Usher Abell

La Cumparsita was written by Uruguayan composer Gerardo Matos Rodríguez in 1919. It is one of the most famous and recognizable tangos of all time.

This classic Latin piece has become a favourite with audiences all over the world. The great groove of the tune will quickly catch the audience and transport them to a warmer climate. This is a trumpe...

This Spanish piece was originally written for guitar---It might sound like a stretch to arrange a piece from guitar to string orchestra but this really works! Pairs of voices alternate between pizzica...

Ein ungewöhnliches Minnelied mit tonmalerischen Effekten. Nach einem improvisatorischen Beginn steigert sich die Volksliedbearbeitung für hohe Stimmen a cappella bis zur nachdrücklichen Freiheitsbekun...

Das getragene Abendgebet für Frauenchor a cappella von Dominik Johannes Dieterle lässt Singende und Publikum am Ende des Tages friedvoll zur Ruhe kommen. Mit der Bitte um Gottes Gnade steigt die Dynam...

Dieses dänische Volkslied aus dem 17. Jh. erzählt vom jungen Ramund und seinen Abenteuern. Abwechslungsreich führt das Arrangement von Dominik J. Dieterle durch die verschiedenen Stimmungsbilder der S...

Ad te levavi animam meam - Zu dir erhebe ich meine Seele. Der Hymnus zum ersten Adventssonntag erstrahlt in dieser doppelchörigen Komposition von Dominik Johannes Dieterle in besonderer Weise. Ruhig u...

Die Nacht bricht langsam an, die düster-mystische Stimmung der Dunkelheit breitet sich aus in dieser Komposition von Dominik J. Dieterle zum Text von William Shakespeare (Ein Sommernachtstraum). Einge...

Ein ungewöhnliches Minnelied mit tonmalerischen Effekten. Nach einem improvisatorischen Beginn steigert sich die Volksliedbearbeitung für hohe Stimmen a cappella bis zur nachdrücklichen Freiheitsbekun...

Komponiert von Gustav Mahler aus dessen Liederzyklus Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, kann dieses Stück über unerwiderte Liebe nun im Arrangement für gemischten Chor a cappella erklingen und nimmt Sin...

Best Blues Solos provides a variety of pieces that range in style from the so called country blues of the old American South, to contemporary compositions written in the blues style. Guitarists will a...

The blues present an opportunity to be deeply expressive. Every note can be colored with pitch bends, slides, vibrato, and all manner of attacks. The style makes it easy to own the music, to close you...

Shaped by Time is a short fanfare/overture to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Coledale Public School in Unionville, Canada. It opens with a brief fanfare section before breaking into a fun, shifting...

One of the most popular songs of all time is available for developing band. Because of it's 'horse-trotting' rhythms, The William Tell Overture became the theme to The Lone Ranger movies and radio sho...

Sir Arthur Sullivan wrote many pieces for operettas but none was better received than the music to H.M.S. Pinafore. It had a terrific 700-night run once it opened and its popularity continues today. T...

Composer Donald Coakley was asked by the Pastor of St. William's Roman Catholic Church, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to write a hymn based on verses he had written about the parish's namesake. What...

This piece contains two distinctively different themes a traditional European folk song sounding melody and a Japanese inspired one. Each melody is introduced on its own, then they are combined with b...

This beautiful folk song has been used as the melody for several popular hymns, including 'I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say,' 'O Sing a Song of Bethlehem,' 'I Feel the Winds of God Today' and several ot...

This is a fun and rhythmic South African folk song. The arrangement could be performed with or without choir, or it could involve members of the band singing. The optional repeats can be used to short...

One of the great treasures of American folk music, this Shaker melody receives a refreshing treatment in this Dale Warland setting. With harp. Includes parts for Flute, Harp and Guitar. Performance Ti...

Sally Lamb McCune has arranged three timeless American folk songs for mixed choir, piano, snare drum, piccolo and optional strings. This can be performed as a set: 1) Simple Gifts; 2) When Johnny Come...

Sally Lamb McCune has arranged three timeless American folk songs for mixed choir, piano, snare drum, piccolo and optional strings. This can be performed as a set: 1) Simple Gifts; 2) When Johnny Come...