Cello Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1288214 Composed by Chris Becker. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,New Age. Individual part. 6 pages. Beckeresque (ASCAP) #879245. Published by Beckeresque (ASCAP) (A0.1288214). When I first saw the enormous chair Rachel Gardner and Carlos Canul constructed for A Gift from the Bower, an outdoor, multi-disciplinary group exhibition conceived by renowned artists James Surls and Charmaine Locke, I had a vision of a cellist seated in a chair on the chair, performing solo in a bower deep in the woods of Splendora Gardens. I shared this image with Rachel, who didn’t think I was nuts, and over the course of several weeks, composed a piece for unaccompanied cello to be performed at the opening of the exhibit. I was honored when cellist Patrick Moore agreed to premiere the work; his formidable technique and the deep expression he brings to his playing inspired me to embrace the challenge of composing a solo for his instrument.Knowing my piece would be performed outdoors, I was inspired to evoke the rhythm of sound events one hears in woods, especially the rise and fall of wind as it moves through branches and leaves. The very opening of the piece and later, what I hear as an extended coda, were created as moments for the cellist as much as for the listener and are performed in a sort of meditative state, calling to mind the age-old question, “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?� The repeating measures of 16th notes in the piece’s demanding middle section pay tribute to two of my heroes, Terry Riley and Philip Glass. While composing the work, Bach’s Six Suites for Violoncello Solo was another important point of reference, as was double bassist Eberhard Weber's 1973 album, The Colours of Chloë.Once finished, it made sense to name the piece A Gift from the Bower since the opportunity to compose the work was a gift, and in exchange, so is the music I have composed.A Gift from the Bower premiered on April 22, 2023, by Patrick Moore at the Locke Surls Center for Art and Nature.A revised version of this piece was completed on September 5, 2023.

Cello Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1016855 Composed by Lilianna Rolands. Contemporary. Individual part. 7 pages. Lilianna Rolands #5902961. Published by Lilianna Rolands (A0.1016855). Included are three songs for solo cello appropriate for intermediate and advanced players. The End of Summer won second place instrumental solo in the 2019 WSMA student composition competition. The End of Summer takes approximately five and a half minutes to play, while The Path We Used to Walk and Germination both take approximately three minutes to play. Follow my Facebook page Lilianna Rolands Composing for updates and check out my SoundCloud- also Lilianna Rolands Composing- to listen to some of my compositions, including The End of Summer. Not Affiliated with a PRO.

Cello Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.784341 Composed by Joshua Hauser. Instructional. Individual part. 38 pages. Slide Ride #5288685. Published by Slide Ride (A0.784341). 1 Octave Scale Studies in 15+ keys for 4-part ensembles of like or mixed instruments If this is your first exposure to these scale studies, you are in for a treat! Donuts, if you make a mistake!The initial incarnation of these studies were written for trombone quartet and we would play them in the Tennessee Tech Trombone Choir with the challenge that whomever made the first mistake had to buy donuts for the rest of the ensemble. Since then I have brought that version to several clinics and warm up sessions. One time before I got to explain the title, a fellow trombone professor said, Oh, I get it! Don’t step in the holes!I only wish I had thought of that myself... Since we have one of the best donut shops in TN here in Cookeville, treating the studio to sugar coated goodies was always my intent.As with those initial exercises, you can vary these as much as you’d like.·     Choose a tempo.·     Choose a dynamic.·     Choose an articulation/style.One way I like to play these is to have one person be the model, playing the entire scale over and over while everyone else plays the fragmented versions. That helps everyone to keep on track and stay in time. Double or triple up the parts for ensemble cohesion with a larger group.Practice one key, gradually speeding it up to improve fluidity, or choose a variation and take it through all keys, playing version A, B, C, or D then skipping to play the same set in a new key.If you want an additional challenge, play them in different octaves or change the key. Play the F Major set in f minor (all forms), different modes, etc. Players really have to be on their toes to remember if they are playing melodic minor in the ascending or descending form! For jazz players, try swinging them in dorian or mixolydian modes.The variations are endless!If you are using these with transposing instruments, 1) is F Major in Concert Pitch, 2) is Bb Major in Concert pitch, and so on. When you reach a scale that is enharmonic for another key (Db/C#, Gb/F#, or Cb/B), they are presented in both keys for each instrument so Trumpets can play in Eb while the Flutes are playing in C# with similar examples for all keys.All Donut Etudes with the same volume number are compatible so you can play them in mixed quartets or large ensembles with one or more instruments/people on part 1 and a different instrument on part 2, etc. Since the quartets are all identical, conductors/coaches can use any of the scores to tell which part should be playing at what time. Once you have played a scale with one set of parts, everyone can rotate to a different part and play the same scales again!Enjoy!

Cello Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.549261 Composed by James M. Guthrie. 20th Century,Contemporary,Instructional. Individual part. 7 pages. Jmsgu3 #3479689. Published by jmsgu3 (A0.549261). The Fantasia follows the general scheme of the classical sonata-allegro form. A repeated fragmented motive characterizes the primary theme. The transition introduces pentatonic and synthetic materials that dissipate into a Lydian chord. The Lydian mode provides materials for the lyrical secondary theme section. A closing section revisits elements of the synthetic scale from the transition. After a repeat of the exposition, the development section begins agitato, fragmenting and transposing various diminutions of the primary motive. This is interrupted by a double augmentation and then a bariolage passage leading to declamatory statements of the primary theme transposed eventually to the subdominant. After modulating the transition materials, the secondary theme is developed in the subdominant. This time, the music is adjusted to explore a quotation of the first measure of Bach’s Cello Suite I. This treatment dissolves into a two-part transition (quasi-spiccato), leading to a final development of the Lydian motive, this time in double stops. A final transition section provides the thematic impetus for the third movement. The recapitulation ensues with the re-transition somewhat truncated and the secondary theme transposed to the tonic. A coda section dissipates excess energy while developing Lydian ideas in preparation for a quiet closing that repeats the now-broken Lydian chord.

Cello Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1029293 Composed by CÉSAR CANO. Contemporary,World. Individual part. 16 pages. POLYHYMNIA Ediciones musicales #4799037. Published by POLYHYMNIA Ediciones musicales (A0.1029293). Perfil del ánima (Profile of the anima), Op. 86 is a solo cello piece written in a single movement. It is part of the series of PROFILES that I am composing since 2002 for solo instruments. The anima is a concept expounded by C.G. Jung in his book The Man and his Symbols. It is a personification of all female psychological tendencies in the psyche of a man, such as vague feelings and moods, prophetic forebodings, receptivity to the irrational, personal capacity for love, love of nature and, very importantly, his relationship with the unconscious. It is best perceived in dreams. If the dreamer is a man, he will discover a female personification of his unconscious. If it is a woman, it will be a male figure. Jung named them respectively anima and animus. My work has some quotes that evoke the anima, as a fragment of the 2nd movement of Mahler's 5th Symphony, which he wrote under the fascination of Alma Schindler, his future wife. Another citation is a motif of Dvořák’s opera Rusalka, an elf from Slavic mythology, which usually lives in a lake or river. Rusalka is an ancient fairy-tale figure, already appearing in literature in 1387. Her longing is to become a human being and to love as an earthly woman, even at the price of suffering and death. My piece evokes this inner and unconscious dialogue between the masculine and feminine in all of us, represented by the cello’s low and high registers. The use of many and varied instrumental resources (chords, microtones, harmonics, timbral variations, complex rhythms, tremolos, glissandi, pizzicati, etc.), together with its broadness and thematic complexity, make Profile of the anima a demanding work for the soloist. I finished its composition on December 21th, 2016. It is dedicated to Rafał Jezierski, who performed its world premiere on February 14th, 2017, in the Auditorium of the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia, within the cycle of concerts organized by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos.

Cello Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.596426 Composed by Daniel Hay. Classical,Contemporary,Multicultural,World. Individual part. 1 pages. Daniel Hay Music #5741937. Published by Daniel Hay Music (A0.596426). When composing this solo piece the composer, Daniel Hay was thinking of massive troll-like creatures ponderously stomping around a bonfire. Perhaps the image is better if you think of drunk sumo fighters dancing around rising flames. Most of the time when the composer uses repeats he labels them with an uppercase letter to identify them, followed by a hyphen and a lowercase letter showing where the repeat leads. Occasionally, as in The Dance of the Stone Trolls, there is also a lowercase letter within parentheses which is used to indicate an optional location to repeat from either at the first pass or possible as a second pass. The attached YouTube link is performed on Tenor Recorder by the composer during a rehearsal. The sound file here is presented in Cello voice. Looking forward to hearing a Trombone play this.

Cello Solo - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1177077 Composed by Robert Schumann. Arranged by Langanho. Children,Folk,Romantic Period,Wedding. Individual part. 1 pages. Avery Lynn Jordan #777087. Published by Avery Lynn Jordan (A0.1177077). This adaptation was dedicated for violoncello and chords, where the essence of the work was extracted, but made easier to suit the music student, getting them into the classical repertoire. The work in question is the third song: Der Einsiedler, from Schumann's collection 3 Gesänge Op. 83, where during 1849 and 1850 he produced them, composing them in the spring of 1850.

Cello Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.917844 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Natalie Spehar. Christmas,Standards. Individual part. 15 pages. Natalie Spehar #6138157. Published by Natalie Spehar (A0.917844). Enjoy 7 popular, traditional holiday carols with a twist! Each includes chord symbols and virtuosic variations to charm your audience. Perfect for a holiday gig, or a heart-warming holiday jam session at home. About the Arranger:Natalie Spehar is a genre-bending acoustic and electric cellist that has shared the stage with major artists including Disturbed, Cage the Elephant, 2 Cellos, Josh Groban, Michael Bublé, Sarah Brightman, Dessa, Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith, Johnny Mathis, Michael Bolton, Il Volo, Charly Bliss, Japanese Breakfast, Amanda Palmer and the Trans Siberian Orchestra. She is also an active session musician, working most recently with RCA Records and Red Parade Music and composing and recording material for numerous film and theatre productions. Natalie's ALT-C Alternative Cello Workshop Series is available online worldwide. For more info, please visit www.nataliespehar.com.

Cello Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.596489 Composed by Juan María Solare. 20th Century,Contemporary,Standards,World. Individual part. 12 pages. Juan Maria Solare #3088085. Published by Juan Maria Solare (A0.596489). Paregamutiún (Friendship): Four melodies of Armenian connotations for cello solo.I am not Armenian, but these melodies could be: it is an invented folklore. Nevertheless, I never wanted to compose an imitation of real Armenian music; for that I should live in Armenia a few years, learn the language, soak in a couple of millennia of culture and impregnate myself with the current problems. And yet it would be doubtful that the result would sound authentic. Neither I was interested in composing some sounding touristic postcards. These melodies reflect, yes, how a thankful being sees the Armenian from outside. And this is what grants them legitimacy.About the titles:The general title of the piece, Paregamutiún, is translatable as friendship. Sometimes it is transliterated Baregamutyun (as a certain station of the subway in Yerevan). The single titles of each piece refers to a lake, a mountain, a mythical patriarch and a tree of Armenia:1) Sevanavank: Monastery of the Black Lake, founded in 874. The name Sevan means literally Black Van, referring to a lake called Van. It is said that long ago the Armenians came from areas next to the lake Van towards the lake Sevan, they noticed that its waters were dark, almost black, but they reminded them of the lake Van, and therefore called it black Van: Sevan.2) Hayk is the patriarch of the foundational myth of the Armenian nation, and the original name of the country (Hayastán: land of the Armenians); some sources affirm that he was great great grandson or great-great-great grandson of Noah.3) Dziraní Dzar: apricot tree, the Armenian national fruit. Dzar is tree and dzirán is apricot, the obvious phonetic similitude seems to underline a strong semantic proximity between both concepts. The letter Dz is a complex phoneme similar to a smooth th.4) Masis is the Armenian name of mount Ararat, where -according to the Bible- ended up Noah's Arch after the Flood (Genesis 8:4).www.JuanMariaSolare.com

Cello Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.917849 By Walk the Moon. By Ben Berger, Eli Maiman, Kevin Ray, Nicholas Petricca, Ryan McMahon, and Sean Waugaman. Arranged by Natalie Spehar. Pop. Individual part. 4 pages. Natalie Spehar #6356069. Published by Natalie Spehar (A0.917849). About the Arranger:Natalie Spehar is a genre-bending acoustic and electric cellist that has shared the stage with major artists including Disturbed, Cage the Elephant, 2 Cellos, Josh Groban, Michael Bublé, Sarah Brightman, Dessa, Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith, Johnny Mathis, Michael Bolton, Il Volo, Charly Bliss, Japanese Breakfast, Amanda Palmer and the Trans Siberian Orchestra. She is also an active session musician, working most recently with RCA Records and Red Parade Music and composing and recording material for numerous film and theatre productions. Natalie's ALT-C Alternative Cello Workshop Series is available online worldwide. For more info, please visit www.nataliespehar.com.

Cello Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1212883 By The Rolling Stones. By Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. Arranged by Natalie Spehar. Contemporary,Film/TV,Pop,Rock. Individual part. 2 pages. Natalie Spehar #810096. Published by Natalie Spehar (A0.1212883). An exciting, intermediate version of this cover- in the popular style of Wednesday Addams.About the Arranger:Natalie Spehar is a genre-bending acoustic and electric cellist that has shared the stage with major artists including Disturbed, Cage the Elephant, 2 Cellos, Josh Groban, Michael Bublé, Sarah Brightman, Dessa, Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith, Johnny Mathis, Michael Bolton, Il Volo, Charly Bliss, Japanese Breakfast, Amanda Palmer and the Trans Siberian Orchestra. She is also an active session musician, working most recently with RCA Records and Red Parade Music and composing and recording material for numerous film and theatre productions. Natalie's ALT-C Alternative Cello Workshop Series is available online worldwide. For more info, please visit www.nataliespehar.com.

Cello Solo - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1177079 Composed by Robert Schumann. Arranged by Langanho. Children,Folk,Romantic Period,Wedding. Individual part. 1 pages. Avery Lynn Jordan #777089. Published by Avery Lynn Jordan (A0.1177079). This adaptation was dedicated for violoncello, where the essence of the work was extracted, but made easier to suit the music student, getting them into the classical repertoire. The work in question is the third song: Der Einsiedler, from Schumann's collection 3 Gesänge Op. 83, where during 1849 and 1850 he produced them, composing them in the spring of 1850.

Cello Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.917840 By Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee. By Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi, and Ramon Ayala. Arranged by Natalie Spehar. Latin. Individual part. 3 pages. Natalie Spehar #6019949. Published by Natalie Spehar (A0.917840). About the Arranger:Natalie Spehar is a genre-bending acoustic and electric cellist that has shared the stage with major artists including Disturbed, Cage the Elephant, 2 Cellos, Josh Groban, Michael Bublé, Sarah Brightman, Dessa, Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith, Johnny Mathis, Michael Bolton, Il Volo, Charly Bliss, Japanese Breakfast, Amanda Palmer and the Trans Siberian Orchestra. She is also an active session musician, working most recently with RCA Records and Red Parade Music and composing and recording material for numerous film and theatre productions. Natalie's ALT-C Alternative Cello Workshop Series is available online worldwide. For more info, please visit www.nataliespehar.com.

Cello Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.961997 Composed by Ma Shui Long 馬水é¾�. 20th Century,Contemporary. Individual part. 17 pages. SpringAutumnmusic #2341883. Published by SpringAutumnmusic (A0.961997). 《水墨畫之冥想》（ä¹�支大æ��ç�´å®¤å…§æ¨‚曲） 1994å¹´  ä½œæ›²è€…自幼喜愛繪畫與音樂。爾後，雖然é�¸æ“‡äº†éŸ³æ¨‚為終身志業，但å°�繪畫的興趣與狂熱，始終有增無減。在已完æˆ�的音樂作å“�中，幾首å�‡èˆ‡ç¹ªç•«æœ‰å¯†åˆ‡çš„關係。作曲者èª�為，所有的è—�術創作，雖然因其使用的素æ��ä¸�å�Œæˆ–表ç�¾çš„技法相異，但最後所è¦�呈ç�¾çš„è—�術本質，應是殊途å�Œæ­¸ï¼ŒéŸ³æ¨‚與繪畫更是ä¸�例外。   æœ¬æ›²å‰µä½œçš„動機，來自於傳統水墨畫中的「虛實相生ã€�觀念。å�¤äººç¬ªé‡�光「畫筌ã€�云：實處之妙，皆因虛處而生，也就是無虛ä¸�易顯實，無空ä¸�能存虛。無ç–�ä¸�能æˆ�密，無密ä¸�能見ç–�，是以虛實相生，ç–�密相用。作曲者試圖以此繪畫手法，呈ç�¾åœ¨æ­¤é¦–樂曲çµ�構中，如時間與空間的å°�比，織度與密度的互æ�›ï¼Œå¯¦é«”與空é�ˆçš„轉變等，以求音畫之æ„�境。 ※本曲由文建會委託創作，首演於1995å¹´11月25日於國家演å¥�廳，由財團法人邱å†�興文教基金會主辦之「春秋樂集95秋 · 室內樂之夜ã€�。由涂惠民擔任指æ�®ï¼Œå¤§æ��ç�´æ¼”å¥�家為孫ç�¬çŽ²ã€�黃智瑛ã€�鄭佩玲ã€�曾å�²å¦ƒã€�洪婉容ã€�黃韻宇ã€�劉å§�å«¥ã€�蘇å�ƒèŠ³ã€�王佩瑜。   《Meditation on Ink Painting》for Nine Cellos ï¼ˆ1994）     Music and painting are two beloved arts for Professor Ma since he was a kid. Even he finally decided devoted to music composing for his life, he always had the passion for painting. Several Professor Ma’s compositions were highly inspired from the concepts and techniques of painting. Professor Ma believed that all the arts, although they present differently on the usages of materials or techniques, the essence and highest acheivement of all arts must be the same, including both music and painting.     Meditation on Paintings in Ink was directly inspired by the techniques of Chinese traditional ink painting and the concept of the mutuality in virtuality and reality. The composer attempted to transform the philosophy that derive from the virtuality-reality relationship into the composition, presented it as the contrast between time and space, the alternation of texture and density, or, the changing of emptiness and fullness, etc., in order to establish an artistic atmosphere of musical painting.     Meditation on Paintings in Ink was commissioned by the Council for Cultural Affairs, premiered in the National Concert Hall, on 25th of November 1995. It was programed in the Euterpe: Spring and Autumn concert series Autumn 1995: A Night of Chamber Music, held by the Chew’s Culture Foundation. The world premiere was conducted by Hwei-Ming Twu and the nine cellists were Wan-Ling Sun, Jyh-Ing Huang, Pei-Ling Cheng (Yi-Chin Cheng) , Shih-Fei Tseng, Wan-Rong Hung, Yun-Yu Huang, Chu-Chuan Liu, Monica C.F. Su and Pei-Yu Wang.