SKU: HL.49045834
The relationship between music and architecture has for many decades been source of fascination for Gilbert. A range of works reflecting on the complexity and beauty of French medieval cathedrals has been the result. Ziggurat is in many ways a companion to these, albeit the type of structure it was engendered by existed a good millennium earlier. It was commissioned in 1993 by the Duo Contemporain, Henri Bok, bass clarinet and Miguel Bernat, percussion, as a sequal to a number of pieces hed written for them reflecting on the architecture of Chartes Cathedral. Although it was a type of memorial to a leading figure in Babylonian (or indeed Amerindian) society, the ziggurat celebrates life. Starting at ground level, a pathway or staircase winds up around the conical structure, decorated with passages of visual narrative and imagery. Gilberts duo for bass clarinet and marimba engages in a similar journey, continuously climbing but also episodic, withpassages of wild virtuoso music separated by steady, directed motion. Colour-changes involving bass clarinet multiphonics and rich chordal writing for the marimba feature strongly. In its original form the work lasted over eighteen minutes; in 2014 Gilbert decided to extensively rewrite the work in order to sharpen its musical focus. It is now just over two thirds of its original length, with resultant heightened intensity.
SKU: HL.14028556
ISBN 9788759852446. 8.5x11.75x0.065 inches. English.
This composition was written quickly in a matter of days, however the composer describes the longer process of writing the piece as unconscious preparation. There are opposite elements on display within the piece, fragile coloristic passages give birth to energetic events with clear rhythmic and melodic charachter. More sharpely focused figures pass through different transformations then finally merge back to less dynamic but no less intensive filigration. In bringing these compositional elements together and by forcing opposite modes of expression, the composer has aimed to force the listener to stretch their own sensibility. Work for Cello and Electronics which was premiered by Anssi Karttunen at the Musica Nova Festival, Bremen in May 1988.
SKU: HL.118298
ISBN 9781480338050. UPC: 884088897840. 8.5x11.0x0.157 inches.
Let's rock with NumberBOP! Count by tens, then by fives, then all the way to fifty! Show left and right, high and low, and tall and short, just for starters. Count pennies in a nickel, seconds in a minute, hours in a day, and more! It all adds up to hours of fun with math for young learners in grades K-2. Reinforce basic concepts and groove to the beat of music, then watch math scores climb! NumberBOP is jammed-packed with songs, ideas, games, movement and creative extension activities! Reproducible songsheets with chord symbols and separate lyric sheets are also included. Sing-along with John and the NumberBOP kids on the enclosed CD with high-quality performance and accompaniment-only recording options for added fun and reinforcement. This CD is also enhanced with songsheet and lyric sheet PDFs to project or reproduce. Sharpen math skills this year with NumberBOP! Songs include: NumberBOP, Let's Count by Tens, Counting to Fifty, Doin' Time, A Penny in My Pocket, Marty Monkey, A Fraction Is a Part of a Whole, It All Adds Up. Suggested for Grades K-2.
SKU: BT.WH31324
ISBN 9788759822555. English.
Improvised Music - Essays And Interviews by Jakob Thorkild Overgaard.
From the preface:
This book is the child of my extensive personal experienceas performerof musical improvisation. I havea large number of concerts, recordings and bands inmy baggage, and throughout my career as performerI have reflected much on the music as such, its origins,and its effects onperformer and listener alike.In addition to this, my M.A. in Music from CopenhagenUniversity provided me with a theoretical foundationwhich has sharpened my reflections on musicand fostered an interestinthe spoken word.As its point of departure, this book will attempt a discussionof improvised music after 1968, as a conceptand as an actual performing art. I shall use the terms‘freeimprovisation’ or ’ freely improvised music’ – as Ithink that they are the best, although I am of coursefully aware that there may be several other adequateterms for this music...
...There are sections solely based on my views and analyses as well as sections taking their starting point in the views of other writers and artists.
Besides, the book containsinterviews and communications with prominent performers of improvised music and theorists such as, inter alia, Danish Peter Ole Jørgensen, Swedish Raymond Strid, Danish Vagn E. Olsson and Torben Sangild, Postdoc at theDepartment of Arts and Cultural Studies, Copenhagen University.
SKU: FG.55011-348-0
ISBN 9790550113480.
Shiki began as a request for a short winter-themed piece for the Hamalais-Osakunnan Laulajat choir in Helsinki. It eventually grew into a four seasons-type cycle on haiku by a 20th century Japanese monk Santoka Taneda. The music of Shiki is a progression through various states of near-stasis. The main impression the composer wished to convey was the one of absolute stillness at the heart of each scene, of communion with the outer world, as if the viewer were drawing the landscape into him, and at the same time dissolving himself into it. The voices are treated texturally, as well as textually, moving on slow masses, with the soft but precisecely colored vowels of Japanese creating the basic sounds, and the sharper consonants giving them shape and definition.
SKU: GI.G-9545
ISBN 9781622772551.
How choir members listen directly impacts the quality of their music making. Listening Awareness is a practical book that guides choral singers—and members of any music ensemble—to become more aware of their own sound as well as the sound of their ensemble. The goal is to help musicians take ownership of the sound they create so singers and musicians learn to provide effective feedback to improve the sound of the entire ensemble. Author Anthony Bernarducci’s approach is simple: Students need to be taught to accurately hear musical concepts before they can apply them in their own music making. He provides a practical and pedagogical approach to concepts such as tone, balance, form, and texture. He also includes exercises that apply aural concepts to style and nuance of historical and contemporary literature—always recommending suggested repertoire, composers, and recordings for each style period. Other topics in Listening Awareness include the different levels of listening, the impact of seating position on sound, strategies for starting a new work, and the characteristics of harmony and melody. Finally, Listening Awareness includes reproducible worksheets to assist with many of the exercises. States Bernarducci, “Our ability to listen, evaluate, and transform will need to be constantly sharpened throughout our careers, our students’ abilities are no exception to this need.†Anthony Bernarducci is Assistant Professor of Music at Clemson University, where he conducts the Men’s Choir and mixed chamber choir Cantorei. He also teaches courses in music theory and composition.
SKU: SU.29120150
Aurora Borealis for solo cello evokes the mystery and drama of the northern lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis. The Aurora Borealis was out. It hung and moved with majesty in folds like an infinite traveler upstage in an infinite theater. In colors of rose and lavender and purple it moved and pulsed against the night, and the frost-sharpened stars shone through it. What a thing to see!... ― John Steinbeck Level of difficulty - music school student to professional Solo Violoncello Duration: 6' Composed: 2020 Published by: Todd Mason Aurora Borealis for Solo cello (Youtube):.
SKU: SU.29120160
Aurora Borealis for solo Bb Clarinet evokes the mystery and drama of the northern lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis. The Aurora Borealis was out. It hung and moved with majesty in folds like an infinite traveler upstage in an infinite theater. In colors of rose and lavender and purple it moved and pulsed against the night, and the frost-sharpened stars shone through it. What a thing to see!... ― John Steinbeck Level of difficulty - music school student to professional Clarinet in Bb Duration: 6' Composed: 2020 Published by: Todd Mason Aurora Borealis for Solo Clarinet (Youtube):.
SKU: SU.27090010
John Carisi was a complete original both as a composer and as a person. His scruffy, unassuming demeanor,which concealed the sharpest of minds, combined with the wrinkled trench coat he often wore reminded those who knew him of the seemingly absent minded detective played by Peter Falk in the eponymous TV series. I would occasionally run into him on a midtown street corner where a casual hello would often turn into an hour-long discussion of music.Saxophone Quartet SATB Duration: 9:20 Composed: 2013 Published by: Distributed Composer.
SKU: CL.012-4690-01
David R. Holsinger returns to the band world with this first major composition written since his 2015 stroke. Commissioned to pay homage to Phi Beta Mu Band Fraternity, it contains all those Holsinger compositional fingerprints we enjoy playing. The plaintive opening prelude, the poly-chordal texture, followed by the robust presto we expect from this composer. Vigorous asymmetrical melodies, jubilant rhythms, fluctuating accents, poly-lineal textures, multi-layered, and electrifying excitement to the end!
SKU: CL.012-4690-00
SKU: CL.026-4913-00
Your band students can experience the joy of playing Mozart with this skillfully crafted five-part arrangement of A Little Night Music (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik,) offering endless possibilities for unusual instrument combinations using Build-A-Band scoring! You will find enjoyable opportunities to challenge your developing musicians, and embracing the light, staccato style of the music of Mozart will sharpen a life-long skill in making music. The familiar and lively melodies from this popular work will provide your audiences tremendous enjoyment, and the diverse flexibility in instrumentation will allow your students to perform an iconic classic! Superb!
SKU: CL.026-4913-01
SKU: M7.AHW-4003
English.
The series starts on an intermediate easy level and progresses from there. This first book contains simple rhythms with very few technical problems on the horn. This book will hopefully sharpen the students' eye to the simple but tricky rhythms he or she will be confronted with throughout their musical career. Chord changes are also included on some of the studies with space for the student to improvise if he or she is so inclined.