B-Flat Clarinet,Bassoon,Flute,Oboe,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1248306

By Yuan-Chen Li. By Yuan-Chen Li. Arranged by Yuan-Chen Li. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary,Multicultural,World. 62 pages. Yuan-Chen Li #842845. Published by Yuan-Chen Li (A0.1248306).

Set for 1 flute, 1 oboe, 1 B-flat clarinet, 1 bassoon, and piano, Yuan-Chen Li's 8-minute long wind and piano quinetet Butterfly was commissioned by Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (Norfolk Connecticut, 2007) of Yale University School of Music, and premiered by the parcipant musicians of the workshop, and subsquently received its New York premiere in IMANI Winds' summer chamber music festival (2012). In the first and second movements, the music emulates the movement of butterfly’s flying and the delightful spirit of the spring time. The last movement lends itself to a poetic moment, evoking the sense of the transformation of butterfly’s life and its beautifulness. Musicians would be surprised by the intricate rhythms, unpredictable move across the mode, whistletone, and witty interaction among performing partners. 

(The document includes parts for each of the wind player; the pianist reads from the full score)

Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1248288

By Yuan-Chen Li. By Yuan-Chen Li. Arranged by Yuan-Chen Li. 21st Century,Chamber,Contemporary,Folk,Multicultural,World. 20 pages. Yuan-Chen Li #842826. Published by Yuan-Chen Li (A0.1248288).

“Tien Hey Hey� (Dark Day) is one of the most popular folk tunes in Ming-Nan speaking community in Taiwan. It describes a couple find a loach when plowing in the farm during a raining day. When they prepare to cook it, they fight over whether to season it with salt or sweeten it up but accidentally breaking the cooking pot. The song of this witty folklore became the basic materials as well as the inspiration for the newly composed “Rain Noir Noir� to depict the scene of rain drops, plowing, and the fight.

Set for one Harp, one flute, and one cello, the work was composed for the harpist Liya Huang, the principal harpist of China National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra, and is included in her first recording album “Harpy Lab, A Collection of Harp Compositions by Contemporary Taiwanese Composers,� commercially released in March 2018.

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.926739

Composed by Yuan-Chen Li. Contemporary,Standards,World. Score. 5 pages. Yuan-Chen Li #6866369. Published by Yuan-Chen Li (A0.926739).

     Yangguan Pass is the common theme running through three pieces for solo piano, written for students of beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advance levels: Dancing at Yangguan Pass, Farewell at Yangguan, and Crossing Yangguan Pass. It takes students to explore formal design, such as the unconventional proportion of phrasal structure, means of introduction, and ending. Inspired by the guqin music and poetry of Yangguan Pass, the piano solo works enrich the expression of the old pentatonic tune with wide ranges of meters, rhythms, keys, or registers, which are essential to Chinese traditional music and contemporary music. 

     CMTNC (Chinese Music Teachers Association of Northern California) Commission Series is a collection of musical works for a set of twelve pieces for violin, piano, cello, and clarinet (three pieces for each instrument written for beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced students; with or without piano accompaniment). Through this series, student performers and their audiences are reminded of life experiences through the reminiscence and creative process of classic Chinese music literature and well-known folksongs.

Cello,Piano - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.926744

Composed by Yuan-Chen Li. Contemporary,Standards,World. Score and part. 6 pages. Yuan-Chen Li #6866385. Published by Yuan-Chen Li (A0.926744).

     Lullaby is the common theme running through three pieces for cello and piano, written for students of beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced levels: Lullaby in D Key, Fantasia Lullaby, and When the Rainbow Says Goodnight. It takes students to consider color as a technical and formal expression that varieties of tone colors, as well as tonal centers, are explored. Originally modal, the tune by the aboriginal people takes the rocking baby as the inspiration and is embellished with a wide range of ornaments, string changes, and tonal centers, which are all relevant to Chinese traditional music and contemporary music.

     CMTNC (Chinese Music Teachers Association of Northern California) Commission Series is a collection of musical works for a set of twelve pieces for violin, piano, cello, and clarinet (three pieces for each instrument written for beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced students; with or without piano accompaniment). Through this series, student performers and their audiences are reminded of life experiences through the reminiscence and creative process of classic Chinese music literature and well-known folksongs.

Mixed Percussion Bass Clarinet,Cello,Marimba,Piano,Piccolo,Violin - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1346278

Composed by Yuan-Chen Li. 21st Century,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary. 73 pages. Yuan-Chen Li #931101. Published by Yuan-Chen Li (A0.1346278).

Program Note:

Without any prior musical idea, the genesis of this chamber work starts from the title “Aldebaran�. It means “the follower�, and in the real world a bright star as the eye of the zodiac constellation of Taurus is so titled. Then I ponder if I need a fixed sonority to symbolize this star and put in some materials to follow with it. Consequently, what became rather important to me in the philosophy of this composition is the condition or state of wandering between the act of proceeding forward and the ever-changing perspective of the object due to the various contexts of time and space created within it – thereby constituting the relation between the “star� and the discourse situated beneath it. Therefore, where am I relative to the star?

Written for eighth blackbird, Aldebaran is premiered on May 10th 2013 in Fulton Hall, University of Chicago.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.926735

Composed by Yuan-Chen Li. Concert,Contemporary,Wedding. Score and parts. 70 pages. Yuan-Chen Li #2119237. Published by Yuan-Chen Li (A0.926735).

Length: 15 minutes. Full score and parts for string quartet (first and second violins, viola, and cello). This theme and variation on a beautiful but melancholy harmony progress will lead the listeners through a bitter but sweet experience over variety of genres, such as dance, fuge-like, song-like, collage, and etc. Great for lessons, recital, and any occasion!

Piano,Violin - Digital Download

SKU: A0.926740

Composed by Yuan-Chen Li. Contemporary,Standards,World. 6 pages. Yuan-Chen Li #6866381. Published by Yuan-Chen Li (A0.926740).

     Lullaby is the common theme running through three pieces for violin and piano, written for students of beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced levels: Lullaby in A Key, Fantasia Lullaby, and When the Rainbow Says Goodnight. It takes students to consider color as a technical and formal expression that varieties of tone colors, as well as tonal centers, are explored. Originally modal, the tune by the aboriginal people takes the rocking baby as the inspiration and is embellished with a wide range of ornaments, string changes, and tonal centers, which are all relevant to Chinese traditional music and contemporary music.

     CMTNC (Chinese Music Teachers Association of Northern California) Commission Series is a collection of musical works for a set of twelve pieces for violin, piano, cello, and clarinet (three pieces for each instrument written for beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced students; with or without piano accompaniment). Through this series, student performers and their audiences are reminded of life experiences through the reminiscence and creative process of classic Chinese music literature and well-known folksongs.

Piano,Violin - Level 1 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.926741

Composed by Yuan-Chen Li. Contemporary,Standards,World. 6 pages. Yuan-Chen Li #6866375. Published by Yuan-Chen Li (A0.926741).

     Lullaby is the common theme running through three pieces for violin and piano, written for students of beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced levels: Lullaby in A Key, Fantasia Lullaby, and When the Rainbow Says Goodnight. It takes students to consider color as a technical and formal expression that varieties of tone colors, as well as tonal centers, are explored. Originally modal, the tune by the aboriginal people takes the rocking baby as the inspiration and is embellished with a wide range of ornaments, string changes, and tonal centers, which are all relevant to Chinese traditional music and contemporary music.

     CMTNC (Chinese Music Teachers Association of Northern California) Commission Series is a collection of musical works for a set of twelve pieces for violin, piano, cello, and clarinet (three pieces for each instrument written for beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced students; with or without piano accompaniment). Through this series, student performers and their audiences are reminded of life experiences through the reminiscence and creative process of classic Chinese music literature and well-known folksongs.

Cello,Piano - Level 1 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.926743

Composed by Yuan-Chen Li. Contemporary,Standards,World. Score and part. 6 pages. Yuan-Chen Li #6866383. Published by Yuan-Chen Li (A0.926743).

      Lullaby is the common theme running through three pieces for cello and piano, written for students of beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced levels: Lullaby in D Key, Fantasia Lullaby, and When the Rainbow Says Goodnight. It takes students to consider color as a technical and formal expression that varieties of tone colors, as well as tonal centers, are explored. Originally modal, the tune by the aboriginal people takes the rocking baby as the inspiration and is embellished with a wide range of ornaments, string changes, and tonal centers, which are all relevant to Chinese traditional music and contemporary music.

     CMTNC (Chinese Music Teachers Association of Northern California) Commission Series is a collection of musical works for a set of twelve pieces for violin, piano, cello, and clarinet (three pieces for each instrument written for beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced students; with or without piano accompaniment). Through this series, student performers and their audiences are reminded of life experiences through the reminiscence and creative process of classic Chinese music literature and well-known folksongs.

Cello,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.926747

Composed by Yuan-Chen Li. Contemporary,Standards,World. Score and part. 6 pages. Yuan-Chen Li #6866387. Published by Yuan-Chen Li (A0.926747).

     Lullaby is the common theme running through three pieces for cello and piano, written for students of beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced levels: Lullaby in D Key, Fantasia Lullaby, and When the Rainbow Says Goodnight. It takes students to consider color as a technical and formal expression that varieties of tone colors, as well as tonal centers, are explored. Originally modal, the tune by the aboriginal people takes the rocking baby as the inspiration and is embellished with a wide range of ornaments, string changes, and tonal centers, which are all relevant to Chinese traditional music and contemporary music.

     CMTNC (Chinese Music Teachers Association of Northern California) Commission Series is a collection of musical works for a set of twelve pieces for violin, piano, cello, and clarinet (three pieces for each instrument written for beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced students; with or without piano accompaniment). Through this series, student performers and their audiences are reminded of life experiences through the reminiscence and creative process of classic Chinese music literature and well-known folksongs. 

Alto Saxophone Solo - Digital Download

SKU: A0.926736

Composed by Yuan-Chen Li (Taiwan). Concert,Contemporary,World. Individual part. 9 pages. Yuan-Chen Li #3447121. Published by Yuan-Chen Li (A0.926736).

Spell (aka. Ling, 凌), for solo Alto Saxophone, is commissioned by Taiwanese saxophonist Chun-Hao Ku (顧鈞豪) for his performance in International Saxophone Congress in 2012. The inspiration of Spell is by one of the Taiwan Taoist rituals – Chi Ji (起乩): it refers to a ritualistic process conducted by the Taoist priest who transforms himself from an ordinary person to the one full of the spirit of divinity, and then delivers messages to the prayers. The form of this piece is shaped by two simultaneous voices which project the dual identities between the chant of the priest and the spell transcended from the spirit. Each voice focuses on distinct articulations and techniques developing in the flow of time, such as slap-tongue pizzicato, churning broken chord, and multiphonics. 

Spell is included in the saxophone repertoire Londeix Guide To The Saxophone Repertoire, 1844-2012 edited by Jean-Marie Londeix (2012, Bordeaux, France).

Instrumental Duet Instrumental Duet,Organ,Violin - Digital Download

SKU: A0.926733

Composed by Yuan-Chen Li. Concert,Contemporary,Wedding. Score and parts. 6 pages. Yuan-Chen Li #2071043. Published by Yuan-Chen Li (A0.926733).

Looking for wedding music in triple meter? Yes - Harmony is a sweet piece which puts beautiful harmonic language of Faure and rhythmic character of Brahms in one piece. The violin plays expressive and romantic melody above the organ, and eventually synchronizes with the organ.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.926738

Composed by Yuan-Chen Li. Contemporary,Standards,World. Score. 4 pages. Yuan-Chen Li #6866367. Published by Yuan-Chen Li (A0.926738).

     Yangguan Pass is the common theme running through three pieces for solo piano, written for students of beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advance levels: Dancing at Yangguan Pass, Farewell at Yangguan, and Crossing Yangguan Pass. It takes students to explore formal design, such as the unconventional proportion of phrasal structure, means of introduction, and ending. Inspired by the guqin music and poetry of Yangguan Pass, the piano solo works enrich the expression of the old pentatonic tune with wide ranges of meters, rhythms, keys, or registers, which are essential to Chinese traditional music and contemporary music. 
     CMTNC (Chinese Music Teachers Association of Northern California) Commission Series is a collection of musical works for a set of twelve pieces for violin, piano, cello, and clarinet (three pieces for each instrument written for beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced students; with or without piano accompaniment). Through this series, student performers and their audiences are reminded of life experiences through the reminiscence and creative process of classic Chinese music literature and well-known folksongs. 

Piano,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.926742

Composed by Yuan-Chen Li. Contemporary,Standards,World. 6 pages. Yuan-Chen Li #6866379. Published by Yuan-Chen Li (A0.926742).

     Lullaby is the common theme running through three pieces for violin and piano, written for students of beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced levels: Lullaby in A Key, Fantasia Lullaby, and When the Rainbow Says Goodnight. It takes students to consider color as a technical and formal expression that varieties of tone colors, as well as tonal centers, are explored. Originally modal, the tune by the aboriginal people takes the rocking baby as the inspiration and is embellished with a wide range of ornaments, string changes, and tonal centers, which are all relevant to Chinese traditional music and contemporary music.

     CMTNC (Chinese Music Teachers Association of Northern California) Commission Series is a collection of musical works for a set of twelve pieces for violin, piano, cello, and clarinet (three pieces for each instrument written for beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced students; with or without piano accompaniment). Through this series, student performers and their audiences are reminded of life experiences through the reminiscence and creative process of classic Chinese music literature and well-known folksongs.

Clarinet Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.926748

Composed by Yuan-Chen Li. Contemporary,Standards,World. Individual part. 3 pages. Yuan-Chen Li #6866395. Published by Yuan-Chen Li (A0.926748).

     Hakka is identified as the common theme running through three pieces for solo clarinet, and clarinet and piano duet, written for students of beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced levels: Singing in the Hakka Village, Mountain Dance, and Song of Soaring Mountains. It takes students to expand simple elements into examples of expression by employing changes in dynamics, tempos, and ornaments. The tune by the ethnic group Hakka is rooted in triadic arpeggiations. Supplied with techniques such as call and response, tempo modulations, and extreme register shifts, one shall recognize these techniques meant to depict not only the geographical features where the Hakka villages often situate but also practices in Chinese traditional music and contemporary music.

     CMTNC (Chinese Music Teachers Association of Northern California) Commission Series is a collection of musical works for a set of twelve pieces for violin, piano, cello, and clarinet (three pieces for each instrument written for beginner, intermediate, and intermediate/advanced students; with or without piano accompaniment). Through this series, student performers and their audiences are reminded of life experiences through the reminiscence and creative process of classic Chinese music literature and well-known folksongs.