notify the composer when Tributum is to be performed and she will aim to attend the  performance.

SKU: A0.1032233

This arrangement of The Parting Glass is written for full orchestra with tacet percussion and modeled after the style of the of the Irish supergroup, Celtic Woman.  The Parting Glass is in the same vein as Auld Lang Syne but is still sung traditionally by the Irish though not so much by the Scottish.  The original lyrics from this song describe a person bidding farewell to a good friend who is leaving and my not return.  This arrangement opens with a cadenza solo from the principal cello that is intended to set the tone of the piece in that sorrowful dismissal of a good friend.  It is intentionally written with basic instrumentation.  It does not stretch the ranges too far, but still provides some technical and musical challenges to your ensemble.  This would be a great performance piece for a high school or community orchestra.