Kaleidoscope will save you time! Do you spend hours arranging music for odd assortments of instruments? Kaleidoscope is specially arranged to suit almost any instrumental combination and these varied ensembles are easy andenjoyable too. So much scope for virtually any combination of instruments! The series is successful with recorders guitars percussion and keyboard as well as with orchestral groupings. Whether there are five or fiftyplayers every Kaleidoscope title will work! Just make sure that melody and keyboard parts are included - all other parts are optional. Kaleidoscope is superb value for money - each set contains a score plus around 50 parts eachone carefully written to suit the needs of each instrument. For example easy string parts are in first position only whilst easy clarinet parts take care to avoid the break. There are more demanding parts too for experiencedplayers. To help you choose the right pieces for your players we have given the key of each Kaleidoscope in brackets. The complete performance option! These super-flexible arrangements of well-known titles are a must forevery school. Why not choose a theme for your concert and perform a selection of Kaleidoscope show titles and film themes or have an evening of classical favourites? In F/G. Edited by Nicholas Hare.

A Selkie Tale is a short music-theatre work (duration about 25 minutes) designed for performance by seven- to eleven-year-olds year olds. Four solo roles and several separate chorus groups give scope for the participation of a large number of children of all ability levels. The story is a humorous version of the Orkney folk-tale of an islander kidnapping a Selkie wife - a creature who is a seal in the sea and a woman on the land. Things go hilariously wrong with the Selkie wife escaping to rejoin her companions in the sea and Mansie the islander facing a most uncongenial alliance with his cousin and housekeeper Miss Trowie-Tattibogle. Vocal score. This is a special itemwhich is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information. A Selkie Tale is a short music-theatre work (duration about 25 minutes) designed for performance by seven- to eleven-year-olds year olds. Four solo roles and several separate chorus groups give scope for the participation of alarge number of children of all ability levels. The story is a humorous version of the Orkney folk-tale of an islander kidnapping a Selkie wife - a creature who is a seal in the sea and a woman on the land. Things gohilariously wrong with the Selkie wife escaping to rejoin her companions in the sea and Mansie the islander facing a most uncongenial alliance with his cousin and housekeeper Miss Trowie-Tattibogle. Vocal score. This isa special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.

Alan Jones and Lawrence Bradle. This true story of the American Twenties lends itself well to musical adaptation. The well-known events of the story are covered in a fast-moving dynamic sequence of short scenes and ten songs.Some two-part singing several rags and music to link scenes. 90 mins.

Six Russian Folksongs is a work by John Tavener composed for Soprano Voice and Ensemble. The work was composed for the 15th birthday of the Nash Ensemble.

For SATB Choir and Organ. Composed for the B.B.C broadcast coverage of the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother April 2002.

Written for string orchestra and string quartet. Composer's Notes : This piece was written in memory of my daughter and this fact largely determines not only its general character but also its formal structure. It wasconceived from the start as a two-movement piece: the character of the movements is clearly expressed by their titles. I have used the music of two other composers: in the first movement to generate its material in the other as aconclusive emotional reference. Hugh Wood

For Male Vocal Ensemble- 2 Altos One Tenor 2 Baritones and One Bass.

Arr Stephen Duro. A great series of piano solos which offers players the opportunity to try out a number of less conventional styles using carefully selected musical favourites. Each volume contains pieces which are authenticallyarranged and fingered with helpful playing and style notes and chord symbols for accompaniment or improvisation.

Op.16 for Piano Trio. Commissioned by the Young Musician's Trust Edinburgh.

Written in 1993 for soprano flute and piano.

Lunas Zauberschein was first performed by Margaret McDonald (Mezzo-Soprano) and Julie Rees (Bass Flute) at the Royal Northern College of Music Manchester on 20th March 1979.

Easy popular pieces for young singers selected and arranged by Olga Lantham and Jerry Lanning. This collection of 13 popular melodies has been carefully arranged and graded to provide attractive teaching repertoire foryoung singers. The familiarity of the material will stimulate pupils' enthusiasm and encourage their practice. With piano accompaniment.

Akrodha meaning ‘freedom from anger’ in Sanskrit was commissioned for international Percussion soloist Jonny Axelsson and written in 1998. Of this work composer Volans says ‘What would appear as a fairly moderate piece forKeyboard is amplified a hundredfold in difficulty and effect when translated into drum music…I had it turned out written an unspeakably difficult piece.’ The sheet music includes specific instructions on instrumentation andtonality – ‘A pentatonic or diatonic scale is to be avoided’ – though it is clear that the performer has some leeway to make his own choices of elements to create the sounds.Kevin Volans is a twentieth century composer andpianist who was born in South Africa and has had a variety of inspirational experiences including time spent studying with Karlheinz Stockhausen association with the New Simplicity movement research into African music andmany non-musical friendships and influences. Some of his most celebrated work have been his String quartets.

25 Clarinet duets in many styles including folk spiritual baroque classical pop shows and contemporary. A great collection of exciting and varied music for the early grades (1-3). Selected and edited by Emma Coulthard.

This work for unaccompanied SATB soli and choir was commissioned in the name of Sir Thomas Armstrong by the Musicians Benevolent Fund for performance at the St. Cecilia's Day service in Westminster Abbey on 25th November1992. The text is taken from St. Luke's gospel. The words of the archangel are sung by the main choir and in the words of the composer 'should build up to a thunderous awesome theophany.'

This work for Northumbrian pipes bodhran and orchestra was inspired by the composer's visits to Cross Lane Fair with his parents when he was a young boy. The work was commissioned by the BBC Philharmonic and the St. MagnusFestival (at which it was first performed in 1994 by Mark Jordan Rob Lea and the BBC Philharmonic conducted by the composer). Duration c. 14mins.

This Christmas cantata is an uncanny recapture by Maxwell Davies of a relatively simple modal style: luminous sometimes plaintive sometimes rapturous. A linked series of George Mackay Brown settings designed to give pleasure (ifsometimes strenuous pleasure) to a non-professional choir. A spiritual mystery is glimpsed in an Orcadian setting. Commissioned by the London Symphony Chorus to commemorate its 30th anniversary with additional funds from theArts Council of Great Britain.The first performance was given in October 1995 by the London Symphony Chorus and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Hickox. Vocal score.

Pops And Shows - Teachers Book-A great collection of favourite pop and show tunes from The Lion King to Evita Phil Collins to Bryan Adams plus three irresistible new tunes by John Pitts. All superbly arranged and graded to be ideal for recorder players ofany age. Designed to be used alongside the author's best-selling Recorder From The Beginning teaching scheme this book will be suitable for players who have reached the beginning of Book 2 of the tutor. Theincentive to perform these popular pieces will help develop new skills and rhythmic awareness. Teacher's book contains piano accompaniments for all the pieces.

This collection of popular Christmas tunes has been carefully arranged and graded to provide attractive teaching repertoire for young pianists. New concepts and techniques are introduced progressively and the familiarity of thematerial will stimulate pupils' enthusiasm and encourage their practice. The pieces are suitable for players of Associated Board Grades 1-2 standard. Includes Silent Night The First Nowell and Jingle BellRock .

Yamamoto Perpetuo was composed in 1993 at the request of Yohji Yamamoto to accompany his fashion show in Paris. Written with Alexander Balanescu in mind it became a virtuoso work in twelve movements. It subsequently became inits entirety the first violin part of Michael Nyman’s String QuartetNo.4.