with CD Accompaniment
This piece is a play on the timpani solo excerpts from Beethoven's 9th Symphony, second movement. The characteristic dotted rhythms of the opening timpani solo are accompanied with groove music of hand drummed sounds in the accompaniment…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Written for the passing of the composer's father who left, May 2008. This is a lyric aria that may be sung by a mezzo or tenor.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2009 Number of Players: 2 Duration: 3:20 Publisher: C. Alan Publications Type: Duet Category: Ensemble…
Style:
Ensemble
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
'Joy to the World'
A wonderful Christmas prelude for organ. Based on Joy to the World, this work adds the complex harmonies of the modern composition while celebrating the holiday season with music.Program NotesAs Easter is about rising, Christmas is about…
Style:
Solo Works
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Event Horizon is a 2-minute jubilant fanfare which alternates between punchy syncopation and longer lyrical lines. The lively interplay between the brass and the timpani gives the piece rhythmic and syncopated momentum from beginning to end.
Grade Level: 3…
Style:
Brass, Percussion
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Liquid Moon is a wonderfully inventive work that takes the listener on a journey through many moods and textures, evoking vivid dream-like images.
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 2006 Number of Players: Standard Duration: 8:00 Publisher: C. Alan Publications…
Style:
Concert Band
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Rimbadance uses timbral notation for the percussion part, indicating pitches for each percussion instrument in the set-up. After a free, improvisatory opening for the marimba, the vibraphone begins a sixteenth ostinato while the marimba plays fast runs and…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Funky grooves and catchy melodies encapsulate this "Riverdance-like" piece for 10 percussionists. Your students will want to play this one over and over!
Grade Level: 3 Copyright: 1998 Number of Players: 10 Duration: 8:00 Publisher: C. Alan Publications…
Style:
Percussion
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Song of Summer was written for the Interlochen Arts Camp Intermediate Treble Choir, Richard Phelps, director. The composition depicts four aspects of the experiences of middle school girls in Interlochen Arts Camp's Intermediate Division. The text is original…
Style:
Women's Choir
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
with CD Accompaniment
Treebeard: Ent & Entwife is based on a text from J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings.' It tells the story of Treebeard, an Ent (or forest creature) and his counterpart, Entwife. The voices and piano are meant to mesh with the…
Style:
Ensemble
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications
Featuring antiphonal choirs of 3 euphoniums and 1 tuba, Two Pieces for Tuba Ensemble draws its inspiration from J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings." The programmatic movements are "I. Dark Towers" and "II. Wind & Wuthering."Program NotesFeaturing…
Style:
Brass
Composer:
Daniel McCarthy
Publisher:
C. Alan Publications