Guitar,Instrumental Duet,Tenor Saxophone - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1277982 By Dire Straits. By Mark Knopfler. Arranged by Derek Hasted. Film/TV,Pop. 16 pages. Derek Hasted #869685. Published by Derek Hasted (A0.1277982). LOCAL HERO - WILD THEME - TENOR SAX and GUITAR DUETSuits Classical, Acoustic or Electric GuitarDerek Hasted writes Rightly described as an astonishingly beautiful piece, this music from the film Local Hero actually features twice on the soundtrack album, in different keys with different solo instruments.My arrangement for Tenor Sax and Classical Guitar exploits the sustain of the sax and the soft tones of nylon strings and works well at a slightly more modest pace compared to the original. I’ve taken the theme from the closing soundtrack version, where the melody is clear and powerful. My arrangement includes one or two little bits of Mark Knopfler’s quasi-improvised variations on the tune. Note that the guitar part is played with a Capo on the first fret so that both players can enjoy an accessible key signature. The guitar part goes up the neck, and the position numbers are relative to the Capo (ie one fret higher than if there was no Capo fitted).There are two arrangements here - one in the husky low register of the sax, to suit a less experienced player, and one an octave higher that has a few challenging notes at the top, but sings out in a gloriously powerful way. The sound clip on the SheetMusicPlus website has a little of both arrangements.There are no dynamics, but the changing texture of the accompaniment creates the illusion of dynamic changes and you are welcome to add phrasing and dynamics to make the performance “yours�.The guitar part is a little challenging at speed but this will suit confident intermediate players.This enjoyable concert item has a wonderfully captivating melody that the audience will be humming all the way home...I hope you enjoy playing this piece!This is one of a large and growing range of accessible ensembles from experienced arranger Derek Hasted, and is supplied as full score and parts. Derek's website at www.derek-hasted.co.uk/smp lists all his arrangements by title and by number of instruments, with links to soundclips and sample score.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.994379 Composed by Harry Hicks. Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. Octavo. 1 pages. Harry Hicks #4353897. Published by Harry Hicks (A0.994379). This is a new tune to an old hymn that needs to be rediscovered.It is taken from a book of mine of over 400 hymns that have been given new tunes – written by me - that reflect the sentiment of the words. The book is entitled Praise! and is available. There are also some brand new hymns that need to be more widely known. All are Biblically sound, and all are suitable for congregational singing.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.994521 Composed by Harry Hicks. Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. Octavo. 1 pages. Harry Hicks #4357549. Published by Harry Hicks (A0.994521). This is a new tune to an old hymn that needs to be rediscovered.It is taken from a book of mine of over 400 hymns that have been given new tunes – written by me - that reflect the sentiment of the words. The book is entitled Praise! and is available. There are also some brand new hymns that need to be more widely known. All are Biblically sound, and all are suitable for congregational singing.

Full Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.976734 Composed by Robert Myers. 20th Century,Christmas,Contemporary. Score and parts. 99 pages. WheatMyer Music #6496769. Published by WheatMyer Music (A0.976734). CONJUNCTION interprets the convergence of Jupiter and Saturn near the end of the year 2020 as a celestial metaphor for the good news of Christ's birth in a replay of the Star of Bethlehem. Hence, its subtitle of The Christmas Star of 2020. The music, along with narration from selected Old and New Testament scriptures, delivers a message of hope amid the turmoil and chaos of current times.It's written for smaller concert bands hungry for challenging music. Ample cues and doubling allow for flexible instrumentation while mixed meters, varying tempos and textures, and interesting solo lines provide opportunities for strong players to shine. CONJUNCTION is also available with strings for orchestra.PROGRAM NOTES:2020 is widely characterized for its maladies: murders, burning cities, riots, a pandemic, economic shocks, and political turmoil. For some of us, it also held personal tragedy such as my brother’s passing from COVID. But, 2020 also brought a sign of hope, namely the celestial phenomenon known as the Great Conjunction of 2020. For earth-bound observers, this was the closest approach of Jupiter and Saturn in almost 400 years as they appeared to almost touch in the early evening sky to produce the most brilliant evening star of our lifetimes. The occurrence of the event in November-December neatly coincided with the Advent season, peaking just before Christmas Day. One could hardly fail to note the parallels with the Christmas star of Matthew’s gospel which gave the conjunction its alternate name, the Christmas Star of 2020. Thus, this star spoke, to those with ears to hear, the same message the prophet Isaiah wrote about the coming Messiah, The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. This star thus served to remind us that the LORD has not rejected us; He will show His favor again; His love has not vanished; His promises have not failed; He has not forgotten to be merciful or compassionate; and we are called to remember His mighty deeds (Psalm 77). CONJUNCTION: The Christmas Star of 2020 is inspired by these particulars.For the music, I looked to Gustav Holst’s The Planets for themes that would portray Jupiter and Saturn’s pas de deux. I selected several motives from the corresponding movements mixed and matched in sometimes easily recognized quotations and other times in heavily camouflaged derivations. An exuberant polyphonic passage recaps themes from both Jupiter and Saturn when the music resolves from uncertainty into hopefulness. While Holst’s motives provide CONJUNCTION’s foundation I also used Handel’s Messiah for transitory and climactic material. You will hear his The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light in transitions and a short trombone solo. And a re-harmonization of the opening line from For unto us a child is born brings the music to a joyous climax.Although the music stands firmly on its own, I elected to incorporate some narrative to make the musical sentiment explicit. In a commentary on 2020’s grim events, I took adaptations of Habakkuk 1:2-4 and 2 Tim 3:1-4 and set them over Saturn’s plodding and ominous harmonies. Contrasting replies shimmer with hope as the narration melds Isaiah 9:2 and Luke 1:78-79 over another Saturn motive set against pitch sets from Jupiter’s main hymn theme. Still, it’s the music that tells the story of the Christmas Star of 2020.Please visit my website for a complete score preview: https://wheatmyermusic.com/conjunction-the-christmas-star-of-2020I feel somewhat guilty making claim to this music as almost all the building blocks are taken from other composers. But the end result is neither a medley, nor an arrangement, rather it is something clearly new, so I call it my own with deep respect to those giants on whose shoulders I stand.Robert MyersS.D.G.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.994375 Composed by Harry Hicks. Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. Octavo. 1 pages. Harry Hicks #4353885. Published by Harry Hicks (A0.994375). This is a new tune to an old hymn that needs to be rediscovered.It is taken from a book of mine of over 400 hymns that have been given new tunes – written by me - that reflect the sentiment of the words. The book is entitled Praise! and is available. There are also some brand new hymns that need to be more widely known. All are Biblically sound, and all are suitable for congregational singing.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.994470 Composed by Harry Hicks. Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. Octavo. 1 pages. Harry Hicks #4356743. Published by Harry Hicks (A0.994470). This is a new tune to an old hymn that needs to be rediscovered.It is taken from a book of mine of over 400 hymns that have been given new tunes – written by me - that reflect the sentiment of the words. The book is entitled Praise! and is available. There are also some brand new hymns that need to be more widely known. All are Biblically sound, and all are suitable for congregational singing.

Choral Choir (SSAA) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.892538 Composed by Joyce Todd McBride. Arranged by Joyce Todd McBride. A Cappella,Contemporary,Folk,Jazz. Octavo. 7 pages. Buckwheat Music #4780801. Published by Buckwheat Music (A0.892538). Wildwood is an original song for 4 voices.  It has a medium swing tempo and rich jazzy harmonies.  It can be sung SSAA or SSAT.  The difficulty level is early advanced. There are syncopated rhythms and complex harmonies.  The Alto 2 part is a focal point in that it has a very fun bass line, which is nice since many alto 2 parts are not that fun!  (that part can also be sung by tenor).  The unusual text is a rather dark love song that can be taken in a romantic sense, or in more of a nature/cosmic sense.  Words and music by Joyce Todd McBride.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.994667 Composed by Harry Hicks. Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. Octavo. 1 pages. Harry Hicks #4360929. Published by Harry Hicks (A0.994667). This is a new tune to an old hymn that needs to be rediscovered.It is taken from a book of mine of over 400 hymns that have been given new tunes – written by me - that reflect the sentiment of the words. The book is entitled Praise! and is available. There are also some brand new hymns that need to be more widely known. All are Biblically sound, and all are suitable for congregational singing.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.994610 Composed by Harry Hicks. Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. Octavo. 1 pages. Harry Hicks #4360151. Published by Harry Hicks (A0.994610). This is a new tune to an old hymn that needs to be rediscovered.It is taken from a book of mine of over 400 hymns that have been given new tunes – written by me - that reflect the sentiment of the words. The book is entitled Praise! and is available. There are also some brand new hymns that need to be more widely known. All are Biblically sound, and all are suitable for congregational singing.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.994527 Composed by Harry Hicks. Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. Octavo. 1 pages. Harry Hicks #4359239. Published by Harry Hicks (A0.994527). This is a new tune to an old hymn that needs to be rediscovered.It is taken from a book of mine of over 400 hymns that have been given new tunes – written by me - that reflect the sentiment of the words. The book is entitled Praise! and is available. There are also some brand new hymns that need to be more widely known. All are Biblically sound, and all are suitable for congregational singing.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.994497 Composed by Harry Hicks. Christian,Praise & Worship,Sacred,Spiritual. Octavo. 1 pages. Harry Hicks #4357463. Published by Harry Hicks (A0.994497). This is a new tune to an old hymn that needs to be rediscovered.It is taken from a book of mine of over 400 hymns that have been given new tunes – written by me - that reflect the sentiment of the words. The book is entitled Praise! and is available. There are also some brand new hymns that need to be more widely known. All are Biblically sound, and all are suitable for congregational singing.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.994405 Composed by Harry Hicks. Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. Octavo. 1 pages. Harry Hicks #4355943. Published by Harry Hicks (A0.994405). This is a new tune to an old hymn that needs to be rediscovered.It is taken from a book of mine of over 400 hymns that have been given new tunes – written by me - that reflect the sentiment of the words. The book is entitled Praise! and is available. There are also some brand new hymns that need to be more widely known. All are Biblically sound, and all are suitable for congregational singing.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.994456 Composed by Harry Hicks. Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. Octavo. 1 pages. Harry Hicks #4356421. Published by Harry Hicks (A0.994456). This is a new tune to an old hymn that needs to be rediscovered.It is taken from a book of mine of over 400 hymns that have been given new tunes – written by me - that reflect the sentiment of the words. The book is entitled Praise! and is available. There are also some brand new hymns that need to be more widely known. All are Biblically sound, and all are suitable for congregational singing.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quartet Flute - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.751984 Composed by P. I. Tchaikovsky. Arranged by Diego Marani. Classical,Contest,Festival,Instructional,Romantic Period,Standards. 18 pages. Diego Marani #359784. Published by Diego Marani (A0.751984). Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings in C Major was written with an ear towards one of his idols, a certain 18th century composer by the name of Mozart. The title and structure of the piece are taken from the serenades of the latter, though this is certainly Tchaikovsky's own particularly 19th century rendering of these older ideas. That it is a masterful work, is demonstrated by the fact that it still remains among the most performed and appreciated by the public alongside the serenades by Antonín Dvořák and Josef Suk. The second movement is a gracious waltz that updates the requisite dance movement (which in Mozart's time would have been a stately minuet) to a more contemporary dance form. In any case, the waltz is almost deceptively complex. The harmonic shifts are numerous and often sudden and always deftly crafted. The texture is somewhat of a departure from the previous movement in that there is a discernible lightness of touch in the waltz. This arrangement for flute quartet (Flute 1, Flute 2, Flute 3, Flute 4 or Alto Flute) reflects faithfully the original and is suitable for classroom, repertoire and recital.

Choral Choir (Unison) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.994696 Composed by Harry Hicks. Christian,Sacred,Spiritual. Octavo. 1 pages. Harry Hicks #4361667. Published by Harry Hicks (A0.994696). This is a new tune to an old hymn that needs to be rediscovered.It is taken from a book of mine of over 400 hymns that have been given new tunes – written by me - that reflect the sentiment of the words. The book is entitled Praise! and is available. There are also some brand new hymns that need to be more widely known. All are Biblically sound, and all are suitable for congregational singing.