Piano,Voice - Digital Download SKU: A0.1069973 Composed by Steven H. Boothe. Arranged by Ashley Ivers. Pop. Full Performance. Duration 298. Boothe Publishing #4633713. Published by Boothe Publishing (A0.1069973). After being married for several years I realized that I had never written a love song for my wife. So, one day during a lull in guitar lessons I wrote her a song. I truly believe she is the light in my life and that without her my life would be about as interesting as a stone. When I am with her I feel that I can accomplish anything. She inspires me to be better than I am because she is in every way better than I am. She has more patience, kindness, is more caring and less concerned about how others view her than anyone else I know. I'm glad I finally worked up the courage to ask her to marry me. I was afraid to open my mouth and speak what was on my mind. After many months, when I thought I was going to lose her completely, I opened up my feelings to her, and to my great relief she had some of the same feelings that I had. She didn't say yes she would marry me right away, (I had to lock her in a room to get that response) however, over time she did decide of her own free will and choice to marry me. Thank you Karen Ziegelbauer, you are the best.

Piano - Digital Download SKU: A0.1069955 Composed by Steven H. Boothe. Arranged by Ashley Ivers. Pop. Accompaniment. Duration 298. Boothe Publishing #4633651. Published by Boothe Publishing (A0.1069955). After being married for several years I realized that I had never written a love song for my wife. So, one day during a lull in guitar lessons I wrote her a song. I truly believe she is the light in my life and that without her my life would be about as interesting as a stone. When I am with her I feel that I can accomplish anything. She inspires me to be better than I am because she is in every way better than I am. She has more patience, kindness, is more caring and less concerned about how others view her than anyone else I know. I'm glad I finally worked up the courage to ask her to marry me. I was afraid to open my mouth and speak what was on my mind. After many months, when I thought I was going to lose her completely, I opened up my feelings to her, and to my great relief she had some of the same feelings that I had. She didn't say yes she would marry me right away, (I had to lock her in a room to get that response) however, over time she did decide of her own free will and choice to marry me. Thank you Karen Ziegelbauer, you are the best.

Guitar - Digital Download SKU: A0.1069954 Composed by Steven H. Boothe. Pop. Accompaniment. Duration 280. Boothe Publishing #4633647. Published by Boothe Publishing (A0.1069954). After being married for several years I realized that I had never written a love song for my wife. So, one day during a lull in guitar lessons I wrote her a song. I truly believe she is the light in my life and that without her my life would be about as interesting as a stone. When I am with her I feel that I can accomplish anything. She inspires me to be better than I am because she is in every way better than I am. She has more patience, kindness, is more caring and less concerned about how others view her than anyone else I know. I'm glad I finally worked up the courage to ask her to marry me. I was afraid to open my mouth and speak what was on my mind. After many months, when I thought I was going to lose her completely, I opened up my feelings to her, and to my great relief she had some of the same feelings that I had. She didn't say yes she would marry me right away, (I had to lock her in a room to get that response) however, over time she did decide of her own free will and choice to marry me. Thank you Karen Ziegelbauer, you are the best.

Guitar,Voice - Digital Download SKU: A0.1069972 Composed by Steven H. Boothe. Pop. Full Performance. Duration 280. Boothe Publishing #4633711. Published by Boothe Publishing (A0.1069972). After being married for several years I realized that I had never written a love song for my wife. So, one day during a lull in guitar lessons I wrote her a song. I truly believe she is the light in my life and that without her my life would be about as interesting as a stone. When I am with her I feel that I can accomplish anything. She inspires me to be better than I am because she is in every way better than I am. She has more patience, kindness, is more caring and less concerned about how others view her than anyone else I know. I'm glad I finally worked up the courage to ask her to marry me. I was afraid to open my mouth and speak what was on my mind. After many months, when I thought I was going to lose her completely, I opened up my feelings to her, and to my great relief she had some of the same feelings that I had. She didn't say yes she would marry me right away, (I had to lock her in a room to get that response) however, over time she did decide of her own free will and choice to marry me. Thank you Karen Ziegelbauer, you are the best.

Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.1012709 Composed by Monica Bergo. Contemporary. Score. 13 pages. Moni Bergo #5742973. Published by Moni Bergo (A0.1012709). Music and song composed by meTHE LAST MY FLOWER (the wolf and the witch)   I look at my last flower It loses its scentand I do not know what to do I protect you with warmthof this other story I have to tell   creatures alone and desperate many scars heal a witch and a wolf do not know yet that their destinies are to merge   and starts this magical storysweet as ancient fable in a forest with no place and no age out of touch   and the time is stopped and does not move a breath and the heart, explodes and skip a beat and look you recognize like not having never lost   and the wolf that is injured a white rose in red has turned He is bleeding along with drops of pain his red eyes burning with love   and the witch instead hides because she isn't beautiful and it is not important nobody in the world has never belonged and a caress he never touched   she care and caresses the soul he looks at her and his anger dominates and one year only lasts a moment lost in eternity   and the wolf tells tales and the witch makes magic potions and exchange promises useless that the night  guard   and she will dance will dance naked and the wolf with his heart on his sleevelying by the fire that lights up, so free unobstructed and are reflected in the magic lake and do not feel that cold shiver... not last, do not you feel it too?cold around  us   Abracadabra !! from caterpillar to butterfly Alakazam !! and I too am beautiful do not you wonder how and why I started to talk to me snow fallsbut we are in August and there is nothing that you find a place this my music speaks for it self this is the strangest tale that is   I stop here It will end well I can not tell the end of a love that is not written yet   I stop here It will end well in a vacuum and the absence these days my silence and inconstancy in your feeling sthe flower dies already   go wolf go stop thinking about her from your pack you will need to return and then runs away   witch will if you want to transform changes role an actress who artand you will have new flowers   day step into the dark caverns of regret Mix them with potions and transform everything into tears like a cat in the night I try the food in the trashno sun, no light no god here that help me   body and spirit dentedas a glass stuckinside my poor heart the memory of a love He never really lived so alive in the mind is my animal instinct that makes me ache while another dream diesthe witch in the lake you slidethe water lapping against the planin his eyes the wolf that is now already far   a fairy tale real or invented in between  my  hidden  truth all my stories strange and weird over this skin are now tattooed   I watc.

Instrumental Duet Instrumental Duet,Organ,Soprano Saxophone - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.981222 Composed by Judith Cloud. Contemporary. Score and parts. 24 pages. Judith Cloud #6690537. Published by Judith Cloud (A0.981222). What Would Nina Simone Say? For Soprano Sax and Organ (9'50)Program NotesI became interested in Nina Simone in the spring of 2018. She was born Eunice Waymon in Tryon, North Carolina, my own hometown. I knew little about her while I was growing up. Later I heard she was an activist and the sentiment around town I observed was that there was far from a feeling of pride about who Nina Simone was. If that really was the case (and I have no proof of it) there was a dramatic change with the creation of The Nina Simone Project in 2006. I was still ignorant of this, having lived in Arizona for most of my adult life. But researching Simone led me to an immense feeling of pride for my hometown when I read about the support she had from the white community in the 1940’s. Without that encouragement and financial support, as well as artistic support from a local piano teacher, Muriel Mazzanovich, Mrs. Mazzy, as she was called and who Nina treasured and respected all of her life, Nina Simone would never have reached the world with her unique prodigious musical talent. She was a diva by all counts and her original compositions reflect a balance of words with music that is far superior to what her contemporaries were creating. A bronze sculpture of her by Zenos Frudakis now stands on Main Street in Tryon. How can you be an artist and not reflect the times? Simone asked in an interview. That to me is the definition of an artist. The feminist writer Germaine Greer declared Every generation has to discover Nina Simone. She is evidence that female genius is real. What would Nina Simone say today? I think she’d be mad as hell and screaming about revolution, probably still advocating for the use of violence. I’ve used some of Simone’s energetic and compelling motives in this composition. It is my own tribute to her genius and to how she gave to the world so much even though she was plagued with agonizing physical and mental ailments. That suffering seems to me an undercurrent in each video I have watched of her concerts. What I would give to have been in her presence for one of those concerts! She embodied music as an art form, revering her musical teachers, Bach, especially. That she never achieved her main goal of becoming the first female African-American classical pianist of world stature is perhaps not so sad when you think of how many more people she moved with her talent expressed in jazz and folk popular idioms. But she was prone to violence and many people, even those closest to her, were often fearful of her rage. She was misunderstood for so many years and it was only in the last two decades of her life that her moods were somewhat controlled through use of prescription drugs. The musical life that began for Eunice Waymon when she was seven years old playing the piano and organ for services at St. Luke’s C.M.E. Church (where her mother was the preacher) in Tryon, N.C. traversed many cities in many countries. She died at the age of 70 in 2003 in Carry-le-Rouet, France.

Violin, cello, piano - Moderately Difficult - Digital Download SKU: MQ.20-626-E Composed by Duane Funderburk. Advent, Ash Wednesday, Christmas. Instrument part. 9 pages. MorningStar Music Publishers - Digital Sheet Music #20-626-E. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers - Digital Sheet Music (MQ.20-626-E). A lyrical and haunting setting of this mysterious tune for violin, cello, and piano. Range, intonation, sensitivity, and a few flourish passages will require very capable string players. The piano part is not difficult. Part of the “Duane Funderburk Sacred Chamber Music Series.�These piano trios are dedicated to the many musicians I have the honor of working with every week at Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena, California. They motivate me to write music that challenges both the musician and those listening, to worship our God in different ways using chamber music that captures the skill and creativity of the instrumentalists. These musical colleagues have been an inspiration to me personally for many years, and it is to all of them that I dedicate these pieces.

Choral Choir (SATB divisi) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.894410 Composed by Zack Richards. A Cappella,Christmas,Contemporary,Easter,Holiday,Patriotic. Octavo. 7 pages. Zack Richards #6076701. Published by Zack Richards (A0.894410). I wrote this piece for an online competition held by an a cappella choir in the UK named Voices of Hope. They were looking for a piece they could use for a virtual choir. I'd had the Sing motive of a simple ascending Perfect Fourth in my head for a few days and decided to base the entire piece on it. The text was inspired by the 2020 pandemic situation. Choirs around the world were unable to sing together as they were accustomed due to social distancing needs as a way to slow the viral spread. The text is essentially a directive for everyone to find a way to sing in whatever way you can.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1327438 By Cheryl Prazak. By Music by Jon Burr, Lyrics by Cheryl Prazak. Arranged by Jon Burr. Country. Score. 15 pages. Cheryl Prazak #915482. Published by Cheryl Prazak (A0.1327438). Part of Cheryl Prazak's Military Trilogy, this is a story of parental advice to a grown child who's become down on their luck.This is a piano/vocal arrangment. Music, arranging and production by Jon Burr The Lyric:Everything was fine, not so very long ago.I had a weekly paycheck, I was rolling in the dough.I had a truck, got me where I needed to go.I didn’t know how much I had, ‘til things began to blow.Everything was fine, then my tire picked up a tack.The rubber was so thin, you see, it really set me back.“What’s the problem now?� was all my boss would say,Gave me my last paycheck, and sent me on my way…So, here I am remembering, not so long ago,I had a weekly paycheck, I was rolling in the dough.I had my pick-up truck back then, had a shirt. and had a wife.I didn’t know how little I had because, well, that was life.Sleeping in my pick-up truck, the light began to dawn.I would go back home, before my last chance was blown.I would tell my loving folks, at last I saw the light, My prospects didn’t look so good, my future, none too bright.Could they start me off again, with tuition and the such, andhelp me get a-brand new tire, for my raggedy ol’ truck?If they could be so kind, as to set me on my way, I would do my very best, their kindness to repayConsider the military, said my folks, sounding wisethey told me I need extra time, didn’t mean to criticizeMaybe they were onto something, maybe that could helpWhy, oh, why didn’t I think of that myself?Military life’s not easy, as I learned from the start, but I came out much the better, and learned to have some heart.Well, I’m that better man now, after going through all this.Finally got my life in shape, it had been so amiss.I repaid my folks’ advice, as I promised that I would,Became the son they hoped for, the man they knew I could.We often go to see them, and they visit the wife and me,Now they’re contented grandfolks, with babies on each knee!Once upon a time, when I was really stuck, I went back home to see the folks, which became a day of luck.Military service, I’m glad I took it up.Life changed for me, when I stopped sleeping in that ol’ truck.

Instrumental Duet Instrumental Duet,Trombone,Trumpet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.750372 Composed by Eddie Lewis. Blues,Jazz,Multicultural,World. Score and parts. 4 pages. Tiger Music #6624793. Published by Tiger Music (A0.750372). Stompin’ Jam Trumpet and Trombone Duet MTR 0255 4143 By Eddie Lewis Jazz out with your trumpet or trombone friend playing this cool sounding duet. We’re calling it a jam because both players get to play a solo over the repeated accompaniment line. First the trombone player jams, then the trumpet. Here is the first of what I hope to be many, many duets made possible by my Just Friends video series. In this series I am inviting one of my musician friends over to make music, do an interview and maybe follow it all up with a Q and A session. I wrote this duet for one of those videos and we had a good time recording it. I enjoy writing music for the people I work with. Does trumpet and trombone seem like an odd duet to write? Well, you may not believe this, but sometimes trumpet players have trombone player friends. :-) Thus, the purpose of the duet. Trumpet Pro Skill Level The highest note in the trumpet part is B natural. The rhythms are also just a little complicated. That’s why we put this at the Trumpet Pro level. We recorded it the same day when I wrote it, so it’s not like I was working on this for days. But there was a little bit of awkwardness in the trumpet part. Practice Recommendations My number one suggestion for practicing this piece is to learn the rhythms first. Notice the anticipation of the third beat. This happens in almost every measure. This rhythm grew on me during my trip to South Africa in 2016 when I performed with the Afrika Mkhize big band. There were lots of songs at the jazz festival in Grahamstown that had that twelve-eight groove with the anticipated third beat. I am NOT saying that this composition is South African. I would not presume to know how to write that kind of music. What I am saying is that the music in South Africa has influenced my writing. In much the same way as playing in all those salsa bands in the 90’s did. So, recognize that the rhythms in this composition are very important and learn those first. The rest of it should fall into place after that. About the Trumpet Pro Skill Level The Trumpet Pro skill level is the fifth skill level in our system. This skill level has exercises and music up to high C. There are many other considerations in this skill level but that is the most obvious. To find more music for this specific skill level, search our other publications for the word Trumpet Pro in the title or descriptions. We publish books and compositions for students at the Trumpet Pro level that we believe you or your students will truly enjoy.

Bassoon - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1474103 Composed by James Smith. Classical,Contest,Festival,Instructional,Multicultural,Traditional,World. Educational Method. 44 pages. Ensemble Llama Music #1051737. Published by Ensemble Llama Music (A0.1474103). I’m a bassoonist, and I don’t like the teaching materials for bassoon that are out there. There’s not enough depth and engagement in them, and nothing that supports the everyday music teacher. So I set out to create something that I would feel comfortable giving to my private students to help them grow as musicians. There are many types of music in the book: etudes, exercises, warm-ups, backwards and upside down duets (one person plays normally, the other person reads the music in an unusual way), improvised music, and composition. Musical styles range across a variety of cultures and genres such as classical, blues, fiddle tunes, marches, contemporary, musicals, and more.  Using carefully crafted etudes, exercises, and songs in a variety of styles, your bassoon students are going to to find immediate success. The bite-sized examples encourage students to focus on tone, as they extend their technique and range on this wonderful instrument. Examples from the book:1.1 - Memories1.2 - Can-Can1.3 - Baby-Back Blues1.4 - Somewhere Nice1.5 - Go Down, Moses1.6 - Magenta Sky (A Backwards Duet)1.7 - Cakewalk1.8 - Red River Valley1.9 - Symphony No. 6, Mvt. 2 (Tchaikovsky)1.10 - Arkansas Traveler1.11 - Give My Regards to Broadway (key of B Flat Major)1.12 - In The Hall of the Mountain King1.13 - Landlord Fill The Flowing Bowl1.14 - It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'1.15 - Shalom Chaverim1.16 - Londonderry Air1.17 - Theme & Variations, Für Elise1.18 - Ominous (A Backwards Duet)Create & Improvise: St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy)1.19 - Interlude1.20 - L'Adieu Des Bergers1.21 - Washington Post March1.22 - The Sea Monster - A Short Improvised Piece1.23 - Give My Regards to Broadway (key of G Major)1.24 - Anna Lisle (The Alma Mater Song)Critical Hit - Bassoon Concert Piece2.1 - More Memories2.2 & 2.3 - Ten Little Indians2.4 - Parliament (An Upside-Down Duet)2.5 - Bassoon Warm-Up2.6 - F Major Studies2.7 - Airang2.8 - Arpeggio In Blue2.9 - C Major Studies2.10 - Mazurka in A-flat Major2.11 - Etudes With Flats2.12 - Take Me Out To The Ball Game2.13 - Arpeggios (Part 1)2.14 - Etudes With Arpeggios2.15 - The Sar Spangled Banner2.16 - Arpeggios (Part 2)2.17 - More Arpeggio Studies2.18 - Battle Hymn of the Republic2.19 - Arpeggios (Part 3)2.20 - Kolme Varista2.21 - Swallowtail Jig2.22 - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring2.23 - St. Anne's Reel2.24 - Dear Old Stockholm2.25 - Esprit De CorpsSketch On a Theme From The Sorceror's Apprentice - Bassoon Concert Piece.

Full Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.861960 Composed by Mark O'Connor. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 176 pages. Mark O'Connor Musik International #6209395. Published by Mark O'Connor Musik International (A0.861960). Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia Waltz (wind parts – symphony orchestra) MO164B-IWind Parts (score and parts available)Music by Mark O’Connor164 pages – 33:00 minutes in length Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia WaltzFor Large Symphony Orchestra3333/4331/timp/perc/pno/harp+stringsComposed and orchestrated by Mark O’Connor 1st Movement: Brass Fanfare: Wide Open Spaces2nd Movement: New World Fanciful Dance3rd Movement: Different Paths Towards Home4th Movement: Open Plains Hoedown5th Movement: Soaring Eagle, Setting Sun6th Movement: Theme: Splendid HorizonsNote: Any movement or combination of the movements can be singled out or re-organized for performance. Most any order of movements is acceptable. Suggestions for consideration included I., II., III., and IV., all recommended as stand alone pieces. Most an order of movements is acceptable. The composition was designed for maximum flexibility. Three or four movements combine to make a shorter variation Symphony. What is American Classical music? This CD contains Mark O'Connor's latest orchestral works: Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia Waltz(2006) and Concerto No. 6 Old Brass (2003). Sony Classical//BMG label director Gilbert Hetherwick explains; Dvorak and Copland painted symphonic landscapes using melodies inspired by the Americana tradition, and Mark O'Connor actually comes from that tradition itself. He's lived it every day of his life. And you hear it in every note of his Americana Symphony. For the majority of his solo career, O'Connor has dedicated himself to composing for orchestra: he has written six full-length concertos, several orchestral suites and string orchestra compositions, and most recently his first Symphony.David Wallace, Juilliard School faculty member and Senior Teaching Artist with the New York Philharmonic, comments on the overall characteristics of O'Connor's music: The Americana Symphony combines historical narrative with classical and folk variation principles. The Symphony contains instrumental virtuosity, rhythmic drive, poignant lyricism, and probing counterpoint. With the Americana Symphony, Mark O'Connor provides his answer to a question that has intrigued U. S. composers since the debut of Dvorak's New World Symphony in 1892: How do you write the great American Symphony?William Intrilligator, artistic director of the Dubuque Symphony, conducted one of the first performances of the Americana Symphony: Very few pieces of new music have the same emotional and visceral effect as this Symphony, he writes. It has such power and beauty, and these traits are expressed in original ways that are pure O'Connor and truly American.Marin Alsop, artistic director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and this recording's conductor of the Americana Symphony, calls the Symphony simply A hit!  Original music printed from the composer’s manuscripts.Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark O’Connorusing Finale on Apple Macintosh 2006 - 2007 Composed by Mark O’ConnorCommissioned by: Cabrillo Music Festival and Marin Alsop, Colorado Symphony, Dubuque Symphony, Fargo Moorhead Symphony, Fox Valley Symphony, Garrett Lakes Arts Festival, Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium, Imperial Symphony, Reading Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Rockford Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Symphony Silicon Valley, Youngstown Youth Symphony. Can be heard on Americana Symphony! OMAC RecordsBaltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop

Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.1012700 Composed by Moni Bergo. Contemporary. Score. 8 pages. Moni Bergo #5742813. Published by Moni Bergo (A0.1012700). Music and song composed by me♫ *'¨` * • .¸¸. ♫ ♫ * Addiction'¨` * • .¸¸. ♫ I seem you  Free Instead I’m  chained ….   He approaches smiling I dislike him  already there are few  people on the subway but he  sits  right here. I ugly, a bit 'rickety conscious of my limitations I’m  lost in the clouds and I do my own business   He looks at me and is insistent but to me what he will wants? It 'a handsome man and elegant maybe he's short-sighted, who knows? From his piercing gaze I feel pierce and I'm already tired and in the face I want to shout   Do you look like free but I’m  in love Give me a piano, a guitar and I spend all day I become hysterical when they bring  me on vacation because the seventh and turned just do not know do not chronically  ill and I’m  hopeless But I do not want drugs for this my addiction ..   You should come and bursts into the veins with your chains hold me more I feel the boundless energy flows between the fingers and only you can and you ease my sorrows You are my mate  in the darkest moments You will protect me by my excesses in this fake world spark  you will be   At the end   decide his self and apostrophizes me so You're my new neighbor, my house is right there, and at evening  you enchanted me and  would listen to you for hours while you  playing the piano with you I can fly and I know that maybe it's late But I would like to try I know that to children  you   give  lesson and also I want to learn   But that smart  man! I like him already I tell him the story of the slap that he risked a little while ago He tells me he has a mate who loves him  sweetly I'd take kicks diffident damn !!    We free fly on our agreements in dissonance forgetting every problem, big trouble or task chronically ill of my own addiction which infects, spreads and  enters into his life only souls and I bare his  essence while  listening  him  solmizate enters heaven in this room ..                                                                                   . Monica Bergo

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1337248 By Niccolò Trivieri. By Niccolò Trivieri. Arranged by Niccolò Trivieri. Contemporary,Film/TV,New Age,Pop,Spiritual. Score. 6 pages. Niccolò Trivieri #923057. Published by Niccolò Trivieri (A0.1337248). A message from the author:This piece is very important to me, each note has its own meaning. The video - with its simple sound and visual effects - tells a story, but... I leave the pleasure of discovering new worlds with this music to your imagination! Inebriate yourself with the mystery of these particular, dark harmonies... and surprise yourself with unexpected sparks of light scattered here and there. This music is for you if you love rainy days, atmospheres of nostalgic beauty and some disturbing little vibes from exploring abandoned houses: there is magic in everything around us, just open your eyes and listen more carefully. This piece came to you for a reason: never stop believing in what your Heart feels; even if you can't prove it at the moment and even if the world works against you. If your Heart is right, in the end you will always have answers, you will always get what you want. Heart was born precisely from this feeling... the certainty that sooner or later, everything will arrive. This composition is definitely a message: in the certainty that it will reach the right person, it is (obviously) also dedicated to all of you who listen to it and play it, so that it can inspire you to never give up and explore the innermost parts of yourself... as a musician, this is my main mission and my joy! May this piece resonate in as many places as possible! Thank you so much.NiccolòP.S. there are some suggestions in the score to make the piece a little easier and with fewer jumps. Also feel free to make a few small changes to the rhythm of the irregular groups only if they are too difficult for you (even if they have a precise meaning) playing them simultaneously with the accompaniment notes of the left hand, and not 'out of phase'. After all, the most important thing is... Heart!

Full Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.861963 Composed by Mark O'Connor. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 163 pages. Mark O'Connor Musik International #6209407. Published by Mark O'Connor Musik International (A0.861963). Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia Waltz (string parts – symphony orchestra) MO164U-ZString Parts (score and parts available)Music by Mark O’Connor163 pages – 33:00 minutes in length Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia WaltzFor Large Symphony Orchestra3333/4331/timp/perc/pno/harp+stringsComposed and orchestrated by Mark O’Connor 1st Movement: Brass Fanfare: Wide Open Spaces2nd Movement: New World Fanciful Dance3rd Movement: Different Paths Towards Home4th Movement: Open Plains Hoedown5th Movement: Soaring Eagle, Setting Sun6th Movement: Theme: Splendid HorizonsNote: Any movement or combination of the movements can be singled out or re-organized for performance. Most any order of movements is acceptable. Suggestions for consideration included I., II., III., and IV., all recommended as stand alone pieces. Most an order of movements is acceptable. The composition was designed for maximum flexibility. Three or four movements combine to make a shorter variation Symphony. What is American Classical music? This CD contains Mark O'Connor's latest orchestral works: Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia Waltz(2006) and Concerto No. 6 Old Brass (2003). Sony Classical//BMG label director Gilbert Hetherwick explains; Dvorak and Copland painted symphonic landscapes using melodies inspired by the Americana tradition, and Mark O'Connor actually comes from that tradition itself. He's lived it every day of his life. And you hear it in every note of his Americana Symphony. For the majority of his solo career, O'Connor has dedicated himself to composing for orchestra: he has written six full-length concertos, several orchestral suites and string orchestra compositions, and most recently his first Symphony.David Wallace, Juilliard School faculty member and Senior Teaching Artist with the New York Philharmonic, comments on the overall characteristics of O'Connor's music: The Americana Symphony combines historical narrative with classical and folk variation principles. The Symphony contains instrumental virtuosity, rhythmic drive, poignant lyricism, and probing counterpoint. With the Americana Symphony, Mark O'Connor provides his answer to a question that has intrigued U. S. composers since the debut of Dvorak's New World Symphony in 1892: How do you write the great American Symphony?William Intrilligator, artistic director of the Dubuque Symphony, conducted one of the first performances of the Americana Symphony: Very few pieces of new music have the same emotional and visceral effect as this Symphony, he writes. It has such power and beauty, and these traits are expressed in original ways that are pure O'Connor and truly American. Marin Alsop, artistic director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and this recording's conductor of the Americana Symphony, calls the Symphony simply A hit! Original music printed from the composer’s manuscripts.Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark O’Connorusing Finale on Apple Macintosh 2006 - 2007 Composed by Mark O’ConnorCommissioned by: Cabrillo Music Festival and Marin Alsop, Colorado Symphony, Dubuque Symphony, Fargo Moorhead Symphony, Fox Valley Symphony, Garrett Lakes Arts Festival, Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium, Imperial Symphony, Reading Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Rockford Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Symphony Silicon Valley, Youngstown Youth Symphony. Can be heard on Americana Symphony! OMAC RecordsBaltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop