Instrumental Duet Instrumental Duet,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.918153 Composed by Christy L'Esperance. Concert,Folk,Instructional,World. Score and parts. 3 pages. Christy L'Esperance #5805803. Published by Christy L'Esperance (A0.918153). The third of Three Spice Duets, Hungarian Paprika embodies the fire of lively Hungarian folk dances. Techniques explored are quick rhythmic patterns passed between Primo and Secondo, varied articulation, and harmonic minor scale passages. Late- Intermediate piano duet, excellent recital repertoire or for duet contests requiring contemporary American composers' works.  The Three Spice Duets collection is best performed as a complete set.  Look for Ground Cumin and French Vanilla by Christy L'Esperance, also available on Sheet Music Plus.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1141601 By Christy L'Esperance. By Christy L'Esperance. Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Instructional. 5 pages. Christy L'Esperance #741937. Published by Christy L'Esperance (A0.1141601). This short work for string quartet is from a set of Rose Quartets. Light and fresh, like the rose cultivar (About Face) that inspired its composition, the melodic phrases also play on the pitches from the spaces of the treble staff (F-A-C-E) and their about face retrograde.

Instrumental Duet Instrumental Duet,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.918155 Composed by Christy L'Esperance. Concert,Instructional,Standards,World. Score and parts. 4 pages. Christy L'Esperance #5803191. Published by Christy L'Esperance (A0.918155). The second of Three Spice Duets, French Vanilla evokes the romance of France with lilting melodies in a 5/4 waltz. Techniques explored are lyrical shaping of phrases, 5/4 time, circle of fifths, and navigating multiple voicing in one hand (secondo). The melody is featured in both primo and secondo parts. Mid- to Late- Intermediate piano duet, excellent recital repertoire or for duet contests requiring contemporary American composers' works. The Three Spice Duets collection is best performed as a complete set. Look for Ground Cumin and Hungarian Paprika by Christy L'Esperance, also available on Sheet Music Plus.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.918180 Composed by Christy L'Esperance. Christian,Jewish,Sacred,Wedding. Score. 5 pages. Christy L'Esperance #6703879. Published by Christy L'Esperance (A0.918180). This psalm setting, appropriate for weddings (and on the USCCB approved list of psalms for Catholic weddings) is gentle and song-like in its arrangement for voice and piano. The melody features a lyrical shape for the vocalist while staying within a comfortable range. The accompaniment is simple yet offers bits of countermelody in harmony with the vocal line. (The alternate response, Blessed are those who fear the Lord is also available on this site under the publisher Christy L'Esperance.) The text is Psalm 128: 1-2, 3, 4-5: R. See how the Lord blesses those who fear him. Blessed are all who fear the Lord, and walk in his ways! By the labor of your hands you shall eat. You will be blessed and prosper. R. See how the Lord blesses those who fear him. Your wife like a fruitful vine in the heart of your house; Your children like shoots of the olive. around your table. R. See how the Lord blesses those who fear him. Indeed thus shall be blessed the man who fears the Lord. May the Lord bless you from Zion: all the days of your life! May you see your children’s children. R. See how the Lord blesses those who fear him.

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.918179 Composed by Christy L'Esperance. Christian,Jewish,Sacred,Wedding. Score. 5 pages. Christy L'Esperance #6703849. Published by Christy L'Esperance (A0.918179). This psalm setting, appropriate for weddings (and on the USCCB approved list of psalms for Catholic weddings) is gentle and song-like in its arrangement for voice and piano. The melody features a lyrical shape for the vocalist while staying within a comfortable range. The accompaniment is simple yet offers bits of countermelody in harmony with the vocal line. Guitar chords also provided in the score. (The alternate response, See how the Lord blesses those who fear him is also available on this site under the publisher Christy L'Esperance.)Psalm 128:1-2, 3, 4-5R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord.Blessed are all who fear the Lord,and walk in his ways!By the labor of your hands you shall eat.You will be blessed and prosper.R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord.Your wife like a fruitful vinein the heart of your house;Your children like shoots of the olive.around your table.R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord.Indeed thus shall be blessedthe man who fears the Lord.May the Lord bless you from Zion:all the days of your life!May you see your children’s children.R. Blessed are those who fear the Lord.

Instrumental Duet Instrumental Duet,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.918154 Composed by Christy L'Esperance. Concert,Instructional,Latin,Standards,World. Score and parts. 4 pages. Christy L'Esperance #5802347. Published by Christy L'Esperance (A0.918154). The first of Three Spice Duets, Ground Cumin evokes the rhythms and melodies of Spain and Portugal. Techniques explored are syncopation, varied articulation, and navigating multiple voicing in one hand (secondo). The melody is featured in both primo and secondo parts. Mid- to Late- Intermediate piano duet, excellent recital repertoire or for duet contests requiring contemporary American composers' works. The Three Spice Duets collection is best performed as a complete set. Look for Hungarian Paprika and French Vanilla by Christy L'Esperance, also available on Sheet Music Plus.

Piano Solo - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.918159 Composed by Christy L'Esperance, Linus L'Esperance. Children,Concert,Halloween,Standards. Score. 1 pages. Christy L'Esperance #5838187. Published by Christy L'Esperance (A0.918159). Who doesn't love a spooky Halloween piece to play for a recital - even if it's May? As written, it's a fun May recital piece for early elementary piano students.  With optional ending lyrics, it's a bone-chilling Halloween song.  For pre-readers, this piece is easily learned by rote (it was co-composed by a six-year-old!).

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1167879 Composed by Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro, and Roeban Katz. Arranged by Christy L'Esperance. Contemporary,Film/TV,Instructional. Score. 4 pages. Christy L'Esperance #768231. Published by Christy L'Esperance (A0.1167879). This late intermediate piano arrangement of Ciao, Papa from Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio replicates some of the original orchestration while offering many opportunities for nuanced pedal technique and expressive voicing. The lyrics are included in the score and the melody is played in the right hand, making this arrangement appropriate for piano solo or piano and voice.

Handbell - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.918169 By David Bowie. By Brian May, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, and Roger Taylor. Arranged by Christy L'Esperance. Contemporary. Score. 5 pages. Christy L'Esperance #6233065. Published by Christy L'Esperance (A0.918169). This 2-octave handbell or hand chime arrangement of Queen and David Bowie's Under Pressure is perfect for the forward-thinking, retro-appreciating bell ensemble.  Snaps and claps augment the texture, while shakes and a driving beat allow those bells to rock out.  The piece can be adapted to convert repeated sixteenths in the ostinato to single eighths if the tempo dictates.  This piece is useful in teaching syncopation as well as clean dampening. .

Handbell - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.918172 Composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Arranged by Christy L'Esperance. Contemporary. Score. 3 pages. Christy L'Esperance #6345943. Published by Christy L'Esperance (A0.918172). Arranged for 2-octave bell or hand chime choir, this piece uses basic ringing techniques in order to focus on rhythmic concepts of syncopation, tied notes, tempo changes and time signature changes. Great for Beatles fans or those who will soon become Beatles fans.

Choral Choir (SA) - Digital Download SKU: A0.918157 Composed by Christy L'Esperance. Christian,Easter,Sacred. Octavo. 4 pages. Christy L'Esperance #5835911. Published by Christy L'Esperance (A0.918157). Remembrance is a versatile meditation for Sunday Christian worship services. It may be sung as a solo, as a duet using soprano/tenor for the melody with alto/bass for the harmony line, or as a 2-part choral piece. Lyrics by Charles G. Woods.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.918174 Composed by Christy L'Esperance. Christian,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Score. 3 pages. Christy L'Esperance #6423503. Published by Christy L'Esperance (A0.918174). This 3-verse responsorial psalm setting of Psalm 50 To the Upright I will Show the Saving Power of God is appropriate for use within the Catholic Mass.  This arrangements sets verses 5-8, 14,  and 23 from Psalm 50: 1.Gather my faithful ones before me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. And the heavens proclaim his justice; for God himself is the judge. 2.Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, I will testify against you; God, your God, am I. Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you, for your burnt offerings are before me always. 3.Offer to God praise as your sacrifice and fulfill your vows to the Most High. He that offers praise as a sacrifice glorifies me; and to him that goes the right way I will show the salvation of God..

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.918178 Composed by Christy L'Esperance. Christian,Contemporary,Sacred,Wedding. Score. 7 pages. Christy L'Esperance #6612075. Published by Christy L'Esperance (A0.918178). Song of Seikolos is the oldest surviving complete composition, dating to ancient (200BC) Greece. The melody of Song of Seikolos is used as a framework for this setting of Psalm 148:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-13a, 13c-14a. Appropriate for Catholic wedding ceremonies as well as other sacred celebrations, this purchase includes the piece in a key suited for higher voices (G mixolydian) as well as a transposition down a fourth for lower voices.Text: Psalm 148:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-13a, 13c-14aR. (13a) Let all praise the name of the Lord.Praise the Lord from the heavens,praise him in the heights;Praise him, all you his angels,praise him, all you his hosts.R. Let all praise the name of the Lord.Praise him, sun and moon;praise him, all you shining stars.Praise him, you highest heavens,and you waters above the heavens.R. Let all praise the name of the Lord.Mountains and all hills,fruit trees and all cedars;beasts, both wild and tame,creeping things and birds on the wing.R. Let all praise the name of the Lord.Kings of the earth and all peoples,princes and all judges of the earth,young men and maidens as well,the old and the young together.Let them praise the name of the Lord,for his name alone is exalted.R. Let all praise the name of the Lord.His splendor above earth and heaven.He exalts the strength of his people.R. Let all praise the name of the Lord.

Handbell - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.918171 By Louis Armstrong With Kenny G. By Bob Thiele and George David Weiss. Arranged by Christy L'Esperance. Jazz. Score. 4 pages. Christy L'Esperance #6248613. Published by Christy L'Esperance (A0.918171). This is 2-octave handbell or hand chime choir arrangement of What a Wonderful World, made famous by Louis Armstrong. Perfect for an intermediate group ready for 6/8 time, tied notes, and a few duplets.

Choral Choir (SSA) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1202108 By Alfred Deller. By Thomas Ravenscroft. Arranged by Christy L'Esperance. A Cappella,Baroque,Early Music,Folk,Renaissance. Octavo. 2 pages. Christy L'Esperance #800750. Published by Christy L'Esperance (A0.1202108). This haunting a capella setting for three treble voices of Thomas Ravenscroft's 1611 publication of The Three Ravens features three vocal lines which wind gracefully through each phrase. The vocal ranges are as follows: Soprano 1: middle C to E-flat 5, Soprano 2: middle C to C5, Alto/tenor: A-flat 3 to F4.