Contemplative and beautiful?and designed for use during each of the four Sundays of Advent. With optional narration during and before each section, the anthem can be used for the lighting of the Advent wreath during each Advent Sunday, or sung as a complete anthem. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

George Nicholson's String Quartet No.5.George Nicholson was born in County Durham in 1949 and studied at the University of York with David Blake and Bernard Rands receiving his doctorate in 1979. For ten years he pursued a freelance career in London before being appointed Lecturer in Music and Director of Composition at Keele University in 1988. In January 1996 he took up the post of Senior Lectu…

A wonderful volume of cool and snazzy duets for student and teacher. The Primo part consists of an easy student part in freed hand positions while the secondo part contains spiced-up teacher accompaniments. Arranger John Widger has made interesting effective and somewhat naughty versions of these well loved melodies and tunes! Play and hear classics like Albinoni's Adagio and Beethoven's Fifth li…

Par BUXTEHUDE DIETRICH. This six-verse hymn is based on the melody “Herzlich tut mich verlangen, ” which Buxtehude used both for the solo cantata Herzlich tut mich verlangen BuxWV 42 and for a chorale prelude entitled Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder BuxWV 178. Apart from the “Amen, ” with coloratura decoration, the text is set in a simple four-part texture. The accompanying violins are used in the pre…

The Vocal Score for the Franco-Swiss composer Richard Dubugnon's brilliant choral work, Adoration De La Croix. Richard Dubugnon was born in 1968 and began his musical studies with the Double Bass and in composition. He studied at the Paris Conservatory and then the Royal Academy of Music before turning to teaching for seven years. The winner of numerous awards, as well as seeing his work performed…

What a neat idea to turn this Henry Mancini classic into a medium samba groove! Your lead trombonist receives some well-deserved feature time and is joined briefly by the entire bone section. The ensemble “shout”chorus begins with an ingenious unison line played softly to start before turning things back over to the trombone solo. Nicely done!

The Absolute Beginners approach is designed to make learning Latin percussion easier than ever before! Step-by-step pictures take you from first-day exercises to playing along with a backing track.

This three-part fantasy opens with a brisk light style. The piece moves quickly into a lyrical treatment of Shenandoah. A restatement of the opening motif leads into a slower section in which the original theme is presented both backward and forward in a beautiful harmonic setting. A final section utilizes additional melodic variations and a chorale setting under a woodwind ostinato before coming…

The french round Frére Jacques gets new life from Quincy Hilliard in this percussion feature for beginning band. A good teaching tool for utilizing the 'toys' with your young percussionists. This outstanding crowd-pleaser features bursting balloons right before the final measure. Hold your ears!

from An American Tale-The a cappella choral textures communicate the touching lyric and classic melody of this beloved ballad perfectly in a setting that is accessible yet musically satisfying! Opening with a lyric solo line accompanied by the ensemble the melody then passes between the soprano and tenor before modulating and moving steadily forward to the expressive final chords.