Castle on a Cloud is sung by the child Cosette in Les Misérables. It is a hopeful song of her imaginary world where life is beautiful, and she is not subjected to the drudgery of her hard existence. Sylvia Woods has arranged this lilting song for lever or pedal harp. There are 7 lever changes in the piece, so it is for lower intermediate to intermediate level players. Fingerings and lyrics are inc…

Guest Spot Today's Biggest Hits, for Clarinette.This collection of songs will have your audience tapping their feet and singing along as you play hits such as Big When I Was Little, Walks Like Rihanna, Let Her Go and many more.Why not strut your stuff as you play along to recent artists like Olly Murs, with easy play-along tracks for Alto Saxophone. / Clarinette

Exciting new compositions and arrangements for Jazz and Pop choirs. In 'A Jazzy Dozen' eight established arrangers have presented a diversity of styles in vocal jazz and jazz- related music. A cappella ballads, Latin groove, swing and writing in close harmony appear alongside popular songs, gospel and new compositions. Not only the stylistic variety, but also the cooperation between internationall…

Par FAGAN GARY. Heroes Among Us by Gary Fagan is an original overture-style work for string orchestra that was inspired by the many people who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make sure many school children who could not go to school received at least two hot meals each day throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. School bus drivers and cafeteria workers put in long hours to prepare meals and deliv…

The calming strains of this incredibly beautiful music have been thoughtfully and carefully scored in this string arrangement. The composer's full orchestration has been pared down to its basic elements, leaving a work that will captivate and entrance your audiences. Not only for concert programming, this work also makes a superb choice in your contest program. (6:15) / Orchestre A Cordes

This high-energy original Christmas spiritual is not to be missed! A driving gospel chorus alternates with contrasting verses, then a quote from 'Angels We Have Heard on High' introduces a lively, and briefly a cappella, refrain. Pair with the optional SoundTrax CD and choreography from the Step One! DVD and at alfred.com/video. / 2 Parties Mixtes

Par DEBUSSY CLAUDE. Debussy's only string quartet, composed in 1893, was his first masterwork. Together with two further works from this creative period, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune and Pelléas et Mélisande, the quartet established the composer's position as the rising star of the French music scene. Discrepancies existed from the initial publication in 1894 between the score, corrected and …

Par SLATER ALEC. With this volume, the reader is pleasantly surprised with two books in one- Section One by Alec Slater, and Section Two by Lisa Schmitz. Alec's portion is intended as a guide for the clawhammer or frailing banjo player with some previous experience in this style. He stresses the fact that this style of music can be fully learned only from within the oral tradition in which it grew…

Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. 'Rodrigo” was premiered in autumn 1707 in Florence and is therefore one of Handel's early stage works. The composer, only 22 years old, wrote a densely-woven musical scenario for his first opera composed in Italy . It masterfully portrays the dramatic states of mind of the protagonists surrounding the Iberian tyrant Rodrigo and the plot full of deception, betrayal , a…

For many, Evelyn Glennie's encores are the highlight of her live performances. These six exquisite, simple melodies, transcribed and arranged by Evelyn, are ideally suited to the emotional qualities of the marimba and are enjoyed immensely by audiences all over the world.Evelyn Glennie's meteoric career as a solo percussionist spans the five continents of the world. Her musicianship and charismati…