David Marlatt: Leichte Noten

A karesansui is a Japanese rock garden which is an enclosed shallow sandbox containing sand, gravel, and rocks. The main elements are rocks and sand, with the sea symbolized not by water but by sand r...

Interchangeable Woodwind Ensemble Level: Easy

A pavane was a slow dance form the 16th and 17th century. The talented composer Jeff Smallman has taken this Baroque form and created a very colourful piece that features high, mid and low voices allo...

It was from the Danserye (1551), a set of dances, that these three dances have been selected and arranged. There was no indication on the original score as to the instrumentation but Susato said 'the...

As the title suggests, this piece is Spanish in style. After opening with a short fanfare, the melody is then passed equally between the two parts with the lower voices adding rhythmic chords and coun...

This famous aria from one of the best known Christmas pieces has been elegantly transcribed for clarinet and keyboard (piano or organ). This is a beautiful work with simple long phrases and clear harm...

This piece was written in the thirteenth Century by an unknown composer. It has been set using a single melodic line as many Gregorian chants were constructed. One cornet player is asked to stand away...

This peaceful Austrian carol is beautiful in its simplicity and elegance. Melody is found in all voices. Often performed by choirs, this is a favorite with audiences all over the world. There is a bea...

The Holly and the Ivy is a traditional English Christmas carol. Holly and ivy have been important as English Christmas decorations for church use since at least the fifteenth century. This piece is fl...

Carol of the Bells is a based on the Ukrainian chant Shchedryk. This version of a holiday classic features all the players in various roles with melody in all parts. This is something a little differe...

This is another interchangeable series from Eighth Note Publications. Any 4 instruments (flutes, clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, horns, trombones and tubas) can be combined to form a mixed quartet. G...

The sound of a trombone quartet closely resembles the sound and scope of an all-male choir. As a result it seems only natural for arrangers to look to the choral repertoire to create sets of short cho...

This is another interchangeable series from Eighth Note Publications. Any 4 instruments (flutes, clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, horns, trombones and tubas) can be combined to form a mixed quartet. G...

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen is a famous and popular Christmas carol. This arrangement is presented in two very different ways. One section is slow and mysterious with a steady low voice ostinato and...

This is a Christmas carol which is often performed as a 'different' sounding piece on a festive concert. This is because the harmonies are darker and more mysterious. This setting plays on those princ...

Great Christmas music set to interesting and creative arrangements makes holiday fun for young musicians.

This is a Christmas carol which is often performed as a 'different' sounding piece on a festive concert. The harmonies are darker and more mysterious. This setting, for 2 flutes and 2 clarinets, plays...

Pat-a-Pan' is a very rustic Christmas piece that is set in a round beginning with a solo violin and pyramiding down to make a quartet. The percussive drone parts add a distinct color to this piece wor...