J. D. Souther

Here's an exciting piece based on the favorite hymn tune 'Old Hundredth. ' This setting is full of power, with the melody found in sustained tones in the pedal, while the manuals have a brilliant trip...

The title comes from a poem written by Thomas Moore and sets the mood for the opening moments of the piece. Wistful and mournful at times, there is a brief change of atmosphere in the middle of the wo...

Night of Stars (in translation Nuits D'toiles), is an adaptation of a work for soprano and piano. The piece is a setting of a poem of the same name by Thodore de Banville. From the start, the listener...

Beside the Waters is a transcription, by the composer, of an original solo vocal work. The text for this piece describes water flowing in a stream, clouds floating past, time standing still, and human...

This work is based on the French poem Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur (It Rains in My Heart). As expected from the title, this work has a dark feeling to it. Slow and brooding, the piano sets the feel with t...

Sonatina was commissioned by a mother as a birthday gift for her son. Since the composer was unsure of what types of music he liked, he decided to try to write something in the style of Mozart. The pi...

This is another new composition by talented composer Jeff Smallman. This short flute and piano piece is ideal for a high school level player to enter a competition with or perform at a concert or reci...

This work is approachable by players in the first year or two of playing. The range is limited and the technical requirements are not too great. This is a fun piece that younger players will be sure t...

A stunning arrangement of Mozarts' Horn Concerto. Transcribed by Harold Craxton, Horn solo edited by Dennis Brain.

The driving bass line combined with fun and interesting melodic material make this a great piece for a young clarinet ensemble consisting of 4 b-flat clarinets and a bass clarinet. The range is limite...

The title comes from a poem written by Thomas Moore and sets the mood for the opening moments of the piece. Wistful and mournful at times, there is a brief change of atmosphere in the middle of the wo...

Arranger Jeff Smallman has taken this piano piece and arranged it for solo clarinet. The haunting, melancholy solo line is complimented by a newly composed countermelody found in the pianist's right h...

Stick Dance is reminiscent of Canaries, a solo work for 4 timpani composed by Eliott Carter. Like Canaries, this piece is an example of metric modulation, changing tempo using the rhythms present. Unl...