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NEW Choral Music from Carl Fischer

NEW Choral Music from BriLee


New CHORAL Titles for 2008 from Carl Fischer Music

Announcing Part by Part! Read on...

2008 brings a wide variety of new choral music for schools, featuring some of the best known names in choral literature. You will find folk songs from over a half dozen countries, spirituals, editions and arrangements of masterworks from J.S. Bach to Mozart and Schubert, and more. Additionally, we are pleased to present exciting new writers.

This year’s set of new releases focuses on school concert and festival selections more than ever before. You will find quality selections for every vocal ensemble from upper elementary and developing choirs, male and treble choruses, to three-part mixed (with optional baritone) and SATB choruses. Non-printable PDFs and MP3 recordings targeting each vocal part are available for download from the new Part by Part section of our website, featuring individual voice part tracks for home practice! We know you will be pleased with these exciting new titles and find them a joy to learn and perform.


NOW AVAILABLE...
BriLee Part by Part!

This wonderful resource is also available for all new 2008-2009 BriLee Music choral titles.


New CONCERT BAND Titles for 2008

2008 marks an exciting era in band music for Carl Fischer Music. We continue to publish a well-rounded program of music for elementary schools all the way to university level. You will find more great music from established composers like Sean O’Loughlin, Joseph Compello, Larry Clark, Andrew Balent, Paul Basler, Carl Strommen, and Alan Lee Silva. And this year, we have added wonderful new composers such as Bill Calhoun, Ed Kiefer, and Gregory Rudgers to our catalog. We also continue our heritage of fine marches with more offerings in the Authentic Fillmore Series edited by Robert E. Foster. For the advanced levels we provide a new David Maslanka work and a re-promotion of a classic Theodore Presser title, “Elegy for a Young American,” by Ronald Lo Presti.

The performances of the music are professionally played and recorded by the wonderful Trade Winds ensemble. By listening to the full-length mp3 recordings and viewing the non-printable PDF files on our website, we’re certain you’ll recognize the high quality of band music presented in this year’s release.

We’re confident that you will be just as excited as we are about our new band offerings and that you will want to add many of these exciting new releases to your music program! Enjoy.


New STRING ORCHESTRA Titles for 2008

We are excited about our new string orchestra music for 2008. This year marks a new era in orchestra music for Carl Fischer Music. As always, we have a wide variety of music from some of the most respected composers in the business, but this year is different and new. We have combined a renewed energy and focus on our orchestra music catalog by redefining series guidelines and refreshing the look of our covers. Plus, we have added new composers to the Carl Fischer Music team whose work we know you will enjoy. We continue to publish a well-rounded program of orchestra music from the elementary school to high school level. The music is carefully edited by respected string pedagogue Doris Gazda, and our performance CDs are professionally recorded. In addition, our website now has MP3 recordings and non-printable PDF files of all new music!

In this year’s release, you will find more great music from established composers including Alan Lee Silva, Keiko Yamada, Sean O’Loughlin, Joseph Compello, Doris Gazda, Lauren Keiser and Larry Clark. Plus, we have added wonderful new composers such as Bill Calhoun and Mike Forbes to our catalog.


New Releases for November, 2008
PERCUSSION DVD
Creating and Performing
Drum Loops DVD

By Donny Greundler

Release Date: November 2008

150 minutes
English Language DVD
Carl Fischer Music DVD24 • $19.95

In the DVD Creating and Performing Drum Loops, world-class clinician and educator Donny Gruendler (PIT/Musicians Institute faculty) walks you through the entire process of track programming, equipment wiring, and performance to prepare you for any commercial gig. Through clear, step-by-step explanations (including performance lessons, demo software, and companion session files), Donny presents the viewer with four songs—each featuring a different programming method, equipment setup, and performance strategy.

Creating and performing drum loops, click tracks, predetermined backing tracks, multi-channel backing tracks, manual loop triggering, and acoustic drum triggering are all presented in great detail. Gruendler also demonstrates how to put your skills to work during exciting live performance footage, featuring songs from Rhett Frazier Inc. Includes Ableton Live and BFD demo software for a truly interactive learning experience. Duration: 150 minutes.

Also by Donny Greundler:
Playing with Drum Loops Book/CD
Carl Fischer Music DRM120 • $29.95

A resident of Los Angeles, Donny Gruendler is a faculty member at Musicians Institute (PIT) in Hollywood, California, where he created the curriculum for both their technology and ensemble programs. An alumnus of both Berklee College of Music (Boston) and Wayne State University (Detroit), he has performed, programmed, toured and recorded behind such diverse artists as Kenny Burrell, John Medeski, D.J. Logic, Euro-Rock outfit JuliaFly, Rick Holmstrom, and Rhett Frazier Inc. Donny has also written numerous articles for Modern Drummer magazine.


New Releases for October, 2008
STRING MUSIC

Kanzone for Two Violins (1999)
Igor Shcherbakov

Two Violins – Chamber Music Edition

Carl Fischer Music B3440 • $12.95

An exquisite piece for two violins by Igor Shcherbakov (b. 1955), one of the most distinguished figures among a gifted generation of modern Ukranian composers in the late-twentieth and twenty-first centuries, who is known for his unique ability to infuse his works with spiritual and humanistic undertones.
 

Magic Fairy Tale (Kazka)
Igor Shcherbakov

Viola and Piano – Chamber Music Edition

Carl Fischer Music B3441 • $9.95

Magic Fairy Tale is a delightful piece for viola and piano by renowned Ukranian composer Igor Shcherbakov, a well-known Ukrainian musical and public figure, teacher, professor of the National Academy of Music, and president of the Kiev Composers Union.

SCORES

Chamber Symphony No. 3 (1982)
Yevhen Stankovych

Flute and Strings – Full Score Edition

Carl Fischer Music SC63 • $34.95

A notable work from renowned Ukrainian composer Stankovych, whose Chamber Symphony No. 3 was lauded in 1985 by the judges of the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers. Full score edition with instrumentation for: seven violins, two violas, two violoncellos, and one contrabass.
 

Sinfonietta (1971)
Yevhen Stankovych

Orchestra - Full Score Edition

Carl Fischer Music SC62 • $29.95

Sinfonietta is an early orchestral work composed by one of the most celebrated Ukranian composers in contemporary music, Yevhen Stankovych (b. September 1942, Svalyava). From the biographical notes: “While his technique is contemporary and evinces a wide-ranging familiarity with Western compositional developments, Stankovych also has a flair for incorporating folkloric elements into his style.”

New Releases for September, 2008
TRUMPET

My First Arban Book 2 for Trumpet
Compiled and Edited
   by Robert E. Foster

Trumpet

Carl Fischer Music WF78 • $6.95

My First Arban Book 2 is the perfect follow-up to the very successful My First Arban (O5504). Suitable for use with or without a private instructor, developing students further cultivate the technical and flexibility exercises essential to the mastery of brass instruments. Book 2 builds on the skills presented in the first book while bridging the gap that will eventually lead the student into the celebrated Arban’s Complete Conservatory Method for Trumpet. For the beginning player.


OBOE  

48 Studies for Oboe, Op. 31 Book/CD
Franz Wilhelm Ferling

Oboe

Carl Fischer Music WF56 • $19.95

This updated edition of Franz Wilhelm Ferling’s 48 Studies for Oboe, Op. 31 features detailed edits from Nancy Clauter, Professor of Oboe at the University of Kentucky. Clauter has provided updated fingerings and notes that reflect the modernization of the instrument since this book’s original publication. This edition also includes piano accompaniments with CD, composed by pianist John Walker and available on CD for the first time. Finally, the accompaniments can be printed from PDF files also found on the CD, making this book a perfect choice for recital or contest use. For the advanced player.


PERCUSSION DVD

The Moeller Technique Workshop:
   The DVD
Henrique De Almeida

 

Carl Fischer Music DVD23 • $19.95

Seasoned drumming expert and director of the Percussion Institute of Colorado, Henrique De Almeida has created a DVD that provides an in-depth exploration of the Moeller technique for drumming. Named for drummer Sanford A. Moeller, this method has been popularized by Moeller student Jim Chapin since the 1930s. Drawn from Civil War-era drumming, the Moeller method combines a variety of techniques with the goal of improving hand speed, power, and control while offering the flexibility to add accented notes at will. Almeida explores the various uses of the Moeller technique in a wide range of drumming styles, providing demonstrations and detailed explanations. Duration: 186’

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