So Many New Scores! And a CD!

CD

On a Sensual Note – Spare Change (CD 9449)

Scores

Fisher Tull – Eight Profiles : For solo Trumpet (M87 .T84 P7 1980)

Tschaikowsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, Violincello and piano (M1017 .T33 op.33 2010)

G.F. Handel – Aria con Variazioni, transcribed for cornet and piano by R. Bernard Fitzgerald (M261 .H27 HWV430 2001)

Christopher Rouse – Rapture (M1045 R.857 R37 2011)

Kennan – Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (M261 .K45 S6 1997)

Janacek – Capriccio for piano and brass ensemble (M1010 .J3 C3 1990)

John Cage – Music for Piano #1 (M25 .C34 M8 no.1) Music for Piano #2 (M25 .C34 M8 no.2) Music for Piano #4-19 (M25 .C34 M8 no.4-19)

Richard Danielpour – The Enchanted Garden (Preludes, Book 2) for piano (M25 .D29 E52 2008)

Melodious Etudes for Trombone – Joannes Rochut, Volume 1 (MT465 .B6 1928 v.1) Volume 2  (MT 465 .B6 1928 v.2)

Chen Yi – Angel Island Passages ; For Children’s Choir and String Quartet (M1546.5 .C45 A55 2011)

Wolff – Schonen met Veters : For the Workshop (M762 .W64 S3 2011)

A History of the Trombone – David M. Guion (ML965 G83 2010)

Solos for the Trumpet Player – selected and edited by Walter Beeler (M260 .B5 S6 1963)

Alexander Goedicke – Concert Etude; For Bb Trumpet (Cornet) and Piano (M1031 .G43 op.49 1980)

Haydn – Trumpet Concerto in Eb Major (M1031 .H41 H.vII31 1991)

Guiseppe Concone -  Lyrical Studies for Trumpet (MT 445 .C665 L9 2007)

Robert Baksa – Twelve Shakespeare Songs ; for voice and guitar (M1624 .B357 S53 2010)

Andre Previn – Four Outings for Brass (M557.4 .P75 F7 1975)

Stravinsky – Tango for string quartet (M454 .S95 T2 2010)

Opera in the Outfield

It’s that time of year again…

That’s right OPERA in the OUTFIELD returns with Puccini’s incredible 2 1/2 hour opera, TOSCA.

This is how it works:

On Thursday, September 22nd at 7:30 PM the Washington National Opera‘s rendition of Tosca will air via Simulcast at the Washington Nationals Baseball Stadium. (This is a great alternative to  trekking down to the Kennedy Center to experience opera if you don’t want to take the time to gussy up or can’t afford the ticket price. )

And guess the best part….TICKETS TO OPERA IN THE OUTFIELD ARE FREE!!!! That’s right, completely free. And…with all that money you saved…you can buy baseball concessions! Yummy…what could be better? Watching opera while eating a peanuts and cracker-jacks….sounds pretty good to me.

New CDs for You to Listen to and New Scores for You to Play!

CDs

Legacy: Violin Music of African-American Composers – Includes works for violin by Johnson, Morrison, Baker, Cargile and Hughes (CD 9446)

Ursula Mamok – Volume 3 performed by Heinz Holliger and the Sonar Quartet (CD 9447)

Scores

Gernot Blume – Shinkansen for Trombone, Piano, and Percussion (M 385 .B62 S54 2008a)

Elliot Carter – Brass Quintet (M 557.4 .C4 1993)

Alvin Etler – Quintet for Brass Instruments (M 557.4 .E7 Q5 1993)

Karel Husa – Landscapes for Brass (M 557.4 .H93 L3 1984)

Leos Janacek – Concertino per Pianoforte, Due Violini, Viola, Clarinetto, Corno E Fagotto (M 722 .J33 C62 2006)

Violin Classics – for Violin and Piano, from Intermediate to Advanced levels, includes works by Brahms, Handel, Schubert, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Dvorak and many more!

Intermediate Level (M 217 .V552 2008)

Intermediate to Advanced (M 217 .V554 2008)

Advanced Level (M 217 .V55 2008)

Start off the New School Year with some New CDs and Scores!

New CDs!

Jorge Martin – Cello Music, Yehuda Hanani, cello (CD 9442)

William Schuman – On Freedom’s Ground, includes American Festival Overture, A Free Song, Prelude for Full Chorus of Mixed Voices with Soprano, and On Freedom’s Ground: An American Cantata for Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra (CD 9443)

Still Life – works for saxophone and piano, performed by Noah Getz, saxophone and Andrew Simpson, piano.  Includes works by Simpson, Amram, Lincoln-DeCusatis, Van Brink, Pertout  (CD 9445)

Lines – works for violincello and piano, performed by Carline Stinson, cello and Molly Morkoski, piano.  Includes works by Bloch, Sessions, Harbinson Lutoslawski, Stucky, Waggoner, Weesner, Boulanger and Carter.  (CD 9441)

Eruptions – Orchestral excerpts for low brass.  Includes works from a variety of different composers such as Brahms, Mahler, Verdi, Strauss, Copland, Bruckner and Berlioz.  (CD 9444)

New Scores!

Debussy – 43 Songs for Voice and Piano (M 1620 .D3 K27 1961)

Chen Yi – Jing Marimba for solo Marimba (M 175 .X6 C5 2010)

Classical Pieces or Solo Clarinet – Includes works by Mozart, Spohr, Weber, Saint-Saens, Brahms, Stanford, Gade, Rossini and Debussy (M 72 .C5 2010)

Kronos Collection – Includes works for string quartet by Riley, El Din and Vrebalov (M 451 .K76 2006)

Peter Zambito – Athens Sonata for Trombone and Marimba (M 298 .Z35 A75 2010)

Essential Piano Repertoire from the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries – Includes works by Scarlatti, Bach, Clementi, Beethoven, Kuhlau, Schubert, Burgmuller, Schumann, Spindler, Tchaikovsky, Grieg and Duvernoy.  (MT 745 .E79 2007)

Bolcom – Fancy Tales for violin and piano (M 221 .B68 F36 2010)

John Harbison – Six Motets for chorus (SATB) a cappella (M 2082 .H33 M67 1995)

Prokofiev – Sonata Opus 94 for violin and piano (M 223 .P964 op.94 2011)

Musical Theatre for Classical Singers: Soprano and Baritone/Bass – Includes numbers from a multitude of different shows such as Show Boat, The King and I, My Fair Lady, Sweeney Todd and Wicked. Soprano: (M 1507 .M992 2011) Bass: (M 1507 .M9921 2011)

Lippa – The Addams Family (M 1508 .L547 A33 2010)

Glee – Music from the FOX television show (M 1527.8 .G54 2009)

Yazbek – Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (M 1508 .Y39 D57 2005)

Finn – Falsettos (M 1508 .F22 F32 1992)

Fantastic prices for students for Eric Owens 9/10/11!

Vocal Arts DC is offering a phenomenal deal for students for their 2011-2012 season: just $15 a ticket!

But wait . . . there’s more!

MUSIC students can obtain tickets for FREE! No kidding!

In order to get the general student price ($15) or the free tickets for music students, email Robert at robertsheehan@vocalartsdc.org.

The season kicks off with bass-baritone, Eric Owens performing a program of Hugo Wolf, Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert, Claude Debussy, Henry Duparc, Maurice Ravel, and Richard Wagner.

The concert (and most other Vocal Arts DC concerts) takes place on the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater Stage at 7:30pm, Saturday, September 10th. That’s coming right up, so make sure you get tickets ASAP!

We’ll keep you posted about the upcoming Vocal Arts DC concerts as they get closer.

New jazz club coming soon to D.C. PLUS this month’s Red Door Loft show

The Prince of Petworth blog has the scoop that 2917 Georgia Ave (the old Professional Pharmacy building) will be becoming a new jazz club called “Enterprise” at some point in the near future!

This is great news, especially coming on the heels of news of the imminent demise of Gold Leaf Studios, and with it the Red Door Loft, which has hosted some fantastic shows over the past year.

Speaking of which, this month’s performance at Red Door is coming up this Thursday the 8th at 8pm (shows start ON TIME, so be there early).

Performers will be the Matt Parker Trio of New York, and OOO+1, featuring Music Library alumnus, Luke Stewart.

The venue can be a little hard to find: the address is 443 I Street, NW in Mt. Vernon Square, but you need to enter through the alley, and look for the (duh) red door.

Bowie’s “Space Oddity” as a Kids’ Book

Illustrator, Andrew Kolb, took the lyrics to David Bowie’s song “Space Oddity,” and turned it into a beautiful children’s book (hi-res images of all the pages available at How to Be a Retronaut).

The song is available at the Music Library on CD 5115, Best of Bowie. The YouTube is at the bottom of the post for the instant gratification crowd.

Some representative pages:

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New Arrivals: September 1st (CD&DVD)

CD:

Television – Marquee Moon (CD 9439)

Seamus – Music from SEAMUS volume 11 (CD 9435) featuring AU faculty member Paul Oehlers

The Music Man (original London Cast) (CD 9438)

Million Dollar Quartet (original cast recording) (CD 9437)

Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (CD 9436)

DVD:

Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune (DVD 187)

Steve Reich: Phase to Face (DVD 186)