Full Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.861963 Composed by Mark O'Connor. 20th Century,Contemporary,Folk. Score and parts. 163 pages. Mark O'Connor Musik International #6209407. Published by Mark O'Connor Musik International (A0.861963). Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia Waltz (string parts – symphony orchestra) MO164U-ZString Parts (score and parts available)Music by Mark O’Connor163 pages – 33:00 minutes in length Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia WaltzFor Large Symphony Orchestra3333/4331/timp/perc/pno/harp+stringsComposed and orchestrated by Mark O’Connor 1st Movement: Brass Fanfare: Wide Open Spaces2nd Movement: New World Fanciful Dance3rd Movement: Different Paths Towards Home4th Movement: Open Plains Hoedown5th Movement: Soaring Eagle, Setting Sun6th Movement: Theme: Splendid HorizonsNote: Any movement or combination of the movements can be singled out or re-organized for performance. Most any order of movements is acceptable. Suggestions for consideration included I., II., III., and IV., all recommended as stand alone pieces. Most an order of movements is acceptable. The composition was designed for maximum flexibility. Three or four movements combine to make a shorter variation Symphony. What is American Classical music? This CD contains Mark O'Connor's latest orchestral works: Americana Symphony Variations on Appalachia Waltz(2006) and Concerto No. 6 Old Brass (2003). Sony Classical//BMG label director Gilbert Hetherwick explains; Dvorak and Copland painted symphonic landscapes using melodies inspired by the Americana tradition, and Mark O'Connor actually comes from that tradition itself. He's lived it every day of his life. And you hear it in every note of his Americana Symphony. For the majority of his solo career, O'Connor has dedicated himself to composing for orchestra: he has written six full-length concertos, several orchestral suites and string orchestra compositions, and most recently his first Symphony.David Wallace, Juilliard School faculty member and Senior Teaching Artist with the New York Philharmonic, comments on the overall characteristics of O'Connor's music: The Americana Symphony combines historical narrative with classical and folk variation principles. The Symphony contains instrumental virtuosity, rhythmic drive, poignant lyricism, and probing counterpoint. With the Americana Symphony, Mark O'Connor provides his answer to a question that has intrigued U. S. composers since the debut of Dvorak's New World Symphony in 1892: How do you write the great American Symphony?William Intrilligator, artistic director of the Dubuque Symphony, conducted one of the first performances of the Americana Symphony: Very few pieces of new music have the same emotional and visceral effect as this Symphony, he writes. It has such power and beauty, and these traits are expressed in original ways that are pure O'Connor and truly American. Marin Alsop, artistic director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and this recording's conductor of the Americana Symphony, calls the Symphony simply A hit! Original music printed from the composer’s manuscripts.Music editing, copying and engraving by Mark O’Connorusing Finale on Apple Macintosh 2006 - 2007 Composed by Mark O’ConnorCommissioned by: Cabrillo Music Festival and Marin Alsop, Colorado Symphony, Dubuque Symphony, Fargo Moorhead Symphony, Fox Valley Symphony, Garrett Lakes Arts Festival, Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium, Imperial Symphony, Reading Symphony, Richmond Symphony, Rockford Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Symphony Silicon Valley, Youngstown Youth Symphony. Can be heard on Americana Symphony! OMAC RecordsBaltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop

Handbell - Digital Download SKU: A0.862096 Arranged by Lauran Delancy. Christian,Christmas,Sacred. Score. 3 pages. Headless Mallets #6099481. Published by Headless Mallets (A0.862096). When Morning Dawns is an 8-Bell Handbell arrangement of the hymn tune CONSOLATION (sometimes alternately referenced as MORNING SONG) utilizing bells F#5-G6 by Lauran Delancy. It may be rung with two people in 4-in-Hand or four people in a small ensemble with 2 bells each. This arrangement builds in the anticipation of Advent with eighth note movement. This piece is available in an alternate key for those who prefer to play the piece with more standard handbell assignment positions (spaces for the left hand and lines for the right hand) under the title When Morning Dawns (Alternate Key). Common hymn titles associated with this tune are: The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns, and O Holy City, Seen of John, and Song of Mary (Magnificat). Permission is granted to the original purchaser of this music to make sufficient copies for their musicians. May NOT be duplicated for multiple groups. Headless Mallets Publishing.

Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017467_C3 3rd B-flat Clarinet. Composed by Randall D. Standridge. Instructional. Part. 3 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0017467_C3. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0017467_C3). UPC: 038081519715.In recent years, Oklahoma has seen a great increase in the development of wind energy. This development in sustainable energy sources and the winds that flow across the great state serve as the inspiration for this composition. The piece begins by depicting the great open spaces that stretch for miles across the Oklahoma landscape. Small gusts of wind (represented by scalar and arpeggiated passages in the mallets and woodwinds) dance across the landscape. The piece picks up pace as the wind races across the land, turning the turbines and charging towards the future. (5:30)Concert/Contest; Festival.

Instrumental Solo - Level 5 - Interactive Download SKU: A0.519030 Composed by Melissa Blanton. This edition: Interactive Download. Classical,Contest. Individual part. 1 pages. Duration 60. Melissa Blanton #1GsGEhJxhAAKmiQUeBf13J. Published by Melissa Blanton (A0.519030). Key: F major.A great piece for contest or personal enjoyment! If you need permission to use this for contest( some contest rules state you cannot use self published music without the composer's consent) , on You Tube, or for any other purposes, please email mrsblantonsmusicnotes@gmail.com thats, mrs blantons music notes with no spaces.

Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1174202 By Miles Davis. By Miles Davis. Arranged by Francesco Protasi. Jazz. Score and parts. 93 pages. Francesco Protasi #774367. Published by Francesco Protasi (A0.1174202). Here's a fun rendition of a Miles Davis standard. It's fast, with plenty of syncopation, but is a fairly straight-forward arrangement with familiar vocabulary. There are open solo spaces for trumpet, and rhythm players. Feel free to drag those out and go nuts!

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.891325 Composed by Craig Urquhart. 20th Century,New Age. Score. 5 pages. Craig URQUHART #3126499. Published by Craig URQUHART (A0.891325). From the album SECRET SPACES. Reflective, meditative, romantic.

Flute Duet Flute - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1176752 By Helene Schulthess. By Helene Schulthess. Arranged by Helene Schulthess. Chamber,Contest,Festival,Folk,Patriotic,Traditional. Score. 4 pages. Helene Schulthess #776833. Published by Helene Schulthess (A0.1176752). You can purchase all 26 folkdances for 30 $ under this link: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/26-swiss-folk-dances-for-2-flutes-and-accompaniment-digital-sheet-music/21673528The document contents 26 folk dances for two flutes (49 pages) and a score (52 pages)Swiss folk music is very lively. Its diversity reflects the small regional and cultural spaces of Switzerland. Influences from other European countries have also shaped this kind of music since the early 19th century. Polka and Mazurka have their roots in Poland, the Scottish in Scotland. The music has been passed on by word of mouth or has been written down in musicians’ notebooks.Between 1940 and 1960, the ethnomusicologist Hanny Christen travelled through Switzerland and collected thousands of melodies from the period between 1800 and 1960. The musicians played or sang in front of her. Some permitted her to write off their own hand-written dance booklets in full. In 1956, Hanny Christen began to record this music with a tape recorder. It is thanks to her that over 12,000 instrumental dance movements of Switzerland and many other pieces of tradition (costumes, biographies, musical instruments etc.) were saved from being forgotten.The instruments used in traditional folk music vary depending on the type of dance and region. Flutes are more or less non-existent. The author would like to fill a gap with this publication. She has therefore adapted one folk dance per canton from the Hanny Christen-collection* for two flutes. The pieces from the cantons of Basel City, Thurgau and Geneva do not come from this source, though.The melodies from the other 23 cantons are taken unchanged from the collection. The second voice was not always composed quite traditional. The melody follows - if possible - a contrapuntal melody of its own and is directed to the flute (difficulty grade 3 +).The editor, Helene Schulthess, is a flutist with a wide repertoire. She lives in Switzerland. She performs as a soloist, makes chamber music and is active as a music teacher. She is involved in various musical projects (www.helene-schulthess.ch).* Swiss Folk Music Collection. The dance music of Switzerland of the 19th and first half of the 20th century. From the estate of Hanny Christen. Edited by Fabian Müller under the auspices of the Society for Folk Music in Switzerland (GVS/SMPS). Music print. Mülirad, Zürich 2002.

Small Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.835769 Composed by Paul Burnell. Contemporary. Score and parts. 3 pages. Paul Burnell #3074281. Published by Paul Burnell (A0.835769). A text piece for one or more speakers with optional rhythmic percussion accompaniment performed ad libitum.Where the text is presented in bold the speakers should speak loudly, giving particular emphasis to text in capital letters. Where the text is presented in non-bold smaller text styles the speakers should speak less loudly or softer.   The speakers should vary the pitch of their voice throughout to give emphasis to the structure and to avoid a monotonous tonal delivery.   The repeated ‘words’ instinctively suggest a repetitive rhythmic style of delivery - this is fine.   The spaces in the text can be interpreted as rests. If there is more than one speaker the performers may either speak in unison throughout or stagger their entries and echo or overlap freely, but without losing the sense of the overall structure of the text.  Multiple speakers may also devise co-ordination points within the piece to co-ordinate collective unisons - then drift apart and overlap again.  A single speaker could also perform with an echoing sound effect that gives the impression of multiple voices. If performing with percussion, then a pulsed rhythmic style should be used.  The percussion may be freely chosen - drum kit, ‘found’ instruments, body percussion, pre-recorded backing track etc. - performing in any rhythmic style, but not detracting from or obscuring the vocal delivery. Programme note: ‘Wha-Do-Ya-Mean?’ was composed in 2008.   It was tested as a warm-up exercise for the CoMA London Ensemble, and then developed into a piece, first performed by Paul Burnell at Battersea Arts Centre, London in October 2008 and then included on the 2010 album ‘Sticking with Childish Things’.  It has subsequently been performed by CoMA Singers. The inspiration for the piece was derived from an increasingly fractious and reductive argument between two people, where one person was overheard saying What do you mean ‘what do you mean’?  This statement illustrated the pointlessness of the argument, and how comically ridiculous and meaningless it had become, and effectively ended it.

Orchestra - Digital Download SKU: OX.9780193202931 Composed by Michael Finnissy. Full score. 70 pages. Oxford University Press Digital #9780193202931. Published by Oxford University Press Digital (OX.9780193202931). ISBN 9780193202931.'On one level it is an evocation of the vast spaces of the Australian desert . . . on another it is a metaphysical journey through the emotions . . . First and foremost, though, it is a hugely impressive feat of orchestral writing.' BBC Music Magazine.

Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0017467_TN2 2nd Trombone. Composed by Randall D. Standridge. Instructional. Part. 2 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0017467_TN2. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0017467_TN2). UPC: 038081519715.In recent years, Oklahoma has seen a great increase in the development of wind energy. This development in sustainable energy sources and the winds that flow across the great state serve as the inspiration for this composition. The piece begins by depicting the great open spaces that stretch for miles across the Oklahoma landscape. Small gusts of wind (represented by scalar and arpeggiated passages in the mallets and woodwinds) dance across the landscape. The piece picks up pace as the wind races across the land, turning the turbines and charging towards the future. (5:30)Concert/Contest; Festival.

Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0014305_T2 2nd B-flat Trumpet. Composed by Jerry Brubaker. Instructional. Part. 3 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0014305_T2. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0014305_T2). UPC: 038081351186.This piece for symphonic band by Jerry Brubaker is a musical excursionA into the American driving experience. From majestic mountain vistas and wide open spaces to the hustle and bustle of rush hour traffic. There is even a section about the beloved covered bridge. Find one and there's bound to be an interesting little two lane country road leading up to it. The piece is designed around just two themes which are tied together in the final section which the composer calls Our Favorite Road. This can be the road to the beach, to the mountains or just simply cruisin' with the top down on a summer afternoon! Enjoy this delightful taste of Americana. (7:11) This title is available in SmartMusic.Concert/Contest.

Concert Band - Digital Download SKU: AX.00-PC-0014305_PC2 2nd Percussion. Composed by Jerry Brubaker. Instructional. Part. 3 pages. Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music #00-PC-0014305_PC2. Published by Alfred Music - Digital Sheet Music (AX.00-PC-0014305_PC2). UPC: 038081351186.This piece for symphonic band by Jerry Brubaker is a musical excursionA into the American driving experience. From majestic mountain vistas and wide open spaces to the hustle and bustle of rush hour traffic. There is even a section about the beloved covered bridge. Find one and there's bound to be an interesting little two lane country road leading up to it. The piece is designed around just two themes which are tied together in the final section which the composer calls Our Favorite Road. This can be the road to the beach, to the mountains or just simply cruisin' with the top down on a summer afternoon! Enjoy this delightful taste of Americana. (7:11) This title is available in SmartMusic.Concert/Contest.

Instrumental Duet Instrumental Duet,Viola,Violin - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.948874 Composed by John Goss. Arranged by Ashley Qurollo. Christmas,Holiday,Sacred. Score and parts. 10 pages. Ashley Qurollo Music #6676463. Published by Ashley Qurollo Music (A0.948874). Three traditional Christmas carols (See Amid the Winter's Snow, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, and Away in a Manger) written specifically for violin and viola will delight any audience. The melodies in each piece have been carefully woven with new musical motifs to create movement in each arrangement. These arrangements were written with just strings in mind and no piano, so these arrangements will work well in mobile settings where no piano is available. This Christmas collection is perfect for home, church, recitals, and even outdoor public spaces.Visit https://ashleyqurollo.com/ for more music and ideas.

Flute Duet Flute - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1182134 By Helene Schulthess. By Helene Schulthess. Arranged by Helene Schulthess. Chamber,Contest,Festival,Folk,Patriotic,Traditional. Score. 5 pages. Helene Schulthess #781898. Published by Helene Schulthess (A0.1182134). You can purchase all 26 folkdances for 30 $ under this link: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/26-swiss-folk-dances-for-2-flutes-and-accompaniment-digital-sheet-music/21673528The document contents 26 folk dances for two flutes (49 pages) and a score (52 pages)Swiss folk music is very lively. Its diversity reflects the small regional and cultural spaces of Switzerland. Influences from other European countries have also shaped this kind of music since the early 19th century. Polka and Mazurka have their roots in Poland, the Scottish in Scotland. The music has been passed on by word of mouth or has been written down in musicians’ notebooks.Between 1940 and 1960, the ethnomusicologist Hanny Christen travelled through Switzerland and collected thousands of melodies from the period between 1800 and 1960. The musicians played or sang in front of her. Some permitted her to write off their own hand-written dance booklets in full. In 1956, Hanny Christen began to record this music with a tape recorder. It is thanks to her that over 12,000 instrumental dance movements of Switzerland and many other pieces of tradition (costumes, biographies, musical instruments etc.) were saved from being forgotten.The instruments used in traditional folk music vary depending on the type of dance and region. Flutes are more or less non-existent. The author would like to fill a gap with this publication. She has therefore adapted one folk dance per canton from the Hanny Christen-collection* for two flutes. The pieces from the cantons of Basel City, Thurgau and Geneva do not come from this source, though.The melodies from the other 23 cantons are taken unchanged from the collection. The second voice was not always composed quite traditional. The melody follows - if possible - a contrapuntal melody of its own and is directed to the flute (difficulty grade 3 +).The editor, Helene Schulthess, is a flutist with a wide repertoire. She lives in Switzerland. She performs as a soloist, makes chamber music and is active as a music teacher. She is involved in various musical projects (www.helene-schulthess.ch).* Swiss Folk Music Collection. The dance music of Switzerland of the 19th and first half of the 20th century. From the estate of Hanny Christen. Edited by Fabian Müller under the auspices of the Society for Folk Music in Switzerland (GVS/SMPS). Music print. Mülirad, Zürich 2002.