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Friday, September 19, 2014

New Acquisitions: September 19, 2014

The following are new pieces that we have recently added to the Music Library:

Chorus

Ave Maris Stella by Mark Thomas (Earthsongs / SATB / 166 copies)
The Bike Let Loose by Edie Hill & Serena Fusek (Hummingbird Press / SSAA / 119 copies)
Bright Morning Stars Are Rising by Paul Siskind (G. Schirmer/Hal Leonard / SSAA / 89 copies)
Caramba (Good Gracious, My Love) by Otilio Galindez & Albert Grau (Neil A. Kjos / SATB / 246 copies)
Carrickfergus, Traditional Irish Song, arranged by Philip E. Silvey (Santa Barbara Music / SATB / 246 copies)
Come Into My Garden by Z. Randall Stroope (Colla Voce / SATB / 165 copies)
Gaudete!, Traditional, arranged by Michael Engelhardt (Walton Music / SSA / 79 copies)
Heaven Unfolding by Andrea Ramsey (Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard / SA / 80 copies)
How Can I Keep From Singing (My Life Flows on in Endless Song) by Taylor Davis (Morning Star Music / SATB / 101 copies)
If Ye Love Me by Thomas Tallis, arranged by Thomas Dunn (E.C. Schirmer / SATB / 182 copies)
La Paloma (The Dove), Traditional Venezuelan, arranged by Cristian Grasses (Walton Music/Hal Leonard / SSA / 70 copies)
Let All the World in Every Corner Sing by Andrea Ramsey (Alliance Music / SSA / 90 copies)

O Pastorelle, Addio (Now is the Time For Parting) by Umberto Giordano (G. Schirmer/Hal Leonard / SSA / 66 copies)
O Sapo, Traditional Brazilian Folk Song, arranged by Stephen Hatfield (Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard / SATB / 104 copies)
Peze Kafe, Traditional Haitian, arranged by Sten Kallman (Walton Music / SATB / 165 copies)
Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little / Goodnight Ladies by Meredith Willson, arranged by Cristi Cary Miller (Hal Leonard / 3-Part Treble / 50 copies)
Psalm 23: The Lord is My Shepherd by Srul Irving Glick (Earthsongs / Treble Chorus / 77 copies)
Requiem by Eliza Gilkyson, arranged by Craig Hella Johnson (Hal Leonard / SATB / 105 copies)
Two Strings, But One Voice (O Sweetest of Songs) by Z. Randall Stroope & Rainer Maria Rilke (Walton Music / SSAA / 119 copies)
Wanting Memories by Ysaye Barnwell (Musical Source / SSATB / 124 copies)
Way Over in Beulah Lan', Traditional Spiritual, arranged by Stacey V. Gibbs (Gentry Publications / SATB / 125 copies)

Band

Ancient Moon by Elliot Del Borgo (Alfred / 1 set)
Aztec Fire by Jay Bocook (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Black Forest Overture by Michael Sweeney (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Blue Ridge Saga by James Swearingen (C.L. Barnhouse / 1 set)
Dark Adventure by Ralph Ford (Alfred / 1 set)
Emperata Overture by Claude T. Smith (Wingert-Jones / 2 sets)
Enchanted Spaces by Samuel R. Hazo (Hal Leonard / 2 sets)
Exaltation by James Swearingen (C.L. Barnhouse / 1 set)
Fires of Nazama by Michael Sweeney (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
From the Valley (Fantasy on Red River Valley) by Gregory B. Rudgers (Carl Fischer / 3 sets)
Kindred Spirits by Brian Balmages (FJH Music / 3 sets)
Knights of Destiny by Michael Sweeney (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
The Last to Defend by David Shaffer (C.L. Barnhouse / 1 set)
Majestica by Brian Balmages (FJH Music / 1 set)
More Cowbell! (From Popcopy) by Scott McAllister (Lyd Music / 2 sets)
Moscow, 1941 by Brian Balmages (FJH Music / 1 set)
Music For a Darkened Theatre (The Film Scores of Danny Elfman) by Danny Elfman, arranged by Michael Brown (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Pilatus: Mountain of Dragons (C.L. Barnhouse / 1 set)
Roman Overture by Thomas Doss (Mitropa Music / 2 sets)
Silverbrook by Michael Sweeney (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Tempered Steel by Charles Rochester Young (Southern Music / 2 sets)
Where the Sun Brakes Through the Mist by Michael Sweeney (Hal Leonard / 1 set)

Orchestra

Meistersinger von Nurnberg by Richard Wagner (Luck's / 1 full set, 3 string sets)
Rites of Tamburo by Robert W. Smith (Alfred / 1 set)

Strings

Concerto Grosso in E by George Frederick Handel (Luck's Music / 3 sets)
Dragonhunter by Richard Meyer (Alfred / 1 set)
The Evil Eyes and the Hideous Heart (Carl Fischer / 1 seet)
Fiddles on Fire by Mark Williams (Alfred / 1 set)
Gauntlet by Doug Spata (Alfred / 1 set)
New World Symphony, Theme by Antonin Dvorak, arranged by Michael Allen (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Overture to Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi, arranged by Sandra Dackow (Tempo Press / 2 sets)
Sahara Crossing by Richard Meyer (Alfred / 1 set)

Jazz Band

Count Bubba by Gordon Goodwin (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Re-Imagining the World by Dave Rivello (Dave Rivello / 1 set)
Sing, Sing, Sing by Louis Prima, arranged by Mike Lewis (Alfred / 1 set)

Jazz Vocal

Come Fly With Me by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen (Self Published / 16 copies)
Hit That Jack Jive by Alston & Tolbert, arranged by Tiffaul (Self Published / 17 copies)
Sesame Street by Joe Raposo, arranged by Greg Murai (Self Published / 17 copies)

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Congratulations to Area Quarterfinalists For Grammy Music Educator Award

Two area educators have made it to the quarterfinals for the Music Educator Award presented by The Recording Academy and the Grammy Foundation.

According to a press release "The Music Educator Award was established to recognize current educators (K – college, public and private schools) who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who demonstrate a commitment to the broader cause of maintaining music education in the schools."

Of the 222 educators who have been named as quarterfinalists, two are from Monroe County, Diane Abrahamian from Penfield High School and Michael Struzik from Brighton High School.

The list will eventually be pared down to ten finalists with the winner being flown to Los Angeles for the Grammy Awards along with receiving a $10,000 honorarium. The nine other finalists will each receive a $1,000 honorarium. The schools of all ten finalists will receive matching grants.

The full list of candidates can be seen at grammyintheschools.com.

Friday, December 20, 2013

New Acquisitions: December 20, 2013

The following are new pieces that we have added to the Music Library since September 23.

Chorus

Ad Amore by Lee R. Kesselman (Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard / SSAA / 120 copies)
Bright Morning Stars, Traditional, arranged by Jay Althouse (Alfred / SATB / 93 copies)
The Camptown Races by Stephen Foster, arranged by Michael Levi (E. Henry David/Theodore Presser / SATB / 198 copies)
Dashing Away With the Smoothing Iron, Traditional, arranged by John Rutter (Oxford University Press / SATBB / 198 copies)
De Profundis by Russell Robinson (Lawson-Gould/Alfred / SATB / 95 copies)
Dobru Noc (Good Night), Traditional Slovakian Folk Song, arranged by Victor C. Johnson (Heritage Music Press / SSA / 53 copies)
Dreams of Thee by Eric William Barnum and Percy Bysshe Shelley (Walton Music / SAB / 173 copies)
Ezekiel Saw the Wheel, Traditional Spiritual, arranged by Howard Helvey (Beckenhorst Press / SATB / 175 copies)
Fly, Singing Bird by Edward Elgar, edited by Robert Carl (Hal Leonard / SSA / 78 copies)
Joy by Jocelyn Hagen (Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard / SSA / 120 copies)
Joy in the Morning by Natalie Sleeth, arranged by Joel Raney (Hope Publishing / SATB / 44 copies)
Kusimama (Stand Tall) by Jim Papoulis (Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard / 2-Part Treble / 55 copies)
Lift Up Your Voice! by Brian Tate (Pavane/Hal Leonard / SATB / 100 copies)
Ritmo by Dan Davison (Walton Music / SATB / 138 copies)
Roger Bobo Plays the Tuba by Brian Holmes (Roger Dean Publishing / Treble Chorus / 97 copies)
Sing to Me by Andrea Ramsey and Ella Wheeler Wilcox (Santa Barbara / SA / 53 copies)
Sound the Trumpet by Henry Purcell, edited by James Erb (Lawson-Gould/Alfred / SA / 79 copies)
Spiritual Jubilee by Linda Spevacek (Heritage Music Press / Three-Part Mixed / 173 copies)
That I Ever Saw by Damon Meader (Carl Fischer / SATB / 111 copies)
Three Quotes by Mark Tawin by Andrea Ramsey (Santa Barbara Music / SA / 185 copies)
The Turtle Dove, Traditional Folk Song, arranged by Linda Steen Spevacek (Hal Leonard / SATB / 173 copies)
Ubi Caritas, Traditional, arranged by Audrey Snyder (Hal Leonard / SATB / 116 copies)
When I Think of You by Laura Farnell and Sara Teasdale (Santa Barbara / SSA / 98 copies)
You Got Ta Move!, Traditional, arranged by Paul Cadwell and Sean Ivory (Alliance / SSAB / 130 copies)

Band

China Doll by Leroy Anderson (Masters Music / 1 set)
Coventry by John Tatgenhorst (C.L. Barnhouse / 3 sets)
Divinum Mysterium by James Swearingen (C.L Barnhouse / 3 sets)
Fuego del Alma by Carl Strommen (Belwin/Alfred / 4 sets)
Magnolia Star by Steve Danyew (Steve Danyew / 2 sets)
Midnight Escape by Larry Neeck (C.L. Barnhouse / 2 sets)
On the March by Ronald C. Knoener (Daehn Publications / 3 sets)
Out of the Shadows by Michael Sweeney (Hal Leonard / 3 sets)
Pirates by Doug Akey (Queenwood/Kjos / 1 set)
Sheltering Sky by John Mackey (Osti Music / 2 sets)
That Old Hound Dog Rag by Randall D. Standridge (Grand Mesa Music / 3 sets)
Three Celtic Dances by Brian Balmages (FJH Music / 4 sets)

Orchestra

Amazing Grace, arranged by Elliot Del Borgo (Belwin/Alfred / 2 sets)
Overture to "The Wasps" by Ralph Vaughan Williams, arranged by Brendan McBrien (Highland/Etling/Alfred / 2 sets)
Symphony #5 Finale by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, arranged by Richard Meyer (Alfred / 2 sets)

Strings

Allegro Vivo (From Concerto Grosso Opus 6, #5) by George Frideric Handel, arranged by Tim McCarrick (Belwin/Alfred / 4 sets)
Catharsis by Amy Cann, arranged by Bob Phillips (Belwin/Alfred / 2 sets)
Jupiter by Gustav Holst, arranged by Deborah Baker Monday (Kjos / 2 sets)
Palladio by Karl Jenkins, arranged by Robert Longfield (Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard / 2 sets)
Pelimannimuotokuvia (Portraits of Country Fiddlers) by Pehr Henrik Nordgren (Fennica Gehrman / 2 sets)

Jazz Band

Beauty and the Beast y Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, arranged by Gordon Goodwin (Belwin/Alfred / 1 set)
Blue Miles by Chick Corea, arranged by Bob Washut (Heritage / 1 set)
Bye Bye Blackbird by Ray Henderson and Mort Dixon, arranged by Dave Rivello (Belwin/Alfred / 1 set)
Haitian Fight Song by Charlie Mingus, arranged by Andrew Homzy (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Haitian Fight Song by Charlie Mingus, arranged by Sy Johnson (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
My Foolish Heart by Victor Young and Ned Washington, arranbed by Dave Rivello (Belwin/Alfred / 1 set)

Jazz Vocal

Two Shy Hearts by Donna Watton, arranged by Randy Crenshaw (UNC Jazz Press / SATBB / 16 copies)

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Grammy Signature Schools Semifinalists

Congratulations to Eastridge High School and Hilton High School for making the semifinalists list for the Grammy Signature School award.

They are two of 123 schools across the nation to make it to the semifinal level in this year's selection process. The award "recognizes top U.S. public high schools that are making an outstanding commitment to music education during an academic school year."

"The Grammy Foundation's Grammy Signature Schools program recognizes public high schools across the U.S. that are providing excellent music education programs for their students," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation. "Many of these schools face serious economic challenges, so it's truly inspiring to see this level of commitment to arts education and to the students who benefit from this type of curriculum."

The finalists will be announced in mid-March.

Monday, November 18, 2013

2013-14 Musical Schedule

The following is the schedule of musicals being performed at Monroe County schools during the 2012-13 school year. We will be updating the information as new announcements are made:

November 15, 16, 22, 23 and 24 - Footloose - Hilton High School
November 21, 22 and 23 - The Wizard of Oz - Spencerport High School
November 22 and 23 - Alice in Wonderland - Johanna Perrin Middle School, Fairport
November 22, 23, 24 and 30 - White Christmas - Greece Arcadia High School
November 22 and 23 - Wizard of Oz - Honeoye Falls-Lima Middle School
December 12, 13 and 14 - White Christmas - Pittsford Mendon High School
January 7 and 8 - ??? - East Rochester Junior High School
January 16, 17 and 18 - Willy Wonka, Jr. - Barker Road Middle School, Pittsford
January 17, 18, 19, 24 and 25 - Shrek - Greece Olympia High School
January 31 and February 1, 7 and 8 - Singin' in the Rain - Greece Athena Middle School
January 31 and February 1 - TBA - Oliver Middle School, Brockport
February 6, 7 and 8 - Anything Goes - Brighton High School
February 7 and 8 - Dr. Dolittle, Jr. - Burger Middle School, Rush-Henrietta
February 7, 8 and 9 - Beauty and the Beast - Calkins Road Middle School Pittsford
February 20, 21 and 22 - Honk - Greece Odyssey Academy
February 27 and 28 and March 1 and 2 - The Scarlet Pimpernel - Webster Schroeder High School
February 28, March 1 - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - East Rochester High School
March 6, 7 and 8 - Legally Blonde - Fairport High School
March 14 and 15 - Alice in Wonderland - Roth Middle School, Rush-Hunrietta
March 14 and 15 - Bye Bye Birdie - Martha Brown Middle School, Fairport
March 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 and 23 - Into the Woods - Greece Arcadia High School
March 20, 21 and 22 - TBA - Churchville-Chili High School
March 20, 21 and 22 - Hairspray - Eastridge High School, East Irondequoit
March 20, 21 and 22 - Footloose - Penfield High School
March 20, 21, 22 and 23 - Thoroughly Modern Millie - Honeoye Falls-Lima High School
March 21 and 22 - TBA - Minerva DeLand Middle School, Fairport
March 21 and 22 - Annie - Cosgrove Middle School, Spencerport
March 27, 28 and 29 - Beauty and the Beast - Gates-Chili High School
March 27, 28 and 29 - Anything Goes - Webster Thomas High School
March 27, 28, 29 and 30 - Shrek: The Musical - Ninth Grade Academy/Rush-Henrietta Senior High School
March 27, 28, 29 and 30 - Legally Blonde - Irondequoit High School
March 28 and 29 - TBA - Wheatland-Chili High School
March 28, 29 and 30 and April 4 and 5 - Miss Saigon - Greece Athena High School
April 3, 4 and 5 - TBA - Pittsford Sutherland High School
April 4 and 5 - Monty Python's Spamalot - Brighton High School
May 2 and 3 - Cinderalla - East Irondequoit Middle School, Eastridge Auditorium
June 5 and 6 - Alice in Wonderland - Durand Eastman Intermediate School, East Irondequoit
June 6, 7 and 8 - TBA - Churchville-Chili Middle School

Monday, September 23, 2013

New Acquisitions: September 23, 2013

The following are new pieces that we have added to the Music Library since March 22.

Chorus

A Dream Within a Dream by Emma Lou Diemer (Hinshaw Music / SATB / 159 copies)
Blowin' in the Wind / America by Bob Dylan, arranged by Len Thomas (Shawnee Press / 2-Part / 23 copies)
Cangia, Cangiea Tue Voglie by Giovanni Battista Fasolo, arranged by Tom Shelton (Hinshaw / TTB / 63 copies)
Christmas Round by Hank Beebe (Hindon/Hinshaw / 2-Part / 31 copies)
El Monigote by Diana V. Saez (Roger Dean/Lorenz / SSAA / 91 copies)
Embraceable You by George and Ira Gershwin, arranged by Kirby Shaw (Alfred / SSAA / 95 copies)
Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit, Traditional Spiritual, arranged by Moses Hogan (Hal Leonard / SATB / 174 copies)
Fa Una Canzona (Sing Me a Song) by Orazio Vecchi, edited by Alice Parker & Robert Shaw (Lawson-Gould/Alfred / SATB / 128 copies)
A Farewell by Molly Ijames and Alfred Lord Tennyson (Beckenhorst Press / SATB / 163 copies)
Forget About the Boy by Jeanine Tesori & Dick Scanlan; arranged by Audrey Snyder (Cherry Lane/Hal Leonard / SSA / 76 copies)
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor by Irving Berlin and Emma Lazarus, arranged by Roy Ringwald (Shawnee / SAB / 37 copies)
Go, Lassie Go by Mark Sirett (Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard / SATB / 98 copies)
I Am in Need of Music by David L. Brunner (Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard / SATB / 116 copies (100 more on order))
I Often Dance by Gary Hallquist (Carl Fischer / SATB / 146 copies)
Jingle Bells Through the Ages by Allen Pote (Heritage Music / 2-Part / 30 copies)
Little Snowflake by Gerhard Schroth (Neil A. Kjos / SA / 36 copies)
No, Di Voi Non Vo' Fidarmi (No, Oh Never Will I Trust You) by G.F. Handel, arranged by B.R. Henson (Greystone Press/Colla Voce / SA / 94 copies)
Oh How Beautiful, This Finely Woven Earth by Greg Jasperese and Gaia Willis-Owen (Mark Foster Music / SATB / 147 copies)
Remember My Name by John Armstrong and Kerryanna Kershner (Self Published / SATB / 320 copies)
Set Me As a Seal by Paul Melley (Gia Publications / 175 copies)
The Spheres by Ola Gjeilo (Walton Music / SSAATTBB / 175 copies)
Three Songs From Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream by Cary Ratcliff (Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard / 3-Part Treble / 75 copies)
Turot Eszik a Cigany by Kodaly Zoltan (Editio Musica Budapest/Hal Leonard / SSAA / 95 copies)
Where Dwells the Soul of My Love by David N. Childs (Santa Barbara Music / SATB / 98 copies)

Band

Among the Clouds by Brian Balmages (FJH Music / 1 set)
Antagonist by Larry Clark (Carl Fischer / 1 set)
Appalachian Whisper by Jennifer S. McDonel (Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Arabian Dream by Tom Molter (C.L. Barnhouse / 1 set)
Attack of the Cyclops by Mark Williams (Alfred / 1 set)
Belle Qui Tiens Ma Vie by Thoinot Arbeau, arranged by Bob Margolis (Manhattan Beach / 1 set)
Brookpark by James Swearingen (C.L. Barnhouse / 1 set)
Cape Fear Chronicles by Robert Sheldon (C.L. Barnhouse / 1 set)
Carnaval in Sao Paulo by James Barnes (Southern Music / 2 sets)
Ceremonium by Robert W. Smith (Alfred / 1 set)
Crater Lake Overture by John O'Reilly (Alfred / 1 set)
Endurance by Timothy Mahr (Neil A. Kjos / 2 sets)
Fanfare on Ode to Joy From Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig Van Beethoven, arranged by William Owens (FJH Music / 1 set)
Farandole by Georges Bizet, arranged by Michael Sweeney (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
The Gates of Orion by Michael Sweeney (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
The Glory of the Yankee Navy by John Philip Sousa, edited by Loras John Schissel (Ludwig / 1 set)
The Great Steamboat Race by Robert W. Smith (Alfred / 1 set)
Heaven's Light by Steven Reineke (C.L. Barnhouse / 1 set)
Into the Clouds! by Richard L. Saucedo (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Joy by Joseph Curiale (Hal Leonard / 2 sets)
March From First Suite For Military Band (Alfred / 1 set)
Nightfall by John J. Morrissey (Edwward B. Marks / 1 set)
Ode For Trumpet by Alfred Reed (Chas. H. Hansen/Southern Music / 1 set)
Our Kingsland Spring by Samuel R. Hazo (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Pablo! by Richard Meyer (Alfred / 1 set)
Parsifal by Richard Wagner, arranged by Thomas Beversdorf (Southern Music / 1 set)
Popcorn / Peanuts by Jack Holland, Jean Tawfik, Haronld Logan and Gershon Kingsley, arranged by Jacques Rizzo (Bourne / 1 set)
Psalm 42, Traditional English Folk Song, arranged by Samuel R. Hazo (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Pulsation by Richard L. Saucedo (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Rhumbango by Charles Minelli (Neil A. Kjos / 1 set)
Rise by Andy Armer & Randy Badazz, arranged by Lloyd Conley (Almo/Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Song of the Gandy Dancers by Richard L. Saucedo (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Sousa Times Twosa by John Phillip Sousa, arranged by Robert W. Smith and Michael Story (Alfred / 1 set)
A Star Spangled March by John Safford Smith & Francis Scott Key, arranged by Michael Story (Alfred / 1 set)
Starburst Fanfare by David Shaffer (C.L. Barnhouse / 1 set)
Starscapes by Brian Balmages (FJH Music/1 set)
Symphony No. 2 by Frank Ticheli (Manhattan Beach / 2 sets)
Tales of the Emerald Isle by Douglas Akey (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Trombone Contrasts by Harold L. Walters (Rubank/Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Twist and Stomp! by Timothy Loest (FJH Muic/1 set)
Two British Folk Songs, Traditional, arranged by Elliot Del Borgo (Hal Leonard / 1 set)
Voices From the Battlefield by Robert Sheldon (C.L. Barnhouse / 1 set)
A Westchester Overture by Clare E. Grundman (Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard / 1 set)
When Angels Weep by David Shaffer (C.L. Barnhouse / 1 set)

Orchestra

Dusk by Steven Bryant (Hal Leonard / 2 sets)
Variations on a Shaker Melody by Aaron Copland (Boosey & Hawkes/Hal Leonard / 2 sets)

Friday, May 10, 2013

Most Borrowed Music - 1999 to 2013

Our Music Library database now includes records for all loans back to 1999. The following lists the most borrowed pieces in each category over the last 14 years.