Small Ensemble Bass Drum,Cimbalon,Gong,Multi-Percussion,Voice - Digital Download SKU: A0.835820 Composed by Paul Burnell. Contemporary. Score and parts. 11 pages. Paul Burnell #4805257. Published by Paul Burnell (A0.835820). The Troubles of an Automaton, or The Table and the Chair.  Composed Paul Burnell 2019. Duration c.5:45 (c.6:30 if performed with optional additional ending and A6 narration)  For Cimbalom or other instruments, three Gongs, Bass Drum and Narrator  Text: Clementina Maria Black (1853-1922)  / Edward Lear (1812-1888)Note: The associated recording is of the version using the text by Clementina Maria Black. First performed by Jordan Wright-Murray on 30 May 2019. The Cimbalom part may be played on a chromatic hammered dulcimer or hackbrett or any other instruments.  Gongs - ideally 3 bossed/tuned gongs, non-specific pitches: high, medium, low. Bass drum - ideally an orchestral bass drum.  The octave lower transposition indications in the cimbalom part are optional and when given beneath two-note chords only apply to the lower note.  From bar 62 to the end the cimbalom may be played an octave higher than written.  The cimbalom and gongs are played laissez vibrer throughout.  The bass drum is played laissez vibrer, except where marked with x on stem (for example in bar 32), indicating dead stick technique.  The narrator may choose one of two texts: A:  The Troubles of an Automaton (Excerpt) by Clementina Maria Black B:  The Table and the Chair by Edward Lear.  The start of each section of Narrator text is indicated in the score with boxed text.  Where necessary the end of a text section is shown as unboxed text.  The additional section after Fine 1, starting at bar 101, is optional and can be performed with or without the A6 narration. It is also possible to perform the whole piece without the Narrator, provided the texts are available to the audience.Programme note: This piece may be performed with one of two texts: 'The Troubles of an Automaton (Excerpt)' or 'The Table and the Chair'.  'The Troubles of an Automaton' was written by Clementina Maria Black (1853-1922) and published in the New Quarterly Magazine in 1876.  The story begins with a fictional advertisement announcing a public exhibition of Mr. Slade's Famous Chess-Playing Automaton.  'The Table and the Chair' by Edward Lear (1812 - 1888) appeared in his collection 'Nonsense Songs' published in 1870.  In the poem a table and a chair go for a walk around town, become lost, are taken back to their house by a group of small animals, and then dine and dance together.

Concert Band Concert Band - intermediate - Digital Download SKU: AQ.AMC-WB-030SSC Composed by Kenneth Amis. Music of Black Composers and Artists. Concert Band, optional SATB Choir, optional organ. Study score. 18 pages. Duration 5 minutes. Amis Musical Circle - Digital #AMC-WB-030SSC. Published by Amis Musical Circle - Digital (AQ.AMC-WB-030SSC). 8.5 x 11 inches.Originally written for a wedding celebration, this singable tune has been used for many different festive occasions. Optional an organ and SATB choir to include even more performers. Recorded by the Empire Brass Quintet and performed by groups such as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Forth Worth Symphony Orchestra and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.

Concert Band, opt. SATB Choir, opt. organ - intermediate - Digital Download SKU: AQ.AMC-WB-030SCO Composed by Kenneth Amis. Music of Black Composers and Artists. Conductor score. 18 pages. Amis Musical Circle - Digital #AMC-WB-030SCO. Published by Amis Musical Circle - Digital (AQ.AMC-WB-030SCO). 11 x 17 inches.Originally written for a wedding celebration, this singable tune has been used for many different festive occasions. Optional an organ and SATB choir to include even more performers. Recorded by the Empire Brass Quintet and performed by groups such as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Forth Worth Symphony Orchestra and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.

Full Orchestra - intermedate - Digital Download SKU: AQ.AMC-OR-002SCO Composed by Kenneth Amis. Music of Black Composers and Artists. Conductor score. 18 pages. Amis Musical Circle - Digital #AMC-OR-002SCO. Published by Amis Musical Circle - Digital (AQ.AMC-OR-002SCO). 11 x 17 inches.Originally written for a wedding celebration, this singable tune has been used for many different festive occasions. Optional an organ and SATB choir to include even more performers. Recorded by the Empire Brass Quintet and performed by groups such as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Forth Worth Symphony Orchestra and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra.

Brass Ensemble Trombone - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.811134 Composed by Jim Pugh. 20th Century,Contemporary,Jazz. Score and parts. 43 pages. Gordon Cherry #5337657. Published by Gordon Cherry (A0.811134). Jim Pugh's 4 x 2 x 1 is written for Bass Trombone solo with a double Trombone Quartet accompaniment. It is appropriate for advanced performers and is about 8 1/2 minutes in length. Here is what Jim Pugh says about his composition 4 x 2 x 1: Dave Taylor and I have had a long musical association going back to my first recording sessions with him in New York in 1976 and continuing for 30+ years, including, among many things, two Pugh/Taylor Project recordings. When Dave was putting together the 1999 Manhattan School of Music Trombone Day, he asked me to write a piece featuring him along with his invited guest artists, the Four Of A Kind Trombone Quartet and the Vienna Trombone Quartet – hence the title: 4 (quartet) x 2 (two of them) x 1 (1 soloist). I enjoyed the opportunity to feature not only the bass trombone but, at times, the bass trombone trio that the orchestration provides. The piece is loosely in Rondo form. After an initial statement of the Theme, there follows three unrelated Vignettes separated by variations on the original Theme. A brief GP introduces an improvisation from the bass trombone soloist leading to the final statement of the Theme. The score reflects the correct positioning of the players, left to right, with the two quartet bass trombones on either end of the group and the two first tenor players in the middle, flanking the bass trombone soloist. A little aside here, the tenor trombone solo beginning in measure 77 was specifically written for another dear friend, colleague and collaborator, Joe Alessi. It was a great thrill and honor to have been asked to write music for not only Dave but also two of the best trombone quartets in existence at that time, knowing that anything I wrote would be so beautifully performed. This piece was recorded on the Signum Records CD: The Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble Plays The Music of James Pugh and Daniel Schnyder.

Instrumental Duet,Piano C Instrument - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.880944 By Outasight. By Richard Andrew Conte and William Ernest Lobban Bean. Arranged by Marco Polo C. Ignacio. Contemporary. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 2 pages. MARCO POLO IGNACIO #6353383. Published by MARCO POLO IGNACIO (A0.880944). Tonight Is the Night is the official debut single of American singer-songwriter Outasight, released on Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Cook Classics and is featured on his debut album, Nights Like These. The US national television debut of the song was on November 3, 2011, on the FOX network, during the week two results show on the American The X Factor in its inaugural season. Outasight also performed it at the 2012 NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa, Canada. It peaked at number 38 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The song also reached number 18 in Australia and number 57 in Canada. A music video was released, directed by Dori Oskowitz.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1035836 Composed by Douglas S. Thompson. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score. 41 pages. ArrangeMe #6635741. Published by ArrangeMe (A0.1035836). Winter Songs is a musical setting for voice and piano on eight poems written by the early twentieth-century poet Julian Heward Bell.  The eight songs are innovative and engaging. They offer the listener a range of experiences, which draw from the poetry's pastoral imagery, rhythmic and dynamic contours, emotional and psychological affects, and romantic undercurrents. They are an important addition to the art song repertoire in the twenty-first century. The songs may be performed either as a set or apart. Please note that the music is conveniently formatted on 11 x 14.5 paper for print.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.597365 By Antonin Dvorak. By Antonin Dvorak. Arranged by Flavio Regis Cunha. Contest,Festival,Instructional,Romantic Period,Wedding. Score. 8 pages. Flavio Regis Cunha #5766443. Published by Flavio Regis Cunha (A0.597365). Songs My Mother Taught Me - German: Als die alte Mutter sang) is a song for voice and piano written in 1880 by Antonín Dvořák. It is the fourth of seven songs from his cycle Gypsy Songs (Czech: Cigánské melodie), B. 104, Op. 55. The Gypsy Songs are set to poems by Adolf Heyduk in both Czech and German. This song in particular has achieved widespread fame. The song has been recorded by a number of well-known singers, including Gabriela Beňa�ková, Evan Williams, Gervase Elwes, Nellie Melba, Rosa Ponselle, Jeanette MacDonald, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Victoria de los Angeles, Joan Sutherland, Paul Robeson, Frederica von Stade, Edita Gruberová, Angela Gheorghiu, Magdalena Kožená, and Renée Fleming. The song is also featured on the album Charlotte Church. Fritz Kreisler transcribed the song for violin and piano and performed it frequently. His transcription was first published in 1914. Artists who have recorded instrumental versions of the song include Kreisler himself, Glenn Miller, Julian Lloyd Webber, Yo-Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, and Tine Thing Helseth. The title Songs My Mother Taught Me has frequently been used by singers in recitals or on recital discs even when the song itself is not included in the recording.Intermediate.Format: Concert 12 x 9 inches. 8 pages.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Digital Download SKU: A0.835786 Composed by Paul Burnell. Contemporary. Octavo. 124 pages. Paul Burnell #3405305. Published by Paul Burnell (A0.835786). Composed 2007, duration 8:30 approx. The music and text of ‘The Sense of a Place Will Remain’ was inspired by pictures of an early carved stone cross and a tenth-century Viking burial stone on the island of Inchcolm in Scotland. First performed by Inchcolm New Music Ensemble 29 June 2007, conductor Steve King.   Instrumentation is flexible; the following is a guide: Part 1 - Violin 1, flute 1 (doubling piccolo if possible) oboe 1, Part 2 - Violin 2, flute 2, oboe 2 (doubling tenor recorder if possible), clarinet 1, trumpet Part 3 - Viola, clarinet 2, horn in F, Eb horn (2 players doubling harmonicas in C) Part 4 - Cello, bassoon Part 5 - Double bass, bass guitar (or Cello 2 - playing as if usual bass clef, but an octave lower where possible) SATB voices (doubling metal spoons and pitch pipes) Optional:Percussion (one player) - claves, glockenspiel (could be a child’s toy instrument such as an ‘Angel’ glockenspiel), mark tree, spring drum (thunder shaker), frame drum, musical jewelry box (or similar clockwork device).Should a glockenspiel not be available, a special part has been created which arranges the glockenspiel for two flutes, together with the other percussion music. This special part is not visible in the score. Keyboard instrument with sustaining capability - piano sound   Instructions: Wind players can breathe ad lib. during any very long notes. From letter D onwards non-wind players who are not soloists blow across the top of small bottles. The pitches produced are not specified, but they should not be shrill. A soft breathy tone is preferred. About half of the voices play pairs of metal spoons (share printed part between two singers and anyone not holding the music holds metal spoons). Hold the spoons one in each hand, and strike the larger ends together. Spoons are struck together where shown with a large patterned note head. Strike rapidly where a tremolo sign is given. Four singers play pitch tuning pipes: 1 Soprano and 1 Alto play viola/cello pitch tuning pipes, 1 Tenor and 1 Bass play violin pitch tuning pipes Pitch pipe playing is indicated with square note heads - player should breathe ad lib. during very long notes. Where there are very long sung notes, the singers may stagger breathing ad lib. Spoken sounds are indicated with x note heads and with the text in italics. There are many pauses. These can be of varying duration, but on the whole they should not hold up the momentum of the piece, but be of sufficient duration to establish the solo and pitch pipe notes.   Text: Carve stone Strike out Stay at home Or go far alone. Blocks of stone are laid Emblazoned with the signs of great deeds That signify our memory, Mem’ries of who we are. Careful carvings erode through time, Chiseled grooves smooth away. Families, they scatter and fade As generations age Descendants pass on memory time. Sense of our allegiance shifts when major faults are found, Feelings of belonging fall on shaky ground, But the sense of a place will remain.

Brass Quintet - Grade 2 - Digital Download SKU: B0.PDF-BAND-38 Composed by Jeffrey Parthun. Aurora Hymn - Low Brass Ensemble is a compelling choice for Grade 2 level band students. Multicultural. Score and Parts. 13 pages. PDF Band Music #PDF-BAND-38. Published by PDF Band Music (B0.PDF-BAND-38). 8.5 x 11 inches.This Grade 2 Band, ensemble may be performed by a low brass quartet or low brass choir. It was written for a group of 2nd year players wanting to go to solo/ensemble contest with an unusual collection of horns, trombones, baritones and tubas. The lead part (A part) is written for horn but a substitute part is included for trombone. Trombone and baritone parts (A, B, C) may be interchanged to meet any instrument combination but the C part is preferred for baritone because the number of low C?s may be better in tune, especially if you have smaller players on trombone. Treble clef parts are included for all trombone and baritone parts.