ASSORTED CHAMBER WORKS

Music for Chamber Orchestra. Large Chamber Ensembles. Instrumental Choirs. Nonets. Sextets. Quintets. Quartets, Trios and Duets.

Piece for Chamber Orchestra

15 minute one movement work. (Oboe, Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, Timpani, 1st Violin, 2nd Violin, Viola, vcl. db)

A virtuosic essay in the handling of musical tension and form. Structural use of silences. Very challenging.

Recorded by members of Speculum Musicae and The Group for Contemporary Music, conducted by Alvin Brehm on the CD Urban Classical- The Music of Ed Bland on Cambria Master Recordings #1026.

C101 - $57.00 (score). Parts available on rental basis.

Clarinet Trio

Clarinet, Piano and Cello. Commissioned by Michele Zukovsky, principle clarinetist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This 4 movement, 12 minute work is quite accessible, melodic, colorful and jazzy.

T1012 - $26.95 (score). Parts available on rental basis.

Magnetic Variations

A performance featuring clarinet soloist William Powell and the Californian Institute of the Arts 20th Century Players, was broadcast into 22 countries on Martin Luther King's birthday in 1989, over NPR.

This perky 12 minute work is melodious, colorful and very accessible. Scored for Clarinet Soloist with (Flute, Oboe, 2 Percussions, Electric Keyboards, Electric Violin, vcl, Fender Bass), it is in 5 movements.

N101 - $33.50 (score). Parts available on rental basis.

Primal Counterpoint

5 movements. A sensitive, colorful and dramatic musical essay. At times lyrical at other times scary, this 11 minute work is scored for (Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, 2 Percussions, Electric Keyboards, vcl. Fender Bass).

N103 - $28.25 (score). Parts available on rental basis.

Arion's Song (Woodwind Quintet #2)

This 5 movement composition is very lyrical, lively and colorful. It employs a cyclical treatment of themes. 10 minutes.

QI - 101 - $18.75 (score). Parts available on rental basis.

Woodwind Quintet #1 (The Jazz Quintet)

Commissioned by the Quintet of the Americas, this 3 movement, 10 minute composition, swings and is very colorful in its use of timbres. Highly polyphonic and rhythmically complex, it is driven by a cyclical treatment of material.

QI 102 - $19.00 (score). Parts available on rental basis.

Romantic Soul

7 minutes of continuous lyricism for Soprano Sax soloist and chamber ensemble. Very accessible with impressionistic colors.

N 104 - $25.50 (score). Parts available on rental basis.

Brass Quintet

3 movements. It swings and is a very challenging 15 minute work.  Recorded by The American Brass Quintet on the CD Urban Classical - The Music of Ed Bland on Cambria Master Recordings #1026.

QI 104 - $33.95 (score). Parts available on rental basis.

Sketches Set One

Mini Concerto for Timpani. Scored for Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, Timpani and 2 Celli. Recorded by the Light Fantastic Players With Daniel Shulman conducting on the CD Urban Classical - The Music of Ed Bland on Cambria Master Recordings #1026. 9 minutes.

SX 101 - $19.75 (score) Parts available on rental basis.

Jazz Suite From "A Raisin In The Sun"

Alto Saxophone (doubling on Soprano) with Bass, Piano & Drums. 15 minute adaptation of PBS TV-film score that featured Bunky Green. Lyrical. Expressive. Haunting. Recorded on Healing The Pain by Bunky Green on Delos International Records #4020

QU 101 - $25.95 (score) Parts available on rental basis.

For Viola And Four Others

3 mvt. Lyrical yet rhythmically charged  work features the viola. Commissioned by Karen Elaine. Scored for fl. ob. pno. vla. vcl. 13 minutes.

Q1 103 - $30.50 (score) Parts available on rental basis.

Piano Trio

3 mvt. Very challenging. Exciting. 12 minutes (vln. vcl. pno.) Atonal but swings.

T 102 - $17.95 (score) Parts available on rental basis.

Fragment For String Quartet

Early student work inspired by the "Allegro Misterioso" of Alban Berg's Lyric Suite. 3 minutes

QU 103 - $13.95 (score) Parts available on rental basis.

Passacaglia In Blue

3 mvt. study in Blues structures. 13 minutes. Very accessible lyrical, colorful timbres. Echoes of Theolonius Monk and Duke Ellington.

N 102 - $33.50 (score) Parts available on rental basis.

Round Robin

For Clarinet Sextet. Sextet adaptation of Clarinet Choir version. This jazzy ensemble piece is vital, lively and very idiomatic. 5 minutes.

SX102 - $20.95 (score) Parts available on rental basis.

Percussion Quartet

Jolly, Jaunty and colorful moments, characterize this piece scored for Xylophone, Marimba, Boom Bams and Log Drums. 4 minutes (MIDI controlled Mallet KATs and/or Drum KATs can be substituted where necessary)

QU 104 - $17.95

Concerto For Amplified Violin and Chamber Orchestra

Lyrical, dramatic, very colorful. Structural use of silences. Dedicated to Janos Negyesy. 18 minutes 1 mt. (fl. ob. cl. bsn. tpt. trb.3 perc. el. git.2 kybds., acoustic pno., el.pno., clavinet, vln,. vla,. vcl,. db/fender bass)

LC 102 - $65.25

Sketches Set Two

6 minutes. Atonal. Grows out of the 2nd Viennese school. 7 sections. (cl. tpt. trb. vcl.)

QU 102 - $17.25 Parts available

Round Robin For Flute Sextet

3 C's, Alto, 2 Bass. This jazzy ensemble piece is vital, lively and very idiomatic. 5 minutes.

SX 103 - $20.95 (score) Parts available on rental basis

Round Robin For Double Reed Ensemble (Sextet)

3 Oboes, Eng. Hn. Bsn. Contra Bsn. This jazzy ensemble piece is vital and lively. 5 minutes.

SX 104 - $20.95 (score) Parts available on rental basis

Round Robin For Percussion Octet

3 Vibraphones, Xylophone, 4 Mallet KATs. This jazzy ensemble piece is vital and lively. 5 minutes

OC 101 - $20.95 (score) Parts available on rental basis.

Round Robin Double Woodwind Quartet

This jazzy ensemble piece is vital, lively and very idiomatic. 5 minutes

OC 102 - $21.95 (score) Parts available on rental basis.

Four Corners - Clarinet/Piano Duet

4 minutes - very jazzy - wild

D-149 - $14.95

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