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Feels Like Far - Doug Tornquist, Tuba

Tuba — a remarkably expressive instrument, especially when played by Doug Tornquist!

This album features music for tuba with unique combinations of instruments, giving everyone the opportunity to hear Doug’s beautiful tone quality, brilliant technique and musical style. This recording includes the premiere recording of Bruce Broughton’s Bipartition for tuba and cello and Morton Gould’s Suite for Tuba and 3 French Horns.

Three compositions are available at McGintyMusic.com: Feels Like Far (flute, clarinet, trumpet, horn & tuba), On The Out-Side (clarinet, horn & tuba), both commissioned by Dr. Tornquist and Equinox (cornet, 3 horns, tuba, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones & bass trombone).

Please note: Only the compositions published by McGintyMusic.com are available for individual download. The complete CD has these three pieces as well as the Gould and Broughton.

 

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The CD includes these McGinty Music publications:
On The Out-Side – I. Looking Around 4:42
On The Out-Side – II. Looking In 4:01
On The Out-Side – III. Looking Up 2:54
Feels Like Far – !. Slow Dancing 4:38
Feels Like Far – II. Memories of a Lost Love 4:56
Feels Like Far – III. Distractions 2:37
Equinox – I. Autumn 3:48
Equinox – II. In-Between 3:45
Equinox – III. Spring 3:40

 

Fiat Lux (Let There Be Light) - The Modern Brass of Los Angeles

Christmas! That wonderful time of year when you can hear brass players heralding this season of expectation, wonder and awe. With colorful lights and festive carols, we all come together and join in song.

Every carol was arranged specifically for this album, each combining the musical expertise of the performers with the craft and individual styles of the arrangers.

The album also features three arrangements by Ray Burkhart: Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, Swingle Bells and The First Noel. More information about Ray Burkhart can be found at http://tromba.us/

 

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The CD includes these McGinty Music publications:
Adventus: Emmanuel – Brass Quintet 4:15
Fiat Lux – Brass Quintet 4:15
Three French Carols – Brass Quintet 4:25
Angels We Have Heard On High – Brass Octet 4:00
Greensleeves – Brass Octet 5:15
Jingle Bells – Brass Octet 3:00
O Little One – Brass Octet 3:25
Twas In The Moon Of Wintertime (The Huron Carol) – Brass Octet 5:00
The Wexford Carol – Brass Octet 3:30

 

More Carols From The Bells, Volume 1 and Volume 2 – Trombones-L.A.

This double CD has forty Christmas favorites – a joyous way to celebrate the holiday! The arrangements are incredibly fresh and creative. The magnificent sounds from the bells of the best professional trombone players in Los Angeles will both surprise and delight you for years to come.

Thirty of these pieces are available as individual mp3 downloads and the quartets are available for flute, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, brass and, of course, trombone. The more players the merrier!

“All the great musicians you hear on this CD gave their time and significant talents to the completion of this project and I can’t thank them enough.”

– Bill Reichenbach

Proceeds from the sale of this CD benefit The Hearts of Music Fund, a non-profit fund established to assist musicians with emergency medical needs.

Hopefully this CD, in addition to developing a wider audience for this music, will also find a broader base of support and awareness of The Hearts of Music Fund.

 

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Volume 1 includes these McGinty Music publications:
Angels We Have Heard On High (quartet) 1:55
Carol Of The Bells 3:15
Deck The Halls 1:25
Echo Carol / Once In Royal David’s City 3:00
The First Noel 1:30
Good Christian Men Rejoice / I Saw Three Ships 1:25
Good King Wenceslas 1:10
Hark, The Herald Angels Sing 1:35
Here We Come A-Wassailing 1:35
Joy To The World 1:35
O Christmas Tree / The Holly And The Ivy 2:45
O Come All Ye Faithful 2:25
O Come, O Come Emmanuel / God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen 1:30
O Little One 1:45
Silent Night 3:00
Three French Carols (quartet) 2:10
We Three Kings 2:28
We Wish You A Merry Christmas 1:25
What Child Is This 2:30
Volume 2 includes these McGinty Music publications:
Angels We Have Heard On High (choir) 4:05
Away In A Manger 2:34
Baloo Lamy 1:56
Coventry Carol / Once In Royal David’s City 3:34
Ding! Dong! Merrily On High 1:49
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear 3:41
O Holy Night 2:48
Still, Still, Still 2:49
Three French Carols (choir) 3:54
Up On The Housetop 2:25
Wexford Carol 3:57

Out of Bounds - Michael Eversden, Bass Trombone

Out of Bounds features the bass trombone as soloist with various chamber ensembles. English bass trombonist Michael Eversden performs with brass quartet, wind quintet and string quartet and duets with percussion, violin and flute. The instrument is rarely heard as a soloist and most of the pieces on this disc are rarely performed or have not previously been recorded. Includes Nelson Riddle: Five Pieces for bass trombone, Patrick McCarty: Sonata and Frigyes Hidas: 1+5, together with Anne McGinty’s ‘Soundscapes’, for bass trombone and violin.

 

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The CD includes this McGinty Music publication:
Soundscapes 10:44

Road Trip - Tower Brass Quintet

For thirty five years the Tower Brass Quintet has creatively and progressively shaped their reputation as a premier chamber music ensemble, delighting a broad spectrum of audiences with their unique style of programming and performance. “Road Trip” is their tenth CD.

 

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The CD includes this McGinty Music publication:
Drive-thru 3:25
Fugue in E-Flat Major (J.S. Bach) 5:30

Snowed In ... Again - Tower Brass Quintet

The Tower Brass Quintet has performed throughout the country and abroad for audiences in communities that take an active interest in the arts. They have released nine CDs, with Ryan Nowlin’s A Christmas Fanfare being the leadoff piece on this, their Christmas album, with 18 more joyous pieces for your holiday pleasure.

 

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The CD includes this McGinty Music publication:
A Christmas Fanfare 1:35

’Tis the Season TUBA Jolly! - Jim Self & the Hollywood Tuba 12

This CD features Jim Self and 28 other tuba and euphonium players, including Los Angeles professionals Norm Pearson, Doug Tornquist, Fred Greene, John Van Houten, Loren Marsteller, Bill Booth, Alex Iles, Alan Kaplan &
Bill Reichenbach. Bill Reichenbach’ arrangement of Angels We Have Heard On High is included, along with 20 more great charts.

 

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The CD includes this McGinty Music publication:
Angels We Have Heard On High 4:25