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Based on some of the rhythmic timpani passages from Beethoven's Symphony No. 8. Beethoven's unique use of octaves on the timpani part is a particular focus of this solo, expanding this compositional technique into contemporary music language for the timpani.

This work highlights the sounds of instruments that, through the ages, have related the spirit of humankind to the rhythms of life, the heartbeat of the earth, and the motion of history. The piece begins with a magical snare drum rhythm, which intensifies with added bass drum, cymbals, tam-tam, and timpani. The music progresses to a climactic, foot-stomping celebration of the drum! This piece is scored for eight snare drums, two cymbals, two s...

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For solo alto saxophone and concert band.

This is a work that explores the stages of the grieving process. For many people these four stages are not segregated, but rather form a continuous, dynamic, overlapping process. The opening motif heard in the clarinet in the first measure is the thread connecting every section of the work. This thread evolves as it makes its way through the four respective stages. Powerful and ethereal. (4:10)

This piece, originally for organ (using the trumpet stop), lends itself well to a trumpet to perform the majority of the solo line with colorful, interesting parts in the remainder of the ensemble. The full title is Toccata per il Deo Gratias and there are many excellent recordings of this piece available by organists and some with solo trumpet and organ. (2:35)

Innovation is a musical representation of the city of Burlington, Canada moving into the future as an innovative community. As it continues to grow and develop, the city demonstrates its ingenuity through projects and the developments to the downtown core. Bold fanfares and great melodies will make this a successful choice on a concert or contest. (2:50)

North Shore Boulevard is a street in Burlington, Canada near where settlers landed their ships and established their family roots in the early 1800s. Times were tough but so were they. This piece is split into sections depicting the people and the events that occurred at that time. Full of character and interesting rhythms, this unique overture would work equally well for concert or contest use. This is a great piece to expose developing playe...

Fandango is based on a traditional fandango---a lively Spanish or Portuguese couples dance in triple meter typically based on the recurring descending chord progression i-VII-VI-V. The couples dance is reflected in the spirited interplay between the soloist and band that immediately follow the emotive rubato introduction. (2:40)

Longships were sea vessels made and used by the Vikings from the Nordic countries for trade, commerce, exploration and warfare during the Viking Age. This piece reflects the expedition of such ships through its music, focusing on using the first six notes learned in most method books. (1:45)

This whole piece is built using a major pentatonic scale ([demonstrated] by playing on just the black keys on the piano). This is what gives [the] piece its distinctive sonority and set of harmonies.

Yoga’s restorative power is revealed in this “uplifting” memoir about finding “an oasis of peace in the midst of crises large and small” (Publishers Weekly). At the age of fifty, author, parenting expert, and Huffington Post blogger Kathryn E. Livingston thought everything in her life would click into place. Instead, she felt like she was falling apart. She was consumed by panic and anxiety, neglecting her body, always expecting the worst. Unt...

A freak accident forces a New Yorker to return to Louisiana and confront her Cajun pastThere is nothing more dangerous than a spooked rhinoceros. It is just before lunchtime when Huey, the prized black rhino of Broussard, Louisiana, erupts from his enclosure, trampling a zoo employee on his way to a rampage in the Cajun countryside. The incident makes the rounds online as News of the Weird, and Katherine Fontenot is laughing along with the res...

Scientists now have the capacity to hack into DNA the same way that hackers can infiltrate computer systems, manipulating organisms by inserting new DNA or exploiting genetic mutations that can trigger fatal heart attacks or induce bipolar illness or Alzheimer’s. These “biohackers, ” as they’re known, can perform their experiments in their kitchens using equipment purchased for next to nothing on eBay.Most of these biohackers are like Seth Str...

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When William Temple Hornaday wrote this text for the Smithsonian Institution in 1889, the thirty million buffalo that had once roamed North America had been reduced to a few hundred. Alarmed by this decimation, Hornaday--a hunter, zoologist, writer, and the Smithsonian's chief taxidermist--set out for Montana to collect specimens for preservation at the Smithsonian. One of the main results of his trip was The Extermination of the American Biso...

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El paso del tiempo es incesante. A veces nos gustaría pedir lo que decía una famosa canción: "Reloj, no marques las horas", pero los minutos son seguidos por horas, las horas por días... y así sucesivamente en el tren de la vida que no para hasta su destino final. Sabemos que superar la barrera de los cincuenta es ser más conscientes de lo que acabamos de decir, ya que se ha alcanzado un estado de madurez con las importantes limitaciones que l...

Se puede planificar un matrimonio feliz?"--Cover.