SKU: HL.35028637
ISBN 9781476868066. UPC: 884088792411. 5x5 inches.
10-Pack Listening CDs: Inspired by Celtic music traditions, this new work for Lent or Holy Week presents Christ's journey to the cross. Utilizing folk songs, hymns and newly composed sacred songs, the music adorns the heart-felt message of God's love and grace displayed in Christ's redemptive work on Calvary. A thoughtful narration weaves the movements of the work together with Scripture, prayer and poetry, while delivering a reflective message of hope and assurance. Gentle orchestrations capture the Celtic spirit of the music in a smaller, more restrained approach in keeping with Holy Week considerations. A full line of support products is available. Duration: approx. 30 minutes. Titles include: Prologue, The Song of the Cross, A Celtic Hosanna, Come to the Upper Room, The Garden of Tears, The Carpenter, A Tree Once Stood, Consolation of the Cross, Epilogue. Available separately: SATB, Listening CD, Preview Pack (Book/CD), StudioTrax CD (Accompaniment only), RehearsalTrax CDs, 10-Pack Listening CDs, Digital Resource Kit, Chamber Orchestration (Score & Parts for Soprano Recorder/Penny Whistle, Alto Recorder, Oboe/English Horn, Clarinet 1&2, Bassoon, Horn 1&2, Trumpet 1-3, Trombone 1&2, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion 1&2, Harp, Piano, Violin 1&2, Viola, Cello, Double Bass) and Chamber Orchestration CD-ROM. Duration: ca. 30:00.
SKU: HL.44010587
UPC: 884088495183. 9x12 inches.
Jubiloso, maestoso, tranquillo, lyrico, dynamic detail, captivating rhythms, woodwind choir, brass choir and more! All the elements of a great grade 3 festival piece are here. Tutti sections contrast with subtle and delicate scoring as this melodic masterpiece weaves its magic around the beautiful hymn “What Wondrous Love is This?” Careful attention has been paid to cross cueing so that bands that are missing an instrument here or there can still do a credible interpretation. Memorable!
SKU: HL.8742967
ISBN 9781423489832. UPC: 884088471194. 5.0x5.0x0.2 inches.
Capturing the varying moods and colors of Passion Week, Lenten Canticles contains classic, well-known texts and melodies seamlessly woven together with the spoken word. Songs include:Lead Me, Lord; Go to Dark Gethsemane; O Sacred Head, Now Wounded; Come, My Way, My Truth, My Life; God So Loved the World; Jesus, My Treasure; Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Set Me as a Seal; In the Cross of Christ I Glory. Score and Parts (fl, ob, cl 1-2, bn, perc 1-2, hp, vn 1-2, va, vc, db) available as a digital download.
SKU: KJ.WB234F
Canticle uses melodic motives from St. Francis of Assisi's hymn, All Creatures of Our God and King. It opens with a festive fanfare and proceeds to a lively A section. The middle section uses the motif in a relative minor before concluding with a majestic celebratory ending. All instruments have fun, exciting and challenging parts. An ideal programming choice for concert, contest or festival performances.
About Standard of Excellence in Concert
Th e Standard of Excellence In Concert series presents exceptional arrangements, transcriptions, and original concert and festival pieces for beginning and intermediate band. Each selection is correlated to a specific page in the Standard of Excellence Band Method, reinforcing and expanding skills and concepts introduced in the method up to that point. Exciting parts with extensive cross-cueing are presented for every player. Accessible ranges, appropriate rhythmic challenges, and creative percussion section writing enhance the pedagogical value of the series.Sold individually, each In Concert selection includes a full Conductor Score and enough student parts for large symphonic bands. Each student part also includes correlated Warm-Up Studies. The Conductor Score comes complete with rehearsal suggestions, a composer biography, program notes, a rehearsal piano part, several ready-to-duplicate worksheets and a duplicable written quiz.
SKU: BT.MUSPS11649
ISBN 9781847722683.
Easy Pickings Paul Simon lets you play some of this legendary artist’s greatest songs, finger picking style. It’s easier than you thought possible with Easy Pickings, the exciting new way to master the technique. The music in this book doesn’t use standard notation. Instead, a combination of chord boxes and crosses on the strings illustrate the picking pattern.
SKU: MB.WBM75M
ISBN 9781737795353. 8.75X11.75 inches.
This is a collection of 86 guitar solos in notation only from William Bay??s books, Solo Guitar in Worship, Communion, Psalms, Timeless Gospel Melodies and Spirituals. The solos work well as preludes, offertories, communion hymns, recessionals or they can be played for enjoyment. All 86 solos have been recorded and are available as online downloads with this book.
SKU: GI.G-8439
UPC: 785147843931. English.
With songs that paint both stately majesty and pastoral elegance, God of All Beginnings is a collection of exceptional liturgical music from Michael Joncas. “A Time of Jubilee” and the title track “Praise the God of All Beginnings” have all the dignity and grandeur necessary for a solemn procession while the sweet tenderness of “Holy Mary, Full of Grace” provides a wonderful alternative to your usual Marian repertoire. “The Goodness of the Lord: Psalm 89 for the Chrism Mass” possesses rich harmonic texture, and the lush orchestration of “Sacred This Banquet,” illuminates this glorious Kwatera communion text. Practical ranges, singable melodies, and superior choral writing make this collection extremely versatile. There is something in this collection for every choir and congregation. Contents: Christ Be Near at Either Hand • Like a Bird That Spreads Her Wings • Praise the God of All Beginnings • A Time of Jubilee • Canticle of the Three Young Men • Canticle of Mary • The Goodness of the Lord • Holy Mary, Full of Grace • O Source of All in Time and Space • We Must Glory in the Cross • Sacred This Banquet, Holy Our Feast • The Earth Is Turning Toward the Sun .
SKU: GI.G-CD-1028
UPC: 785147002826.
Once again the magic of Paul Tate’s ability to blend contemporary Christian songs with chant tunes and traditional hymn tunes is on display in his latest volume of worship music for piano. Two new original interludes round out this collection, making a satisfying edition for pianists everywhere as they lift the level of worship at the keyboard. CONTENTS: Song of the Lord’s Command with Ubi caritas • Let All Things Now Living • Eternal Life Suite No. 2 • Take and Eat • Interlude No. 13 • Covenant Hymn with Wherever You Go • Come and Follow Me with Take Up Your Cross • Canticle of the Turning • Where Your Treasure Is • I Lift My Soul to You • Interlude No. 14 • Come to Us, Emmanuel with Comfort, My People • Epiphany Suite with In the Bleak Midwinter, We Three Kings, and The First Noel • Angels We Have Heard on High with He Is Born.
SKU: HL.35029343
UPC: 884088955663. 5x5 inches.
Uses: Lent, Holy Week, Good FridayScriptur e: Genesis 1:31; Matthew 4:23, 13:54-56; John 19:30A significant text and a compelling melody combine to create a moving testament of grace. Set in three tableaus from the life of Christ, the text employs sacred metaphor, connecting the listener to Jesus as Carpenter, Healer and Redeemer. Based upon a folk song, the music moves from gentle beauty to sections that are powerful and dramatic. The final lines of “it is finished, it is good,” bring an emotive completion to the great story of grace. Available separately: SATB, StudioTrax CD, Orchestration (Score and parts for alto recorder, oboe/english horn, clarinet 1&2, bassoon, horn 1&2, trumpets 1-3, trombone 1&2, tuba, timpani, percussion 1&2, harp, piano, violin 1&2, viola, cello, double bass). Duration: ca. 4:28.
