Advance Music

Like the 1939 Paul Klee painting which inspired it, Blue-Bird Pumpkin is a quirky, non-too-serious piece. The solos are 'open' (no pre-determined number of bars) but should be short. It is not necessa...

Dedicated to Jim and Nancy Schoepflin on the occasion of their retirement from Washington State University, this expressive original begins and ends in quiet simplicity, with increasingly complex and...

Brazilian and Afro-Cuban Jazz Conception is the new exciting series of play-along books by award-winning Brazilian flutist and composer Fernando Brandão and features fifteen original tunes in various...

This arrangement is a more contemporary version of the original version while at the same time maintaining its perfection. A set of performance notes which offer conceptual and technical insights is i...

New 'cross over' arrangement, as recorded on 'Cafe Paradiso'. Transposed to A minor, a more 'guitar friendly' key. Aside from the introduction, the coda, and some slight rhythmic and phrasing variatio...

The main body of the piece stays true to the original composition, as true as possible that is, considering that is has been adapted for the guitar. With this arrangement comes a set of performance no...

While in college, Ludmila Ulehla, already an accomplished pianist, chose to learn to play the flute as her minor subject. She composed Capriccio shortly after graduation. It is a happy, brilliant piec...

This well-crafted adaptation features four of the most acclaimed movements of the Peer Gynt Suite. It is truly great literature for woodwind quintets and celebrates a wide range of moods and styles, f...

Dream Trio è stato ispirato dal concetto di pensieri unici che si sviluppano durante il sonno. I due movimenti del trio ritraggono queste fantasie mutevoli per la gioia di esecutori e ascoltatori.

Caratterizzata da quattro movimenti originali negli stili classici della danza, questa suite unica per solisti esperti con pianoforte offre agli esecutori diverse opzioni: il materiale solistico può e...

Each sonata is written in a three movement form (fast-slow-fast), and are equally successful and satisfying when played by any two instruments of matching pitch.Editorial metronome markings, articulat...

Each sonata is written in a three movement form (fast-slow-fast), and are equally successful and satisfying when played by any two instruments of matching pitch.Editorial metronome markings, articulat...

One of the most beautiful pieces from French Impressionist Claude Debussy. The title translates to 'The Girl with the Flaxen Hair.'

There will hardly be any other piece that might fit the term 'air' (song, melody) - derived from the French language - better than the composition on hand. To facilitate its performance in various ins...

Everyone knows it: the initial part of the 'Toccata' of Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Giant Fugue' in D minor. That is the reason why I have decided to attend to the complete work.Furthermore, it proves to...

An arrangement of the Adagio from Mozart's Clarinet Concerto by klezmer clarinetist Helmut Eisel. By adding a section in a blues style, he exposes the solemn character of this popular piece to its bes...

In Alexis Cieslas musikalischem 'Bestiarium' tummeln sich wilde Tiere: Klapperschlange, Koi und Fuchs stehen für drei klangvolle Sätze Pate. Ideal für Klarinettenschüler mit 3-4 Jahren Unterricht. Die...

What would Mozart think of this Helmut Eisel's klezmer-style arrangement of the well-known 12 Kegel-Duette [Bowling Duets] KWV 487 for two clarinets? With imaginative variations on the original melodi...

The four parts of this new work by Mike Curtis are delicately interwoven. Alternating between melancholy-solemn and lively, the movements tell of festivities under the starry sky, of wonderful friends...

In 1999, with leftover time at the end of a record date for which Clare had written the string arrangements, he was able to record The Early Years (Movement II), with Cecilia Tsan as cello soloist. Ce...

Mike Curtis' stay in the city of Guanajuata in Central Mexico inspired this great musical celebration, filled with evocative, ethnic textures and colours.

Mike Curtis' stay in the city of Guanajuata in Central Mexico inspired this great musical celebration, 'Souvenir of Guanajuato.' This arrangement for string orchestra is filled with evocative, ethnic...

5 short movements: Good earth, Dance, Birds, River Song, PagodaSketches of China is an evocation of that ancient land, written followinga 5-province performing tour of China by Mike (with his wife Ann...

Each sonata is written in a three movement form (fast-slow-fast), and are equally successful and satisfying when played by any two instruments of matching pitch.Editorial metronome markings, articulat...