Nourse Wind Publications

Remembrances, Volume 1: Debussy, was commissioned by Kathleen Osborn for the West Michigan Flute Orchestra's music director Darlene Dugan, and is dedicated to the memory of Kathleen's husband Brad Osb...

Claude Le Jeune, a Franco-Belgian composer of psalm settings, instrumental pieces as well as popular chansons, enjoyed considerable recognition as a composer during his lifetime. In John Hawkin's A Ge...

The Romanian Folk Dances were originally completed in 1915 as a set of six movements for the pianoforte: Joc Cu Bata, Braul, Pe Loc, Buciumeana, Poarga Romaneasca, Maruntel. Probably the most famous v...

Salsita is an energetic and vibrant Venezuelan composition for flute choir by Victor Rojas, the director of the fabulous National Flute Orchestra of Venezuela. Composed in 1997 for performance at the...

The Sylvan Suite was written for composer John Palmer's wife, Anne, for her flute ensemble. Although most of John's creative work has been for the brass family, his approach for this suite found him t...

The Swiss Boy belongs to the vast repertoire of solo feature music of the nineteenth century concert-in-the-park bands. Before the days of electronic amplification, soloists had to be selected from am...

Water Music was composed by George Frederick Handel (1658-1759) and while no copies of this work in the composer's hand are extant, various catalogs and copies from that time show 9 to 20 movements in...

A delightful concert opener, Welcome! was premiered at the Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair in 1997. Energetic, fun and approximately 2 minutes in length!

Divertimento No. 2 was composed in 2016 to showcase Flute Street, a Toronto-based, professional flute ensemble in which Isaac's mother, Carolyn Ricketts, is a founding member. Flute Street first perfo...

Dedicated to Kienna who was diagnosed with cancer in 1998, this piece was written as a lullaby/prayer to express what words could not.

This work was composed in 2003 as a musical addition to the repertoire for novice flute students. Written in a simple style for the less experienced flutist, this music is still highly melodic while u...

The passacaglia is a 17th century dance form in which an ostinato bass line is presented, followed by a series of continuos melodic and harmonic variations in the upper voices. In performing this Pass...

Two familiar movements of Ottorino Respighi transcribed for Piccolo and Piano by Mary Ann and Frank Archer. Includes the Villanella from Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 1, and the Tarantella from L...

How hard is it to believe that The Girl from Ipanema turned 50 in 2012! The song still sounds as fresh and new today as it did in 1962. Arranged here for flute choir by Kelly Via, please note that the...

Fanfare 36 was composed especially for the 2008 National High School Flute Choir, with its premiere performance on during the 36th Annual Convention of the National Flute Association (NFA) in Kansas C...

Fanfare 42 is a composition with intricate splashes of colour set amidst brilliant melodic harmonic writing. The number 42 in the title is in commemoration of the forty-second annual convention of the...

William Byrd (1543-1623) was one of the leading composers of the late renaissance. He was known for his polyphonic songs, consort music, virginal pieces, and music for both the Roman Catholic and Angl...

Although Frederick Delius' Sleigh Ride remains a lesser-known work from his student days, its simplicity and emotional responsiveness illuminate the journey of poetic expressiveness that the composer...

This Christmas Medley arrangement by Canadian composer David Taubner consists of four well-loved carols: Angels We Have Heard on High; Hark, the Herald Angels Sing; We Three Kings of Orient Are and Aw...