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Welcome to Our New Composers for 2017-18!

Posted on Jun 12th 2017

We are delighted to welcome the following talented composers to our catalog! They represent the best and brightest innovators in the world of music composition – whether writing for concert band, percussion, orchestra, choir, jazz, or chamber ensembles. Click on each composer's name to view their Composer Profile page & list of publications.

BJ BROOKS
Cadence: Fantasy on Rhythms of Nick Angelis (concert band)

MATHEW CAMPBELL
Aequilibrium (percussion ensemble 5)
Into the Void (SATB choir & percussion quartet)
Into the Void (wind ensemble)
Sonatina for Percussion Ensemble (12)

JAY COLES
Dystopia (concert band gr. 1)
Holiday Fantasia (concert band, coming soon!)

TIM FORLINE
13 (percussion quartet)

MICHAEL IORIO
The Arrival Suite (duet for flute & marimba)
Daydreams (percussion ensemble 6)
Echo Falls (quartet for 2 flutes & 2 marimbas)
Spontaneity (multiple percussion duet)

ANGELA KEPLEY
Battle Royale (percussion ensemble 3+)
Circles (bucket ensemble 3+)
From the Inside Out (percussion quartet)
Quintessential Quintets (percussion quintet collection)

SAM NEIPP
The Hunt (string orchestra gr. 2.5)

MICHAEL PTACIN
Dark Filaments (percussion ensemble 8)

KRISTEN SHINER McGUIRE
Caboo (percussion quartet)

BRANDEN STEINMETZ
Time Remembered (solo marimba)

MARK VANCE
Nyumbani (solo marimba)

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