Underrepresented Composers

We recognize that we have a responsibility to give voice to underrepresented composers. While we are actively pursuing initiatives to diversity our catalog, we wanted to shine a light on pieces we publish to help you make your programming more inclusive.

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  • Low Bridge, Everybody Down
    Low Bridge, Everybody Down $65.00 Choose Options
    Commonly known as "The Erie Canal", Low Bridge, Everybody Down is the 2nd movement of Catherine McMichael's larger work, Great Lakes Voyage. This setting of the popular folk song is a laid-back toe-tapper set in 12/8.Genre:...
  • Metalfare (Ilari Hylkilä)
    Metalfare (Ilari Hylkilä) $70.00 Choose Options
    Originally composed for full orchestra and inspired by heavy metal music, Metalfare is a 1-1/2 minute is a burst of energy from start to finish, featuring the brilliance of the brass and lyricism of the woodwinds.Genre: | #...
  • Migaloo: White Whale (Band Gr. 2)
    Migaloo: White Whale (Band Gr. 2) $85.00 Choose Options
    Migaloo (White Whale) is an adult, albino humpback whale who journeys each year from the cold waters of the Antarctic, up the eastern coast of Australia, north to the warm waters of Queensland. The name, Migaloo, in some...
  • Mono/Pastel (Band Gr. 5)
    Mono/Pastel (Band Gr. 5) $140.00 Choose Options
    With two contrasting movements full of modern harmonies and catchy rhythms, this piece would make a great addition to a advanced high school or collegiate concert.Genre: Band | # of Players: Standard Level: 5 | Duration:...
  • Morning in the Village Square (Band Gr. 3)
    Morning in the Village Square (Band Gr. 3) $65.00 Choose Options
    Morning in the Village Square features a playful melody, which depicts the happy energy felt within such a community space. Woodwinds, brass, and percussion merrily join together to help showcase the spirit of the people...
  • New Day, A
    New Day, A $90.00 Choose Options
    A New Day is meant to give you feelings of freedom, euphoria and everlasting joy that you feel in the morning. Sweet and honest, this piece has an almost chamber-music-like quality and ends very quietly and delicately.Genre:...
  • Nightmare Fuel (Band + Optional Track Gr. 3)
    Nightmare Fuel (Band + Optional Track Gr. 3) $70.00 Choose Options
    Combining a twisted original lullaby, a thrilling soundscape, and an indescribable entity, Nightmare Fuel takes audiences through a sonic psychological thriller. Through use of an optional click track, this recurring...
  • Odyssey
    Odyssey $92.00 Choose Options
    Bright, dramatic, calming, rhythmic excitement - Odyssey is all these things wrapped within four variations in contrasting styles. The techniques of variation are wonderful models of the composers masterful craft. The piece...
  • Panopticon
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    Panopticon takes you inside a 'musical' jail. Listening to the musical depiction of the inside of a prison, an escape, and the former prisoners attitude to the structure will provide an informative and musically satisfying...
  • Pax
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    Pax, originally in McMichael's "Rose Quartet" for piano and string trio, is melodic, moving and instantly appealing to listeners and performers alike. With a superb musical journey, it will enhance any concert. A memorable...
  • Peace Dancer (Band Gr. 5)
    Peace Dancer (Band Gr. 5) $145.00 Choose Options
    Peace Dancer is inspired by the First Nations text of the same name by Roy Henry Vickers (Squamish Nation). Whilst this text afforded many music making opportunities, the composer chose to focus on one moment... “We...
  • Persia, The
    Persia, The $65.00 Choose Options
    Ideal scoring for a young band, The Persia is an excellent piece illustrating the programatic nature of music. Based on a tune also known as 'Port Huron's Rockbound Shore', this piece musically portrays the essence of a...
  • Pieces of Eight
    Pieces of Eight $85.00 Choose Options
    Pieces of Eight is based on two sea shanties, Bold Manning and Andrew Barton, both of which are highly reminiscent of what we now recognize as Pirate Music. The piece is in the spirit of high seas adventures and Saturday...
  • Pinwheels and Spinning Tops (Band Gr. 2)
    Pinwheels and Spinning Tops (Band Gr. 2) $85.00 Choose Options
    Pinwheels and Spinning Tops captures musically the playfulness of these revolving toys and the spontaneity of childish delight as colours whirl through hypnotic optical illusions. Keeping a forward momentum, as the Pinwheels...
  • Ravenhill Suite (Band Gr. 4)
    Ravenhill Suite (Band Gr. 4) $140.00 Choose Options
    The suite is based on three well-known Irish folk songs, "I'll Tell Me Ma," "My Lagan Love", and "The Flower of Sweet Strabane." These three songs loosely represent various times in the composer’s life while growing up...
  • Ruffles Call from Afar
    Ruffles Call from Afar $95.00 Choose Options
    Drawing on melodic material from Yankee Doodle and the Funeral March of the U.S. Army, Yo Goto has crafted a brilliant showpiece for snare drum soloist and symphonic band, which rooted in the tradition of rudimental drumming...
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