SKU: A0.1518635

WITCHES’ FIREDANCE at BELTANE String quartet. Beltane continues to be observed throughout Ireland and Scotland. The Beltane celebrations on the Hill of Uisneach in Ireland and the Edinburgh Fire Festival are long-standing and beloved. These days, Beltane has been embraced by modern witches and mystics as a celebration of the energies of Spring. You can probably find a Spring festival with a maypole and a bonfire near you. Witches celebrate Beltane on May 1st as the height of Spring. They give thanks for the fertility of our planet and the ability of the Earth to renew herself. They revel in the new growth and general fecundity of the season. As co-creators with the Universe, witches also like to tap into the energy of Spring to help them bring new life into their own endeavours.

They have a maypole and a bonfire. They celebrate the sexual union of Mother Earth and Green Man. The maypole is a symbol of masculine energy which is then joyfully embraced by colourful ribbons, symbolic of the beautiful abundance and diversity of our living world.

Beltane is a pagan Celtic festval, but as is their wont, the Roman Catholic Church has modified it: into May Day, with participation of priests. Even the maypole upset many Christians.

The sections of the piece are: Introduction to the witches theme, Witches fly in, Witches dance round the bonfire, Maypole dance, Witches inspect the finished maypole and disperse.

The witches have a ground bass. I hint at their suspected spiritual allegiance to the Devil by including an occasional diabolus in musica.The Maypole Dance tune is English seventeenth C traditional.

DURATION: 4 minutes.

INSTRUMENTATION: String Quartet.

SKU: A0.1404843

SSATTBaB. Arranged for 13+ voices and optional vocal percussion. For a vocal demo and/or learning tracks, please email tehillah@iamtehillah.com.

SKU: A0.1247719

Feature your viola section with this beautiful piece! The melody progresses through the instruments as the ligules of the dandelions float through the air. Written in C Major, open strings ring with resilience. Dandelion Wishes is the perfect addition to your next concert or contest!

SKU: A0.851818

The opening theme from the BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ by Daniel Mcgrath and Jonathan Phillips Gorse, arranged for string quartet/orchestra. The PDF also contains parts for violin III (doubling that of the viola) and double bass, enabling the arrangement to be performed by a full string orchestra. Duration 1.26

SKU: A0.876455

PAPA’S FAMOUS DANCES - PART 2 Back to School 2015 From A Collection Of Six Dances As Combo Music EMMA’S BLUES JOEY’S READY WILSON’S BOOGIE WOOGIE PAPA’S FAMOUS DANCES PART 2 is a collection of 3 Dances as combo music composed and arranged by Joe Procopio for a small ensemble, band, stage band or combo with flexible instrumentation. These works may be performed with only two Saxes (Alto Sax I and Alto Sax II) and a standard backup with Piano/Keyboard, Guitar, Bass and Drums. In addition, any combo may be augmented by adding any or all of the parts included for Flute, Clarinet, Tenor Sax, and Baritone Sax. This flexible or variable instrumentation of the dances makes them unique and perfect for schools and colleges that do not have a permanent roster of music students entering their music programs annually. It also eases the burden for Directors searching for good music to perform for groups with ever changing numbers of music students. What’s more, each dance has a section open for solos to enable the ensemble to feature players who can improvise well enhancing not only the group’s enjoyment but also everyone’s listening pleasure. These works have been performed by College and High School students in many major concert events along the East Coast with great success. They are published separately and in sets PAPA’S FAMOUS DANCES Part 1 and PAPA’S FAMOUS DANCES Part 2 with each Part containing 3 Dances. I have adapted the audio here for synthesizer so that they may be previewed. The works are named and dedicated to each of my 6 Grandchildren: Lilly, Mary, Lydia, Emma, Joey and Wilson. VITA Joe Procopio is a master musician and teacher with proven success for over 50 years. His purpose in teaching, writing music and books is to make his successful method of making musicians available to as many people as possible around the world. While I cannot guarantee that my methods will make you a great musician as they have for many others, says Procopio, I can say that they are designed to magnify your love of music - and that I guarantee each will enrich and enhance your life. People from all over the world have written to me to tell me so. As a Master Musician , Joe Procopio is an ASCAP Artist, composer, conductor and professional musician. He was the Lead Reed for many of the nation's top recording artists including: The Temptations, Steve and Eydie Gorme, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Lawrence Welk, Frankie Avalon, Frankie Laine, Jack Jones, Kathryn Grayson, Carmel Quinn, Don Cornell, Bobby Rydell, Vic Damone, Rodney Dangerfield, Foster Brooks, The Vagabonds, The Ritz Brothers, Sammy Cohn, Jimmy Van Heusen, Tiny Tim, Al Martino, Petula Clark, Wayne Newton, Pat Cooper, The Four Tops, The Spinners, etc. Lead Alto Sax Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra and the Palace Theater Myrtle Beach, SC He is listed in The Encyclopedia of Saxophone Music Londeix, Roncorp Pub. He is the teacher of Guitarist T. Maxwell heard in TV’s Magnum P.I., The Rockford Files and Kojak ; the vocalist/bassist I. Cattell of Brit Floyd (Pink Floyd) and New York Tenor Saxophonist Paul Carlon to mention a few. His accomplishments as a teacher include: The Miles Clark Endowed Chair, Music, College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC, Chair Music Department Cazenovia Central School NY Director Of Instrumental Music Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Schools NC Adjunct Professor Applied Music Cazenovia College, NY.

SKU: A0.1015098

COMPOSER'S NOTES

Chill is composed in the context of the subtly disturbed. The piece makes no utterances of joy as it slowly and drudgingly makes its way through time. ​Chill should alert some of humanity’s dullest primitive senses as the piece progresses to a melodic light that is only fragile and frail. Two codes can be heard coming from the piano in this light, if one is to listen carefully enough. This is then transformed into an unrequited confusion that only leads to where most confusion does, back from whence it began.

SKU: A0.1015099

COMPOSER'S NOTES

Chill is composed in the context of the subtly disturbed. The piece makes no utterances of joy as it slowly and drudgingly makes its way through time. ​Chill should alert some of humanity’s dullest primitive senses as the piece progresses to a melodic light that is only fragile and frail. Two codes can be heard coming from the piano in this light, if one is to listen carefully enough. This is then transformed into an unrequited confusion that only leads to where most confusion does, back from whence it began.

SKU: A0.1015096

COMPOSER'S NOTES

Chill is composed in the context of the subtly disturbed. The piece makes no utterances of joy as it slowly and drudgingly makes its way through time. ​Chill should alert some of humanity’s dullest primitive senses as the piece progresses to a melodic light that is only fragile and frail. Two codes can be heard coming from the piano in this light, if one is to listen carefully enough. This is then transformed into an unrequited confusion that only leads to where most confusion does, back from whence it began.