Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998878 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #6383281. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998878). The Fragment series of short piano pieces was conceived for pianists of almost any standard. As suggested in the title, each piece is based on a single compositional fragment or sketch that had otherwise remained incomplete and dormant. Fragment IV is a modern-day two-part invention. The piece explores various permutations of the opening four bar subject, passed between the hands throughout. Meanwhile, a second part is created by using the initial idea in canon, or by introducing a secondary scalic subject. The work is in a ternary structure, with the opening section returning in a shortened form, and with parts swapped over, as the final part. Meanwhile, the middle section explores the initial subject in augmentation, with a varied secondary part. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for almost all standards of pianist, including students and more advanced players. Other works from the Fragment cycle are also available via Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 2 minutes 30 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Bassoon,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1401689 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score and part. 10 pages. Robert A. Howard #984859. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1401689). 'Invocation and Dance' begins with an introductory summons call from the bassoon (with piano chords), outlining the irregular metre feature of the whole work. Then follows the main dance section, in ternary form. Its main A section material centres around C (which returns with variation towards the end), and consists of a jaunty 7/8 bassoon theme, accompanied by unsettled piano harmonies. The contrasting central B section, in the dominant key, continues to explore irregular metre with 'hiccups' in the rhythm, as piano 'oom cha' chords support a bassoon melody based mainly on fourths. The opening invocation call recurs in slight variation at the end to bring the work full circle. Note: the score provided also serves as the piano part.Duration: 5 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Medium-High Voice,Vocal Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1398881 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,A Cappella,Advent,Christmas,Classical. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #982155. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1398881). This work is an unaccompanied solo voice setting of the famous poem by Christina Rossetti. It features a 3-verse structure (mirroring the text), with coda. The piece attempts to depict the increasing sense of abundant love, referred to in the text. The main melodic material is deliberately simple and rather folk/chant-like. The work is highly accessible, and is designed for performance by good solo singers, able to effectively sustain such unaccompanied singing. Versions for SATB choir, and for SA choir (both unaccompanied), are also available via Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 3 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1401789 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Praise & Worship. Score. 5 pages. Robert A. Howard #984974. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1401789). This work is a solo piano version of the original three-part choral anthem with accompaniment, that set a text by Revd Canon Dr Gordon Giles, and was composed for the 2022 RSCM Harold Smart Anthem Competition. This piano version plays with alternating A minor and A major tonalities, with three verses exploring forms of textural variation. The imitative recurring chorus is also varied on each return. The coda gradually builds in dynamics, texture and pitch, leading to the final A minor climax. This work is also available in versions for three-part choir, for SA choir, and for solo/unison voices, all with accompaniment, from SMP.Duration: 3 minutes 30 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1408403 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,New Age. 2 pages. Robert A. Howard #990982. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1408403). Critical Mass is a sculptural installation by Antony Gormley (1995), which as been displayed at Tate St. Ives, Cornwall. It consists of multiple iron casts of the artist's body, in various poses. These are randomly distributed around the gallery space. This flexibly scored piece is a musical reflection of this artwork, in 6 sections (labelled A-F), for any mixed ensemble, with an untuned percussion part (F). Rhythms and pitch material remain similar throughout. However, following an initial solo statement (A), the texture is continually varied within the context of multiple free canons (B-E). The piece concludes with a conventionally notated and conducted unison section (in octaves), as the work comes full circle (F). Note: this document is the full score (with transpositions indicated). No audio track is provided here due to the considerable flexibility and variability of performances. The original score is available via a search of the COMA Music Library.Duration: Variable.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1089750 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Instructional. Score. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #693957. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1089750). This is the sixth in a set of seven pieces that each elaborate upon ideas previously left dormant in sketch form. This particular piece is a simple cycle of ascending repetitions of a 10-bar added-note chord sequence, with octave bass line, that rise by a perfect fifth each time. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for most standards of pianist, including students and more advanced players. Other works from the Sketch cycle, as well as the complete set, are also available via Sheet Music Plus. Duration: 3 minutes 30 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1089741 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contemporary,Instructional. Score. 2 pages. Robert A. Howard #693948. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1089741). This is the first in a set of seven pieces that each elaborate upon ideas previously left dormant in sketch form. This particular piece has a slow introductory feel, with a rising added-note chord sequence alongside a descending bass line, in crescendo. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for most standards of pianist, including students and more advanced players. Other works from the Sketch cycle, as well as the complete set, are also available via Sheet Music Plus. Duration: 1 minute 15 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Cello Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998867 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Contemporary,Standards. Individual part. 5 pages. Robert A. Howard #6348459. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998867). Monody is a fast tempo study for solo cello which explores the development of a single line (there is no double stopping). The work centres around E minor, and states the main motif at the outset (E, G, F#). This is then extended and transformed throughout the course of the piece. An initial introductory motivic passage is followed by a scalic section that features another core concept of the work; that of the octatonic scale (alternating semitones and tones, or vice versa). Then comes the main extended scherzo-like section, itself in a ternary structure, that exploits permutations of the opening motif and the octatonic scale, across the entire range of the cello. The work builds towards a climax, including in extreme high pitch and loud dynamics. After a silence, there follows a very quiet and mysterious muted coda, which briefly recounts the main motivic ideas of the piece, before ending on the only pizzicato note of the work. The piece is accessible and is appropriate for high standard cellists, including advanced and professional players.Duration: 4 minutes 20 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk.

Digital Download SKU: A0.1471488 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Classical,Contemporary,Halloween,Thriller. 30 pages. Robert A. Howard #1049261. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1471488). This work aims to depict a common theme of certain pieces by some classical composers: that of deathly or devilish dances, and the like. This piece is an extended single movement structure for a mixed chamber ensemble that is an octet of oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, piano, viola, cello, and double bass. The form is divided into a series of contrasting dances (labelled as Dance, Folk Lament, Jig, Meditation, and Funeral March), all of which are interspersed with differing statements of an ostinato-based 'chorale' idea on the piano. The whole work is framed by an 'intrada', which builds the germinal motif on which the whole piece is based, characterised by semitones and fourths. Indeed, the 'devil's interval' of the augmented fourth has a particular function and significance. The piece actually ends with an 'epilogue', which features mysterious and ghostly reminiscences of the previous main sections. The title of this work also refers to the episode 'Dance of the Dead' from the 1960s cult TV series 'The Prisoner'. In part, the piece attempts to capture the mystery and atmosphere of the series, and of that specific episode. Indeed, the music's series of related but contrasting sections act almost as an original sequence of dramatic TV incidental music cues. The work is accessible to both performers and audience alike. The attached document is the full score only, with audio provided.Duration: 11 minutes 40 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1471108 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Chamber,Christian,Contemporary,Sacred. Score. 8 pages. Robert A. Howard #1048747. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1471108). 'May You Always Be Joyful' sets a biblical text from the New Testament (Philippians 4:4-9, in the New International Version). This setting is presented here in a version for solo mezzo-soprano voice and piano. The piece aims to give appropriate musicial expression to the text. Several key ideas, motifs and chords recur, and are juxtaposed in a mosaic-like manner. The piece focuses on harmonies with added augmented fourths, reminiscent of Messiaen, in an attempt to express joy or even ecstasy. The influence of Berio (Folksongs) can be seen in the doubling, colouring, and sustaining of the vocal line by the piano, creating an 'accidental' form of harmony, as well as supporting the singer. The piece is appropriate for most standards of singer and pianist. The original version of this work, for solo mezzo soprano, wind quintet and piano, is also available from Sheet Music Plus.Duration: 5 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Organ - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998851 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 20th Century,Contemporary,Standards. Score. 9 pages. Robert A. Howard #6205889. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998851). This extended organ piece uses a remarkably small amount of material; just two chords, triads of C and F sharp, with an added augmented fourth in each. Over these chords, a melody gradually unfolds and is developed and decorated (also appearing in canon at one point in the pedals!). This musical material originates from the same composer's early original setting of the carol Away in a Manger (also available via Sheet Music Plus), which uses the aforementioned harmonies to depict the rocking motion of Christ's crib. Therefore, this organ work is a 'meditation' on this, almost in the manner of a chorale prelude. The piece is highly accessible and is appropriate for higher standard organists, including advanced students and professional players.Duration: 5 minutes 40 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk.

Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1407270 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Holiday. 3 pages. Robert A. Howard #989943. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1407270). Carousel is flexibly scored in up to seven instrumental parts. The piece attempts to evoke the motion and momentum of a fairground merry-go-round. This work is texturally cumulative as each of the 7 parts is added in turn, in crescendo, until the whole ensemble is playing and repeating, in a series of contrasting, but related musical figures. The simplicity of the piece's concept belies the increasing complexity of the music. Note: this document is the score (includes transpositions). The set is also available by searching via the COMA Music Library. No audio track is provided due to the flexibility and variability of the work.Duration: Variable.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.998731 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Classical,Contest,Festival,Instructional,Jazz. Score. 2 pages. Robert A. Howard #5318249. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.998731). This stark, ternary form piece develops a small amount of material in order to depict the title. Slow and bare outer sections contrast with the faster, jazz-like ascending middle section. The piece is fairly accessible and appropriate for most standards of pianist, including students and more advanced players.Duration: 2 minutes 15 seconds.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1405932 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Film/TV. 4 pages. Robert A. Howard #988973. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1405932). This work is flexibly scored in four instrumental parts. It evokes an imaginary film scene that gradually builds in tension, from a single, simple melody. Parts are gradually added as the texture thickens, pitch rises, and dynamics increase. The opening theme recurs in variation, including by adding harmonies created through symmetry. The piece reaches a climactic conclusion at the very end. Note: this document is the full score only. A full set of parts (with the score) is available by searching via the COMA Music Library.Duration: 3 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society, UK).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk

Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1408881 Composed by Robert A. Howard. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Instructional. 15 pages. Robert A. Howard #991482. Published by Robert A. Howard (A0.1408881). Promenade III takes its title from the Promenade group of five large sculptures by Anthony Caro (1996). This set of steel constructions is on permanent display in Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Musical material and form is derived from the contours and structures of the sculptures. Some sections of the piece are conventionally notated (and conducted), while other sections feature repetitive free improvisation on given material. Promenade III is flexibly scored in 15 instrumental parts. Suggestions for instrumentation are indicated. Note: this document is the full score only. The full set of parts (including transpositions), with score, is available via a search of the COMA Music Library.Duration: 6 minutes.Registered with PRS (Performing Rights Society).Composer's website: www.roberthowardmusic.co.uk