Polarities

Full Score- Tarik O'Regan's Mass Observation was commissioned for the University of Michigan Chamber Choir Jerry Blackstone conductor thanks to support from the William K. and Delores S. Brehm Choral Commissioning Fund and the Barbara Abramoff Levy Fund.   Composer's note:   Mass Observation is a meditation on the histories of our varied ambivalent relationships with surveillance in its myriad guises. The use of technologies that sate our desires to be watchedand heard (safety tracking empowerment and pride) has in some sense always been able to be weighed against our anxieties around invasions of privacy (physical and psychological harm hacking subjugation and embarrassment). The work takes its title from the British social research organisation Mass-Observation which aimed to record everyday life in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1937 Mass-Observation controversially paid investigators to anonymously record people's conversation and behaviour at work on the street and at various public occasions including public meetings sporting and religious events. Scored for chorus and percussion sextet  Mass Observation ebbs and flows between various polarities (human voices and percussion instruments pitched and unpitched sounds clear and opaque tonalities) over the course of its thirteen movements. There is a ritualistic nature to the overall pacing of the work reminiscent of a liturgical mass setting. The two groups of musicians are rarely aligned: for much of the piece they watch and listen to one another in silence.    Duration approximately: 40 Minutes  

Tarik O'Regan's Mass Observation was commissioned for the University of Michigan Chamber Choir Jerry Blackstone conductor thanks to support from the William K. and Delores S. Brehm Choral Commissioning Fund and the Barbara Abramoff Levy Fund.   Composer's note:   Mass Observation is a meditation on the histories of our varied ambivalent relationships with surveillance in its myriad guises. The use of technologies that sate our desires to be watchedand heard (safety tracking empowerment and pride) has in some sense always been able to be weighed against our anxieties around invasions of privacy (physical and psychological harm hacking subjugation and embarrassment). The work takes its title from the British social research organisation Mass-Observation which aimed to record everyday life in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1937 Mass-Observation controversially paid investigators to anonymously record people's conversation and behaviour at work on the street and at various public occasions including public meetings sporting and religious events. Scored for chorus and percussion sextet  Mass Observation ebbs and flows between various polarities (human voices and percussion instruments pitched and unpitched sounds clear and opaque tonalities) over the course of its thirteen movements. There is a ritualistic nature to the overall pacing of the work reminiscent of a liturgical mass setting. The two groups of musicians are rarely aligned: for much of the piece they watch and listen to one another in silence.    Duration approximately: 40 Minutes  

String Pak to Accompany Band & Choir Holiday Medley for Choir Band and Strings-Now available in a 6-minute medley for choir band and strings the music from The Polar Express simply sparkles! A great all-school concert closer it is easily learned and includes: Believe Hot Chocolate The Polar Express Spirit of the Season.

from the Polar Express-Here is an up-tempo and entertaining swing chart from the hit movie The Polar Express. Including crisp ensemble writing with a sprinkling of band vocals this is a great addition to a holiday concert or for any time of the year!

Includes: Believe; The Polar Express; When Christmas Comes to Town and Spirit of the Season.

Teacher Edition-Imagine a land all covered in snow and ice where the sun sets in autumn and is gone for many months and the only illumination in the winter sky is the mysterious shimmering Northern Lights! An old storyteller tells the tale of ayoung girl named Galena her little brother Tagalong and and their Arctic adventure on a magical night on Polar Mountain where they meet a giant snowman a snow princess and much more! This delightful 30-minute holiday musicalcaptures the spirit of hope and joy and is ideal for young performers. It features seven original songs a clever and entertaining script John Jacobson's choreography and helpful production guide included in the Teacher's Manual.The Singer's Edition features vocal lines and dialog and the professionally-produced ShowTrax CD will add extra sparkle to your performance this winter holiday season. Available: Teacher's Manual Singer's Edition 5-Pak PreviewCD (full performance) and ShowTrax CD (full performance/accompaniment only). Performance Time: 30 minutes. For Gr. 4-8.

La référence FP 095 de l'éditeur Fertile Plaine dont l'auteur célèbre est Matuchet E., qui a pour titre Polar ( 3 trompettes ), a été écrite et composée pour Trompette et Cornet et plus particulièrement pour Ensemble De Trompettes. Cette partition musicale appartient à la catégorie Classique. / Ensemble De Trompettes / Partition

You'll have a wild ride indeed with this big band style swing number from the blockbuster Christmas film The Polar Express. Sung by the on-board waiters who are serving hot chocolate to the delighted riders this tune ishot hot hot! Duration: ca. 2:00. Available separately: SATB 3-Part Mixed 2-Part ShowTrax CD ePak available digitally (tpt1 tpt2 asx tsx tbn gtr b dm)

Holiday Medley for Choir Band and Strings-Avec une musique mélodieuse d?Alan Silvestri et des effets visuels spectaculaires ce film enchantant la période des fêtes s?est établi comme incontournable. Ce medley rapide et orchestré avec soin se prête à une interprétation pour orchestre seul ou bien avec choeur facultatif pour un évènement festif vraiment spectaculaire. Comprend : Believe Hot chocolate The Polar Express et Spirit of the Season.

Here's your chance to perform the charming music from the holiday hit movie. Four songs from the film's soundtrack have been woven into a concert piece that includes Believe (Josh Groban) The Polar Express (performed by Tom Hanks) the heartwarming When Christmas Comes to Town and closes with the festive Spirit of the Season.

Performance/Accompaniment CD-Imagine a land all covered in snow and ice where the sun sets in autumn and is gone for many months and the only illumination in the winter sky is the mysterious shimmering Northern Lights! An old storyteller tells the tale of ayoung girl named Galena her little brother Tagalong and and their Artic adventure on a magical night on Polar Mountain where they meet a giant snowman a snow princess and much more! This delightful 30-minute holiday musicalcaptures the spirit of hope andjoy and is ideal for young performers. It features seven original songs a clever and entertaining script John Jacobson's choreography and helpful production guide included in the Teacher's Manual.The Singer's Edition features vocal lines and dialog and the professionally-produced ShowTrax CD will add extra sparkle to your performance this winter holiday season. Songs include: Once on a Wintertime Dancing in the Snow Seaof Snow Lost Get a Load of Me You¹ve Gotta Have Hope There's a Light.

from The Polar Express-You'll have a wild ride indeed with this big band style swing number from the blockbuster Christmas film The Polar Express. Sung by the on-board waiters who are serving hot chocolate to the delighted riders this tune ishot hot hot! Duration: ca. 2:00. Available separately: SATB 3-Part Mixed 2-Part ShowTrax CD ePak available digitally (tpt1 tpt2 asx tsx tbn gtr b dm)

Per Nørgård's Symphony No. 4 (1981) - Indischer Roosengaarten und Chineesischer Hexensee (Indian Rose Garden and Chinese Witch See). Programme Note: This symphony in two movements entitles “Indischer Roosen-Gaarten und Chineesischer Hexensee” was inspired by Adolf Wölfli’s works - consisting of 20.000 pages of prose poetry and pictures -. An English translation of the title would read: “Symphony no. 4 - Indian Rose Garden and Chinese Witch See; after an idea by Adolf Wölfli (1864-1930) and dedicated to him.”  Wölfli was from 1895 (31 yearsold) until his death in 1930 confined to the mental hospital at Waldau near Bern Switzerland. Although he had no technical knowledge of music he considered himself to be a great composer and his paintings were almost always covered with long festoons of six-lined (!) music staffs. In 1912 Wölfli ordered paints and paper for a planned ´Musikbüchlein´ which was to be published in 1920 under the title “Indischer Roosen-Gaarten und Chineesischer Hexensee”. (Wölfi uses his characteristic illustrative phonetic spellings with double vowels). The work was never completed and I took it upon myself to realize Wölfli’s idea according to his vision but of course within my own preconditions.  The double and suggestive title is typical of Wölfli´s polarized conception of the world which shifts between idyll and catastrophe. This polarization is of almost Chinese nature in that no idyll exists without catastrophic disturbances just as there is a black “spot” in the white “fish” and vice versa in the famous Yin/Yang symbol.  One might explain this idea with a quote by the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun: “A prisoner on his tumbrel is wheeled to the scaffold. A nail chafes at his behind; he moves over and feels more