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Title Description Features
Flirting Belugas Solo flute

Ines Irawati


Cat.#40227
$4.00
An impressive and artful composition from our Music By Young People for Young People series. Award winning pianist and composer Irwawati was sixteen when she completed this thoughtful depiction of beluga whales at play. Excellent recital fare using standard techniques. • Advanced

• Excellent recital fare using standard techniques

• Duration 3 minutes.


Entrance of the Sorcerer
Solo Piano

Delvyn Case


Cat.#10016
$4.00
This solo piano work depicts the awe and consternation a powerful sorcerer can instill on those in his presence. With it's many textural changes, this piece builds in intensity from beginning to end. This is an excellent work for an advanced high school player. • Advanced

• Duration 4 minutes.


Sonata No. 1 for Piano
Solo Piano

Mason Bates


Cat.#10074
$8.00
An outstanding composition by this gifted young composer, who has achieved critical acclaim and won composition prizes while still a teenager. This three movement work shows great skill and depth, is very rhythmically driven, and is a tour-de-force recital piece. Mason Bates will have a symphonic work performed by the Portland, Maine, Symphony Orchestra during their 2008 season. • Advanced

• Three movement work that shows great skill and depth.

• A tour-de-force recital piece.

• Duration 7 minutes.


Under the Waterfall
Violin Duet

Christianne Bessieres


Cat.#50245
$4.00
Pianist Bessières is a young composer who has already received critical recognition for her composing talents. This lovely violin duet is a programmatic work about a boy's encounter with a waterfall. The piece was the runner up in a California MTA high school composition contest. • Early intermediate

• Duration 2 minutes.


Music by Young People for Young People
Volume One

ed. by Elizabeth Manduca


Cat.#10003
$4.00
These very special editions highlight the lives and music of young composers and artists who are between the ages of six and eighteen. We have developed this series of music by young people to help them become recognized and to support their efforts as composers. We hope that supported in this way, these young composers will continue to write successfully as adults. We also want to show the general public just how wonderfully creative children can be, and to impress upon them the importance of the arts in our society. Some of these works and the new works being produced have appeared in Clavier's Piano Explorer magazine, have been winners or entries in various composition contests, have been commissioned by youth orchestras, and have been heard over National Public Radio. Each book has a cover designed by a young artist. Art contests are held in schools. The children can submit hand drawn or computer generated art and the winning design is placed on the cover. Composers can submit their own art work with their musical submission. Portions of the profits from this series go to composition scholarships for young composers. • Elementary to early intermediate piano.

• Includes: Countryside Morning Walk, Kip the Koala, Merry-Go-Round, Metamorphosis, Popcorn, Sea Lion, The Loon and the Fish, and Woodchuck's Waddle.


Music by Young People for Young People
Volume Two

ed. by Elizabeth Manduca


Cat.#10037
$4.00
These very special editions highlight the lives and music of young composers and artists who are between the ages of six and eighteen. We have developed this series of music by young people to help them become recognized and to support their efforts as composers. We hope that supported in this way, these young composers will continue to write successfully as adults. We also want to show the general public just how wonderfully creative children can be, and to impress upon them the importance of the arts in our society. Some of these works and the new works being produced have appeared in Clavier's Piano Explorer magazine, have been winners or entries in various composition contests, have been commissioned by youth orchestras, and have been heard over National Public Radio. Each book has a cover designed by a young artist. Art contests are held in schools. The children can submit hand drawn or computer generated art and the winning design is placed on the cover. Composers can submit their own art work with their musical submission. Portions of the profits from this series go to composition scholarships for young composers. "If you haven't taken the plunge to include composition in your studio, this volume is well worth investigating." (American Music Teacher) "These pieces are gems in the rough and demonstrate the importance of creativity in the lives of these youngsters." (Piano and Keyboard magazine) • Early intermediate piano

• Includes: A Deserted Island, Keeping In Touch, The Hidden Secret, On the Carousel, Seals, Frijoles Canyon Indian Cliff, and Dwellings.