Intermediate Sheet Music from Manhattan Beach Music

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

Stylistically diverse - tranquil, spirited pastoral, sensitive, energetic - exhibiting a remarkable palette, the five movements of SINFONIA IX form a unique symphonic statement. Movement I, 'Prelude',...

Stylistically diverse - tranquil, spirited pastoral, sensitive, energetic - exhibiting a remarkable palette, the five movements of SINFONIA IX form a unique symphonic statement. Movement I, 'Prelude',...

It was a happy coincidence that the commission for SINFONIA XVI: TRANSCENDENTAL VIENNA came from the Henry David Thoreau School located in Vienna, Virginia. Thoreau is one of the 'magic' names in Amer...

It was a happy coincidence that the commission for SINFONIA XVI: TRANSCENDENTAL VIENNA came from the Henry David Thoreau School located in Vienna, Virginia. Thoreau is one of the 'magic' names in Amer...

I wrote' Galloping Ghosts (A Ragtime March)' to conclude a concert of my chamber music in New York City on October 28, 1986. It is the final part of a work called 'Rags for Divers Players. 'This work...

I wrote' Galloping Ghosts (A Ragtime March)' to conclude a concert of my chamber music in New York City on October 28, 1986. It is the final part of a work called 'Rags for Divers Players. 'This work...

The discovery of the yellow metal at Sutter's Mill in California's Sacramento Valley in 1849 was only the beginning of subsequent gold-rushes to occur in the state. 'Gold-Rush Rag' was written to comm...

The discovery of the yellow metal at Sutter's Mill in California's Sacramento Valley in 1849 was only the beginning of subsequent gold-rushes to occur in the state. 'Gold-Rush Rag' was written to comm...

In my setting of 'Shenandoah' I was inspired by the freedom and beauty of the folk melody and by the natural images evoked by the words, especially the image of a river. I was less concerned with the...

In my setting of 'Shenandoah' I was inspired by the freedom and beauty of the folk melody and by the natural images evoked by the words, especially the image of a river. I was less concerned with the...

I wanted my setting of AMAZING GRACE to reflect the powerful simplicity of the words and melody - to be sincere, to be direct, to be honest - and not through the use of novel harmonies and clever tric...

I wanted my setting of AMAZING GRACE to reflect the powerful simplicity of the words and melody - to be sincere, to be direct, to be honest - and not through the use of novel harmonies and clever tric...