Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.821201 Composed by Gordon Thornett. Christian,Christmas,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Octavo. 14 pages. Gordon John Thornett #3861793. Published by Gordon John Thornett (A0.821201). Prelude and Cherubic Hymn was commissioned by the John F. Kennedy School in Berlin, to mark the 25th anniversary of their annual Advent services held in Berlin Cathedral. It was performed by joint choirs, drawn from students, parents and faculty, and choir members of the American Church in Berlin on 29 November 2017.The piece is built around the ancient hymn, Let all mortal flesh keep silence. I was asked to write an organ prelude, to serve as a processional as the choirs assembled. This may be ordered separately through SwirlyMusic.org - and now also through SheetMusicPlus.After an opening fanfare-like section, the hymn setting starts gently, with sopranos singing in unison, with successive verses using contrasting choral forces to reflect the words, and the music builds to a big climax, with a return of the fanfare opening, for the final verse, At his feet the six-winged seraph, ending with joyful Alleluias. Although originally conceived for a large chorus with orchestral accompaniment, the setting may be performed with just organ or piano.There's a youtube video at https://youtu.be/HQwYDJRdmcc - this is an extract from the first performance in the magnificent setting of Berlin Cathedral, which was packed to capacity. The quality of both sound and picture isn't great, but it will provide you with an idea of the atmosphere and impact of the piece.  The sound recording covers the whole piece, using Sibelius sounds. (You may also like to hear a computer generated recording of the whole piece.)Dr. Joseph R. Curtis, Choral Director at the JFK School, writes:Prelude and Cherubic Hymn is a grand arrangement of the timeless carol 'Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence'. Utilizing choir, full orchestra and organ, it is sure to please and impress performers and audience alike. At a recent performance in the Berlin Cathedral, the piece received spontaneous applause (which was a first for this kind of event).NOTE - Although originally scored for orchestra, the piece would work well with just choir and organ - in which case the fanfare sections at the beginning and the first 6 measures at letter F could be omitted. If orchestral score and parts are needed, please go to https://www.swirlymusic.org/music/choral-music/gordon-thornett-cherubic-hymn/.] 

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.928420 By Johnny Mathis. By Erroll Garner. Arranged by Logan Donley. Jazz. Score. 5 pages. Logan Donley #5983573. Published by Logan Donley (A0.928420). This arrangement of Misty is for piano and is in a free flowing jazz ballad style. It is in 12/8 and resembles the style of Erroll Garner. There is a solo written by Logan Donley.The arrangement consists of two choruses (66 measures); the first with the melody and the second with a solo (written by Logan Donely). The solo section consists of two verses and the bridge, the final verse returns to the melody and the arrangement closes out with a 3 measure outro. All chord symbols are written above the staff.This is an advanced intermediate piano solo. Common figures are embellished harmonies, octaves, triplets, and sixteenth note runs in the right hand, arpeggiated chords, shell voicings, and stride patterns in the left hand, and arpeggios and tremolo in both hands.

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1194602 By Hanka Ordonowna. By Henry Vars. Arranged by Marek Czekala. 20th Century,Film/TV. Score. 3 pages. Marek Czekala #793909. Published by Marek Czekala (A0.1194602). Love will forgive you everything - the song was written in 1933, the music was composed by Henryk Wars, and the words were written by Julian Tuwim (under the pseudonym Oldlen). The song was a hit in interwar Poland and remains so to this day. The song was written especially for the film The Spy in the Mask, which enjoyed a record attendance in cinemas. It was sung by Hanka Ordonówna and soon the song became her artistic showcase. Later, Ordonówna often resembled a song in the Małe Qui Pro Quo theater. The piece performed by Ordonówna was recorded on the Syrena-Electro label, which was very popular at the time. The publisher's circulation reached tens of thousands of copies, and the discs with this recording were pressed for almost six years due to the constant interest in the song.

Small Ensemble Bouzouki,Guitar,Harpsichord,Mandolin,Violin - Digital Download SKU: A0.1017678 Composed by Anonymous. Arranged by Gordon Jackson. Baroque,Celtic,Classical,Folk,Irish,Multicultural,World. Score and parts. 4 pages. Gordon Jackson #6436745. Published by Gordon Jackson (A0.1017678). Staines MorrisThe song, Staines Morris, is very well known by singers of traditional songs. It’s a 17th century song. It’s a 19th century song. Actually, it’s both! The lyrics were certainly published, and probably written, by Robert Cox for his play Actaeon and Diana, published in 1656. The tune was first published in John Playford’s The English Dancing Master in 1651. There is no evidence that, in the 17th century, the lyrics were sung to this melody. That didn’t happen for two hundred years, when William Chappell put the two together for his Popular Music of the Olden Time, vol. 1 (1859). I have added chords to the melody. Whilst humming the tune to myself, I found myself moving into 6/8 time, and that inspired me to compose a galliard based on it, complete with ‘divisions’ (runs of semiquavers or 32nd notes) and counterpoint. The song melody and the galliard can be played separately or as parts of one piece, perhaps with the galliard played between two of the verses. I put the galliard in A minor, to provide a contrast with the D minor song melody, but play them in whatever key takes your fancy. I have also added below the lyrics, as most often sung today.Come ye young men, come alongWith your music, dance and songBring your lasses in your handsFor ’tis that which love commands  Then to the Maypole haste away  For ’tis now our holidayIt is the choice time of the yearFor the violets now appearNow the rose receives its birthAnd the pretty primrose decks the earthAnd when you well reckoned haveWhat kisses you your sweetheart gaveTake them all again, and moreIt will never make them poorWhen you thus have spent your timeAnd the day be past its primeTo your beds repair at nightAnd dream there of your day’s delight

Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1109715 Composed by Frederic Chopin. Arranged by Ben Pritchard. Classical,Jazz. Score and parts. 52 pages. Benjamin Pritchard #712065. Published by Benjamin Pritchard (A0.1109715). This arrangement is in memory of Eric Doney (piano) and Rick Chamberlain (trombone) who passed away with months of one another from cancers. The arrangement, therefore, features piano and trombone throughout. It begins with a potion of Eric Doney's songs called “A Winter’s Tale.� It should be played freely. The pianist should feel free to ad lib, add his/her own style, and expand from the basic lead sheet given. This introduction leads into Chopin’s Nocturne Opus 9 No. 2 featuring lead trombone with rhythm section. Rick CHamberlain was a great ballad player and had terrific range. This arrangement pays respect to Rick’s range and goes up to a high D! At measure 49 the band takes over, particularly the lead trumpet. The sax section takes over at measure 65 with an up tempo sax soli, which can be joined by lead trombone. That is followed by a rubato piano in Eric’s style feature, and then up tempo solo sections for both trombone and piano. The ballad feel come back at measure 131 until the end. The ending is an Eric Doney ending. He often used this ending in his version of “Amazing Grace.�.

Solo Guitar - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1413684 By Taylor Swift. By Taylor Swift and William Bowery. Arranged by JJ Gaydon. Country,Folk,Pop,Singer/Songwriter. Individual part. 7 pages. JJ Gaydon #995000. Published by JJ Gaydon (A0.1413684). This is an arrangement of Taylor Swiftâ??s and William Boweryâ??s â??bettyâ?? from the album Folklore, for solo fingerstyle guitar. It is best suited to players of an advanced-intermediate level and higher, though lower-intermediate players could make progress on it at slower tempos. The arrangement features syncopated melodic rhythms on top of straight basslines, as well as Travis-picking passages, meaning some familiarity with contemporary fingerpicking styles is beneficial. Recommended for performance on a steel-string or nylon-string acoustic guitar.As far as I am aware this is the first comprehensive fingerstyle arrangement of â??bettyâ?? to be published, with a melodic line and structure authentic to the original song. Only the tempo has been slowed slightly, making some of the more challenging manoeuvres easier to perform and allowing for a more flowing sound on the guitar. Parts of the melody are adapted from subtle electric guitar phrases heard towards the ends of sections in the original recording. Rehearsal marks are used for song sections, while lyrics have been omitted for the sake of readability.

Alto Voice,Vocal Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.784838 Composed by McCorkle, Dennis F. Broadway,Christian,Jewish,Musical/Show,Rock. 28 pages. DF McCorkle Music and eBook Publications #11767. Published by DF McCorkle Music and eBook Publications (A0.784838). CUT FROM SHOW: I Can See. The King, by Dennis McCorkle, is a contemporary pop-rock musical of the first two kings of Israel, Saul ben Kish and David ben Jesse and explores the contrasting lives and outcome of each man’s choices in life. [1 Samuel 28:7-18 - Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? And Saul sware to her by Yahweh, saying, As Yahweh liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing Yahweh is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? And Yahweh hath done to him, as he spake by me: for Yahweh hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbor, even to David: Because thou obeyedst not the voice of Yahweh, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath Yahweh done this thing unto thee this day. Also included with your order is our new 20 page catalog of over 150 titles at no additional charge.

Choral Choir (SAB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.915693 Composed by Richard Joseph Barber. 20th Century,Christian,Christmas,Contemporary,Sacred. Octavo. 13 pages. Barber Music Company #3868985. Published by Barber Music Company (A0.915693). Voicing: SAB w/ piano. Range: Sop., C4 to A5; Alt., C4 to E-flat 5; Baritone., C3 to E-flat 4. Duration: 2:40. Use: Christmas services. Great for choirs low on male voices. Performance: I wrote this piece as the finale to The Father Sent the Son, a cantata I wrote for one of my church choirs. The last theme in this piece is a reprise of the title music. I was thinking of the shepherds running to tell their neighbors what they had seen that wonderful night in Bethlehem. Avoid singing with a heavy tone. There should be buoyancy in the tone and in the diction. The tempo is fast a mm140, but it works if you pianist can handle it. I have done it at mm132 on more than occasion for a piano player's sake. It still worked okay, but if you can manage 140,do it. By the way, every choir that I have done this piece with has enjoyed it thoroughly. It is fun to sing and to hear. Please send your comments, and questions. I will be happy to hear from you! Dick Barber: aspiringtunerrjb@sbcglobal.net. 

Concert Band - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1408382 Composed by Landon Major. Contest,Festival,Instructional. 69 pages. LMajor #990964. Published by LMajor (A0.1408382). Overdrive is a piece Unique for its innovative melodies and contrasting Countermelodies. This piece is Grade 3, making it suitable for most Highschool Concrt/Symphonic Bands. This piece is also percusion heavy and very fast. Make sure to work on expressing more emotion at the slow part. Also work on dynamics, accents, and staccatos.

Marimba Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1405513 Composed by Landon Major. Classical,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Individual part. 2 pages. LMajor #988567. Published by LMajor (A0.1405513). A Marimba solo written for contests. It has a very lively sound, and is impressive without being too tought. This solo is a great option for high schoolers or even college students. Make sure to implement proper use of dynamics, tempo changes, and accents.

Concert Band - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1419097 Composed by Landon Major. Contest,Festival,Instructional. 34 pages. LMajor #1000527. Published by LMajor (A0.1419097). Determination is a piece for the grade 1 concert band. It has unique melodies, and a beautiful and vibrant sound. This piece has an optional 3 drum timpani part to really make things more exciting! make sure to work on dynamics for full effect. Also make sure the whole band is balanced throughout the whole song.

Saxophone Quartet,Woodwind Ensemble Alto Saxophone,Baritone Saxophone,Soprano Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.764713 Composed by Richard Rodgers. Arranged by James Pybus. Broadway,Contemporary,Film/TV,Musical/Show. 18 pages. James Pybus #6080701. Published by James Pybus (A0.764713). This well known March of the Siamese Children is from The King and I a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Its script is based on the book Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. The plot comes from the story written by Anna Leonowens, who became a school teacher to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. The musical opened on Broadway at the St. James Theatre on March 29, 1951, and starred Gertrude Lawrence as Anna, and a then mostly unknown Yul Brynner as the King. It ran for 1,246 performances and won Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Actress, Best Featured Actor, Best Scenic Design and Best Costume Design. The musical was filmed in 1956 with Brynner re-creating his role opposite Deborah Kerr; the film won 5 Academy Awards. This SATB Saxophone Quartet arrangement is suitable for a variety of occasions and concert programs. Duration is 2:38. Contact me at james.pybus56@gmail.com.

Euphonium,Trombone,Tuba - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1032881 By Linkin Park. By Brad Delson, Chester Bennington, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn, Mike Shinoda, and Rob Bourdon. Arranged by Ethan Jones. Rock. 12 pages. Ethan Jones #6141365. Published by Ethan Jones (A0.1032881). This arrangement is for low brass ensembles, it is medium difficulty but great fun to play.  It remains true to the original song with little creative freedom taken and each part has something interesting for the performer. Includes Score and 4 parts.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Digital Download SKU: A0.996033 By Linkin Park. By Brad Delson, Chester Bennington, Dave Farrell, Joseph Hahn, Mike Shinoda, and Robert Bourdon. Arranged by David C Latta. Metal,Rock. Octavo. 11 pages. D C Latta #4757777. Published by D C Latta (A0.996033). This uplifting text and music will trill both your choir and your audiences. It is ideal for high school and community choirs and especially for Show Choirs. As far as I know this is the only published arrangement of this song. My choir absolutely loved it. I am also available for commissions of custom arrangements at dclattamusic@gmail.com and you can follow me on twitter @dclattamusic. .