Zenith

SKU: LM.26235

ISBN 9790230962353.

Zagalejo, le petit berger - Zolito, le cerf - Zorra, la renarde - Zaino, le cheval noir - Le Zebu et sa bosse - Zapata, le chien blanc - Le Zircon - Le Zinnia - La Zostere - Le Zenith - Le Zouave - Le Zebre - Le Zephir - Zingaro.

SKU: CF.CAS91

ISBN 9781491142066. UPC: 680160630127. Key: G minor.

This lighthearted quodlibet was commissioned by ASTA and premiered at the 2015 conference. It provides a fabulous tool to introduce your students to key musical themes across time. The score plays off of the musician's nocturnal mind to combine twelve historic themes by condensing and expanding them the way our subconscious mind often toys with daytime experiences. In total, this composition celebrates the string player's full potential: Where loyalty to the written note serves the imagination's creative playground. What is composition, if not a grand improvisation captured in a snapshot?.
I am a firm advocate for creative conducting, so I encourage you to experiment with changes in tempi to segue between themes, and/or to take musical liberty with the actual transitions between the themes, as long as there is still a feeling of forward momentum.If you want to fulfill the theatricality of the score, it would be fabulous to look at the audience (with a raised eyebrow, or a smile on your face, or whatever facial expression you think suits these moments in the score) at m. 14 and again at m. 21.In addition, it will help to conduct with wider gestures when themes change or the volume suddenly drops or swells. This will help the audience understand that these sudden changes between themes or dynamics are intended and will also help the students highlight those spots (particularly across the complex thematic shifts between mm. 62 and 94).The grandiosity from m. 110 through the end can be pushed to its zenith, particularly if you control prior forte settings such that the end gets the grand push.CAS91FThemes in String Dreams include:1. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star2. Second Kreutzer Etude3. Concerto in A Minor, Vivaldi 4. Cello Suite No. 1, Bach5. St. Louis Blues, W.C. Handy 6. Minuet in G, Bach—Julie Lyonn Lieberman,Artistic Director, Strings Without Boundaries www.julielyonn.com | www.stringswithoutboundaries.com.

About Carl Fischer Concert String Orchestra Series

This series of pieces (Grade 3 and higher) is designed for advancing ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:

• Expanded use of rhythms, ranges and keys but technical demands are still carefully considered
• More comprehensive bowing techniques
• Viola T.C. included
• Careful selection of keys and degree of difficulty for advancing musicians

SKU: HL.14028024

English.

SKU: XC.ZJE2303

The Florida Bandmasters Association commissioned this chart for the 2023 All-State Jazz ensemble. This is an authentically-written Salsa that truly fits its title, beginning with a poignant, written piano solo that transitions into a medium tempo Cuban Son Montuno (aka Salsa) before turning up the fire with an uptempo Songo groove. All rhythm parts are clearly written out.

SKU: XC.ZJE2202FS

12 x 9 inches.

We are pleased to welcome young composer Christopher Artau to the Excelcia jazz catalog. This is a great latin-rock chart ideal for festivals. Plenty of tight ensemble work and a dazzling Guitar lead line in the style of Carlos Santana will wow the listener. The chart is solid from top to bottom with a splashy ending that will bring any performance to an exuberant close.

SKU: LM.C06756

ISBN 9790230367561.

Echauffement I (sonorite, souplesse de l'embouchure) - Echauffement II (staccato) - Entre chien et loup (soutien de la colonne d'air, passages de tierces) - Zenith (phrase, syncope, articulation) - Crepuscule (phrase, articulation) - Pieds nus (rythme 3/8, nuances) - Dechirant (6/8, coordination, separation droite/gauche) - Danse des tricotets (rythme et aigu) - Un brin de rien (phrase, chromatismes) - Meme pas peur... ! (vibrato, grave, phrase, avec piano) - OUla OUps ! (preparation) - OUla OUps ! (rythme 5/8, accents, avec piano) - La Roulotte (aigu, syncopes) - La Petite bohemienne (phrase, appogiatures, sonorite grave-medium, avec piano) - Le Mannelier (grave, rythmes et phrase, pour deux clarinettes) - Funambule (aigu, embouchure, quelques effets contemporains, pour deux clarinettes) - Chipie ! (passage medium a aigu, rythmique, jeu de cles) - Bonimenteur (tempo rapide, mordants, rythmes, avec piano) - La Mouche (preparation pour Le Serpent et la Mouche, souplesse digitale, colonne d'air) - Doina (phrase de grandes lignes, appogiatures) - Les Moustiques doppler (doigtes sans le pouce) - Tsss... (controle de l'embouchure, vitesse de l'air) - Les Saltimbanques (rythme 7/8, phrase, registre grave et medium) - Huitiemes de ton ou glissando en escalier (doigtes, connaissance et maitrise des doigtes pour jouer des 8e de ton) - Zigana (style, rubato, rythmes, mordants, avec piano) - Jonglages (rythme, appogiature et caractere, pour deux clarinettes) - Le Serpent et la Mouche (ecriture contemporaine).

SKU: XC.ZJE2204FS

12 x 9 inches.

This is the real deal! An authentic Brazilian Samba from respected educator and composer Michele Fernández. The rhythm section parts are completely and carefully notated and the articulations and specific dynamic markings in the wind parts will help to make this an awesome experience for your band. Also included with the set are optional parts for Flute and Vibes. A challenging chart that is well worth the effort.

SKU: MH.1-59913-072-6

ISBN 9781599130729.

Program Notes: It was a happy coincidence that the commission for SINFONIA XVI: TRANSCENDENTAL VIENNA came from the Henry David Thoreau School located in Vienna, Virginia. Thoreau is one of the magic names in American culture: Henry David Thoreau, one of the leading figures of the Transcendentalist movement, centered in 19th-century New England, left us a body of unique philosophical and poetical writings. To utter the words, Walden Pond, is to invoke an America long past in physical actuality, but still present in the minds and hearts of many American citizens. The name, Vienna, of course, summons thoughts of the Old World: culture, fine food, wine, civilized cities. While contemplating the form that SINFONIA XVI should take, I found myself thinking of two pillars of Viennese culture: expressionism and the waltz. Musically speaking, expressionism reached a zenith in the works of Arnold Schoenberg and Alban Berg. It was Berg, in particular, that I wanted to invoke in the outer movements of my composition. I knew I would also have to include a waltz, and an invocation of the mysterious forces that are contained in both expressionism and transcendentalism. Thus was the structure of the work generated. The outer movements with their vision of the night sky and the stars, Aldebaran and Sirius, frame the central movements, which are essentially two versions of the same material, and are quieter and less dramatic. The outer movements are symmetrical, and share both pitch and rhythmic materials. Accordingly, I see the work as a ternary form, with the central movements forming a unit within the outer frame: A (Movement 1) B (Movements 2 & 3) A' (Movement 4). Harmonically, the work can be summarized by the two pitch-series which occur in the opening bars of Movement 1: the initial 12-note row, with a tonal center on F-sharp (measures 1-6), and the subsequent D-minor Dorian 7-note row (beginning in measure 14). Aspects of these materials occur in all four movements, but they are most strongly present in Movements 1 and 4. Note that the 12-note row is not subjected to the usual serial procedures, but instead is treated as a signifier and is left unchanged. Since the fourth movement takes up where the first movement leaves off, I can conceive of one interpretation of SINFONIA XVI as an evocation of Thoreau himself contemplating two of the brightest stars on a clear, cold night. Aldebaran is an orange, first-magnitude star, located in the constellation Taurus; Sirius, the Dog Star, is the brightest star in the sky, and is located in the constellation Canis Major. Thoreau interrupts his star-gazing to entertain some inward thoughts, waking dreams, as it were, then returns his gaze to the splendid night sky and all its treasures. Although many other interpretations of the material are possible, it is important to remember that the abstract materials of the piece -- pitch, rhythm, structure -- are what count the most. Ensemble instrumentation: 1 Piccolo, 4 Flute 1, 4 Flute 2, 3 Oboe, 1 Eb Clarinet (opt.), 4 Bb Clarinet 1, 4 Bb Clarinet 2, 4 Bb Clarinet 3, 3 Bass Clarinet, 3 Bassoon, 3 Eb Alto Saxophone 1, 3 Eb Alto Saxophone 2, 2 Bb Tenor Saxophone, 2 Eb Baritone Saxophone, 3 Bb Trumpet 1, 3 Bb Trumpet 2, 3 Bb Trumpet 3, 2 Horn 1, 2 Horn 2, 3 Trombone 1, 3 Trombone 2, 3 Euphonium B.C., 2 Euphonium T.C., 5 Tuba, 2 Timpani, 3 Percussion 1, 3 Percussion 2, 3 Percussion 3, 3 Percussion 4.

SKU: XC.ZJE2103

UPC: 812598038156. 9 x 12 inches.

This is definitely not your grandmother’s rhythm changes! Leave it to the creative master, Steve Wiest, to come up with a totally fresh (and somewhat zany) take on the familiar rhythm changes form. This piece zips along at 236, so be prepared for a wild ride. An awesome selection to close a concert or festival program, Steve has definitely tapped into the force on this killer chart.