Technique - Style - Improvisation. Par O'NEILL JOHN. Since it was first published in 1992, The Jazz Method for Saxophone has guided thousands of beginners of all ages from producing their first note on the saxophone to the performance of full-blown jazz pieces, including pieces by contemporary composers. Based on the tried and tested format of the original method (with step-by-step guidance and a…

The Concerto for piano and wind instruments, created in the last stage of the life of Antonio Ruiz-Pipó (1934-1997), certainly is one of his most outstanding compositions. Expressive, yet at the same time characterized by great precision and economy of means, the work is written in the tradition of Manuel de Falla. Pianist and ensemble, especially the woodwind players, are equally faced with techn…

Ed. F. Zigante - Pour Guitare - For Guitar - Para Guitarra - Per Chitarra. Par BROUWER LEO. Written in 1962 by a brilliantly imaginative Leo Brouwer at the age of only twenty-three, the Tres piezas latinoamericanas are published here together for the first time under the Eschig imprint in an edition based on the composer's autograph manuscripts. The Tres piezas belong to a musical genre between ac…

Par HARRIS PAUL. The best-selling Improve your sight-reading! series by renowned educationalist Paul Harris has now been extended to offer a series of editions supporting the Trinity College London sight-reading criteria. The books, including this volume for Grade 2, have been specifically written to reflect Trinity's parameters for each grade and contain new material throughout. Designed to help …

Par SCOTT ANDY. A new arrangement of Andy Scott's popular piece, And Everything is Still... is now available. Arranged by virtuoso guitarist James Girling, in conjunction with the composer. Inspired by a poem written by Lemn Sissay (taken from his children?s book The Emperor?s Watchmaker), And Everything Is Still? was commissioned by the Royal Northern College of Music and was premiered by Carla S…

Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band is a complete curriculum for beginning band students to help them grow as ensemble musicians. The series complements any band method and supplements any performance music. It contains 167 exercises, including more than 100 chorales by some of today's most renowned young band composers. Various exercises at the grade 1/2, 1, and 1 1/2 l…

Diverse articulations make this piece exciting to perform! Written mostly in a C minor 5-finger pattern, each hand plays a separate articulation throughout, and the right hand has sections of 'slapping that knee,' adding to the fun. A splash of accidentals and upbeat, syncopated rhythms in 4/4 meter contribute to create a solo that late-elementary students will love to play. / Piano

Par COURT DOUGLAS. New Horizons was written to commemorate the opening of the Sinclair Secondary School in Whitby, Ontario, Canada. The school operates under the philosophy 'Quality education today - for tomorrow' and is looking toward new directions in education for the 21st century. The school offers a wide range of learning opportunities where the integration of curriculum stresses academics, a…

In spite of the most enthusiastic reception at the work's premiere, the famous pianist and conductor Hans von Bülow criticized Verdi's Messa da Requiem as 'an opera in ecclesiastical robes?. Nonetheless, or maybe precisely for this quality, the work has conquered concert podiums worldwide.For this scholarly-critical edition, the editor has consulted no less than 16 sources, many more than were eve…

10 easy pieces inspired by animals in the zoo. Par IGUDESMAN ALEKSEY. Inspired by animals in the zoo, Aleksey Igudesman has written these ten pieces for elementary to intermediate-level violinists. A fun poem is also provided with drawings from penguins to pandas by Felicia Gulda. Ten animal-themed pieces for violin and piano Easy concert and teaching material The piano part is also suitab…