Work for Soprano and String Quartet commissioned by the Nash Ensemble. Work for Soprano and String Quartet commissioned by the Nash Ensemble.

Christopher Ball is a British composer conductor and Clarinettist Born in Leeds England in 1936. This challenging work by Ball has three movements dedicated to Ben Norbury Adam Walker and GarySchocker .

The third in the series of ten Quartets commissioned by the Naxos recording company. First performed at Wigmore Hall London in Oct 2003 by the Maggini Quartet. A convenient miniature-sized version of the score intended forstudy.

This work was commissioned by Rudolf Steiner Foundation. It is dedicated to Anssi Karttunen who gave the first performance in Helsinki on 10th September 2000. Sept papillons was the first piece Saariaho wrote after her operaL'Amour de loin and it was partly written during the rehearsals of the opera in Salzburg. One can sense the desire to find a new world which has nothing to do with the opera neither in style nor in language. From the metaphors ofthe opera which all have an eternal quality - love yearning and death - she moved now to a metaphor of the ephemeral: butterfly. Also from the long time-spans of the opera she moved to these seven miniatures which each seem tobe studies on a different aspect of fragile and ephemeral movement that has no beginning nor end.

Michael Sweeney's original works continue to impress directors of developing players. Corinthium features several varieties in style contemporary harmonies plenty of percussion effects and most importantly a musical genre that keeps students interested and focused.

For solo Tenor and unaccompanied mixed voice choir SATB. Text English and Greek. Duration 5 minutes.

First gaining prominence in Australia in the 1970s as a composer of music for dance Carl Vine has 25 dance scores to his credit. His catalogue also includes seven symphonies eight concertos music for film television and theatre electronic music and numerous chamber works. Although primarily a composer of modern 'classical' music he has undertaken tasks as diverse as arranging the Australian National Anthem and writing music forthe Closing Ceremony of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics (the 'Sydney 2000' presentation). This complex and challenging Piano Sonata was composed by Vine for the Sydney Dance Company in 1991. It isdedicated to the Australian pianist Michael Kieran Harvey who first performed the piece in North Melbourne in June 1991. The music is full of rich chordal movements unusual flowing harmonies and tonalities with greatextremes of dynamic and energy. Reflecting the physical origins of the piece as a dance the music is dotted with very strict changes of tempo which require exact adherence rather than the Rubato approach that typifies many Pianointerpretations.

Edited by Maynard Klein. English translation given.

6 Sonatinas on 5 Notes Op. 163 (One Piano Four Hands)-One Piano Four Hands. Anton Diabelli’s Jungendfreuden (Pleasures Of Youth) Op.163 is a work which comprises six sonatinas for Piano Duet ideal for teacher and student. The primo duet part is based round five notes allowing elementary student’s who have mastered the 5-finger position to perform these superb pieces. Within each movement of each sonatina the 5-finger position changes in key and register however both the left and right hand playing predominantly the same notes an octave apart keep within a five-finger position. The secondo part is more demanding providing further harmonic and rhythmic interest to the more simplistic primo part. This edition has been edited and fingered byLudwig Klee.

Solo Bass Clarinet- Claude Debussy 's Syrinx for Bass Clarinet. Despite being written originally for Flute this transcription of Syrinx by Helen Paskins works beautifully for the Bass Clarinet; the timbre of theinstrument really resonates with the haunting melancholy of the melody. ' Syrinx was written in 1913 by Debussy for the flute as incidental music to Gabriel Mourey's play Psyché. It was first performed by anddedicated to Louis Fleury. It has become a staple of the flute repertoire and subsequently of the solo classical saxophone repertoire too. It works beautifully on the bass clarinet; the timbre of the instrument really resonateswith the haunting melancholy of the melody. The story of Syrinx is from classical mythology and has inspired many wonderful works of art literature and music. It tells of a beautiful and chaste nymph who istransformed into water reeds that sing sweetly in the breeze as she attempts to escape the amorous advances of the Greek God Pan. Pan on hearing the enchanting melody of the reeds cuts them down to make pan pipes therebyunwittingly killing his love but keeping her with him forever. For flautists Syrinx and the French flute tradition have played an important role in inspiring players to find and explore the full palette ofethereal and evocative tone colours. The subtle flexibility with which it is possible to craft the sound is a feature of wonderful flute playing today and from which I feel there is much we bass clarinettists can learn. ' - Helen Paskins 2015

The skill and craftsmanship of Timothy Mahr are evident in this one movement work that's filled with musical imagery color and innovative compositional style. An extraordinary piece for mature wind bands The Soaring Hawk is the1991 winner of the prestigious Ostwald Award.

Medium Low Voice (B-Flat) and Piano-Sheet Music Version for Medium-Low Voice and Piano.

For Flute Clarinet Horn Harp Piano Violin and Cello. Published 1992 rev. 1999 First performance: 22nd July 1992 Pembroke Chapel Cambridge Festival New Music Players conducted by Paul Hoskins. First performance revised version: 15th May 1999 Brighton Festival New Music Players conducted by Patrick Bailey. For Flute Clarinet Horn Harp Piano Violin and Cello. Published 1992 rev. 1999 First performance: 22nd July 1992 Pembroke Chapel Cambridge Festival New Music Players conducted by Paul Hoskins. First performancerevised version: 15th May 1999 Brighton Festival New Music Players conducted by Patrick Bailey.

A Setting of America the Beautiful- This setting of 'America The Beautiful' was first performed on March 11 1967 in the Air Force Academy Chapel near Colorado Springs only a few miles from where in 1983 Katherine Lee Bates wrote the first lines of her now famous poem certainly the most beautiful and moving of all hymns to America. The occasion was a concert given by the choral and brass groups of the University of Colorado for the Music Educators National Conference Southwest Division. The setting is concieved as a unified dramatic whole using melodic motives from the Samuel A. Ward tune in the introduction and connecting sections. Each of the four stanzas is treated differently their powerful emotion and meaning culminating in the final affirmation and prayer of the last stanza which is sung in unison with descant and full accompaniment. The work may be performed with an Organ (or Piano accompaniment or with a group of instruments consisting of 3 Trumpets in Bb 4 Horns in F 3 Trombones Euphonium and Tuba. Instrumental parts available from the publisher.

Samuel Sebastian Wesley's setting of Isaiah 26:3 edited by Don Hinshaw

Sheet Music This setting of Psalm 23 (The Lord is my Shepherd) is more musically demanding and technically difficult than some of the well-known choral settings yet obtains an even greater feeling of tranquility. It is scored for solo medium Voice and Piano. Paul Creston (1906-1985) was an American composer of Italian descent. He taught himself composition and music theory while working full-time to support his family meaning his style was independent of any outside influence. His work is noted for its complex and shifting rhythms while retaining a distinctly modern American tonal sound.

Score-Based on the thrilling Greek legend of Theseus and The Minotaur two-scene Ballet captures the regal glitz of Minos’ court and all the grit and gore of the Labyrinth and its monster. This is the full score of the The Minotaur Ballet Suite for Orchestra and contains all the music and major themes of this breathtaking and exciting Ballet.

New edition 2001 Study Score. Suite 1 Scenes and Dances from The Three-Cornered Hat a Ballet in two acts by G. Martinez Sierra after a story by D. Pedro Antonio de Alarcon. Conductor's score and orchestral partsare available on hire from the publishers. Translates to Three Cornered Hat.

Concerto for piano and small orchestra based entirely on material selected from the soundtrack for the film The Piano. Commissioned by the Festival de Lille it was composed in spring 1993 and first performed by Kathryn Stottwith the Orchestre National de Lille under Jean-Claude Casadesus on 26th September 1993.

For Clarinet Trumpet Piano 2 Percussion Double Bass. Commissioned by ARRAYMUSIC Toronto. First performance: Toronto 1993 ARRAYMUSIC. For Clarinet Trumpet Piano 2 Percussion Double Bass. Commissioned by ARRAYMUSIC Toronto. First performance: Toronto 1993 ARRAYMUSIC.