SKU: A0.788185

Live While We're Young by One Direction
Solo guitar arrangement by Antonius Agung Setiawan
Fingerstyle guitar arrangement, Easy To Play
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SKU: A0.787744

Live While We're Young by One Direction
Solo guitar arrangement by Antonius Agung Setiawan
Fingerstyle guitar arrangement, Easy To Play, Tablature include
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SKU: A0.881446

One Direction's popular song, Live While We're Young arranged for piano solo with guitar chords. Easy piano solo for early beginner, in the key of C major to avoid accidentals. .

SKU: A0.1095566

At the time this piece was conceived, the world had fallen into chaos. We were in the midst of a vast economic crisis leaving millions in poverty, racism had once again found its foothold in the foreground of US culture, climate change had decimated the west coast in flames while southern coastal cities were being bombarded with floods from storms. We have also been forced to see the ugliness of domestic terrorists establishing themselves in the hopes of hurting their fellow citizens. However, these issues pale in comparison to the utter devastation we have faced from COVID-19. As I write this note, we are just shy of nearly a quarter of a million people having senselessly died from COVID-19. The utter failure we’ve had in leadership and lack of empathy from our fellow citizens have caused countless families to now have empty seats at their table. There was no need for this. Hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children have died from means that could have been completely preventable. When I was asked to write this piece, I wanted to come up with a simple concept as an elegy to those lost to the virus. A simple question arose; What will we say? 50 years from now, how will we answer to those younger generations while we collectively sat by and did nothing to help each other? How are we going to excuse letting the rot that has sunk in go unpunished? How do we defend the indefensible? This question haunts me. The music you will hear channels my answer to that question. There is no true resolution. There is no happy ending. When we have finally moved on past this pandemic, we are still left in the wake of hundreds of thousands of dead citizens. One day it will hit us all how many lives we really lost. So I ask this; while you listen, reflect on every individual who suffered at the hands that did not act. Allow yourself to absorb the true gravity of what we have experienced. Give those victims a few minutes of your time. When the time comes for you to be asked, what will you say?

SKU: A0.978056

Keane's Somewhere Only We Know, in a version for Choir (SSAATB) and Piano.  Easy to learn, fun to sing - this arrangement gives everybody a shot at the melody, while delivering on warm harmonies and vocal canons.  The irresistible piano line at the heart of the original is preserved, too.  Great for ambitious amateur and college choirs looking for something crowd-pleasing, and nuanced choral writing.

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SKU: A0.1068994

Ice Cream or I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream is a popular song, first published in 1927, with words and music by Howard Johnson, Billy Moll, and Robert A. King.[1] After initial success as a late 1920s novelty song, the tune became a traditional jazz standard, while the lyrics refrain I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream has remained a part of popular culture even without the rest of the song.(Wikipedia).

SKU: A0.1391537

We Are Eternal is a heartfelt solo piano composition that tenderly explores the enduring nature of love and memory. Through its emotive melody, the song gently reminds listeners that while loved ones may have departed from this earth, their presence lives on in our hearts and memories. It serves as a poignant tribute to those who have passed away, inviting listeners to reflect on the lasting impact they have had on our lives. With its comforting tones and introspective mood, We Are Eternal offers solace and reassurance, reminding us that the bonds of love transcend the boundaries of time and space.

SKU: A0.1369592

This arrangement starts quietly and the piano accompaniment has a tender line that weaves into the verse breaks.   Verse one and verse two do not do the chorus.  We wait for it- and then FINALLY when we get to the third verse we get to play the 'He Lives!' chorus.  And the flute simply states that up high on beautiful third register G while the piano finishes the phrase.  It's a touching way to testify.

The flute part dips down to low e, but to really play this well you need to be able to play a gorgeous high g.  That's the note on which you spin a beautiful vibrato.

You'll need a really good pianist.

Please listen to the recording.
I hope you feel and enjoy what this music can teach you in your soul.

SKU: A0.981920

In memory of all lives lost in the 2020 Australian Bushfire.
This short piece was written in attempt to raise fund for the disaster relief. 

While the whole country was on fire, million of wild lives were lost, even the sky weeped. As the rain finally fell, we mourn and grief for lost lives and ruined landscape.

The emotional melody can be played with rubato. Perfect for intermediate students. .

SKU: A0.926665

In the first chapter of Paul’s second letter to Timothy, verses 1-10, we observe the intimate relationship that exists, between a spiritual father and his son… I remember you constantly in my prayers night and day. As I remember your tears, I long to see you, that I may be filled with joy. In Chapter two we also witness Paul’s commissioning Timothy to entrust to faithful men all that he was taught by the Apostle, that they then may be able to teach others in the same way also. While the elder Paul is now in prison and bound in chains, he is nonetheless empowered by the Holy Spirit to encourage and exhort Timothy to share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ, for the sake of the Gospel. Though Paul is bound in chains, he declares to Timothy the word of God is not bound! Endurance for Paul serves only one purpose, the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

In verse 11, Paul supports his statements by inserting another known 1st century Hymn to Christ, which brings us to our fifth anthem, For If We Died with Him. The text-or lyrics-of this hymn are even bracketed (or indented) in the NKJV Bible, suggesting the hymnic setting.  

The proposition of the text is quite clear; if we died with Christ, then we shall also live eternally with Christ. If we endure in the faith, then we shall also reign eternally with Christ. However, there is an insertion of 'Law' here, with a dire warning that the opposite is also true: If we deny Christ, resist, and refuse His beckoning and free invitation to salvation, then He will also deny us. Not everyone who says to me ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven… I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’ (Matthew 7:31-23).

Thus, the stage has been set for the fifth anthem. The piece is composed for SATB a cappella. The key is F Major. The opening phrase, This is a trustworthy saying, is in ¾ time, where a series of triplets are sung three times each (the Trinitarian opening motif). The meter then shifts to 2/4 with a lovely, distinctive unison melody for the opening phrase, For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him. Soon after, when the lyrics shift to the words, If we deny Him, He will also deny us, the song drops into the relative minor key (F minor). The melody in this passage is haunting, and sends a clear warning signal to the listener to pay heed to what is being sung. When the text then transitions from if we are faithless, He remains faithful, however, the key shifts back to F Major in a new (dance-like) rhythm for the final verse, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

A coda is inserted in the final phrase where the triplet pattern is recapitulated (This is a trustworthy saying) and the sopranos ascend to a high F singing the lyrics, we shall live, for He remains faithful! to triumphantly end the piece.  

SKU: A0.924543

This mellow, easier version of Somewhere Only We Know provides a smoother version of this song that delivers the same beauty as the original melody, with very playable accompaniment. Melody is shared among the Violins and Viola, providing variety in the overall sound, while engaging the quartet members. Parts and score included for this String Quartet arrangement.