New Acquisitions: December 23, 2010

The following are new pieces that we have added to the Music Library since October 7. These new pieces were performed at one of the Area All State Zone performances or were acquired for this winter's MCSMA All-County festivals.

Band

• Cedar Valley March by Steve Hodges (Alfred/2 sets) (N-1520)
• Colorado Peaks by Dana Wilson (Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard/2 sets) (N-1519)
• The White Rose March by John Philip Sousa, arranged by Keith Brion (Southern Music/1 set) (N-1515)

Chorus

• Bloom by Philip Silvey (Santa Barbara Publishing/SSA/120 copies) (C-2356)
• The Human Heart (From Once On This Island) by Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens, arranged by Andy Beck (Alfred/SATB/135 copies) (C-2309)
• The Impossible Dream by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion, arranged by Mac Huff (Cherry Lane/1 set) (C-2358) (for SSA Choral Voicing, C-1739)
• Into the Night by Joel Raney & John Parker (Heritiage Music Press/SATB/135 copies) (C-2308)
• Jinny, Git Around, Traditional Folk Meody, arranged by Nathanial Garris (Hinshaw Music/SATB/169 copies) (C-2366)
• Living in a Holy City by Stephen Hatfield (Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard/SSAA/120 copies) (C-2357)

Orchestra

• Jupiter Bringer of Jollility by Gustav Holst, arranged by Vernon Leidig (Alfred/1 set) (R-0823)

Strings

• Don't Stop Believin' by Jonathan Cain, Neil Schon & Steve Perry, arranged by Bob Phillips (Belwin/Alfred/3 sets) (S-0219)

Jazz Band

• Black and Tan Fantasy by Duke Ellington & Bubber Miley (Alfred/1 set) (J-0230)
• The Chant by Victor Feldman, arranged by Mark Taylor (Hal Leonard/1 set) (J-0233)
• Down for Double by Freddie Green, arranged by Rick Stitzel (Hal Leonard/1 set) (J-0232)
• Night in Tunesia by Mario Bauza, arranged by Michael Philip Mossman (Hal Leonard/1 set) (J-0229)
• Vine Street Rumble by Benny Carter (Sierra Music/1 set) (J-0231)

 Jazz Vocal

• Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop by Lionel Hampton & Curly Hammer, arranged by Steve Zegree (Hal Leonard/SATB/25 copies) (V-0060)
• Hey! Ba-ba-re-bop by Lionel Hampton & Curly Hammer, arranged by Steve Zegree (Hal Leonard/I-Pak/1 set) (V-0060)
• I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face by Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Lowe, arranged by Steve Zegree (Hal Leonard/SATB/25 copies) (V-0061)
• Like Someone in Love by April Arabian-Tini (Shawnee Press/SATB/25 copies) (V-0059)
• Voice Dance III by Greg Jaspers (Shawnee Press/Hal Leonard/SATB/25 copies) (V-0058)

Dramatics Magazine Announces the 10 Most Performed Musicals & Plays in High Schools

Dramatics Magazine has announced their annual lists of the ten most performed musicals and plays in North American high schools.

Disney's Beauty and the Beast is the most performed in the Musicals category, the same as in the 2008-09 survey.  It's followed by Seussical and a tie between Into the Woods and Grease.  New to this year's list are Footloose and The Wizard of Oz while the shows Little Shop of Horrors (last year's number 2) and Guys and Dolls (5) fell from the top ten.

The 2009-10 top ten with the shows 2008-09 rank in parenthesis.

• 1. (1) Disney's Beauty & the Beast
• 2. (7) Seussical
• 3. (Tie) (4) Grease
• 3. (Tie) (8) Into the Woods
• 5. (-) Footloose
• 6. (Tie) (-) The Wizard of Oz (multiple adaptations)
• 6. (Tie) (8)You're a Good Man Charlie Brown
• 8. (10) The Music Man
• 9. (5) Once Upon a Matress
• 10. (3) Thoroughly Modern Millie

The full-length play list is topped by John Cariani's Almost, Maine which is new to the list this year as are Neil Simon's Fools and A Christmas Carol.  Falling from the top ten are Neil Simon's Rumors (2 last year), The Curious Savage, Harvey and The Miracle Worker (because of ties there were 12 plays listed in 2008-09).

• 1. (-) Almost, Maine
• 2. (1) A Midsummer Night's Dream
• 3. (4) You Can't Take It With You
• 4. (7) Noises Off
• 5. (7) Twelve Angry Men
• 6. (Tie) (7) Alice in Wonderland (various adaptations)
• 6. (Tie) (3) The Crucible
• 6. (Tie) (10) Our Town
• 9. (Tie) (-) Fools
• 9. (Tie) (-) A Christmas Carol (various adaptations)

Finally, in the category of short plays, Jonathan Rand's Check Please leads the list as it did in 2008-09.  New to the list are 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview, Competition Please and How to Succeed in High School Without Really Trying.  Falling out of the top ten from 2008-09 are Bang, Bang, You're Dead (last years number 2), 15 Reasons Not to Be in a Play (4), The Seussifacation of Romeo & Juliet (6), Dinner With the MacGuffins (10) and The Least Offensive Play (10) (because of ties there were 12 short plays listed in 2008-09).

• 1. (1) Check Please
• 2. (6) Check Please: Take 3
• 3. (Tie) (6) The Actor's Nightmare
• 3. (Tie) (-) 13 Ways to Screw Up Your College Interview
• 5. (3) Check Please: Take 2
• 6. (Tie) (10) The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon
• 6. (Tie) (6) Hard Candy
• 8. (Tie) (-) Competition Please
• 8. (Tie) (-) How to Succeed in High School Without Really Trying
• 10. (5) This is a Test

RACAME Announces 8th Annual Workshop Day

The Rochester Area Council of Administrators of Music Education (RACAME) has announced their 8th Annual Workshop Day for Thursday, January 27 from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM at Penfield High School in their new music wing.

This year's Keynote Speaker is Dr. Bill Destler, President of RIT and the theme is Music Education for the 21st Century.

The fee for the day is $80 ($45 for college students and student teachers) and includes materials, a continental breakfast and lunch.  The registration deadline is Friday, January 7.

Below is information supplied by RACAME for the workshop.  Click on each page to get a full size view.