Unison/Two-part chorus - Digital Download SKU: C7.CGA1394 Composed by Trevor Manor. Palm Sunday. With Handbells. Sacred Anthem. Octavo. 16 pages. Chorister's Guild - Digital #CGA1394. Published by Chorister's Guild - Digital (C7.CGA1394). UPC: 749193020593.This Palm Sunday anthem switches between lilting refrain and stately stanzas to offer choristers a diverse, exciting musical experience. The contrast also speaks to the irony of the day – a realization of Jesus the Sacrificial Lamb juxtaposed with the crowd’s expectation of Christ the Conqueror. Stanzas include optional designations for Group 1 and Group 2 to make this anthem particularly accessible during the busy spring months. Add handbells for a festive sound.

Concert Band - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.866215 Composed by Jeffrey Ouper. Christian,Christmas,Contemporary. Score and parts. 74 pages. Jeffrey Ouper #2899041. Published by Jeffrey Ouper (A0.866215). NOTE: These are the instrumental parts only. The conductor score (legal size paper) is a separate download.  All instrument parts and vocal piano reduction score is included in this download.This version of Winter's Breath is scored for Symphonic Band and solo voice.  It will make a great addition to your next holiday concert.  The duration of the song is about 6 minutes.About the song:Winter’s Breath is an original Christmas song (original music and lyrics) composed in 2014. The lyrics embrace both a secular and religious message of peace, love, and hope inspired by the beauty of winter snow.  I really wanted to write a more profound Christmas song with an important message embracing a modern view of Christmas since so many songs are commercialized or limited in meaning.Having lived in the Arizona desert since 2007, snow has become a novelty to me, and I was inspired by its beauty and the memories I had of winter growing up in northern Illinois. The chorus that repeats throughout the song presents an irony of winter warming the soul. I found this to be both interesting and also meaningful in that I was describing my new viewpoint of winter snow (seeing more beauty in it than before) and presenting a metaphor for life-one that encourages the listener to see the beauty in something that most northerners despise.The first verse begins with sensory perceptions including seeing, hearing, touching, and smelling various natural qualities of winter. The second verse describes the joy of children playing in the snow and their belief in winter stories. The third verse is directed at worrying adults with a message of hope for the future. The bridge encourages the listener to look past the negativity and differences in other people and look towards Christmas and the new year for a hope renewed. The final verse concludes with the traditional religious view of Christmas tradition.

By Anthony J. Cirone. For Percussion Ensemble. Instructional. Part. 2 pages. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music

Brass Ensemble; Brass Quartet - Grade 2 SKU: HL.4479730 Brass Quartet - Grade 2. Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Earl D. Irons. Rubank Solo/Ensemble Sheet. Classical, Concert, Contest. 32 pages. Rubank Publications #RUBX570. Published by Rubank Publications (HL.4479730). UPC: 073999321388. 9.0x12.0x0.077 inches.For two Bb Cornets or Trumpets, Horn or Trombone, and Trombone or Baritone. Includes parts for Eb and F Horn, Baritone B.C. and T.C.

Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1128114 Composed by Igor Korneitchouk, Chad Mealey. 20th Century,Comedy,Contemporary,Spiritual. 28 pages. Studio at the Post #728730. Published by Studio at the Post (A0.1128114). Duration: variable for each piece, 18 pp. Description: Seven works by the group touch me hear. Feel the art hear the art be the art. At the turn of the century (20th to 21st century, for you music history buffs) Igor Korneitchouk and Chad Mealey formed the group touch me hear with friends Dennis Aman and Jim Soe Nyun, and, with technical and musical assistance of various music faculty and students of San Diego Mesa College, presented concerts of new conceptual music/conceptual art/performance art. (The taxonomy and distinctions between such categories can be debated; we leave it to those who like to create new theory to follow our new practice.) The group was dedicated to the idea that such new music can and should be presented to an appreciative yet unsuspecting audience that rises to the challenge when put to the test. Indeed, a major feature of many of the works exhibited relies on the performance by the audience to entertain us and themselves. Thus, down comes the fourth wall. If you truly listen, as John Cage would encourage, the conceptual can sound just as fascinating, the visual display just as spectacular, the serendipitous theater just as dramatic, as the idea is imaginative. “Music is all around us, if only we have ears...� (to quote John Cage). Here are some of the original works of those concerts. Ironically, one in particular dispenses with the idea of an “audience�. It is the tree that falls in the forest (or desert) no one hears. NO RECORDINGS OF ANY OF THESE PIECES EXIST; BE THE FIRST TO RECORD THESE!

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.861788 Composed by Mark O'Connor. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk,Traditional. Score and parts. 32 pages. Mark O'Connor Musik International #6201733. Published by Mark O'Connor Musik International (A0.861788). String Quartet No. 3 Old-Time (violin 2 part – two vlns, vla, cel) MO169CViolin 2 Part (score and parts available)Music by Mark O’Connor28 pages - 24:00 minutes in lengthMovement I (5:02)Movement II (5:38)Movement III (3:18)Movement IV (9:46)String Quartet No. 3 (Old-Time) was composed on the occasion marking 400 years of history dating from the days of the first European settlements. My specific task from the Hudson Commission was to concentrate music based on the natural habitat and beauty of the Hudson as well as on the time of the first European settlers. It was natural for me to think about old-time fiddling in this light. In 1909 Washington Irving described the Catskill Mountains as a dismembered branch of the Appalachian Mountains. My own Dutch ancestors settled in the Hudson Valley in the early 1600’s, and eventually traveled down the Appalachians to settle in the South in the early 1800’s. The old-time fiddling that dominated those areas along that route is the musical language utilized in creating this String Quartet.For the musical genesis of the Quartet, I initially created phrases from the fiddle that were molded out of old-time fiddling tradition. With technical twists and turns, the phrases became unique and new but all the while still connected to the tradition. It is these phrases that I used as material to create the String Quartet. Through the process of composing, techniques such as re- harmonization, development, canonic applications spill over each other like the Hudson tributaries in the Adirondacks. The counterpoint of the Quartet invigorates and establishes itself. The result is a wholly participating body emphasizing transitions from the traditional to the contemporary in sound and style. The music here is no longer fiddle music as the inventions of the quartet embarks on a new story, a new way to play, and with a new musical idea to put forward. Original music printed from the composer’s manuscripts.Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark O’Connorusing Finale on Apple Macintosh 2007 Composed By Mark O’ConnorCommissioned by the Santa Fe and La Jolla Chamber Music FestivalsString Quartet No. 2 Bluegrass) can be heard on String Quartets No.’s 2 & 3 OMAC RecordsRecorded by Mark O’Connor - violin, Ida Kavafian - violin, Paul Neubauer - viola, Matt Haimovitz - cellohttps://omacrecords.com/omac-14-string-quartets-2-3 Catalogue Number MO169CCopyright © 2007 by Mark O’Connor Music InternationalFor more information on violinist and composer Mark O'Connor, O’Connor String Camps, Touring Ensembles, Discography, Bio, Repertoire and more, please visitwww.markoconnor.com For information on the O’Connor Method – instructional book series for violin, viola, cello and school string orchestra programs:www.oconnormethod.com