David Sartor (July 2007)
Composer David Sartor has created a version of Thy Light Is Come (#4270) with optional parts for brass and timpani.
The full score (#6580) and parts (#6581) are now available.
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Gwyneth Walker (May 2007)
A list of Gwyneth Walker's ECS choral works which are now orchestrated.
Alice Parker (August 2006)
My Feets is Tired for Mezzo-Soprano Solo, SATB Chorus unaccompanied.
"With Rosa Parks's death this year, her poignant words have again claimed our attention. I originally set them for choir and jazz instruments back in 1968 -- this reworking for a cappella voices gives them new resonance. A much more complex setting, the choir supplies the interweaving, rhythmic accompaniment previously given to the band -- my singers thoroughly enjoyed both the challenge and the result." --Alice Parker
Gustav Holst (November 2005)
Harpists no longer have to play from the choral score for #1.5091, Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (Group Three) by Gustav Holst.
A newly engraved harp part is available for this item.
The Catalog No. is 1.5264 and it costs $12.50.
Conrad Susa (October 2005)
Music for Harp Duo — Now Available
A Christmas Rhapsody by Conrad Susa
- Catalog No. 6418
- $30.00 (Score and Parts)
- c. 6:25 based on A Christmas Rhapsody for organ solo (#6405).
A Christmas Rhapsody for harp duo is a freestanding concert piece drawn from A Christmas Garland. The succession of carols— God Rest Ye Merry, O Come All Ye Faithful, Joy to the World —are presented in an improvisational style and are connected by garlands of sparkles. Accomplished players will welcome the many opportunities for jollity, tender adoration, and festive brilliance.
Gwyneth Walker (June 2005)
Gwyneth Walker has recently completed an SSAA version of the song Peace, I Ask of Thee, O River (from the New Millennium Suite).
- Piano/Choral score: Catalog No. 6550
- Full Score: Catalog No. 6551
- Parts: Catalog No. 6552
Paul Gibson (June 2005)
There Comes a Ship ("Das Schifflein"), a Christmas carol by Paul Gibson for SATB chorus unaccompanied (formerly with MorningStar) is now available from ECS Publishing.
- Choral Score: Catalog No. 6549
Gwyneth Walker (March 2005)
Gwyneth Walker recently completed an orchestration for her hit piece for mixed chorus, I Will Be Earth.
The performing forces are: 2 Flutes, 1 Oboe, 1 Clarinet in Bb, Bassoon, 2 Horns in F, Percussion (1 player), Tenor Drum, Chimes, Triangle, Tambourine, Suspended Cymbal, SSATB Chorus, Strings.
- Piano/Choral Score: Catalog No. 4887
- Full Score: Catalog No. 6538
- Parts; Catalog No. 6539
Richard Wienhorst (January, 2005) A Christmas Fantasy by Richard Wienhorst
I. Come, O Come Emanuel
II. Lo, How a Rose
III. Joy to the World
This piece, formerly with Concordia Publishing House, is now available from ECS Publishing in the following versions:
- Engraved Choral Part for Nos. 6456 and 6458 (below): Catalog No. 6455
- Full score for version for SATB Chorus and Instrumental Ensemble (Oboe, Bb Trumpet, Percussion and Organ) in composer’s manuscript: Catalog No. 6456
- Parts for No. 6456 in composer’s manuscript: Catalog No. 6457
- Full score SATB Chorus and Chamber Orchestra in composer’s manuscript (2 Oboes [2nd Oboes doubles on English Horn], 2 Trumpets, Percussion [Glockenspiel, 2 Wood Blocks, 2 Triangles, 3 Tom-Toms], Strings): Catalog No. 6458
- Parts for No. 6458 in composer’s manuscript: Catalog No. 6459
Nos. 6456-6459 are available for purchase from the publisher.
Stephen Chatman (January, 2005)
Over Thorns to Stars by Stephen Chatman is now available for purchase from ECS Publishing.
This moving work for string orchestra and optional tenor voice, flugelhorn, tenor saxophone or horn, has been recorded on Centrediscs (CMCCD 10304) by tenor Matthew Stephanson and the UBC Symphony Orchestra, Jesse Read, conductor.
- Score: Catalog No. 7.0508
- String Parts: Catalog No. 7.0509
(Use an extra score for the optional part.)
Per Aspera ad Astra by Stephen Chatman is now available for purchase from ECS Publishing.
This moving work for string quartet and tenor was commissioned by CBC Radio in June, 2002, to commemorate the one year anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
- Score: Catalog No. 7.0510
- String Parts: Catalog No. 7.0511
Aegean Festival (December, 2004)
A new edition by Dr. J. Steven Moore (Colorado State University) of Aegean Festival by Andreas Makris is now available for Rental. The new edition was prompted by the discovery that the original transcription for band deleted approximately twenty percent of the composition when it was first transcribed. Since the publication of the transcription, this deleted material has been largely unknown to band conductors. The new edition of the band transcription restores the missing measures and attempts to remain faithful to the composer’s intent.
Aegean Festival was written in 1967 and premiered by Howard Mitchell and the National Symphony Orchestra. The work epitomizes the emotion, drama, and Greek flavor of Makris’s compositional style. For the premier, the composer notes that the piece “is written in an ABA form and uses tonal, polytonal, and atonal techniques.” The work met with immediate success and soon after its premier Makris collaborated on a transcription with Major Albert Bader of the United States Air Force Band. Colonel Arnald Gabriel, the former conductor of the Air Force Band, toured with the composition, which received great acclaim. While the current arrangement (ECS No. 1.2697) by Major Albert Bader has been very successful, hopefully this edition will renew interest in Mr. Makris’s work and stimulate new performances by younger conductors as well as those who are already familiar with the work in its current arrangement.
Libby Larsen (October, 2004)
Sonata in One Movement on "Kalenda Maya" (solo organ, Catalog No. 4001) is now available in a newly engraved, corrected 2004 Edition.
Stephen Chatman (August, 2004):
Composer Stephen Chatman has recently arranged his incredibly moving and extremely popular memorial piece Remember from Two Rossetti Songs (SATB chorus - Catalog No. 7.0410) for:
- TTBB chorus: Catalog No. 7.0469
- SSA chorus: Catalog No. 7.0476
Also, several of his choral works formerly published by Jaymar are now available from ECS Publishing including:
- Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind (SATB & piano): Catalog No. 7.0477
- Five Canadian Folk Songs
1. A La Volette (SATB): Catalog No. 7.0478
2. O Prairie Land (SATB): Catalog No. 7.0479
3. An Old Man He Courted Me (SATB): Catalog No. 7.0480
4. She’s Like the Swallow (SATB): Catalog No. 7.0481
5. Lukey’s Boat (SATB): Catalog No. 7.0482
- Lux Aeterna (SATB): Catalog No. 7.0483
- Rose-Cheek’d Laura, Come
(SATB): Catalog No. 7.0484
(TTBB): Catalog No. 7.0485
- There Is Sweet Music Here
1. There Is Sweet Music Here (SATB & oboe): Catalog No. 7.0486
2. Song of the Laughing Green Woods (SATB & oboe): Catalog No. 7.0487
3. Music, When Soft Voices Die (SATB & oboe): Catalog No. 7.0488
4. Piping Down the Valleys Wild (SATB & oboe): Catalog No. 7.0489
- There Is Sweet Music Here (oboe part for the entire set): Catalog No. 7.0490
- She's Like the Swallow (SSAA): Catalog No. 7.0507
Gwyneth Walker (April, 2004)
Gwyneth Walker has created a new version of her hit choral piece How Can I Keep From Singing? scored for TTBB chorus and piano (Catalog No. 6336).
She has also created an accompaniment for this title scored for chamber orchestra that can be used with the SATB, SSAA and TTBB version.
- Full score for SATB chorus and chamber orchestra (corresponding to Catalog No. 5100 for SATB chorus and piano): Catalog No. 6337.
- Full score for SSAA chorus and chamber orchestra (corresponding to Catalog No. 5655 for SSAA chorus and piano): Catalog No. 6342.
- Full score for TTBB chorus and chamber orchestra (corresponding to Catalog No. 6336 for TTBB chorus and piano): Catalog No. 6343.
- Parts for all three versions for chorus and chamber orchestra (corresponding to Catalog Nos. 5100, 5655 and 6336 for chorus and piano respectively): Catalog No. 6338.
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