Vocal Solo,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.750001 Composed by Chris Lawry, Samantha Joy. Broadway,Musical/Show. 114 pages. Moonhouse Music #6129499. Published by Moonhouse Music (A0.750001). This is for the piano and vocal sheet music album of the whole demo musical. After it Rains is a new musical in development. Set in London, through a series of chance encounters it tells the story of a group of people using the New Year to bring about a change in their lives. It is a story of hope and broken dreams, love and loss, hatred and betrayal, but also of finding joy and happiness in unexpected places.For more information and background to the song, please see www.rainsmusical.com or www.youtube.com/chrislawry Full backing tracks are available, please contact : contact@chrislawry.com

Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.776820 Composed by Charles H. Gabriel. Arranged by Leonora Hardy. Christian,Contemporary,Country,Religious,Sacred. Score. 2 pages. Leonora Hardy #5022269. Published by Leonora Hardy (A0.776820). This easily learned arrangement begins with a slow blues and transforms into lively, upbeat country. It is suitable for a piano solo or with a guitar and also to accompany a soloist or group singing. To that end, the melody is retained, as well as the traditional rhythm to help singers even if a song leader is not present.  Intermediate level. Hymn

Soprano voice,Vocal Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1360482 By Cat Stevens. By Cat Stevens and Eleanor Farjeon. Arranged by Brenda Dillon. Standards. 5 pages. Dillon's Music Group #944979. Published by Dillon's Music Group (A0.1360482). Brenda Dillon has a background in both academia and the music industry. She is best known for her expertise in teaching group piano. She was project director for the National Piano Foundation, served as an advisory board member for the Francis Clark Center, was an education consultant for Roland U.S., and served on the committee to develop the Recreational Music Making (RMM) Track at MTNA's Pedagogy Saturday. She has publications with Hal Leonard and Alfred Music.

2vln.vla.2vc string quintet - difficult - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q20011 For string quintet. Composed by John Casken. This edition: score and parts. Downloadable, Score and parts. Duration 21 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q20011. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q20011). Inevitable Rifts for string quintet, like Schubert’s Quintet in C, D.956, adds an extra cello to the string quartet. This undoubtedly makes for a richer sound, but what I wanted to explore was the tensions and differences created by forming an alliance between the viola and two cellos quite separate from the two violins, a rift heard at the very start with the lower instruments playing dark, pulsating chords, and the violins moving together in a slow broken cantilena. As the drama unfolds there are times when roles are reversed and also where new groupings are formed. The full quintet eventually coalesces in an extended central section based on the rocking figuration that accompanies a brief transitional dialogue for the two cellos. Inevitably, further rifts arise and the work ends with the two groups apart, although this time the violins try to emulate the pulsating chords, but even they part company at the very end. Rift, of course, also means a chasm or valley, and the placing at the beginning of the violins in a higher register with widely spaced intervals, and the viola and cellos at the bottom of their register, was a deliberate evocation of this kind of landscape. The work was commissioned by the Musiktage Mondsee Festival in Austria for Heinrich Schiff and the Rosamunde Quartet for its premiere performance on 4 September 2009. John Casken.

Easy Piano - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.701413 Composed by Kevin G. Pace (ASCAP). Instructional. Score. 3 pages. Kevin G. Pace #3072013. Published by Kevin G. Pace (A0.701413). An easy piano duet using all group one and group two triads (C, Cm, F, Fm, G, Gm, D, Dm, E, Em, A, Am). Fake book / lead sheet style. Left and right hand play the chord in root position in arpeggiation (broken chord style).

Choral Choir,Choral,SATB Chorus - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1475306 By James Morrison. By Frasier Smith, James Morrison, and Nina Woodford. Arranged by Robert Shellard. A Cappella,Folk,Pop,Singer/Songwriter. 14 pages. Robert Shellard #1052849. Published by Robert Shellard (A0.1475306). This James Morrison and Nelly Furtado ballad will be perfect for your a cappella group! Feature a tenor and treble soloist, with minimal divisi on an SATB arrangement, it's perfect for a growing program. Lots of aural candy sprinkled throughout allows for your audience to remain surprised throughout the performance. Originally arranged for ICCA finalists, UIUC No Comment A Cappella.

String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.862513 Composed by Michael Bomier. Contemporary,Instructional,Romantic Period,Standards. Score and parts. 21 pages. Michael Butkus-Bomier #2032331. Published by Michael Butkus-Bomier (A0.862513). A musette is a bassline that typically uses alternating low and high octaves to keep the underpinnings of a melody moving right along. Here we have that broken octave figure split into two voices, the cello and bass. Thus, no one section has to keep alternating up and down. The tune is a Shubertian sort of easy-going, elegant song. It is harmonized with as much color as the basic scalar melody can absorb, without getting too radical in its tonal range. The final section uses two dotted quarters in each measure instead of three plain quarter-notes. Bowings are by string pedagogue Lori Sandell Lacey. Running time at the suggested tempo is 3 mins. The piece CAN go faster should your group be up to that task! Remember, ALL notes are in 1st position for all sections, no trills or fast passages across strings, all standard up and down bowings, no pizzicato or divisi. Makes a nice opening piece, or the end of the first section of a two-part program. MBB.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.935464 By Various Artists. By Brian Burton and James Russell Mercer. Arranged by Georgia Stibbard. Contemporary. 15 pages. Viola Not Optional #5303843. Published by Viola Not Optional (A0.935464). After the Disco (Broken Bells) arranged for String Quartet. A fun and funky disco addition to your regular gig folder, with even distribution of musical interest across all parts. Suitable for intermediate-advanced student group.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.859686 Composed by Sydney Stevens. 20th Century,Concert,Contemporary,New Age. Score. 10 pages. Sydney Stevens, Water Music #3089231. Published by Sydney Stevens, Water Music (A0.859686). Contact: sydneystevenspianostudio@gmail.comDawn: Beautiful, dreamy instrumental that evokes compassion, comfort and warmth. Arranged for solo piano. Includes chord symbols above the staff. Composed by Sydney Stevens (ASCAP). Sounds like: Paul Cardall, John Fluker, Jennifer Thomas, Jim Brickman, Michele Mclaughlin, Greg Star, Doug Hammer, Steven Cravis, Rachel Currea, Laura Sullivan, A la Windham HillFrom Album: Seasons Theme: Music that portrays the peaceful hour of dawn.Mood: Peaceful, romantic, meditative.Musical Traits: Left hand rhythm is a repeated broken chord pattern throughout the piece. The right hand plays a strong, but simple melody. Contemporary Classical (tonal with strong themes), New Age acoustics, Romantic, Easy listening.Performance Time: 6:42Sydney Stevens music is available on: Pandora, Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, Whisperings Solo Piano Radio, AllMusicMore Links: https://sydneystevenswatermusic.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/sydney-stevens-532a113a/ Review of Seasons CD by Kathy Parsons (mainlypiano.com):Seasons is a beautiful collection of original pieces by pianist/composer Sydney Stevens. Some of the pieces are solo piano and others feature duets with Mitch Iimori on English horn, oboe, and guitar (but not all at the same time!). The two musicians are obviously exceptionally comfortable and in tune with each other, and the results can be stunning. Very classical in scope and structure, the music is reflective of the natural surroundings of Ms Stevens’ home in the Colombia Gorge region of northern Oregon. The first eight of the fourteen tracks make up the Seasons Suite, a group of lyrical compositions inspired by the various times of year in a remote area of eastern Oregon. The other six pieces also have themes of nature and serenity.The Seasons Suite begins with Colors Change, obviously about the transition of summer into fall, but also about the concept of change as we grow. Reflective and subdued, the interplay between Stevens’ piano and Iimori’s oboe is effortless and flowing. Autumn Wind picks up the pace a bit, but continues the easy flow, bringing images of leaves swirling in the ceaseless wind of that area. Signs of Winter is a bit darker and more mysterious. Iimori is a big fan of Paul McCandless, and that musician’s influence is very strongly heard in these first three pieces - a very good thing!In Clouds, Iimori switches from oboe to English horn. This duet with the piano is a dramatic musical depiction of the gathering clouds and anticipation of a coming thunder storm. I really like it a lot! Snow is tranquility set to music. Sparrow’s Song brings us to the beginnings of spring - the freshness in the air, and the joyful songs of birds in the yard. July reflects the laziness of a hot summer day. Season’s Reprise brings together the themes from the various seasons, creating a lovely closing to the Suite. On Summit, Iimori trades his woodwinds for guitar in a gentle, sweeping duet with the piano. Waning Star is a gorgeous piano solo that has a peaceful grace and quiet serenity - a favorite. Reach For the Stars is a piano solo that has an uplifting sense of moving forward and reaching out. Dawn closes the CD with a warm and soothing confection. The piano is accompanied by light percussion, bass, and washes of synth strings. Full of hope and optimism without being sugarcoated, this piece is spellbinding in its gentle way.

Woodwind Ensemble,Woodwind Quintet - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.767553 Composed by Mike Lyons. Contemporary,Standards. 56 pages. Lyons Music Services #5827839. Published by Lyons Music Services (A0.767553). This brand-new piece for wind quintet came about through the coronavirus lockdown and my observations of our UK politicians and how they behaved (One rule for them...) In terms of the music, each line is related to other lines through patterns of 5, 7 or 9 beats (or half beats). Each repetition of the pattern starts with all the instruments in that particular group playing on the first beat. As the music progresses and develops, motifs appear out of the combinations of these beats with each other. Gradually, these patterns and motifs develop melodies which then form the backbone of the piece. The first section (I hesitate to use the term movement) labelled Plotting develops a character of wiliness. It represents, in its twisting strands, the plotting of politicians to aggrandise themselves. The bottom 3 parts form an 'undercurrent' to the music as the 5,7 and 9 beat counts overlap and process. The flute and oboe, meanwhile, generate the first melodic strand - which becomes important in the later movements. The opening quaver patterns are passed around the whole ensemble, keeping the rhythmic pulse going. It slips between the anchoring notes of the lower 3 parts, as well as being essential to the development of the flute and oboe melodic material and stopping the bassoon part being too boring! The long winding, rising and falling line on the oboe and flute is deliberately ambiguous in its tonality, leading one to feel it strives upwards, but then loses its way. The frequent dissonances as this line crosses itself in the other parts represents the effect of all the plotting on ordinary people. Before letter B, there are a couple of brief hints of Dies Irae, but I didn’t want that idea to dominate too much. After B and into C, we get the day-to-day chitchat in Westminster, with interjections from many voices proclaiming their message, trying to persuade their colleagues and just leading to confusion and tonal extremism. From letter C to the end of the section is an extended accel/stretto as the discussion gets more heated. Section 2 is titled Scheming. The tempo is faster than the previous section, but the pace is slower. More motives have formed and developed organically out of the rhythm and pitch patterns. The 5/7/9 cross rhythms are now at double speed, giving a fiercer drive to the music. The bassoon and horn, for now, adhere to the longer pulse of the first section, providing something of a harmonic underpinning. At bar 101, the long but now slightly broken narrative line of the first movement returns in modified form. This now provides a backdrop for the rhythmic bartering and ‘back and forth’ of the political day. The section reaches a climax as the political bickering becomes rowdier. Section 3 begins in a relatively happy mood. The bassoon has a jolly capering little motif, later taken up by other members of the ensemble. There are hints of English folk tune-ness in the resulting conversation, perhaps emphasised by the overlays of this pleasant melody from letter D. Letter E is a ‘turning point’ as all the rhythmic pulses finally align again. This is the first time all five parts have played on the same beat since the opening. At Letter G, a pulsing drone is added to the mix, using the quaver version of the pulse. Perhaps representing the soring of politicians. There is a parallel drone added at letter H, these drones use the 5 (bassoon) and 7 (horn) beat pulses. The result is a solid underpinning of the rhythmic and melodic ideas in the upper 3 parts. After letter I comes a reprise of the spritely bassoon motif with dissonant harmonies as the discussion becomes more heated. The little semiquaver figures have the rhythm Mr. Speaker as members of the house shout for attention. In the repeat bars, we hear the Speaker shout Order! Letter J provides an altered reprise of the begi.

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.987083 Composed by Eric Paul Nolte and Felix Le Couppey. Arranged by Eric Paul Nolte. Contemporary,Instructional. Score. 5 pages. Eric Paul Nolte #1954995. Published by Eric Paul Nolte (A0.987083). This piece is a free adaptation and a complete reworking of a study by Felix Le Couppey (1811-1887), from his L'Agilité, Opus 20, 25 Progressive Studies for Mechanism and Light Touch. In its original form, this study was a charming little piece of musical fluff. But getting it up to speed reduced me to tears! It also gave me an epiphany of immense power that transformed my technique. Suddenly I could play faster than I had ever thought possible, and I could do so with a thrilling ease! This epiphany emerged from the spluttering frustration I felt over my inability to play these sixteenth notes at Le Couppey's metronome marking of 144. It dawned on me that I couldn’t play fast enough because I was tripping over my own fingers when I used the overly articulated technique of moving the fingers by the lift, throw, relax method. This superfluous motion creates an impenetrable barrier, a speed wall, as does playing legato scales by passing the thumb under the palm, when shifting hand position up and down the keyboard. So I found another way-which I’ve since learned was known to every pianist who ever achieved prodigious speed. Here’s how to bring this piece up to speed with ease: Be sure to practice this piece with each hand alone. For each group of sixteenth notes, gently place the four fingers down simultaneously, to get the feel. Think of your arm, from elbow to fingertips, as something like a kitchen utensil, such as a spatula. Moving your right arm as a unit, place your finger tips down into the key bed, depressing all four notes at once, as a block chord. Make sure that all the fingers remain stiff (not rigid with tension, but just stiff enough to resist collapsing upwards.) Slowly lift and then play each group by placing all the fingers down with a rotation of your forearm, calm and relaxed, with the fingers rolling through the notes at the speed of a brief snare drum roll: Rrrrip! To rip through this group of notes like this takes no more effort than to place those four fingers down, calmly, all at once! Then, with a quick shift up or down the keyboard to get into position for the next group, that’s the whole trick for playing such passages with astonishing speed and ease! It takes time and effort to get the knack here, but the result can be transformative and thrilling! As for my adaptation of this study, I believe it offers intermediate advanced players the chance to enjoy a great leap in technique like the one I experienced, and also offers a piece of music that one might not blush to play outside the practice room-perhaps bringing it at least into the living room for a soirée, if not into the concert hall. To make this adaptation, I wrote a grumbly bass line with lungs, and nice fat chords to flesh out most of the skinny little triads that accompany the original study’s fast passages. I added a brooding, chromatic introduction that features as a melody the accompanimental figure of a broken triad that Le Couppey wrote a few times on the second page, in various inversions. I employed this broken chord figure several more times in both hands, and also added a little coda, sprinkled with sparkle. Playing time is about 1 minute and 30 seconds.

Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.768591 By The Broken Group. By Timothy Sullivan. 20th Century,Contemporary,Contest,Festival,Jazz,Multicultural,World. Score and parts. 77 pages. SullivanWorks #376217. Published by SullivanWorks (A0.768591). A showstopper bravura piece for the full Jazz Band. Replete with world rhythm, from India, Africa, Brazil and the Urban City. Brilliant writing featuring every section of the Band, from the Brass, to the Winds, to the Rhythm Section, with a funky time signature changing slow B section. Brought to you by the fusion ensemble The Broken Group..

Jazz Ensemble Jazz Ensemble - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.768585 By The Broken Group. By Timothy Sullivan. Arranged by Timothy Sullivan. 20th Century,Contemporary,Country,Jazz,Multicultural,World. Score and parts. 52 pages. SullivanWorks #376209. Published by SullivanWorks (A0.768585). A showstopper bravura piece for the full Jazz Band. Replete with world rhythm, from India, Africa, Brazil and the Urban City. Brilliant writing featuring every section of the Band, from the Brass, to the Winds, to the Rhythm Section, with a funky time signature changing slow B section. Brought to you by the fusion ensemble The Broken Group..

Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1229673 By Ed Sheeran. By Aaron Dessner and Ed Sheeran. Arranged by Barry McCormick. Pop,Singer/Songwriter. Score. 4 pages. B. McCormick #825438. Published by B. McCormick (A0.1229673). Elevate your performance with Ed Sheeran's Boat sheet music from his highly anticipated album Subtract. The song Boat is a poignant ballad that speaks to the heart. As Independent.co.uk writes, it's a powerful meditation on depression and hope. With this sheet music, you can bring this emotional power to your performance and really connect with your audience. This sheet music also has everything you need for a successful performance. Whether you're playing with a small group or solo, you'll have all the tools you need to create a beautiful and moving rendition of Boat. And with its digital format, you can practice anytime, anywhere, on any device. So don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to take your performance to the next level. Get Ed Sheeran's Boat sheet music today! Notes about the music This digital sheet music includes the melody on a separate stave, a piano accompaniment, and a short intro, making it perfect for piano instrumentalists, singers, and small groups. To make this piece more accessible I have arranged it in the key of G Major which is a third below the recorded version which is in B Major. This makes the higher notes more attainable to sing for a more people and makes it easier to play for most. Who likes playing with 5 sharps?! Structure In this arrangement there is a slight variation from the structure from the Subtract Recording. As mentioned above a short intro is included which is the melody from the end of the chorus. After this the repeats and D.S markings will follow the form as heard on the recording. On the final chorus rather than playing the bass as written and played for the previous occurrences just playing simple sustained root notes of the chord to bring it all back and give the melody some space for the last time through, this would emulate the feeling in the recording. Melody As with all my arrangements, to try an minimise the number of pages needed, the small note heads in brackets indicate where the melody is different when repeated and these notes should be played/sung on the appropriate verse. The melismatic phrase on boat at the end of bar 37 is a simplification of what is sung on the recording and the performer is free to amend as it suits them. Piano The piano follows a simple chordal harmony and rhythm, the most complicated coming on the final page but this is simply the chord broken up in a way to give more momentum to this section. If you would like a version where the melody is in the right hand of the piano I also have an arrangement of this as a piano reduction which combines the melody with the right hand of the piano part here with some modifications for playability. Alternatives. I have different versions of this piece which may suit different performers/instrumentalists more. All my versions are: Voice Piano and Guitar - Melody on its own stave with guitar chords above it and a piano accompaniment underneath; Voice Piano and Guitar - As above but the melody is combined with the right hand of the piano part; Guitar Lead Sheet - Melody with guitar chords; Ukulele Lead Sheet - Melody with Ukulele chords.