Brass Ensemble - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808676 Composed by Scott Joplin (1868–1917). Arranged by F. Leslie Smith. 20th Century,Film/TV,Folk,Holiday,Love,Ragtime. Score and parts. 20 pages. Sweetwater Brass Press #3213035. Published by Sweetwater Brass Press (A0.808676).     Marvin Hamlisch’s score for the 1973 movie The Sting revived interest in ragtime music. Ragtime, of course, is music, often in march-time, that features syncopation, a ragged beat. It originated in African-American districts of large cities and first flourished during the period, 1895-1918. One of the most successful ragtime composers was Scott Joplin, known as the King of Ragtime. Hamlisch used several Joplin compositions as background music for the George Roy Hill-directed film, and one of those was this beautiful and contemplative 1909 composition, Solace: A Mexican Serenade.     In All Music Guide to Classical Music: The Definitive Guide to Classical Music (Woodstra et al., ed., CMP Books: 2005), Blair Johnston called Solace a musical hybrid neither authentically Mexican nor authentic ragtime. It is, instead, a habanera, but also a very lovely piece of Americana.    This brass quintet arrangement of Solace was adapted from the Joplin piano score. Like the score, this arrangement is in 2/4 time and contains a lot of 16th notes. Joplin’s tempo instruction, however, is Very slow march time, and the metronome marking suggests 96 eighth notes a minute, so in reality the actual tempo is an andante 4/8. Trumpet 1 has some B-above-the-staff notes in the last section, Trumpet 2 has a few interesting rhythmic figures in section B; Trombone has 3 or 4 F-above-the-staff notes, and Tuba plays a couple of top-of-the-staff A’s in section D and at the very end. Plus, of course, the piece is syncopated.    Completed in 2017, this arrangement runs about 6 minutes, 10 seconds. Contact the arranger, Les Smith, at lessmith@ufl.edu; he would be delighted to hear from you. For more arrangements by Les, enter Sweetwater Brass Press (without the quotation marks) in the SheetMusicPlus search box.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1291595 Composed by Dominic McGonigal. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary. 4 pages. C8 Music #882220. Published by C8 Music (A0.1291595). Set Me As A Seal is perhaps the most famous text for weddings. This setting celebrates a Golden Wedding, quite an achievement and a time for celebration. It marks the occasion with a moment of reflection and wonder, capturing the beauty of timely union. The lush harmonies underpin beautiful flowing melodies in each voice, all parts marking the occasion together. It can easily be rehearsed by a professional quartet in about ten minutes, making it an ideal choice for weddings, general liturgical use or concert performance. The organ part is optional.Scored for SATB Choir, optional Organ2'. More at www.dominicmcgonigal.com.

Piano - Moderately easy - Digital Download SKU: LX.70-2465L Sacred Solos for the Beginning Pianist. Arranged by Mark Hayes. Sacred. Church Piano. 36 pages. Lorenz Publishing - Digital Sheet Music #e70/2465L. Published by Lorenz Publishing - Digital Sheet Music (LX.70-2465L). Here are ten time-honored hymns, chosen and arranged by Mark Hayes in a creative yet simple style. There are no octave stretches in either hand. When the right hand is doing something challenging, the left hand is just supporting the right hand. The key signatures are friendly and the time signatures are easy to figure out. Mark’s creativity and trademark sense of harmony are on full display in this volume, perfect for adults who wish to return to piano and for younger keyboardists just starting their musical journeys.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.808413 By Colbie Caillat. By Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. Arranged by Mark W. Huxhold. Jazz. Score and parts. 9 pages. Mark Wayne Music, LLC #3682673. Published by Mark Wayne Music, LLC (A0.808413). 2018 Holiday Contest EntryThis timeless Christmas classic is beautifully arranged for string quartet. Accessible to intermediate students, this is an excellent choice for your holiday programs. Editing has been provided for bowing and fingerings that reflect the curricular benchmarks listed below.Curricular benchmarks:Key- C majorViolin1st positionFingering - L1, L2, H3, L4Viola1st positionFingering - L1, L2, H3Cello2nd position extended (1 measure of melody) Fingering (1st pos.) - L1, ext 4 (isolated)

Instrumental Duet Harpsichord,Instrumental Duet,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.804705 Composed by CELTIC SONG. Arranged by Juliano Music. Celtic,Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 4 pages. Juliano Alessandro Molteni #6248187. Published by Juliano Alessandro Molteni (A0.804705). MY EASY ARRANGEMENT OF THE CELTIC SONG FEAR A'BHATA .ARRANGED FOR KEYBOARD.I HAVE DELIBERATELY LEFT THE SCORE CLEAN, WITH NO DYNAMIC MARKS.---COPYRIGHTED AND SIGNED BY ORIGINAL TEMPORAL CONTENT MARKING--

Instrumental Duet Harpsichord,Instrumental Duet,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.804699 Composed by CELTIC SONG. Arranged by Juliano Music. Celtic,Instructional,Standards. Score and parts. 3 pages. Juliano Alessandro Molteni #6248131. Published by Juliano Alessandro Molteni (A0.804699). MY EASY ARRANGEMENT OF THE CELTIC SONG A WOMAN TO HER HUSBAND KILLED AT CULLODEN .ARRANGED FOR KEYBOARD.I HAVE DELIBERATELY LEFT THE SCORE CLEAN, WITH NO DYNAMIC MARKS.---COPYRIGHTED AND SIGNED BY ORIGINAL TEMPORAL CONTENT MARKING--

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.844774 Composed by Phil Beaman. Classical,Instructional. Score. 2 pages. Phil Beaman #5361097. Published by Phil Beaman (A0.844774). This playful etude will develop and show off your Left Hand technique. Its unaccompanied melody is mostly scales and scalar patterns with a few broken triads. I have added many markings such as articulation, phrasing, and dynamics to provide a true test of your basic skills. (I have also marked suggested fingering to assist you.)  An easy etude that provides a classroom or lesson challenge, yet has enough beauty and flourish that it can be used for performances.  

C Instrument - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1282189 Composed by Alexandre Muzzillo Lopes, Caetano Emanuel Viana Telles Veloso, Joao Donato De Oliveira Neto, and Marcelo Maldonado Peixoto. Arranged by Rob Ames. Jazz. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 3 pages. Rob Ames #873495. Published by Rob Ames (A0.1282189). Color-coded Lead Sheets for Jazz Combo. Separate lead sheets for Concert instruments and Bb instruments included with purchase. Color allows quick understanding of the sections and form of the tune, the rhythmic hits, and the counter-melodies. Special care has been taken to clearly indicate intros, sections, solos, and codas/outros. These form-based markings are in GREEN.  Special care has also been taken to notate the rhythmic hits. Hits are often partially or completely missing from standard fake book versions of the tune. Hits are notated above the staff, in RED. Finally, any counter-melodies or harmonies appear in reduced size, in BLUE.Melodies often written in straight rhythm in standard fake books have been rewritten in a swing style, or “As Played By� some of the all-time jazz greats. Some of the tunes have been transposed from their standard fake book keys to an easier, better-sounding key for Bb saxophone.Slurs have been added to all the Bb parts for smooth and consistent jazz articulation on the Bb saxophone. A duplicate Bb part, without the slurs, is also included (marked with an asterisk for Bb* Instruments), for Bb players who would prefer to customize their own articulation.All tunes have been vetted for playability and accuracy.The arranger, Rob Ames, is a soprano saxophone player from New Hampshire and the Boston, MA area. His album of original tunes, “Sounds From the Boardwalk�, is widely available.

Recorder - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.835745 Composed by Paul Burnell. Contemporary,Folk. Recorder Ensemble. 9 pages. Paul Burnell #550881. Published by Paul Burnell (A0.835745). For recorder quartet Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass. Composed 2012 with minor revisions in 2013 and 2015.  Duration 1:20 approx. (1:50 if the D.S. instruction is observed).Notes marked flz. may be played flutter-tongue with an overblown effect, and/or with a vocalisation effect ad lib. The D.S. al Fine instruction is optional. If observed, go back to the sign at rehearsal letter C and continue at Presto tempo. Do not play the 1st time at bar 27, ignore the rit., Andante and accel. markings and continue instead at the same Presto tempo, observing the instruction to play three times at bar 31, and finish the end of bar 36. Programme note: LeoÅ¡ JanáÄ�ek composed the 15 Moravian Folksongs for solo piano around 1922. This is a 'spotted' version of number 11 for recorder quartet where both the melody and accompaniment have been altered to form the basis of a new composition.

C Instrument - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1281308 By Dave Brubeck. By Dave Brubeck. Arranged by Rob Ames. Jazz. Lead Sheet / Fake Book. 6 pages. Rob Ames #872653. Published by Rob Ames (A0.1281308). Color-coded Lead Sheets for Jazz Combo. Separate lead sheets for Concert instruments and Bb instruments included with purchase. Color allows quick understanding of the sections and form of the tune, the rhythmic hits, and the counter-melodies. Special care has been taken to clearly indicate intros, sections, solos, and codas/outros. These form-based markings are in GREEN.  Special care has also been taken to notate the rhythmic hits. Hits are often partially or completely missing from standard fake book versions of the tune. Hits are notated above the staff, in RED. Finally, any counter-melodies or harmonies appear in reduced size, in BLUE.Melodies often written in straight rhythm in standard fake books have been rewritten in a swing style, or “As Played By� some of the all-time jazz greats. Some of the tunes have been transposed from their standard fake book keys to an easier, better-sounding key for Bb saxophone.Slurs have been added to all the Bb parts for smooth and consistent jazz articulation on the Bb saxophone. A duplicate Bb part, without the slurs, is also included (marked with an asterisk for Bb* Instruments), for Bb players who would prefer to customize their own articulation.All tunes have been vetted for playability and accuracy.The arranger, Rob Ames, is a soprano saxophone player from New Hampshire and the Boston, MA area. His album of original tunes, “Sounds From the Boardwalk�, is widely available.

Folk Harp,Instrumental Duet,Lever Harp - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.803896 Composed by Johann Strauss Jr. Arranged by Serena O’Meara. Classical,Multicultural,Opera,Romantic Period,Standards,World. 54 pages. O'Meara Music #5361583. Published by O'Meara Music (A0.803896). Johann Strauss, Jr. used themes from his operetta, Indigo and the Forty Thieves, to create this wonderful orchestra piece. The mysterious Arabian introduction is followed by three Waltzes. Waltz II is the most famous melody. The pedal and lever harp duet versions are not the same, although they can perform in an ensemble together. They differ in the pedal/lever markings, harmony notes and which harp is playing the melody note. The dynamics and Waltz sections are clearly marked. The score includes a page of performance information. The Harp Ensemble would perform for 2 hours each evening as guests arrived at the UW-Eau Claire’s annual Viennese Ball in the student center (1998-2016). The invitation was extended because Eduard Strauss, the youngest Strauss, was a harpist. He conducted his own orchestra from his harp and toured the United States.

Instrumental Duet Harp,Instrumental Duet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.803893 Composed by Johann Strauss Jr. Arranged by Serena O’Meara. Classical,Multicultural,Opera,Romantic Period,Standards,World. Score and parts. 54 pages. O'Meara Music #5361563. Published by O'Meara Music (A0.803893). Johann Strauss, Jr. used themes from his operetta, Indigo and the Forty Thieves,to create this wonderful orchestra piece. The mysterious Arabian introduction is followed by three Waltzes. Waltz II is the most famous melody. The pedal and lever harp duet versions are not the same. They differ in the pedal/lever markings, harmony notes and which harp is playing the melody note. The dynamics and Waltz sections are clearly marked. The score includes a page of performance information. The Harp Ensemble would perform for 2 hours each evening as guests arrived at the UW-Eau Claire’s annual Viennese Ball in the student center (1998-2016). The invitation was extended because Eduard Strauss, the youngest Strauss, was a harpist. He conducted his own orchestra from his harp and toured the United States.

Instrumental Duet Harp,Instrumental Duet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.803895 Composed by Johann Strauss Jr. Arranged by Serena O’Meara. Classical,Multicultural,Opera,Romantic Period,Standards,World. Score and parts. 15 pages. O'Meara Music #5361573. Published by O'Meara Music (A0.803895). Johann Strauss, Jr. used themes from his operetta, Indigo and the Forty Thieves, to create this wonderful orchestra piece. The mysterious Arabian introduction is followed by three Waltzes. Waltz II is the most famous melody. The pedal and lever harp duet versions are not the same although they can play in an ensemble together. They differ in the pedal/lever markings, harmony notes and which harp is playing the melody note. The dynamics and Waltz sections are clearly marked. Johann’s youngest brother, Eduard, was a harpist. He conducted his own orchestra from his harp.

Folk Harp,Instrumental Duet,Lever Harp - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.803899 Composed by Johann Strauss Jr. Arranged by Serena O’Meara. Classical,Multicultural,Opera,Romantic Period,Standards,World. 15 pages. O'Meara Music #5361595. Published by O'Meara Music (A0.803899). Johann Strauss, Jr. used themes from his operetta, Indigo and the Forty Thieves, to create this wonderful orchestra piece. The mysterious Arabian introduction is followed by three Waltzes. Waltz II is the most famous melody. The pedal and lever harp duet versions are not the same although they can perform in an ensemble together. They differ in the pedal/lever markings, harmony notes and which harp is playing the melody note. The dynamics and Waltz sections are clearly marked.  Johann’s youngest brother, Eduard, was a harpist. He conducted his own orchestra from his harp.

Instrumental Duet Harp,Instrumental Duet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.803897 Composed by Johann Strauss Jr. Arranged by Serena O’Meara. Classical,Multicultural,Opera,Romantic Period,Standards,World. Score and parts. 15 pages. O'Meara Music #5361579. Published by O'Meara Music (A0.803897). Johann Strauss, Jr. used themes from his operetta, Indigo and the Forty Thieves, to create this wonderful orchestra piece. The mysterious Arabian introduction is followed by three Waltzes. Waltz II is the most famous melody. The pedal and lever harp duet versions are not the same although they can perform in an ensemble together. They differ in the pedal/lever markings, harmony notes and which harp is playing the melody note. The dynamics and Waltz sections are clearly marked.  Johann’s youngest brother, Eduard, was a harpist. He conducted his own orchestra from his harp.