Bassoon,Clarinet,Piano,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1370915 Composed by David Warin Solomons. 21st Century,Contemporary. Full Performance. Duration 189. David Warin Solomons #955259. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.1370915). A setting of the La Fontaine poem La cigale et la fourmi with narrator (in English), clarinet, bassoon and piano(A version with French narrator is also available on this site.)The Grasshopper in drowsy songHad spent the pleasant summer long,And found herself without a crumbWhen winter’s icy blast had come.Not one small morsel could she spyOf puny worm or measly fly.So off she went to cry her wantStraight to her neighbour Madame Ant,Merely asking for a loanOf bread or grain to eke her ownUntil the plenteous time came round.“I’ll pay you back, or I’ll be boundBy August, word of animal,Both interest and principal.�The Ants are not a lending lotIndeed that is their slightest fault.“What were you doing when ’twas hot?�She asked this impecunious sort.� To all who came, both day and nightI used to sing at every chance.�“You used to sing? That’s fine and right!Well now’s the very time – to dance!�©S.N.SolomonsOriginal French version:La cigale, ayant chanté tout l’été,se trouva fort dépourvue Quand la bise fut venue.Pas un seul petit morceau De mouche ou de vermisseau.Elle alla crier famine Chez la fourmi sa voisine,La priant de lui prêter Quelque grain pour subsisterJusqu’à la saison nouvelle.“Je vous paierai,�lui dit elle,“avant l’août,foi d’animal,Intérêt et principal.�La fourmi n’est pas prêteuse;C’est là son moindre défaut.“Que faisiez vous au temps chaud?�Dit elle à cette emprunteuse“Nuit et jour à tout venantJe chantais,ne vous déplaise.�“Vous chantiez?j’en suis fort aise.Eh bien!dansez maintenant.�

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1169815 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by Nick M Lacanski. Classical. Score and parts. 30 pages. Theupperstaff #770179. Published by theupperstaff (A0.1169815). This composition was also titled Grand Fantasia and was written for organ. It actually has three movements: Adagio, Allegro and Lento. I like to call this series of arrangements – just the notes. Why? Because that’s exactly what you get. As a performer/instructor I longed for the day when I no longer needed to write over someone’s bowings, interpretations and fingerings. I hope you enjoy this arrangement for strings, and I thank you for looking.

String Ensemble,String Quintet Cello,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1169808 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by Nick M Lacanski. Classical. Score and parts. 31 pages. Theupperstaff #770172. Published by theupperstaff (A0.1169808). This composition was also titled Grand Fantasia and was written for organ. It actually has three movements: Adagio, Allegro and Lento. I like to call this series of arrangements – just the notes. Why? Because that’s exactly what you get. As a performer/instructor I longed for the day when I no longer needed to write over someone’s bowings, interpretations and fingerings. I hope you enjoy this arrangement for strings, and I thank you for looking.

String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1169907 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by Nick M Lacanski. Classical. Score and parts. 31 pages. Theupperstaff #770272. Published by theupperstaff (A0.1169907). This composition was also titled Grand Fantasia and was written for organ. It actually has three movements: Adagio, Allegro and Lento. I like to call this series of arrangements – just the notes. Why? Because that’s exactly what you get. As a performer/instructor I longed for the day when I no longer needed to write over someone’s bowings, interpretations and fingerings. I hope you enjoy this arrangement for strings, and I thank you for looking.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1171265 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by Nick M Lacanski. Classical. Score and parts. 45 pages. Theupperstaff #771604. Published by theupperstaff (A0.1171265). This composition was also titled Grande Fantasia de Mozart and was written for organ. It actually has three movements: Adagio, Allegro and Lento. I like to call this series of arrangements – just the notes. Why? Because that’s exactly what you get. As a performer/instructor I longed for the day when I no longer needed to write over someone’s bowings, interpretations and fingerings. The three movements are available separately. They are titled Grande Fantasie de Mozart. I hope you enjoy this arrangement for strings, and I thank you for looking.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1164828 By Judy Garland. By E.Y. Yip Harburg and Harold Arlen. Arranged by Thomas Gunther. Film/TV,Jazz,Standards. Score. 3 pages. Thomas Gunther Music Productions #765152. Published by Thomas Gunther Music Productions (A0.1164828). This is my (Thomas Gunther’s) Solo Piano Arrangement of Over The Rainbow. (Also see PopJazzKeys.com/Over-The-Rainbow).I believe the arrangement is suited for intermediate to advanced players. There are different technically demanding elements to it, from polyphony (which require great finger independence), to the techniques associated with the Romantic period (like the ability to work the sustain pedal, arpeggios, and playing thick chords). The video below shows me performing it (with close-up of hands and sheet music), followed by important practice tips!) WHO IS IT FOR?I think classical and jazz pianists will both love it for different reasons. Classical musicians might like to play something more contemporary with a jazzy touch. And jazz musicians might like to studying it for inspiration, or to improve their sight reading and technical skills, or simply because they love it.ABOUT THE SONG Over The Rainbow is one of my favorite classic jazz standards. Most of you might know it from the classic movie The Wizard Of Oz, for which it was actually composed (and sung by Judy Garland).I love everything about this song, it’s melody (which is so cleverly based on a descending diatonic stepwise motion during the [A] section), the harmony, and of course the lyrics that inspire us to believe there might actually be more to life than what we are experiencing day in and day out, well worth dreaming about and searching for.ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LYRICSTo me it is important to study the lyrics of a song before I start arranging it. The lyrics guide me in my search for how I want the arrangement to impact the listener emotionally. 

Instrumental Duet Instrumental Duet,Piano - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1012274 Composed by Charles H. Gabriel. Arranged by Sylvia Hung. Christian,Concert,Contemporary,Gospel,Praise & Worship. Score and parts. 10 pages. Notes of Delight #5995295. Published by Notes of Delight (A0.1012274). This beautiful all time Christian classics by William Martin / Charles Gabriel was arranged for one piano four hands, perfect for all church worship occasion, school performance or recital. The four verses were arranged in four distinctively different style, classics, waltz and jazz / contemporary. While savoring the wonder of God’s love and grace while you play, you will definitely enjoy the interesting and creative harmony and style variations of this piece. The piece duration is around 4:00.You will receive full set of music including score along with 2 piano parts with same bar number setup which will be easy for the 2 pianist to read through, one at each side. This piece is intermediate / advanced level. Sylvia Hung is a Toronto-based Christian Church composer/arranger/pianist, she has been arranging and composing numerous pieces for various church group and ensembles over the past 20 years, including weddings, hymnal services presentation and performances on special occasion. She herself has also served in church as a pianist /choir conductor/ ensemble director/ clinician. Please visit her music at https://sylviahungmusic.caMy Heavenly Father Watches Over Me(William C. Martin/ Charles H. Gabriel)Lyrics I trust in God wherever I may be,  Upon the land, or on the rolling sea,For come what may, from day to day,My heav’nly Father watches over me.Refrain:I trust in God, I know He cares for me; On mountain bleak or on the stormy sea; Though billows roll, He keeps my soul; My heav’nly Father watches over me.He makes the rose an object of His care, He guides the eagle through the pathless air, And surely He remembers me; My heav’nly Father watches over me.I trust in God, for, in the lion’s den, On battlefield, or in the prison pen, Through praise or blame, through flood or flame, My heav’nly Father watches over me. The valley may be dark, the shadows deep, But, oh, the Shepherd guards His lonely sheep; And through the gloom He’ll lead me home, My heav’nly Father watches over me.

String Orchestra - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1170468 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by Nick M Lacanski. Classical. Score and parts. 10 pages. Theupperstaff #770837. Published by theupperstaff (A0.1170468). This composition was also titled Grand Fantasia and was written for organ. It actually has three movements: Adagio, Allegro and Lento. I like to call this series of arrangements – just the notes. Why? Because that’s exactly what you get. As a performer/conductor I longed for the day when I no longer needed to write over someone’s bowings, interpretations and fingerings. I hope you enjoy this arrangement for strings, and I thank you for looking.

Concert band - Grade 3 - Digital Download SKU: IZ.CBW141 Composed by Daniel Baldwin. Score and Parts. 89 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #CBW141. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.CBW141). 9 x 12 in inches.Escape Velocity was commissioned in honor of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Kansas Bandmasters Association. This was a special honor to be sure, but what made this commission so much more special to me was that the President of the Kansas Bandmasters was my former high school band director. I can safely say that my experience with him is the reason I chose music as a career.To write a piece for this prestigious organization was the thrill of a lifetime for me.In writing Escape Velocity, I envisioned the journey of a rocket ship entering space. It begins with the launch and all of the dangers and excitement of the ascent. Resistance is met while trying to escape Earth's gravity before finally reaching orbit. Space is beautiful and its majesty and wonder is reflected in the music. The conclusion depicts the reentering of Earth's orbit and the final descent to splashdown. I envisioned this piece to be more of a tone painting than a programmatic work, though I'm sure it would work just fine to have a video of a space launch projected in the background of your performance!Escape Velocity was commission by the Kansas Bandmasters Association, Dennis Kerr, President, and was premiered on July 19th, 2013 by theKBAMiddle Level Honor Band with Richard Saucedo conducting.

String Ensemble,String Quintet Cello,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1171580 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by Nick M Lacanski. Classical. Score and parts. 47 pages. Theupperstaff #771888. Published by theupperstaff (A0.1171580). This composition was also titled Grande Fantasia de Mozart and was written for organ. It actually has three movements: Adagio, Allegro and Lento. I like to call this series of arrangements – just the notes. Why? Because that’s exactly what you get. As a performer/instructor I longed for the day when I no longer needed to write over someone’s bowings, interpretations and fingerings. The three movements are available separately. They are titled Grande Fantasie de Mozart. I hope you enjoy this arrangement for strings, and I thank you for looking.

String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1170469 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by Nick M Lacanski. Classical. Score and parts. 9 pages. Theupperstaff #770838. Published by theupperstaff (A0.1170469). This composition was also titled Grand Fantasia and was written for organ. It actually has three movements: Adagio, Allegro and Lento. I like to call this series of arrangements – just the notes. Why? Because that’s exactly what you get. As a performer/conductor I longed for the day when I no longer needed to write over someone’s bowings, interpretations and fingerings. I hope you enjoy this arrangement for strings, and I thank you for looking.

Brass Ensemble Trumpet - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1079739 Composed by Eddie Lewis. Classical,Instructional,Sacred. Score and parts. 6 pages. Tiger Music #683926. Published by Tiger Music (A0.1079739). I have said this in the description for other pieces, but it’s worth mentioning again. I believe that trumpet students should begin performing from the start of their careers. The problem with this belief is that there isn’t much good music written for the beginners to perform. Most of what is published is “dumbed down� and doesn’t sound like real music. I have been trying to fill that cap by composing pieces for the beginners that I would be proud to perform in public. My objective with these compositions is to write music that sounds like real music, but functions within the limitations of the beginners’ trumpet skills. My first compositions of this nature were the three bird solos, Bird March, Feathered Friends and The Purple Parrot (which I let my then current students name). One of those students performed the Bird March solo at a school assembly only three or four months after she started playing the trumpet. That student eventually quit trumpet to pursue a busy performance career in theater (she was an elementary school student) but performing the Bird March for her fellow students is a memory she will always fondly look back on. That is part of why performing early in the learning process is so important. You don’t know when students will continue, and which ones will not. For those students whose trumpet careers end up being no longer than a year, the one or two performances they have in that year are all they will have to look back on. Unfortunately, those who do not perform at all will only ever remember the drudgery of pointless practice and rehearsals. But there’s more to my early performance philosophy than just that. For those students who do continue their trumpet careers for many years, the earlier performances have a mental benefit that cannot be replaced in any other way. Their future progress on the trumpet is greatly enhanced by each performance they present in the first two years of their trumpet careers.

Large Ensemble Choir,Flute,Orff Instrument,Voice - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.874274 By Billie Eilish. By Billie Eilish, Billie Eilish O'Connell, Finneas O'Connell, and Khalid Robinson. Arranged by a do Ray me flute studio production, Ray-Michael Kauffman. Pop. Score and parts. 41 pages. As do Ray meflute studio production #6865945. Published by as do Ray meflute studio production (A0.874274). LOVELYLovely by Billie Eilish, Khalid and Finneas O'Connell , from the tv show series 13 reasons Why arranged for flute choir by me, Ray-Michael Kauffman. This arrangement was written and dedicated to Professor Morgann E. Davis Parrish , Flute Professor at Millersville University, PA , and also dedicated to the Millersville University First Flute Day. This arrangement is also a special one in the fact that this is a Composition that Cares, meaning all money made from this goes to charity, for treatment of mental illness and trauma victims. To purchase and support this cause , please go to https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publis... and check my website out at www.doRaymeflute.com    *******  About the instrumental part scoring, this arrangement was created and intended for flutists of all ages and abilities, and levels , backgrounds and experience to be able to play this.Because of this musical arrangement being created and premiered  for and at Millersville University’s First Flute Day on 4/2/2022 ( hosted and created by the incredible Flute Professor at Millersville U. Morgann E. Davis Parrish ),   I knew I could enable and create parts for the instrumental scoring that could add more depth and texture, and interest to both the players and audience ( no matter what the flutist’s ability is – because every one should and can play in a flute ensemble and make great music with others and HAVE FUN!!  =0))   The two added / extra special parts are Flute E-M and Flute H-C. Flute E-M or C flute part 6 stands for elementary or more beginner player. I have easy rhythms/ notes, key signature and note values and wanted them to experience some melody as reflected in the part. If there is something still tricky for the player, please modify their part so they can enjoy in performing. Flute  H-C stands for high school and more advanced playing . High schoolers want more of a challenge, so I wanted to create something both with more complexity and interest, but with in their means of ability as hopefully I reflected here.                     https://youtu.be/dEz-6bZtzKk    

String Ensemble,String Quintet Cello,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1170467 Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Arranged by Nick M Lacanski. Classical. Score and parts. 10 pages. Theupperstaff #770836. Published by theupperstaff (A0.1170467). This composition was also titled Grand Fantasia and was written for organ. It actually has three movements: Adagio, Allegro and Lento. I like to call this series of arrangements – just the notes. Why? Because that’s exactly what you get. As a performer/conductor I longed for the day when I no longer needed to write over someone’s bowings, interpretations and fingerings. I hope you enjoy this arrangement for strings, and I thank you for looking.