SKU: CL.CTS-7713-00
Joyance is a thrilling piece, which includes a delightful slow melody in 3/4, a trumpet fugato for four players, and an exciting ending. One of the few pieces where Smith uses a marimba. Joyance is a great closer for your concert!
SKU: CL.CTS-7713-01
SKU: CL.CTS-8047-01
The influence of Claude T. Smith is heavily present in this piece, a perfect addition to any festival or concert program. Safely scored for most any band, this work is easily accessible for both performers and audiences. The themes from the fast and slow sections ingeniously combine for a thrilling finale!
SKU: HL.302627
ISBN 9781540064851. UPC: 888680967390. 6.75x10.5x0.305 inches. Arr. Joseph M. Martin/Heather Sorenson.
Following the success of The Thrill of Hope for the Christmas season comes What Wondrous Hope for Lent, Holy Week and Eastertide. Mingling traditional and contemporary elements, this cantata tells the story of Christ's ministry, passion and resurrection with thoughtful narration by Pamela Stewart. Great hymnody and modern worship songs are woven together in a way that is especially useful for the traditional/transitional church. Bringing the various services of the season into community, this work provides for two distinct endings for optimal programming flexibility. A full line of support products is available to assist learning and performance. This outstanding balance of ancient and modern music is a thoughtful choice for churches exploring a diversity of musical styles in worship. Songs include: Untitled; Speak, O Lord; Come, Ye Seekers; Home (The Arms of God); Hosanna (with “All Glory, Laud and Honor”); Behold the Lamb (Communion Hymn); Gethsemane Hymn; What Wondrous Love Is This; Mercy Tree; Easter Song. Score and Parts (fl, ob, cl, hn 1-2, perc 1-2, acgtr, b, dm, pno, vn 1-2, va, vc) available as a Printed Edition and as a digital download. Parts for Praise Band (perc 1-2, acgtr, b, dm, pno) also available as a digital download.
SKU: CL.012-3902-75
One of the most dramatic selections ever presented for band, Andrea Chenier has been a staple of mature and professional bands for over a century. This intense and exciting work includes some of the most passionate moments from the Italian opera into a breathtaking tour de force for mature bands. Prominently featuring bel-canto solos for euphonium and cornet/trumpet, the gorgeous melodies and dramatic musical climaxes will both thrill and excite performers and audiences alike. This striking new arrangement includes full score, and is carefully re-orchestrated to be more idiomatic to the wind band medium. Not for the faint-of-heart, and musically challenging, Andrea Chenier is ideal for experienced bands, and is not to be missed!
About Gems of the Concert Band
A series of transcriptions and other works in varying styles, representative of the programming of the Great American Classic Concert Band era of a century ago, as exemplified by John Phillip Sousa, Edwin Franko Goldman, Karl L. King, and Leonard B. Smith
SKU: CL.RWS-2039-01
A thrilling musical adventure for your young band musicians, Race Against Time is a fast and furious journey with an educational focus on the time signature. Driving in 4/4 time, your students will like the intensity and strength of the musical race. However, they will love their journey through the time tunnel with simple yet effective meter changes. Master educator Robert W. Smith has provided a perfect vehicle to teach and reinforce the time signature in a musically relevant setting.
SKU: LP.OR-9368
UPC: 765762069909.
Lillenas is thrilled to present Mike Speck's first choral collection for us. In it you'll find all of the very ingredients you've come to love about the unique touch of this writer arranger and concert artist. High-energy southern gospel songs heart-felt ballads traditional songs of testimony and original songs of praise . . . all For the Glory of Christ . 26 heartwarming and inspirational songs of celebration and discipleship personally selected for the local church by Mike Speck Recorded live at the Midway Macedonia Baptist Church in Villa Rica Georgia with The Specks A must-have collection that can be presented as a whole or in parts Songs of calling praise devotion and celebration Powerful orchestrations by Chris McDonald and J. Daniel Smith are usable for the local church. Sample pages and soundbytes available below..
SKU: GI.G-4954
This collection is second to none: masterfully crafted compositions resplendent with interesting harmonies married to texts selected from the works of the finest hymn writers of our time. Lovers of serious choral music are going to be thrilled with this new offering. Musical styles are varied, from gospel to a distinctly classical sound, sprinkled with a wide variety of instruments. Selected works include All Glory Is Yours-rich and melodic, with a memorable and singable refrain, Build Your City on the Hill-rousing, with an early American flavor, Christ Is the Day-mysterious, for Advent, Cleanse the Thoughts of Our Hearts-choral music at its finest, Before the Song Was Done-majestic and lilting, for Christmas, This Our Joy and This Our Feast-Joyful, for Easter, with trumpets and alleluia! Just consider this roster of text writers: Brian Wren, Delores Dufner, OSB, Sylvia Dunstan, Richard Leach, and Timothy Dudley-Smith. In addition, traditional texts include The Prayer of St. Patrick, a selection from Piae Cantiones, and one from The Book of Common Prayer. There are also a selection from ICEL and adaptations by Bob Moore. Includes one each of the following octavos: I COME WITH JOY (G-4933) • ALL GLORY IS YOURS (G-4934) • SLOWLY TURNING, EVER TURNING (G-4935) • BUILD YOUR CITY ON THE HILL (G-4936) • SWEET REFRESHMENT (G-4937) • CHRIST IS THE DAY (G-4938) • CHILD OF MARY (G-4939) • CLEANSE THE THOUGHTS OF OUR HEARTS (G-4940) • HOW HOLY THIS FEAST (G-4941) • CHRIST THE WAY OF LIFE (G-4942) • WE BRING, YOU TAKE (G-4943) • WE BLONG TO CHRIST (G-3874) • BEFORE THE SONG WAS DONE (G-4944) • THIS OUR JOY AND THIS OUR FEAST (G-4945) • CHRIST BE WITH ME (G-3855) The instrumental meditation “Air” is found in G-4289, Five Liturgical Meditations.
SKU: GI.G-CD-450
The incomparable Cathedral Singers, conducted by Richard Proulx, have graced the music of Bob Moore with their glorious choral singing. This recording is second to none: masterfully crafted compositions resplendent with interesting harmonies married to texts selected from the works of the finest hymn writers of our time. Lovers of serious choral music are going to be thrilled with this new offering. Musical styles are varied, from gospel to a distinctly classical sound, sprinkled with a wide variety of instruments. Selected works include All Glory Is Yours-rich and melodic, with a memorable and singable refrain, Build Your City on the Hill-rousing, with an early American flavor, Christ Is the Day-mysterious, for Advent, Cleanse the Thoughts of Our Hearts-choral music at its finest, Before the Song Was Done-majestic and lilting, for Christmas, This Our Joy and This Our Feast-Joyful, for Easter, with trumpets and alleluia! Just consider this roster of text writers: Brian Wren, Delores Dufner, OSB, Sylvia Dunstan, Richard Leach, and Timothy Dudley-Smith. In addition, traditional texts include The Prayer of St. Patrick, a selection from Piae Cantiones, and one from The Book of Common Prayer. There are also a selection from ICEL and adaptations by Bob Moore.
SKU: HL.456276
UPC: 196288067108. 6.75x10.5x0.045 inches.
Premiered Dec. 2020 by the Choral Arts Society of Washington, D.C. this thrilling arrangement is available with piano accompaniment or an optional orchestra.
