New Acquisitions: February 18, 2011

The following are new pieces that we have added to the Music Library since February 4. 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.

Chorus

• Ca' the Yowes, Traditional Scottish Folk Song, arranged by Jameson Marvin (Mark Foster/Shawnee Press/Hal Leonard/SSA/140 copies) (C-2333)
• Dos Cantos, Traditional, arranged by Ron Jeffers (Earthsongs/SSA/127 copies) (C-2334)
• Veni Domine by Felix Mendelssohn (Carus-Verlag/SSA/127 copies) (C-2332) 
• William Tell Overture by Gioacchino Rossini, arranged by Julie Eschliman (Alfred/SATB/104 copies)

Orchestra

• Dubinushka by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Luck's/2 sets) (R-0821)

New Acquisitions: February 4, 2011

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

Chorus

• The Arrow and the Song by Lon Beery & Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (BriLee/Three-Part Mixed/150 copies) (C-2316)
• Danny Boy by Frederick Edward Weatherly, arranged by Linda Spevacek (Hal Leonard/SAB/120 copies) (C-2348)
• Genesis: Part 1: Creation by Robert S. Cohen & Maria Seigenthaler (Robert S. Cohen/SATB/126 copies) (C-2336)
• Heart, We Will Forget Him by Earlene Rentz & Emily Dickinson (Heritage/SSAA/68 copies) (C-2344)
• Jambo, Karibu Kwa Afrika by Patsy Ford Sims (Alfred/SATB/120 copies) (C-2347)
• Ma Navu (How Beautiful), Traditional Jewish Folk Song, arranged by Audrey Snyder (Hal Leonard/SATB/120 copies) (C-2346)
• Mateso! by Muyale Joseph Inzai (African Musical Arts/SATB/130 copies) (C-2335)
• Music Down in My Soul, Traditional African-American Spiritual, arranged by Moses Hogan (Hal Leonard/SATB/162 copies) (C-2359)
• Pick a Bale o' Cotton, Traditional American Folk Song, arranged by Charles Terhune (Alfred/SSA/72 copies) (C-2343)
• Skye Boat Song, Traditional Scottish Folk Song, arranged by Thomas Rodgers (Shawnee Press/SATB/149 copies) (C-2315)
• Theme From New York, New York by John Kander & Fred Ebb, arranged by Mark Hayes (Alfred/SSA/67 copies) (C-2345)

Band

• Amen! by Frank Ticheli (Mahattan Beach Music/2 sets) (N-1502)
• Arabian Dances by Roland Barrett (Belwin/Alfred / 2 sets) (N-1503)
• Bloom by Steven Bryant (Hal Leonard/2 sets) (N-1517)
• Clouds That Set Sail in Heaven by Todd Stalter (Alfred/2 sets) (N-1501)
• Journal For a Soldier by Brian Balmages (FJH Music/2 sets) (N-1504)
• Theme From Green Bushes by Percy Grainger, arranged by Larry Daehn (Daehn Publications/2 sets) (N-1518) 

Orchestra

• Can Can (From La Boutique Fantasque) by Gioacchino Rossini, arranged by Robert Bauernschmidt (Wynn Music/2 sets) (R-0814)
• Theme From E.T. (The Extra Terrestrial) by John Williams, arranged by James Ployhar (Hal Leonard/2 sets) (R-0816)
• Themes From Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, arranged by Richard Meyer (Alfred/2 sets) (R-0815)

Strings

• Smoke on the Water by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Golver, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, arranged by Larry Moore (Hal Leonard/3 sets) (S-0214)

Jazz Band

• Adam's Apple by Alan Broadbent (Hal Leonard/1 set) (J-0241)
• Granada Smoothie by Mark Taylor (Jenson/1 set) (J-0236)
• Never No Lament (Don't Get Around Much Anymore) by Duke Ellington, transcribed by David Berger (Warner Brothers/Alfred/1 set) (J-0238)
• One Step Ahead by Mike Karmuf (FJH Publishing/1 set) (J-0223)
• Saturday Night Blues by Les Hooper (C.L. Barnhouse) (J-0239)
• Scat Cat by Chris Sharp (FJH Publishing/1 set) (J-0224)
• Sophisticated Lady by Duke Ellington, Irving Mills & Mitchell Parish, transcribed by David Berger (Warner Brothers/Alfred/1 set) (J-0237)
• Strike Up the Band by George & Ira Gershwin, arranged by Sammy Nestico (Warner Brothers/Alfred/1 set) (J-0240)
• Tangerine by Victor Schertzinger & Johnny Mercer, arranged by Dave Wolpe (Famous Music/Studio P/R/1 set) (J-0235)
• Woodchoppers' Ball by Woody Herman & Joe Bishop (Hal Leonard/1 set) (J-0242)

2011 Spring Musical Schedule

The following is the schedule of musicals being performed at Monroe County schools:

• January 21 - 23 - High School Musical 2 (Greece Arcadia Middle School)
• January 28 - 30, February 3 - 5 - Phantom of the Opera (Greece Athena High School)
• February 4 - 5 - Night at the Wax Museum: The Musical (Brockport High School)
• February 4 - 5 - The Ever After: A Musical (Webster Willink Middle School)
• February 10 - 12 - Hairspray (Brighton High School)
• February 10 - 12 - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Pittsford Calkins Road Middle School)
• February 11 - 12 - Willy Wonka Jr. (Rush-Henrietta Burger Middle School)
• February 24 - 27 - Cinderella (Greece Olympia High School)
• March 3 - 5 - Once on This Island (Fairport High School)
• March 4 - 5, March 11 - 12 - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Greece Athena Middle School)
• March 4 - 6 - Little Women (East Rochester High School)
• March 11 - 13 - Into the Woods Jr. (Churchville-Chili Middle School)
• March 17 - 18 - The Music Man (Eastridge High School)
• March 17 - 19 - Once Upon a Mattress (Penfield High School)
• March 17 - 19 - Curtains (West Irondequoit High School)
• March 18 - 19 - High School Musical (Rush-Henrietta Roth Middle School)
• March 18 - 19 - Music Man Jr. (Webster Spry Middle School)
• March 24 - 26 - Once Upon a Mattress (Greece Olympia High School)
• March 24 - 26 - Oklahoma (Honeoye Falls-Lima High School)
• March 24 - 26 - Hairspray (Pittsford Mendon High School)
• March 24 - 26 - Chicago (Rush-Henrietta High School)
• March 24 - 26, March 31 - April 1 - The World Goes Round: The Songs of Kander & Ebb (Webster Thomas High School)
• March 25 - 26 - Lil' Abner (Wheatland-Chili High School)
• March 31 - April 2 - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Gates-Chili High School)
• April 1 - 2 - Honk (East Irondequoit Middle School)
• April 1 - 3 - Hairspray (Churchville-Chili High School)
• April 7 - 9 - Gilbert & Sullivan's Utopia Limited (Churchville-Chili - Chestnut Ridge Elementary School)
• April 7 - 9 - Disco Knights (Greece Apollo Middle School)
• April 7 - 9 - Curtains (Pittsford Sutherland High School)
• April 7 - 9 - The All Night Strut (Webster Schroeder High School (Performances at Willink)
• April 7 - 9 - Into the Woods (Rochester School of the Arts)
• April 8 - 9 - 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Brighton High School)
• April 8 - 9 - Hello, Dolly (Spencerport Cosgrove Middle School)
• May 12 - 14 - You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (Rochester School of the Arts)

Waiting for announcements from East Irondequoit

New Acquisitions: January 7, 2011

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

• Colours by Roger Cichy (Winger-Jones Publications/2 set) (N-1513)
• Song for Lyndsay by Andrew Boysen (Ludwig Masters/2 set) (N-1514)

Orchestra

• Academic Festival Overture by Johannes Brahms (Luck's Music Library/2 set) (R-0824)
• Lake Dance by William G. Harbinson (Alfred/1 set) (R-0811)
• Sleepers Wake by Johann Sebastian Bach, arranged by Jerry Brubaker (Alfred/3 sets) (R-0810)

Strings

• October by Eric Whitacre, arranged by Paul Lavender (Hal Leonard/2 sets) (S-0220)
• Symphony #29 (1st Movement) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, arranged by Robert S. Frost (Kendor/3 sets) (S-0221)

Jazz Band

• Chu Cho by Paquito D'Rivera, arranged by Myles Collins (Lush Life Music/1 set) (J-0234)
• Fast Freddie by Howard Rowe (C.L. Barbhouse/1 set) (J-0221)
• A Matter of Time by Bret Zvacek (Kendor/1 set) (J-0222)

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.