SKU: CY.CC3002
ISBN 9790530058220.
Symphony No. 1 for Brass Quintetby C. P. E. Bach, arranged by Justin BlandC. P. E. Bach was an innovator as an early Classical era composer, helping to develop the sonata form that was refined by Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. Like his father, Carl Phillip Emanuel was prolific and showed signs of true genius.Symphony No. 1, in three movements (fast-slow-fast), originally in D major, has been transposed down a step to C by arranger Justin Bland.This very fine arrangement (the entire work) of about 12 minutes in length is appropriate for advanced performers and can be the cornerstone of a recital program.Instrumentation: Trumpets (parts in C and B-flat), Horn in F, Trombone and Tuba.
SKU: PR.114419070
ISBN 9781491113493. UPC: 680160671540. 9 x 12 inches.
Martin Amlin’s first recital work for Trumpet and Piano brings all the iridescent excitement that has intrigued other performers. Composed for his renowned colleague Terry Everson, Amlin’s sonata pours new wine into old bottles with its three movements titled: 1. Invention, 2. Chaconne, and 3. Moto Perpetuo. The publication provides solo parts for both C and E-flat Trumpet. Composer and pianist Martin Amlin has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Tanglewood Music Center, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Massachusetts Artists Foundation, St. Botolph Club Foundation, and the Massachusetts Council for the Arts. He was a recipient of an ASCAP Grant to Young Composers and has received many ASCAPlus Awards. He has been a resident at Yaddo, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the MacDowell Colony, where he was named a Norlin Fellow.Much of Amlin’s music is characterized by a pungent tonality and energetic rhythms. His Sonata for Piccolo and Piano and Sonata No. 2 for Flute and Piano both won the National Flute Association’s Newly Published Music Competition. Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra was premiered by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra,and he has had performances of his music by the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver Chorale, Back Bay Chorale, Webster Trio, and the American Vocal Arts Quintet. He has had commissions from the Seattle Flute Society, Pacific Serenades, the Chicago Flute Club, ALEA III, the James Pappoutsakis memorial flute competition, pianist Andrew Willis, and clarinetist Michael Webster.Martin Amlin is Chairman of the Department of Composition and Theory at Boston University and Director of the Young Artists Composition Program at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. He is also recipient of Boston University’s Kahn Award for his Piano Sonata No. 7. He studied with Nadia Boulanger at the Ecoles d’Art Américaines in Fontainebleau and the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, and received masters and doctoral degrees as well as the Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music. Mr. Amlin has appeared as soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra in performances of Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, and has performed on the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Prelude concerts at both Symphony Hall and Tanglewood. He has also appeared on the FleetBoston Celebrity Series and been pianist for the M.I.T. Experimental Music Studio and the New England Ragtime Ensemble. He has often been heard live on Boston’s WGBH radio station as both performer and composer, and has given world premieres of many new works.Martin Amlin has recordings on the Albany, Ashmont Music, Centaur, Crystal, Folkways, Hyperion, Koch International, Opus One, Titanic, and Wergo labels. .
SKU: SP.TS021
ISBN 9781585603992. UPC: 649571100216.
Unlike many collections which feature obscure titles, Exceptional Classics for Trumpet, arranged by Tony Santorella and Jonathon Robbins features a broad assortment of well-known classics originally written for piano. This best selling title contains works from a variety of major composers, which by its nature, provides examples of music written from several different eras. This eliminates the need for multiple teaching materials and is a great resource for teaching young horn players early, easy, original classics. Exceptional Classics for Trumpet published by Santorella Publications is a required text for many state audition lists and is suggested by music educators associated with the highly regarded NYSSMA organization. The accompanying CD is an acoustic piano accompaniment and extremely helpful towards learning these important masterpiece themes. Little Cradle Song, Schumann - Russian Folk Song, Beethoven - Tell Me, Fair Ladies from The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart - The Organ Grinder, Tchaikovsky - Allegro, Mozart - Minuet, Bach - Minuet, Haydn - Russian Song, Tchaikovsky - Serenade, Mozart - Gavotte, Bach - German Dances, Haydn - Andante from The Surprise Symphony No. 94, Haydn - Waltz, Beethoven - German Dance, Schubert - Ecossaise, Beethoven - Canon In D, Pachelbel - Ode to Joy from Symphony No. 9, Beethoven - Two Minuets, Bach - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Bach - Andante, Mozart - Aria, Bach - Serenade from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Mozart - Norse Song, Schumann - Old French Song, Tchaikovsky - Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens, Beethoven - The Wild Horseman, Schumann - Two Minuets from The Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach, Bach.
