Par MC NEFF STEPHEN. My research for Banished began with a small group of students during a Trinity Laban co-lab period in 2013, though the idea goes back over 30 years when I first saw Steve Gooch’s Female Transport and stored the idea of adapting it as an opera until the right opportunity arose. I have been involved in opera for a long time and it has always been a frustration for me that while …

Mark Dziuba helps you become a great blues guitarist by expanding your groove palette. You'll learn about shuffle and straight rhythms, the 12/8 feel, triplets, blues forms, the minor blues, and various blues rhythm tricks, including chord fills, using accents and mutes, sliding into chords, and open-string drones. Additionally, Dziuba explores harmonic concepts, like chord extensions and advanced…

Félix Lavilla's Canciones Para Violonchelo Y Piano features songs from the popular Basque songbook contributed to over many years by Lavilla and his student pianist and researcher Josu Okiñena. This valuable publication is considered Lavilla's last great contribution to the Basque culture and is a continuation of his work recovering Basque musical heritage a project which he started in the 1…

Salsa and Afro Cuban Montunos For Piano authored by Carlos Campos is an extremely informative 92 page book containing hundreds of musical examples showing you how to play in these aforementioned Latin styles. Mr. Campos originates from Lima Peru and has studied Latin music for over 20 years. This book contains great study material for learning the various techniques and rhythms used in playing Lat…

With 'The Techniques of Trombone Playing', Mike Svoboda has written a book conceived as a valuable guide for composers and trombonists. It familiarises composers with contemporary trombone techniques and shows how to put them to creative use. Furthermore it helps trombonists to view and employ their versatile instrument as a multi-functional sound generator. Together with composer Michel Roth, Mi…

L'esprit du blues dans 28 tunes grands, y compris : Dust My Broom o je suis Your Hoochie Coochie Man o Sweet Home Chicago o tous les jours, j'ai le o de Blues et bien plus encore. / Guitare / 64 pages / Partition

Inspired by the spiritual “Were You There ” this musical experience is based on several monologues by thosse who were at the cross. The work leads us through many emotions: from the Holy Love shown to Mary Magdalene to the intimacy of Mother Marty's Still My Son to the regret of Peter in It Should Have Been Me. The musical can be of almost any length since each momologue and anthem ma…

First performed in 1979 by Robert Winn. The first of the three movements is tense building from the depths of the piano. The middle movement evocative using slow glissandi in the bottom octave of the flute and the last movement is a naughty bi-tonal rondo. Duration: 7 - 8 minutes. Typeset and re-printed in 2010 on the occasion of the composer's 50th birthday. This was the very first work to be …