Oboe & piano - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CMW192

Composed by Marvin Carlton. Score and Parts. 9 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CMW192. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CMW192).

9 x 12 in inches.

As a student in college, I was asked to write music for a solo dancer and a solo oboe. While the dancer performed on the stage, the oboist walked around the auditorium playing the music.

Years later, I discovered my manuscript for this dance piece and decided to rework two of its themes for oboe and piano. The result was Two Pieces. The premiere of Two Pieces occurred on my mother's 90th birthday with my sister, Gwendolyn Carlton, playing the oboe, and Bret Gibbs playing the piano.

Piece One is dedicated to my sister, while Piece Two is dedicated to two very dear friends Sally Sparks and Kathy Callas. Both pieces are very lyrical and should be played with leisure.

Composed by Marvin Carlton. Score and parts. 32 pages. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.IMS155). - score and parts - - Imagine Music - Digital

By Marvin Carlton. For oboe, clarinet, bassoon. Level 5. Score and parts. Published by Imagine Music - Digital

Concert band - Grade 3 - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CBW197-S

Composed by Marvin Carlton. Score. 22 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW197-S. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW197-S).

9 x 12 in inches.

In November 2013, I participated in the Atlanta Opera 24 Hour Opera Project where I met several outstanding composers. Among these composers was a young conductor/composer, named Gustav Westing III. The two of us found much in common with each other, including the fact that we were fraternity brothers. We continued to communicate with each other after the opera project, and became great friends, as well as sharing our music with each other for review and suggestions.

Gustav told me one time that he was the Assistant Conductor of the AMERICAN PATRIOT WINDS in suburban Atlanta, and in the fall of 2015 called me with a commission to compose a piece for their spring 2016 concert. The result of this commission was A Festive Overture. The piece was composed to celebrate the joy of making music within a community.

A Festive Overture was premiered on March 10, 2016 by the American Patriot Winds in Woodstock, Georgia.

Concert band - Grade 3 - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CBW197

Composed by Marvin Carlton. Score and Parts. 77 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW197. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW197).

9 x 12 in inches.

In November 2013, I participated in the Atlanta Opera 24 Hour Opera Project where I met several outstanding composers. Among these composers was a young conductor/composer, named Gustav Westing III. The two of us found much in common with each other, including the fact that we were fraternity brothers. We continued to communicate with each other after the opera project, and became great friends, as well as sharing our music with each other for review and suggestions.

Gustav told me one time that he was the Assistant Conductor of the AMERICAN PATRIOT WINDS in suburban Atlanta, and in the fall of 2015 called me with a commission to compose a piece for their spring 2016 concert. The result of this commission was A Festive Overture. The piece was composed to celebrate the joy of making music within a community.

A Festive Overture was premiered on March 10, 2016 by the American Patriot Winds in Woodstock, Georgia.

By Marvin Carlton. For oboe, english horn, bassoon. Level 5. Score and parts. Published by Imagine Music - Digital

Woodwind quintet - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CMS167

Composed by Marvin Carlton. Score and Parts. 67 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CMS167. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CMS167).

9 x 12 in inches.

One definition of Trifle is a work of light or trivial character, a bagatelle. Three Trifles for Woodwind Quintet are three bagatelles that are meant to be fun for the listener as well as the players.
The first movement is a Tango. It should be played seductively and expressively throughout.
The second movement is a Pastorale. It is quiet in nature and features instruments in different combinations in duet and trio form until the final tutti ending.
The third movement is a Badinage. Badinage means playful or humorous. As a student in college, I was a
member of a woodwind quintet called Badinage. This group was certainly playful, and each of us had our own sense of humor...it was one of the best quintet experiences I've ever had. This movement is in several sections that reflect playfulness, humor and reflection.
Three Trifles for Woodwind Quintet was premiered by the Heart of Illinois Woodwind Quintet in February 2012.
I hope players and listeners enjoy these trifles.

Flute, bassoon & piano - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.CMS185

Composed by Marvin Carlton. Score and Parts. 47 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CMS185. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CMS185).

9 x 12 in inches.

From 1995 until 2015, I would attend a week long workshop at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, for music educators from all over the world. During that time I became friends with an outstanding flutist and pianist, Steve Thompson, who said that he had a trio of flute, bassoon, and piano that would like a new work to perform. The following summer, I handed Steve the score and parts.

Trio for Flute Bassoon and Piano received it's premiere performance in October, 2014, as part of the Fall Gallery Concert of the Centralia (IL) Cultural Society with Ruth Chaput, Flute; Janet Rose, Bassoon; and Barb Roberts, Piano.

The first movement is a fantasia written in the style of a bel canto aria. The second movement is a fiery scherzo, and the final movement is a simple relaxed song for the three instruments.