The River Cam

Clarinet and Piano with Online Accompaniments (Score and Solo Part)-12 songs from from the beloved musical arranged for solo instrumentalists with online accompaniments available for download or streaming. Selections include: At the End of the Day · Bring Him Home · Castle on a Cloud · Do You Hear the People Sing? · Drink With Me (To Days Gone By) · Empty Chairs at Empty Tables · I Dreamed a Dream · A Little Fall of Rain · On My Own · Stars · The Thénardier Waltz of Treachery · Who Am I?

Cello and Piano with Online Accompaniments (Score and Solo Part)-12 songs from from the beloved musical arranged for solo instrumentalists with professionally recorded piano accompaniments available for download or streaming. Selections include: At the End of the Day · Bring Him Home · Castle on a Cloud · Do You Hear the People Sing? · Drink With Me (To Days Gone By) · Empty Chairs at Empty Tables · I Dreamed a Dream · A Little Fall of Rain · On My Own · Stars · The Thénardier Waltz of Treachery · Who Am I? Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+ a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set looppoints change keys and pan left or right.

This book contains 21 original melodic song-like solo-guitar etudes which will infuse your playing with lyricism. The compositions are very approachable containing highly melodic song forms with emotional and narrative content. All the material is written for the plectrum guitar but can also be played fingerstyle. In addition to the solo arrangements ten of the compositions include a lead-sheet version (for duo or ensemble playing). The etudes are perfect for performance situations such as auditions recitals concerts and for enjoyment. Written in standard notation only. Includes access to online audio. The Mel Bay Achieving Guitar Artistry series is designed to conditionand guide the developing guitarist to an advanced level of proficiency regardless of the style of music performed. This book contains 21 original melodic song-like solo-guitar etudes which will infuse your playing with lyricism. The compositions are very approachable containing highly melodic song forms with emotional and narrative content. All the material is written for the plectrum guitar but can also be played fingerstyle. In addition to the solo arrangements ten of the compositions include a lead-sheet version (for duo or ensemble playing). The etudes are perfect for performance situations such as auditions recitals concerts and for enjoyment. Written in standard notation only. Includes access to online audio. The Mel Bay Achieving Guitar Artistry series is designed to condition and guide the developing guitarist to an advanced level of proficiency regardless of the style of music performed.

All for Love of One

A quartet inspired by philosophical texts dating from 1999 and as recorded by Solid Strings on Riverrun Records.

String Quartet No. 8

Five Mystical Songs

Commissioned by Dr. Geoffrey Boers and the University of Washington Chamber Singers to be short responses to movements of an eclectic Mass these four Responsorials can be performed together or separately. The texts are extracted and adapted from William Wordsworth’s Illustrious metaphysical poem On the Power of Sound which delves deeply into the mysteries of the natural (and supernatural) world and its complex relationship with the physics of voice and sound. An expansive feeling of both joy and mystery pervades these short vignettes. Duration: 6:00 1. As deep to deep shouting through one valley calls (1:30) 2. The heavens whose aspect makes our minds as still as theythemselves appear to be (1:30) 3. A Voice to Light gave Being (1:30) 4. Break foth into thanksgiving ye banded instruments (1:30) Part of the Lee Nelson Choral Series.

Fanfares For The Festive Opening

Songs in Celebration of Singing

From I've Known Rivers

Songs for the Journey

Christe adoramus te-This five part C major motet has a Latin text from the Antiphon from the Good Friday Liturgy. Notated on five staves the soprano 1 and 2 parts have their own staves. An optional continuo part for organ is provided. Note values of the original editions have been halved for easier reading. Durations at cadences are clearly edited for precise cut-offs. The English version by Jean Lund has been updated removing archaic words such as thee and thy. Duration: 2:45

Stephen Chatman’s setting of Sara Teasdale’s whimsical poem pertaining to a brown-thrush April love and kisses emulates the meaning strict rhythm rhyme and strophic structure of the text. The soft rolled chords of the harp-like piano accompaniment highlight the lilting 6/8-meter folk-like melody and consistent homophonic choral texture. The repetitive lines “Love me love me love me!” and “kiss me kiss me kiss me!” inspire the musical refrains. One of a set of six of Teasdale's love songs. Duration: 1:45

Sara Teasdale’s poem The Mystery depicts deep lasting love - “Your eyes drink of me” and “We have long been lovers”. It also raises a question - “Can I ever know you / Or you know me?” Stephen Chatman’s expressive setting begins with a unison melody supported by modulating harmonies in the piano accompaniment and evolves toward four-part voices. The middle section featuring rising vocal lines in imitative counterpoint precedes a return to the initial melody. One of a set of six of Teasdale's love songs. Duration: 2:30

The opening line of Sara Teasdale’s poem After Love “There is no magic any more ” establishes the theme of vanishing love. Stephen Chatman’s setting of the poignant text in the dark key of D flat major emphasizes the natural rhythm of the words mixed meters and irregular phrase lengths. The climax of the melody embraces sustained intense vocal lines in contrary motion supported by an undulating piano accompaniment. One of a set of six of Teasdale's love songs. Duration: 1:45

Black Pierrot

Commissioned by a choral society in memory of their beloved accompanist this is an SATB divisi unaccompanied setting of a poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The text remembers a departed friend through the seasons of the year. All of nature's elements are in mourning. A sweet tender piece not difficult for an ensemble used to singing a cappella. Duration: 3:00

Praise Now the Risen Christ