As the curtain goes up on 'Twas the Night Before Curtain we are presented with the musical version of the frantic night before the opening of a show complete with the inevitable drama that every ensemble experiences! The comical story is told through speaking parts solos and lots of musical elements that culminate into a very happy ending! Available separately: SATB SAB 2-part StudioTrax CD…

Breathtaking! This gorgeous setting of the Agnus Dei text begins with piano and gradually crescendos to a mezzo forte before ending in a pure hushed final major chord. Easy to teach this ABA-form piece will show off your choir in concerts festivals and adjudications. It's a winner!

As the title implies this composition uses layers of sound to create a shimmering effect. It features beautiful woodwind and mallet writing and a powerful brass build near the end before ending quietly.

Psallite Choral Series. From our Psallite Series, we present a sacred tone poem destined to be an important addition to the choral canon. Luxurious in harmonic language, this octavo framed in Latin describes the angel's announcement of Christ's birth to the shepherds. Emerging poetically from stillness and darkness with fragile sound, the piece opens organically as the divine glory of light breaks…

In the masterful hands of Jay Bocook this hauntingly beautiful melody of Elgar's makes a wonderful setting for the field. Nicely adapted to feature woodwind colors a brief trumpet solo and a powerful full band push before ending quietly.

Par GRECO JOSE LUIS. A piano sonata composed in 2011 and premiered by Nelson Ojeda in the all-Greco program of the Queens New Music Festival of New York on 18 May 2019. A 17-minute virtuoso work whose technical challenges are sure to excite both performer and audience. Bold and dramatic, with moments of lyricism, it culminates in overwhelming waves of sound before ending in the way it began. / Dat…

très faciles pour la harpe-French born harpist and composer Marcel Grandjany (1891-1975) studied at the Paris Conservatoire before spending much of his working life in America. His Trois petites Pièces were composed in Grandjany's early career and are simple and enjoyable works suitable for beginner harpists. Grandjany was a teacher of Harp at the Julliard School for 37 years whilst also compo…

Caleb Henry Trevor (1895-1976) was a British organist editor and pedagogue known simply as 'CH' to his friends. Primarily self-taught he studied at Oxford before spending 8 years in the army. From 1936-1964 he was Professor of Organ at the Royal Academy of Music where he taught many of the best organists of the last century including Simon Preston and and Barry Rose. He is best remembered for…

Born in 1941 the British composer Derek Bourgeois gained a doctorate at Cambridge before spending two years at the Royal College of Music where he studied composition with Herbert Howells and conducting with Sir Adrian Boult.Bourgeois has composed seventeen symphonies twelve concertos and a considerable quantity of chamber vocal and instrumental music as well as twelve extended works for Bras…

French born harpist and composer Marcel Grandjany (1891-1975) studied at the Paris Conservatoire before spending much of his working life in America. His Rhapsodie For Harp was composed in 1921 and is a sublime addition to the Harp's repertoire. Grandjany was a teacher of Harp at the Juilliard School for 37 years whilst also composing and transcribing many works for the instrument. Rhapsodie For…

Easier Piano Pieces 54-Easier Piano Pieces Vol.54 edited by Howard Ferguson published by the ABRSM. Most of the pieces in this volume despite their late opus-numbers were written before Schumann was 30. This volume features five pieces from Bunte Blatter Op.99 and eleven pieces from Albumblatter Op.124.

Hooker, John Lee (Artist) - Hooker, John Lee (Composer). Par HOOK JOHN LEE. A classic collection of 20 songs from this legendary blues guitarist. Along with Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, the Hook casts a giant shadow that covers the Delta Blues of the 30's, the primal electric Rhythm 'N' Blues of the late 40's and eclectic blendings of 60's rock and beyond. Those bumping, pumping boogies can stil…