Format : CD
SKU: HL.49034893
ISBN 9790001138482.
SKU: CF.YPS204F
ISBN 9781491152928. UPC: 680160910427.
Avalon–Long Live the King is a medieval fantasy piece depicting the Isle of Avalon where the mystical sword Excalibur of King Arthur was forged. Composer Tyler Arcari unearths a solid piece for young bands that is both bold and dramatic. This piece is sure to spark the imagination of students and give them strong musical content with which they can develop their musicianship.Program Notes:Avalon–Long live the King began its journey as a commission in honor of a dear friend and mentor. David Riggs is one of those band directors that just seems timeless. He is a powerhouse with such a stacked resume that it is easy to forget that at the end of the day he enjoys taking long bike rides with his lovely wife and whittling a piece of wood just as much as being a band director. He has touched so many lives and inspired so many people in our field and beyond. I was humbled, and honored, when I was contacted for the commission. To David, I hope that you one day know how much you mean to so many people, including myself.About the piece:The piece is written with a little homage to David’s long tenure at Avalon Middle school in Pace, Florida. He was certainly treated like a king as the band director and rightly so. It seemed only fitting to add a little medieval fantasy. Avalon is a mystical island in the world of King Arthur where the great sword Excalibur was forged.The piece begins lyrically with a slow introduction with melodic material. This melodic motive is used throughout with slight variations depending on the instrument voicing etc. Care should be taken at m. 10 that the Timpani roll helps to bridge our transition from an exposed section to full tutti. Care should be taken so that the tempo change at m. 19 is brisk and avoids the low brass turning into stomping. Accessories like the China cymbal and tambourine can become overpowering. I recommend having students think of these effects as background in order to make sure they don’t POP out. The dynamic changes at mm. 27-35 should be subito similar to orchestral dynamic changes. Avoid unwritten crescendos in this section. Measures 60–64 are a great opportunity to teach those unwritten dynamics that make music so enjoyable as we lead up to the finale. It was originally left blank for some theatrics in the premiere at David’s retirement concert so I know he would enjoy adding some Cholesterol as David would say.Long Live the King!
SKU: CF.YPS204
ISBN 9781491152249. UPC: 680160909742. Key: D minor.
SKU: TM.05927SC
Transposed: Hn 1&2, Tpt 1&2, CL orig. in Bb.
SKU: PR.41641301L
UPC: 680160619795.
Under the Sun's Gaze as a title for a musical composition conjures up many possibilities. It is, in fact, an imagined line from an unwritten poem, invented with the idea of capturing something of the visual aura the sounds and energy of this work invoke in its composer' mind. An omnipotent presence in all of nature, a source of life yet also capable of its destruction, the sun affects the light and dark in our physical existence as it defines the daily and seasonal life. The music of this work, in three interlocking parts, takes turns being exuberant, caressing, scorching, receding, hazy, lazy, blazing, dissolving into darkness, blinding in its intensity. Subtitled Concerto da Camera III, this work is written for what has become known as the standard Pierrot instrumentation of flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano plus percussion. The difference here is that the winds are doubled - the two flutists alternating with piccolo and alto flute and both clarinetists also doubling on bass clarinets. The ninth member of the ensemble, a soprano saxophone, appears well into the piece, its lyrical, plaintively expressive quality dominating the musical terrain for a while. While occasionally joining the others for some tutti outbursts, it maintains its position as something of a guest throughout. Of the various thematic ideas that populate this work, a six-note descending line played by the clarinet appearing right at the work's opening then arching back up reveals itself, as the music unfolds, to be the principal melodic building block of Under the Sun's Gaze. Its various transformations include the plaintive soprano saxophone melody appearing in the middle section. Just under 20 minutes in length, the work in its totality can be heard as being in a loose arch form, its ending receding into a distant darkening horizon which carries in it the seed of the new dawn that lies beyond. Under the Sun's Gaze was commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress for the San Francisco Contemporary Players, David Milnes, conductor.
SKU: GI.G-7647
ISBN 9781579997663. English.
Roll James Thurber, Woody Allen, Art Buchwald, and Dave Barry into a single person and make him a band director in Arkansas, then give him a regular column in The Instrumentalist magazine. The result is chuckling, chortling, and out-and-out guffawing as author Trey Reely present the trials and rewards of band directing in his unique, rambunctious style. On page after page, Reely has us nodding it’s true, it’s true with funny, pithy essays like The Unwritten Rules of Band (When you make a mistake, glare at your neighbor), Top Excuses for not Practicing (My reed is cracked and I don’t have any money to buy a new one on account of the iPod I bought. Or If I get better than Joey he won’t let me be his girlfriend anymore. Or I do better if I don’t practice.), Band Directors Are from Mars, Football Coaches Are from Venus, and plenty of instructional, conceptual, conducting, and rehearsal tips. More than 37 illustrated articles chock full of laughter and wisdom await you from the author of Mr. Holland on the Edge. Trey Reely is Director of Bands at Paragould High School in Paragould, Arkansas. He has a regular column in The Instrumentalist magazine.
SKU: TM.05927SET
SKU: HL.50511814
ISBN 9790080146156. A/4 inches. Hungarian, English. Marcell Dargay.
Albumblatt - +Varosligeti fasor 33+ refers to the title of an unwritten piece that Dargay during his years at the Music Academy planned together with the composer Balazs Futo. The basic idea of the composition was that in the basement of the Bela Bartok college building at that address they would set up a tape-recorder and record the sounds filtering from the practice rooms, and making use of this recording they would write an electroacoustic piece. The work was never written; however, on the basis of memories and the experiences associated with the planning of the piece, a short composition did take shape| It had its premiere on September 26, 2006, performed by Peter Foldesi and Balazs Futo.