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Chamber Music - Scores and Parts
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Print: $9.95 Download: FREE Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano remains one of the composer's most popular and musically engaging pieces. In two connected movements, the sonata is 16 minutes long and requires the talents of both an extraordinary saxophonist and pianist. The first section is a powerful lament that leads directly into the mixed-meter and quarter-tone-filled rondo. Recommended for only advanced players. The solo part is available separately for purchase or download. Recently edited and corrected: April 2009.
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Print: $6.95 Download: FREE This is the solo E-flat alto saxophone part for Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (score available above). Purchase the part in hard copy or download for free!
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Print: $5.95 Download: FREE Eclogue for solo flute was written in 2007 for Misty Rondeau Theisen and premiered later that year. The pastoral work is in four sections and is appropriate for later high school players (and up) who desire a contemporary yet lyrical piece. Approximately 5 1/2 minutes long.
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Print: $5.95 Download: FREE Ars Lucis/Umbrae is a challenging solo piano composition inspired by a chapter of Umberto Eco's novel "The Island of the Day Before". Dedicated to Lynn Raley, this piece is suitable for professional concert pianists only! Divided into two parts, Ars Lucis ("The Art of Light...") is a blisteringly fast toccata while Umbrae ("...and Shadow") is a quieter, atmospheric section.
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Print: $7.95 Download: FREE "Variations on a Theme of Gretchaninov" is an exciting and passionate alto saxophone duet. Approximately 10 minutes long, this piece begins in a neo-Romantic style and gets progressively more frenetic, featuring dense contrapuntal variations and cadenzas. "Variations" is recommended for advanced college-level players with good rhythmic skills and lyricism. Very minimal altissimo required.
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Print: $6.95 Download: FREE Tornado Revisited is a short, energetic saxophone quartet etude in hommage to Frank Zappa. Approximately two minutes long, the composition makes a perfect encore or concert opener for advanced high school groups and up. Tornado Revisted is a work featuring a contemporary musical language, yet still audience-friendly. A book of transposed parts (SATB) is sold separately in this catalogue, though this concert-pitch score is available for free download!
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Print: $6.95 Download: FREE Tornado Revisited is a short, energetic saxophone quartet etude in hommage to Frank Zappa. Approximately two minutes long, the composition makes a perfect encore or concert opener for advanced high school groups and up. Tornado Revisted is a work featuring a contemporary musical language, yet still audience-friendly. This book contains the transposed (SATB) parts; purchasing the parts booklet entitles the owner to make one set of copies for performance purposes.
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Print: $6.95 Download: FREE "Songs to Nowhere" is a set of three songs for soprano and piano based on texts taken from interviews with 2008 vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. A humorous cycle for Democrats and Republicans alike!
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Coming soon: Petite Suite for piano; Lacrimosum and Benedictus for SATB choir
Large Ensemble Music - Scores and Parts
Coming soon: Concerto for Alto Saxophone, String Orchestra, and Percussion
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