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A beautiful offertory style addition to the Curnow Music Press 'Praise and Adoration Series', SHIPSTON PRELUDE belongs on your stands this year. This endearing traditional English melody, originally c...

This endearing traditional English melody, originally collected and harmonized by Ralph Vaughan Williams, is now included in many of today's hymnals, and a string pak is available for flexible instrum...

This significant work for Grade 4 band has much to offer. The piquant harmonies of Movement 1, the introspective mood of Movement 2, and the Hoedown-like romp of Movement 3 unite to form provocative m...

This work for Grade 4 band has much to offer - the piquant harmonies of Movement 1, the introspective mood of Movement 2, and the hoedown-like romp of Movement 3 unite to form provocative musical imag...

Grand vistas appear before the listener as this majestic and expansive piece unfolds. At times introspective and yet sweeping in compass, James Curnow's PROCLAMATION is an ennobling musical statement....

A touching and intense memoriam piece, the mechanics are on the easy side of Grade 4, but the demand for tone quality and control in tenuto passages and long slurred phrases calls for the best of musi...

For this touching and intense memoriam piece, the mechanics are on the easy side of Grade 4 but the demand for tone quality and control in tenuto passages and long slurred phrases calls for the best o...

The mainly unison, easy chorus parts in BATTLE HYMN 2000 mean you CAN prepare James Hosay's imaginative and inspiring version of The Battle Hymn of the Republic for performance, even though opportunit...

Glorious and reverent! A bright fanfare prelude on Charles Wesley's And Can It Be? is ideal for church or school. Timothy Johnson's creative and appropriate treatment will inspire the congregation or...

A concert centerpiece, this major work from James Curnow explores the spiritual perspectives of the First Nations of the Pacific Northwest in North America. The five movements investigate the cosmos a...

It has been said that to find truly dramatic music, one must look to opera. The night before French poet Andrea Chenier's impending execution, his lover Madeleine comes to the prison at St. Lazare and...

Shifting harmonies in the stately but exciting opening introduce a lovely lyric theme. A gorgeous 8-measure Alto Sax solo (cued Tpt.) brings in a second, extended lyric theme which gradually develops...

Spain is a country like no other. Its scenic beauty, colorful history and bold arts and literature are unique and legendary. In this overture Carmine Pastore skilfully portrays this timeless region of...

The three most prevalent musical styles of the Revolutionary era - fife and drum music, the country dance, and the sacred hymn - are woven together here as a melodic reflection of life and culture in...

This work was commissioned in memory of Peter J. Swanson, a trumpet and cornet player who tragically died at the tender age of fourteen. Peter's favorite gospel song, Just a Closer Walk with Thee, has...

This work was commissioned in memory of Peter J. Swanson, a trumpet and cornet player who tragically died at the tender age of fourteen. Peter's favorite gospel song, Just a Closer Walk with Thee, has...

STAMPEDE!!! takes us back to an old American West of longhorn cattle-drives, chuck wagons, campfires and trail songs. Based on several authentic cowboy songs, STAMPEDE!!! opens at dawn (birdcalls incl...

STAMPEDE!!! takes us back to an old American West of longhorn cattle-drives, chuck wagons, campfires and trail songs. Based on several authentic cowboy songs, STAMPEDE!!! opens at dawn (birdcalls incl...

Based on several authentic cowboy songs, Stampede!! opens at dawn with the Cowboy's Gettin' Up Holler - birdcalls included. Lively fiddle and harmonica motifs and an eloquent scoring of Good-bye, Old...

This arrangement of Beethoven's familiar melody, with its abounding articulation and dynamic contrasts, is a solid choice for festival. It is effective at a wide range of tempi, and thoughtful cueing...