SKU: AX.00-PC-0016946_VC1

UPC: 038081497938.

This beautiful work, arranged from the original cello solo, features lush orchestrations that will showcase the sensitivity and precision of every member of your ensemble. Extensive use of vibrato, espressivo bow styles, and a limited use of shifting make this arrangement a gorgeous centerpiece for your next concert. (4:15)
Concert/Contest; Festival.

SKU: AX.00-PC-0017319_VC1

UPC: 038081515434.

This catchy tune from indie-rock band Walk the Moon was a big hit in 2015. Michael Story's playable arrangement captures all the spirit of the original tune. There's an optional cello solo at the beginning, and each section presents itself in a different texture, making the arrangement interesting and fun! Also included are optional parts for hand percussion and drumset. (2:05)
Solo with ensemble.

SKU: AX.00-PC-0017364_VC1

UPC: 038081518503.

Written to celebrate the 110th Anniversary of the Joliet Township High School Orchestras of Illinois, Stone and Steel is a modern concert overture by Richard Meyer that treats the listener and performer to a myriad of styles and moods.

The piece begins with a heavy, ponderous theme marked Molto pesante, which depicts the limestone quarries that first earned Joliet the nickname City of Stone in the early 1800s. The mood soon changes and we can visualize huge barges laden down with stone, making their way through the city's large lift bridges and into the famous Illinois and Michigan Canal on their way to regional customers.

With the construction of a steel mill in 1869, Joliet became known as the City of Steel. Stone and steel were now shipped by both canal and railroad, and this exciting new age is represented by a modern, fast-moving theme in a bright major key.

The two themes, stone and steel, are then further developed, and the piece culminates in a majestic, celebratory final statement of the steel theme. (6:00)
Concert/Contest; Festival.

SKU: AX.00-PC-0017344_VC1

UPC: 038081518169.

The poem and original hymn-like music of Lift Every Voice and Sing, by James and J. Rosamond Johnson, reverberate through the decades of the civil rights movement. Originally performed for Booker T. Washington in 1900, it is sometimes called the African-American National Anthem. This setting, by Bob Phillips, teaches 6/8 and uses chromatic alterations in first position. A vocal lead sheet is included in the reproducible educational packets. The cross-curricular programming possibilities are vast. (2:40)
Orchestra and Chorus.