Piano - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PS-0015123 Ode to Joy - Theme from Symphony No. 9. Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Sharon Aaronson. Classical. 2 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PS-0015123. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PS-0015123). ISBN 9780739009901. UPC: 038081154923.This nicely filled-out arrangement of the famous theme from Beethoven's 9th Symphony is appropriate as a performance piece for an intermediate level pianist, featuring elements of the symphonic work intertwined with the theme. It is presented in D major, has a wide keyboard range, and nice extremes in dynamics.

Twenty-three sacred hymns and songs From the Foreword: Recent years have seen much increase in the activities of small and medium sized instrumental ensembles in schools at all grade levels, generally as an adjunct of band and orchestral programs.Many churches and Sunday Schools also use ensembles of various types in programs and services. Such groups are looking for playable music that is also interesting and worthwhile. This collection contains settings of sacred hymns and songs, and other selections, all of which should be usable in the church and the school. The hymn and song treatments are not just instrumentations of standard hymnal type, but are complete arrangements, using such devices as introductions, bridges, reharmonizations in present day idioms, rhythmic variety, countermelodies, etc. All selections have been scored for a six (or five) part brass ensemble with the following part books available: (preferred instruments are listed before the parenthetical substitution possibilities) Part 1: C Instruments (Violin, Oboe, Flute); 1st Bb Trumpet or Cornet (Bb Clarinet) Part 2: 2nd Bb Trumpet or Cornet (Bb Clarinet) Part 3: 3rd Bb Trumpet or Cornet (Bb Clarinet); F Horn (English Horn); Eb Horn (Alto Saxophone, Eb Alto Clarinet) Part 4: Baritone treble clef (Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet); Trombone (Baritone bass clef, Bassoon, Cello) Part 5: Baritone bass clef (Trombone, Bassoon, Cello) Part 6: Tuba or Sousaphone (Bassoon or Cello with occasional lower range limits, String Bass 8vb) While hoping to keep the selections interesting and worthwhile for experienced players, they have generally been restricted to a medium level of difficulty (or Grade III as defined by the Instrumentalist Magazine). Extremes of range and key signature have been avoided, lead parts have ample time to rest and catch their breath and technical demands are usually modest. Selections which could have been expanded to larger proportions (such as A Mighty Fortress) have been held to a modest length, in order to give younger musicians a better chance to play them successfully. Footnotes in the conductor's score indicate how the longer medleys can be abbreviated, if that is desirable. WESLEY HANSON

Woodwind Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.740672 Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Arranged by Ellen Macpherson. Classical,Romantic Period. 4 pages. Ellen Macpherson #5745031. Published by Ellen Macpherson (A0.740672). This Duet is an excerpt from the 2nd Movement from Beethoven 7th Symphony. Arranged by Ellen Macpherson for the unusual combination of  Piccolo and Bass Clarinet Duet. The extremes of the woodwind section we can hear the overtones of the inner voices with careful listening. .

Concert Band - Grade 2 - Digital Download SKU: B0.PDF-BAND-FRA-219 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Bill Simon. Multicultural. Score and Parts. 29 pages. PDF Band Music #PDF-BAND-FRA-219. Published by PDF Band Music (B0.PDF-BAND-FRA-219). 8.5 x 11 inches.Emerald Isle Melody is based on an Irish folk tune. The most popular version of this tune is the hymn Be Thou My Vision, but it is also the foundation for Lord of All Hopefulness and Make Us True Servants. This arrangement gives the young band a chance to work on phrasing and tone without going to extremes with ranges - clarinets stay below the break and brass are comfortable. Even a young band will be able to project a lot of emotion with this piece giving careful attention to dynamics, tempo and phrasing. .

Descant recorder - intermediate - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q54875 Method for descant recorder. This edition: performance book. Fun and games with the recorder. Downloadable, Tune book. Op Tune Book 2. Schott Music - Digital #Q54875. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q54875). English.A special method for beginners. First published by Schott in German in 1990. The translation and adaption into English has been made by Peter Bowman. three Volumes for the descant recorder which advance in small steps and include many playful elements suitable for both group and individual lessons. • Discover the adventure of learning the recorder • Make real progress through games: breathing • A mixture of lively new and traditional tunes • Three supplementery tune books each with a sheet of stickers • Teacher's commentary • Join Dotty-do-a-lot and her friends in the exciting orld of music Fun and Games with the Recorder is a comprehensive recorder tutor covering all stages from the first notes of the beginner up to the point of preofessional instruction for budding performers. Although the recorder is often the instrument with wich children will make their first musical discoveries, it is also an instrument of the highest artistic merit. This series of books tries to link these two extremes, providing a carefully planned pathway between first, playful contact with the instrument and professional recorder playing. The three Tutor Books are suitable for use both with small groups and for individual tuition. Progress is methodical and is made in small steps placing great value on consistent work with breathing, sound production and the development of rhythmic security. In the Tutor books we speak directly to the child and provide carefully planned, precisely formulated exercises. We recognise that some children learning the recorder will not yet be able to read, but hope that this will provide an opportunity for a parent or teacher to become involved in the learning process. Each step in this process should be fun and accessable to both the parent/teacher and the child. Tutor Book 1 is intended for children from about six years of age. Previous musical experience is not essential but undoubtedly would prove useful. It concentrates on the notes B, A, g, E1, C2 and D2, leaving sufficient time and space for the development of articulation, rhythmic security and breathing techniques. Tutor Book 2 adds the notes C1, D2, F2, E2, F2 and B flat, whilst Tutor Book 3 completes the range up to C3 - at which point the treble recorder can be introduced. Tutor Books 1, 2 and 3 are complemented by Tune Books 1, 2 and 3. The tune Books are matched to the stages of learning process of the Tutor Books and provide additional practice pieces and exercises, sometimes with accompainment. In the Teacher's Commentary we explain the teaching methodology behind the tutor and provide stimulation for ideas for lessons. It will be helpful if the child has a manuscript book of her or his own, or some manuscript book. Dotty's Note Book (ED 12641) is specially designed for the purpose, with large staves suitable for children as well as plain pages for words and pictures. We wish users of this tutor every success and happiness with their recorder playing.

Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.755203 Composed by Sy Brandon. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and parts. 253 pages. Sy Brandon #3415579. Published by Sy Brandon (A0.755203). Legacy is a three movement composition for chamber orchestra that makes social commentary on the issue of global warming. It was commission and premiered by the Washington Sinfonietta, Rufus Jones, conductor. I. Conflicts - This movement begins with a cry from native cultures admonishing our neglect of the environment. The cry is interspersed with debate regarding the seriousness of global warming (woodwinds). The debate grows stronger as the cries grow weaker. The debate is quieted by a measure of repeated chords that could be the words, stop it! stop it now!. A weak cry in the English Horn brings the introduction to a close. An Allegro section follows with a rhythmic and primitive sounding section representing the underdeveloped nations that are destroying the rain forests for economic gain. This material evolves into a more harmonic and contrapuntal section representing industrialized nations reluctant to change, also for economic reasons. Things quiet down as the music takes the listener to another part of the globe, East Asia. Conflict is again present in this section. The music returns to a varied restatement of the industrialized nations music before traveling to India for a section influenced by Raga. This section builds in dissonance until we hear the repeated stop it now chords from the introduction. A brief reprise of the cries bring the movement to a close. II. Consequences - This movement evokes a somber mood that is reflective of living in a climate of extremes. The movement is in arch form as it begins and ends with open harmony reflective of barren lands that once were fertile. The middle section serves as a climax expressive the harshness of the climate. Colleen McCollough’s book, A Creed for the Third Millennium was a source of inspiration for this movement. III. Sacrifice and Compromise - The movement begins with a strong section that suggests progress. It is followed by a quieter and intense section that alternates lyrical lines over a staccato ostinato that creates a sense of urgency. The opening section returns and is followed by a development of the ostinato section. This section is symbolic of how ideas need to be adapted in order for progress to be made. The opening section returns once more before leading into the concluding section where there is coming together of the instruments on a long lyrical line representing more and more people working together for change. The movement ends with a sense of triumph over adversity.The score prints on legal size paper and the parts on letter.

Full Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1031686 Composed by Austin Wintory. Contemporary. Score and parts. 39 pages. Austin Wintory #3512243. Published by Austin Wintory (A0.1031686). EP!C!!! is an overture-sized orchestral work, originally commissioned by the West Michigan Symphony in 2016. It is intended as a higher energy opener or Act 1 closer. Program notes:Entirely by mistake, EP!C!!! is study in conflict. The piece began with a simple premise: compose a work which teases some of the pervasive clichés of today’s musical landscape (particularly the Hollywood or so-called media music scenes). Those clichés are primarily two gestures: 1) a progression of chords, often called the Chords of Destiny (consisting of i – VI – III – VIII) and 2) an endlessly repeating minor third ostinato.The conflict emerged internally when, after multiple false starts, I would quickly start to hate the piece because it felt like the clichés were being presented whole cloth, without the slightest sense of irony. I became deeply paranoid that the music wasn’t in on its own joke. When I would reverse course, it felt condescending, as though it were declaring from some erudite ivory tower that it was above those gestures. The trouble particularly with the latter is that clichés become so for a reason; something genuinely compelling becomes so ubiquitous that it loses some of the freshness, but that doesn’t erase what initially made it compelling. So the piece needed to somehow make fun of the fact that these gestures are cliché, while not dismissing their intrinsic value. And indeed, to celebrate that value!It took a long time to find my place between those two extremes, and ultimately I think the music that emerged is actually the conflict itself manifest. The two gestures are this constant presence, almost like a seductive temptation, that are initially regarded as distractions, but eventually become the music’s core. It’s as though the music finally decided to just relent and find something to truly love and celebrate within these overwrought ideas, haters be damned.However, for the sake of total clarity of intention, I couldn’t resist some on-the-nose tongue-in-cheek. The little cameo of Haydn’s lulling 94th Symphony 2nd movement tune is my way of saying you think classical music is epic??? THEN LISTEN TO THIS SH*T!!! before inevitably popping open a Mountain Dew and snowboarding into an avalanche.- Austin Wintory, October 21, 2016

Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: IZ.CBW236 Composed by Ryan Clark. Score and Parts. 93 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW236. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW236). 9 x 12 inches.Manifesto is my first major work for the wind band medium. The Webster's Dictionary defines a manifesto as, “a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer. With that being acknowledged, Manifesto was intended to be my way of making a statement as to how I would like to express myself through the wind band medium–with great extremes of emotions. The first section of this piece opens with a contra-alto clarinet solo which makes its opening statement that is rephrased all throughout the piece with each new development. The percussion in this piece also takes inspiration from complex rhythmic layers and polyrhythms. It is acknowledged that this piece will be especially difficult for the percussion section attempting to play these polyrhythms in context; however, twice in the opening section, all the percussion hit together finishing a phrase on beat one making the confusion clear (essentially enforcing the fact that all the “noise was intentional).

Mixed choir (SMezATB) and piano - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q25247 Sieben Gedichte für Chor und Klavier. Composed by Enjott Schneider. This edition: choral score. Downloadable, Choral score. Duration 21 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q25247. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q25247). German.Mit sieben kuriosen Stücken für gemischten Chor oder Solisten (SMezATB) und Klavier wartet Enjott Schneider in seinem Morgenstern-Liederbuch auf. Hier finden sich dadaistische Stilcollagen vom Feinsten: Elemente aus Rock, Jazz, Symbolismus, Madrigal und Zwölftonmusik kokettieren geradezu um die Wette. Gepaart werden sie mit genial-banalen Textverzweigungen und -verballhornungen sowie völlig absurden Silben und übertriebener, ja bizzarer Konsonantenformung. Sprachlich und stimm- bzw. gesangstechnisch werden hier sämtliche Register gezogen. Ein fulminant-schwungvoller Zyklus für professionelle Ensembles, die keine Scheu vor ekstatischem Flüstern, animalischen Imitationen, Klangverfremdungen, Zungenschnalzen, Karateschreien, Glissandi, Clusterwirkungen und extremer Artikulation haben. Die Gedichte von Christian Morgenstern sind wie sein gesamtes facettenreiches Schaffen kaum zu verorten: zwischen Ironie, Witz, Sarkasmus, Dadaismus, Nonsense und gespiegelt von tiefer Spiritualität und Anthroposophie sind sie unerreicht. Gegensätze von Hoch Geistig und Trivial Banalem verunsichern. Dementsprechend ist auch die Musik, die 1985 für die Singphoniker komponiert wurde, kaum zu verorten. Banale Versatzstücke und lyrische Komplexität ergänzen sich. Gesangstechnisch: Virtuos und vom Feinsten.

String Orchestra - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1406095 Composed by Christian Singing. Arranged by Paul Wood. Romantic Period. 66 pages. MyMusicScores.com #989186. Published by MyMusicScores.com (A0.1406095). Christian Sinding's Suite in A minor, also known as Suite im alten Stil, Op. 10, is a captivating work showcasing his mastery of composition. Originally composed for piano and violin, Sinding later arranged it for violin and orchestra. This virtuosic piece, born during his final period in Leipzig, offers a whirlwind of energy in its first movement, followed by a delicate and profoundly beautiful slow movement. The finale bursts with vitality and showcases the extremes of virtuosity. This suite remains a gem in the repertoire, having been performed by renowned violinists from Kreisler to Kraggerud.The PDF score contains the score and all parts.

Full Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1375804 Composed by French Canadian Carol and Gustav Holst. Arranged by Mark R Lewis. Christmas,Holiday,Religious,Sacred,Traditional. 70 pages. Mark R Lewis #960352. Published by Mark R Lewis (A0.1375804). In Bleak Midwinter's Moonlight is a medley of two Christmas carols, In the Bleak Midwinter and Twas in the Moon of Wintertime. The first carol was originally written as a poem by Christina Rossetti and published in 1872. It has been set to music several times, but the tune most associated with the text, Cranham, was composed in 1906 by Gustav Holst. The second carol is a French-Canadian Christmas carol first written by a Jesuit missionary in 1642. This tune is also called the Huron Carol.This medley is written for orchestra with 3-5 octave bell choir and goes back and forth between the two carols several times. Every time the carol changes there is a key change, sometimes between related major and minor keys and sometimes between two closely related keys. The melody is carried by the low, middle, and high ranges of the bells at some point in the piece and the accompanying voices are quite active throughout most of arrangement. Within the orchestra parts, the melody switches between woodwinds, brass, and strings several times, exploring several different sound colors throughout the piece.In Bleak Midwinter's Moonlight is between the level 3 and level 4 range of difficulty. There are definitely passages that will require work and the multiple key changes require multiple handbell changes, but bell changes are never very abrupt and accidentals only happen in the transition passages. The most difficult part will probably be making sure the melody is always heard even when it is buried below active accompaniment. A few times the bass bells have quick passages that will require sharing of bells or a lot of practice. For orchestra, this piece should be playable by most intermediate players, though some brass parts push the comfortable extremes of the instrument.

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1397074 By Sean A. Moore. By Sean A. Moore. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary. Score. 25 pages. Sean A Moore #980408. Published by Sean A Moore (A0.1397074). GILT-EDGE� is a piano sonata in three movements. The sonata features dissonance, clusters, irregular rhythmic patterns and meters, syncopation, and extremes in textures and dynamics. The work is mostly intervallically/motivically based with the entire keyboard being utilized as a sort of sonic canvas as diverse as the world itself. The first movement, “GILT-EDGE�, has the same name as the title of the composition. The movement is emotionally intense, beginning loudly with a forearm cluster crash at the low end of the instrument and with a fast tempo. However, the first movement of the sonata ends slowly, quietly and sometimes dreamlike all while expressing a very dark mood. “Hopewell�, the second and somewhat more melodic movement, has a more meditative quality. This movement is inspired by the image of a quiet country road and an uncomplicated way of living that sometimes isn’t always what it seems. The final movement, “Antioch�, written on three staves, returns the listener back to the emotional complexities of the first movement. However, this movement does not end quietly. In this short explosive last movement, the sonata reaches its dramatic conclusion.

Handbell - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1391915 Composed by by Caleb J. Onstead. 21st Century,Chamber,Contemporary,Instructional,Religious. 14 pages. Caleb J. Onstead #975402. Published by Caleb J. Onstead (A0.1391915). The Etudes Series by Caleb J. Onstead continues with Peals.Picking up right where Toccata Festivo (FM20615 - From the Top Publishing) left off, demonstrate extremes in your ensemble's musicality with this new, exciting and complex work. Peals will take your ensemble through every combination of 7/8, other irregular meters like 5/4 and 5/8, and do it at a fast tempo with bell changes and rapid changes between articulations. Then for a contrasting challenge, an exposed lyric section with a sensitive melody emerges, giving your ensemble a chance to shine musically, and lyrically. Being a piece in ABA form, the bombastic, antiphonal material from the beginnning returns to drive the piece to a massive ending that will take handbells to their dynamic maximum. Peals is a rewarding challenge that is guarenteed to blow your audience away...Peals - Etude No. 2: A Study in Mixed Meter and Phrasingby Caleb J. Onstead5-7 octaves of handbells (opt. G1)5 octaves of handchimesAGEHR Level 5+.

B-Flat instrument,Bass Clef Instrument,C Instrument,E-Flat Instrument,Instrumental Solo,Piano - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.781994 By The Cyrkle. By Bruce Woodley and Paul Simon. Arranged by Aaron Hettinga. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk,Pop,Rock. Score and individual part. 18 pages. Aaron Hettinga #6036639. Published by Aaron Hettinga (A0.781994). This oldie but goodie by Cyrkle and Simon & Garfunkel is presented here in a flexible arrangement for Instrumental Solo with Piano Accompaniment. This package includes transposed parts to allow for any instrumentalist to play this song with a pianist. All of the packaged solo parts are prepared to be relatively accessible to players of even moderate ability as there are no major range challenges that are taxing to the extremes of any instrument. Alternatively, the soloist may optionally wish to play the written part an octave higher (such as for Flute or Violin). The technical challenges may come about if taken at a particularly brisk tempo, but even a slightly slower interpretation will sound great.

Digital Download SKU: C6.646022305 Accompaniment mp3. Composed by Ruth Elaine Schram. Christian. MP3. Growing In Grace - Digital #646022305. Published by Growing In Grace - Digital (C6.646022305). This thoughtful song, set in a minor key, has a hauntingly beautiful sound, especially when performed with the optional 2nd part. An important truth, especially for children, the message of the song is carried along in middle range singing without wide extremes.