Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1325451 By Rachel J Peters. By Rachel J. Peters. 21st Century,Classical,Opera. 86 pages. Rachel J Peters #913678. Published by Rachel J Peters (A0.1325451). A short chamber operaLibretto by Royce Vavrek, based on the short story by Sheila Heti.Mermaid in the Jar is the first short chamber opera in the Wild Beast of the Bungalow triptych (Mermaid in the Jar, Prairie Dogs, and Fine and Dandy), which takes place entirely within an eleven-year-old Girl’s bedroom as she overhears her parents’ volatile conversations. Over the course of a few days, a mermaid, a family of stuffed prairie dogs, and singing groups of chickenpox and shingles force her to confront what it means to care for others and be cared for herself.CAST: coloratura soprano, mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone, and three additional treble voices. (If the Prologue is omitted, no bass-baritone is required.)INSTRUMENTATION: 1.0.1 (doubling BCl.).1.bar.sax/0.0.1.0/pft-perc (1)-harp-1.0.0.1.1 (Parts need to be rented separately.)DURATION: 20 minutesPAGES: 86WORLD PREMIERE: Oberlin Conservatory, Winter 2020.NOTE: All performances of this work require separate permission and licensing. Any performance without a license is a violation of copyright.. For all performance inquiries, please write to rachel@racheljpeters.com.

Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.921701 Composed by Franz Schubert. Arranged by Liam Jurgens. Classical,Romantic Period. Score and parts. 139 pages. L Jurgens #4796711. Published by L Jurgens (A0.921701). Iconic and one of the most famous string quartets ever written. Arranged for chamber orchestra in a the style of Schubert. - String parts are largely unchanged from the original work, however some areas that are particularly nasty for the 1st violin have been split between both violin parts.- Modern timpani required.Performance lasts approx. 16 minutes (12 w/o repeat)

Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1368170 By Rachel J Peters. By Rachel J Peters. 21st Century,Broadway,Classical,Comedy,Musical/Show,Opera. 337 pages. Rachel J Peters #952492. Published by Rachel J Peters (A0.1368170). The Wild Beast of the Bungalow is a triptych of short operas (Mermaid in the Jar, Prairie Dogs, and Fine and Dandy), which takes place entirely within an eleven-year-old Girl’s bedroom as she overhears her parents’ volatile conversations. Over the course of a few days, a mermaid, a family of stuffed prairie dogs, and singing groups of chickenpox and shingles force her to confront what it means to care for others and be cared for herself. Libretto by Royce Vavrek, based on and further inspired by the short story by Sheila Heti.CAST: 1 coloratura soprano plus eight additional principals playing multiple rolesINSTRUMENTATION: 1.0.1 (doubling BCl.).1.bar.sax/0.0.1.0/pft-perc (1)-harp-ukulele (doubling banjo)/1.0.0.1.1 (Parts must be rented separately.)DURATION: 90 minutesPAGES: 337WORLD PREMIERE: Oberlin Conservatory, Winter 2020.NOTE: All performances of this work require separate permission and licensing. Any performance without a license is a violation of copyright. To obtain performance rights and more information, please write to the composer at rachel@racheljpeters.com.

Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1470559 By Reinhold Behringer. By Traditional. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. Contemporary,Traditional. 44 pages. David Warin Solomons #1048222. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.1470559). An arrangement for piccolo and orchestra of the Barbara Allen folk song with many interesting cadences, harmonies and countermelodies.In Scarlet Town where I was born,There was a fair maid dwelling,Made every youth cry, “Well-a-day”,Her name was Barbara Allen.All in the merry month of May,When green buds they were swelling,Young Willy Grove on his death bed lay,For love of Barbara Allen.He sent his man down unto her then,To the town where she was dwelling.“You must come to my master dear,If your name's Barbara Allen.”So slowly, slowly she came up,And slowly she came nigh him,And all she said when there she came,“Young man I think you’re dying.”[“A dying man, no, no,” said he,“One kiss from thee would cure me.”“One kiss from me thou never shalt have,If your poor heart was breaking.”]He turned his face unto the wall,And death was drawing nigh him,“Adieu, adieu, my dear friends all,And be kind to Barbara Allen.”As she was walking o’er the fields,She heard the dead-bell knellin’;And every stroke did seem to say“Unworthy Barbara Allen!”When he was laid dead in his grave,Her heart was struck with sorrow,“Oh mother, mother make my bed,For I shall die tomorrow.”And on her death bed she lay,She begged to be buried by him,And so repented of the day,That she did e’er deny him.“Farewell”, she said, “You virgins all,And shun the fault I fell in.Hence forth take warning by the fall,Of cruel Barbara Allen.”.

Chamber Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: A0.944028 Composed by Music by Ofer Ben-Amots, Story by Eugene Ionesco. Contemporary. Score and parts. 92 pages. The Composer's Own Press #4605319. Published by The Composer's Own Press (A0.944028). COMPOSER’S NOTE: Story Nr. 2 for chamber ensemble and a narrator, was written as a commission for the 1983 Children's Music Festival in St. Omer, France. Since its inception, the work has been widely performed in French, German and English. The narrative of Story Nr. 2 is a little known children's story by the great French author and playwright Eugene Ionesco (1912 – 1994). The story is about play on words. Little Josette has a conversation with her father who teaches her the new meaning of words: A Telephone is called Cheese, a Cheese is a Music Box, the Music Box is called a Rug and so on. The meanings become funnier and stranger ad absurdum. Then Josette and her father combine the words into sentences and practice the new mismatched names and objects. The characters participating in the story beside of Josette and her father are Josette's pretty mother and the maid  Jacqueline. Each of the characters has its own musical theme and color represented by distinguished instrumentation: Jossette's theme is played by the flute, the father is represented by the trumpet and trombone, the pretty mother by the oboe and Jacqueline by the xylophone and piano. The new orchestral version which includes the string section was written in 1990.  Performance material by rental only! For demo recording, questions, or any additional information please e-mail Ofer Ben-Amots at: thecomposerspress@gmail.com 

Chamber Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.730528 Composed by James Nathaniel Holland. Contemporary,Holiday,Musical/Show,Opera. Score and parts. 184 pages. James Nathaniel Holland #6295581. Published by James Nathaniel Holland (A0.730528). FULL SCORE AND INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENT PARTS. Vocal Piano Score sold separately. Here American composer James Nathaniel Holland brings you The Banshee and the Wish is a tale based on an old Irish Legend with original libretto and 21st century music. A Irish soldier has lost his way home from the battlefields of World War I, and find a mysterious fairy maiden bathing and washing clothes in a river. He steals her comb knowing that she must grant any wish he desires. His wish is to return home. As always with the fairies, his wish is granted but with a catch. Accessible music for Soprano, Baritone and chamber orchestra. Score for: fl, ob, eh, clBb, bsn, hrn in F, timp/tri., hrp, and strings. Duration: 30 minutes.

Chamber Orchestra - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1133161 By Zaden Ferguson. By Zaden Ferguson. Chamber,Classical. Score and Parts. 17 pages. Zaden Ferguson #733321. Published by Zaden Ferguson (A0.1133161). I wrote this piece at midnight as I was suddenly awoken from an amazing dream of a silent night. In my dream, there is a fair maiden who can't seem to fall asleep. She has tried everything and then suddenly a lullaby.