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Bassoon 5 (5 pieces)

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RM563e Bassoon 5 (5 pieces) Abbott BSN/PNO
RM563e Bassoon 5 (5 pieces) Abbott BSN/PNO
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Composer: Katy Abbott
Composed: 2008 Duration: 9 mins.
Instrumentation: Bassoon & Piano Level B, Bassoon & Piano Level C
Exam Grade: HSC Bassoon
ISMN: 979-0-720083-64-3 Catalogue: RM563
Level: B, C Country: Australia

Contents: 1. A Convict Dreams of England, 2. Silver Moon on Bushranger Bay, 3. Merry-Go-Squares, 4. The Sydney Blues News , 5. Not Just Another Day

 

Me and a Mate (14 pieces)

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RM561e Me and a Mate (14 pieces) Barrett 2 FL
RM561e Me and a Mate (14 pieces) Barrett 2 FL
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Composer: John Barrett
Composed: 2006 Duration: 17 mins.
Instrumentation: Flute Duets
ISMN: 979-0-720083-62-9 Catalogue: RM561
Level: B, C Country: Australia

Contents: Strollin Along, Three Dogs Barking, Quick Let’s Tidy Up , Sleeping Chilli , Rikitiki Plop, The Tripod Waltz, Two Lumps Thanks , Grooveitis, Hop, Skip and Woops , Mexican Wave, Let’s Keep Together , Smoothie , Pudding, A Little Bit Of Shuffle

Whole Steps (7 pieces)

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RM560e Whole Steps (7 pieces) Barrett FL
RM560e Whole Steps (7 pieces) Barrett FL
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Composer: John Barrett
Composed: 2006 Duration: 15 mins.
Instrumentation: Flute Solo
Exam Grade: HSC Flute
ISMN: 979-0-720083-61-2 Catalogue: RM560
Level: B Country: Australia

Contents: Captain Fred , Rikitiki Plop , Doodly What's It , Lookin' at Cha Cha Cha , Slinkissimmo , The Little Rag Rag , Three Out of Four

Half Steps (13 pieces)

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RM559e Half Steps (13 pieces) Barrett FL
RM559e Half Steps (13 pieces) Barrett FL
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Composer: John Barrett
Composed: 2006 Duration: 20 mins.
Instrumentation: Flute Solo
Exam Grade: HSC Flute
ISMN: 979-0-720083-60-5 Catalogue: RM559
Level: B Country: Australia

Contents: Leap Frog, The Accidental Spy, Tree Fellas of Sherwood , The BIG Test, The Tricky Finish, Trickie Dickie, Triple Treat , Three Blind Rats , Tiptoe Through the Paddock , Old Blue, The Lonely Hiccup, David and his Big Friend , Cha Cha No. 1

Quartet for Saxophones (6 movements)

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RM558e Quartet for Saxophones (6 movements) Dreyfus SAX QUARTET SATB
RM558e Quartet for Saxophones (6 movements) Dreyfus SAX QUARTET SATB
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Composer: Jonathan Dreyfus
Composed: 2007 Duration: 10 mins.
Instrumentation: Sax Quartet SATB Level D
ISMN: 979-0-720083-59-9 Catalogue: RM558
Level: D Country: Australia
  1. Prelude
  2. Scherzo
  3. Cantabile
  4. "Jazz"
  5. Intermezzo
  6. Breath is for the Weak

Rock Me!

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RM556 Rock Me Cockcroft SAX
RM556 Rock Me Cockcroft SAX
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RM556e Rock Me Cockcroft SAX
RM556e Rock Me Cockcroft SAX
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Composer: Barry Cockcroft
Composed: 2007 Duration: 6 mins.
Instrumentation: Featured, Sax Solo Level E
ISMN: 979-0-720083-57-5 Catalogue: RM556
Level: E Country: Australia

Rock Me! captures the relentless driving energy, rhythms and beats found in many forms of rock music. A rapid and unwavering tempo, a gradual increase of the musical density and the exploration of an extensive range of colourful dynamics is vital in the performance of this piece. At times the saxophonist must simulate various other instruments including didgeridoo, electric bass, drum kit, distorted guitar and occasionally even acoustic saxophone.

300 Kilometres Above

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RM555e 300 Kilometres Above Greenbaum CB
RM555e 300 Kilometres Above Greenbaum CB
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Composer: Stuart Greenbaum
Composed: 2008 Duration: 3 mins.
Instrumentation: Concert Band Repertoire
ISMN: 979-0-720083-56-8 Catalogue: RM555
Level: 2.5 Country: Australia

Performed live by Grainger Wind Symphony

The title of this piece refers to the height at which spacecraft orbit the Earth, and by extension what the planet looks like from up there. Pictures of Earth taken from space certainly conjure feelings of majestic elation to my mind and I have attempted to capture that feeling in this piece of music. 300 Kilometres Above was written as a companion piece to 90 Minutes Circling the Earth, which I wrote around 10 years earlier. I think the two pieces have something on common despite being written a decade apart. This newer meditation was commissioned by Reed Music with assistance from the Music Board of the Australia Council for the Arts.

To the Rescue!

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RM554e To the Rescue! Stanhope CB
RM554e To the Rescue! Stanhope CB
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Composer: Paul Stanhope
Composed: 2008 Duration: 3.5 mins.
Instrumentation: Concert Band Repertoire
ISMN: 979-0-720083-55-1 Catalogue: RM554
Level: grade 3.5 Country: Australia

Performed live at Melba Hall by Grainger Wind Symphony

I have long been a fan of Warner Brothers cartoons and their music scores from the golden age of the 1950s and 60s. To the Rescue! is my response to an imagined cartoon-like scenario of a rescue with lots of hair-brained schemes, much ridiculous activity but little actual rescuing.

Musically, the piece is full of animated running semiquaver passages, replete with percussion effects straight out of cartoon-scores and lively, exaggerated pastiche elements. In the dying stages of the piece, the full forces of the concert band finally come together as one, and perhaps in a concerted last-ditch effort, a serious rescue attempt is indeed mustered! PS

Nett Interference

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RM553e Nett Interference Carter CB
RM553e Nett Interference Carter CB
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Composer: Taran Carter
Composed: 2008 Duration: 4 mins.
Instrumentation: Concert Band Repertoire
ISMN: 979-0-720083-54-4 Catalogue: RM553
Level: grade 3.5 Country: Australia

Performed live by Grainger Wind Symphony

Computer generated sounds permeate most Australians’ lives on a daily basis. Our ears are filled with the hum of computer fans, the click of computer keyboards and software chimes. Many of these sounds, particularly the sound of a dial-up modem, were the starting point for Nett Interference, a short fanfare for Symphonic Wind Band. The piece captures the hustle and bustle of modern life in Australia through its use of relentless and driving percussion parts and manic, hiccupping time changes. Superimposed onto these persistent percussion parts is a low brass theme suggesting, perhaps, that all is not right in this fast and modern world. Taran Carter