Carl Fischer Music
CMF6 - $8.99

Imagine your students becoming independent sight-readers! This book provides a systematic process for improving the following: sight-singing skills, integration of visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning styles in reading music, and overall musicianship. The learning strategies which accompany the melodies presented in this text incorporate all senses through multisensory learning. These ideas give direction to the learner and the teacher in developing the necessary musical skills and confidence to sight-sing in a manner which includes musical accuracy while encouraging good vocal technique. Using this type of consistent, thoughtful organization of concepts, students can learn to be secure in their abilities as music readers, as well as becoming “insightful singers.”

From Concepts to Concerts:
Building Competence in the Choral Classroom
By Earlene Rentz
Foreword by André J. Thomas

Carl Fischer Music
CMF4 • $34.95

Carl Fischer Music is thrilled to announce From Concepts to Concerts from Dr. Earlene Rentz, a supplementary text for the choral rehearsal which provides exercises that teach fundamental concepts to choral singers. Dr. Rentz has drawn from her years of experience as a choral director and clinician to create these exercises, which are arranged progressively in difficulty, allowing all grade levels to benefit from the collection.

Choral teachers can identify musical problems within their groups and fix them before learning new repertoire, allowing for more efficient rehearsals. Plus, each exercise covers concepts within the context of an actual octavo. Some basic concepts covered include: rhythm, pitch, tempo, phrasing, diction, style, and meter. Carl Fischer has also helpfully provided classroom reproduction permission for ALL exercises. Choral directors will be grateful for this indispensable teaching tool! For all levels.

The Norman Dello Joio Vocal Collection
Preface by Paul Sperry
Low, Medium and High Solo Voice and Piano

Carl Fischer Music
VF20 — $14.95
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A descendant of a long line of Italian church organists and the son of a Metropolitan Opera vocal coach, composer Norman Dello Joio wrote for all instruments, but most naturally, for voice. Carl Fischer has compiled 12 of his vocal works in this collection as a tribute to his legacy. The collection opens with a heartfelt foreword from revered tenor Paul Sperry, well-known for championing the American art song and his work on the subject at Manhattan School of Music. The Norman Dello Joio Vocal Collection features works for mostly medium and high voices, such as “Lament” and “There is a Lady Sweet and Kind,” but also includes “The Assassination” for low voice. For intermediate to advanced-level singers.

The Grapes of Wrath Solo Aria Collection
16 Aria Excerpts from the Opera The Grapes of Wrath
Music by Ricky Ian Gordon
Libretto by Michael Korie
Various Voicings

Carl Fischer Music
VF19 — $24.95

Carl Fischer Music makes available a collection of aria excerpts from Ricky Ian Gordon’s critically acclaimed hit opera, The Grapes of Wrath. This collection includes “The Last Time There Was Rain,” “Simple Child,” “Us,” and more. Premiered at the Minnesota Opera in 2007, The Grapes of Wrath is a full-scale opera with libretto by Michael Korie, now available in its entirety from Carl Fischer Music.

Based on the Pulitzer prize-winning 1939 novel by John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath was named "the great American opera" by Musical America, and Los Angeles Times critic Mark Swed wrote that: "…the greatest glory of the opera is Gordon's ability to musically flesh out the entire 11-member Joad clan…Gordon's other great achievement is to merge Broadway and opera… greatly enhanced by his firm control over ensembles and his sheer love for the operatic voice." A recording of the world premiere production at the Minnesota Opera is available separately from PS Classics (PS-866).

Tales of Land and Sea Book/CD:
Solo Songs for the Male Changing Voice
Mark Patterson
Vocal Solo

BriLee Music
BLB007 • $24.95

The fourth in a series of solo song volumes for young singers, Tales of Land and Sea contains a wide variety of songs, from spirituals and folk songs to originally composed works by Mark Patterson, especially compiled, arranged, and composed, for the male changing voice. Songs progress from the “just changing” voice, to selections for young tenors, and finally, to songs for the young baritone. The included CD contains both vocal demo and instrumental tracks for all 10 pieces in the book.

NOTE: Downloadable Resources are available for this title, with
corrected vocal demonstration tracks and corrected vocal solo melody lines. Click here.

The Grapes of Wrath
An Opera in Three Acts
Music by Ricky Ian Gordon
Libretto by Michael Korie, Based on the novel by John Steinbeck

Carl Fischer Music
VS5 • $125.00

Premiered at the Minnesota Opera in 2007, The Grapes of Wrath is a full-scale opera with libretto by Michael Korie, now available in its entirety from Carl Fischer Music. Based on the Pulitzer prize-winning 1939 novel by John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath was named "the great American opera" by Musical America, and Los Angeles Times critic Mark Swed wrote that: "…the greatest glory of the opera is Gordon's ability to musically flesh out the entire 11-member Joad clan…Gordon's other great achievement is to merge Broadway and opera… greatly enhanced by his firm control over ensembles and his sheer love for the operatic voice." A recording of the world premiere production at the Minnesota Opera is available separately from PS Classics (PS-866).

Too Few the Mornings Be
By Ricky Ian Gordon
Soprano and Piano

Carl Fischer Music
VF17 • $19.95

Composer Ricky Ian Gordon has given us another masterpiece in the form of eleven songs written for soprano voice with piano: Too Few the Mornings Be, based on the poetry of Emily Dickinson. Written specially for the great Renée Fleming, this collection contains a personal note from Fleming herself, praising the beauty and freedom of the songs within, saying “I love how you write for the voice; the vocal line moves freely throughout the whole range.” This simple, elegant collection is truly a gift to soprano soloists. For the advanced singer.

Jason Eckhardt
The Distance (This)
Soprano Voice with Wind, String and Percussion Ensemble

Carl Fischer Music
Full Score - CY3477F - $150.00
Parts available on rental

Jason Eckhardt’s setting of Laura Mullen’s poem The Distance (This) was commissioned by the Miller Theater in New York and premiered there on November 20, 2008.

Howard Hanson
Song of Democracy
SATB Chorus and Orchestra

Carl Fischer Music
Full Score - CY930F - $85.00
Parts available on rental

Based on the Walt Whitman text, Howard Hanson’s Song of Democracy for SATB Chorus and Orchestra was performed at the inaugural concert for incoming U.S. President Richard Nixon in 1969. Hanson proudly noted this was the first inaugural concert to feature only American music. The full score is now available on custom print, with the parts on rental.

Lee Hyla
Wilson’s Ivory Bill
Baritone Voice, Piano and Field Recording

Carl Fischer Music
Performance Score — CY3313 - $34.50

Field Recording CD — CY3313CD - $19.95

The Wilson’s Ivory-bill is the largest species of North American woodpecker and has long-since been presumed extinct until a recent sighting. Hyla’s piece of the same name takes the birdsong of the woodpecker and combines this with a narrative baritone voice while accompanied by piano and field recordings of the bird.

Louise Talma
Terre de France:
A Cycle of Five Songs for Soprano or Tenor Voices and Piano

Carl Fischer Music
Performance Score — CP32 – $40.00

Louise Talma’s widely-performed song cycle in tribute to her homeland of France was written for soprano or tenor voice. Carl Fischer makes available a full performance score.

New String Orchestra accompaniment to a best-selling choral —

Pacem Noel
By Larry Clark and Rae Moses
String Orchestra

Carl Fischer Music
Complete Set — CM9226IN — $45.00

Full Score — CM9226INF — $6.00

Extra Parts — CM9226INP — $3.00 call

Already popular as a choral work, orchestral work and concert band piece, this new edition of Pacem Noel for string orchestra has been transposed so it can be performed in four different ways: independently, as an accompaniment to the choral version (CM9226), along with the band version (YPS85), or together with both band and chorus. This delightful holiday arrangement is based on the popular canon Dona Nobis Pacem combined with the famous carol The First Noel. It is effective, yet simple, and it brings together two beautiful songs in a delicate and musical way. As the title implies, may we all have "Peace for Christmas." See a page (JPG).

Also available:
SATB Choral (CM9226, $1.65)
Easy Concert Band (YPS85, $60.00)
Easy String Orchestra (YAS86, $45.00)