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Composers Bureau

Music for Young Performers

Mixed Ensembles

Undefined or Variable Instrumentation

Duets

  • Wallace De Pue
    • The Little Bulldozer for piano and treble instrument. Moderately easy.
    • Dans Taranesc for violin and piano. Ages 15-17
    • The Fiddlers’ Contest  for violin and piano. Ages 15-17.
    • The Bass At Home for double bass and piano. Ages 16-17.
  • Ruth Schonthal
    • Divertimenti for Diverse Instruments for Young Virtuosi, Individual pieces 2-8". Mostly duets for different combination of most instruments. Age - 10-20 & adults.
    • Music for Young Virtuosi - a large collection of duos for diverse instruments and instrument combinations.
  • James Yannatos
    • Miniatures for Treble Clef and Bass Clef, ages 5-10, easy.
  • Judith Lang Zaimont
    • Music for Two - for any two treble instruments; performed everywhere from middle school through college.
  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
    • Partita, for violin and piano. For intermediate and advanced.

Trios

  • Eugénie R. Rocherolle
    • Tableaux of Piano Trios (Neil Kjos Music Co.) for piano, violin, and violoncello. For Jr. high/High school.
  • Elliott Schwartz
    • Jet Piece for keyboard and any three melody instruments. Ages 13 and up, moderate.
  • James Yannatos
    • Puzzles in treble and bass, any instrument. Ages 7-14

Brass and Piano

  • Wallace De Pue
    • Melody for Trumpets - 2 Bb trumpets and piano. Ages 15-17
  • Warner Hutchinson
    • Sonatina for Baritone Horn, euphonium and piano for high-school Carl Fischer.
  • David Uber
    • A Simple Song - solo horn and piano. Ages 12-17
    • Deep River - solo trombone and piano. Ages 12-17
    • Mr. Tuba on Broadway - solo Tuba and piano. Ages 12-17
    • Shall We Gather At The River - solo tuba and piano. Ages 9-13
    • The Silver Trumpet. solo Trumpet and piano. Ages 12-17

Brass and Percussion

  • Emma Lou Diemer
    • Declamation for brass and percussion, 1960. Senior High School or College. Medium difficulty. Presser/Elkan-Vogel.
  • Robert Washburn
    • Golden Medallion - Fanfare and Processional for Brass Quintet, Two Herald Trumpets and Percussion. Publication pending.
    • Festive Fanfare for Brass and Percussion - Boosey and Hawkes

Brass, Percussion and Piano

  • Marvin Lamb
    • Prism for trombone, piano and percussion. Grade VI.

Brass and Strings

Trios

  • Will Gay Bottje
    • Music for Sarah for violin, trumpet and cello. Violin part is written for a young, elementary or junior high, musician. Trumpet and cello somewhat more demanding. Originally for two professional musicans and their daughter. American Composers Alliance.

Brass and Vocal

  • David Uber
    • Nearer My God to Thee, for 4 trombones and choir. Ages 5-18

Strings and Piano

  • Jerry Casey
    • A Modal Suite for Viola and Piano. Five pieces for viola and piano. 2nd year of study

Trios

  • Sondra Clark
    • Three American Scenes for violin (or flute), cello and piano. Level 6.
  • Michael Mauldin
    • Reverence: Three Trios for Young Performers for violin, cello and piano. Level 1-2. 1:10 minutes.
    • Santa Fe Trail for violin, cello and piano. Level 2-3. 1 minute.
    • Mustangs for violin, cello and piano. Level 3-4. 1 1/2 minutes.

Quintets

  • James M. Drew
    • Mikrosonata for string quartet and piano, upper intermediate level, Junior-Senior High School.
  • Robert Starer
    • Five Miniatures for piano and string quartet. High School.

Brass, Strings, and Vocal

  • Joelle Wallach
    • Why the Caged Bird Sings - for 2-part children's choir, horn, strings or piano. Age - suitable to be in a 2-part treble choir.
  • Steven Rosenhaus
    • In Flight Diary (Airport Lobsters) Narrator, flute, clarinet, trombone, piano, violin. All ages.

Woodwinds and Piano

Trios

  • Allen Brings
    • Colloquies for flute, clarinet and piano. Moderately difficult, from age 15.

Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion

Two Quintets and Percussion

  • William Mayer
    • Essay for Brass and Winds for combined woodwind quintet and brass quintet and one percussionist. Ages 15-18, medium difficulty.

Woodwinds and Strings

Duets

Trios

Woodwinds, Strings and Piano

Trios

  • Sondra Clark
    • Three American Scenes for flute (or violin), cello and piano. Level 6.
  • Eugénie R. Rocherolle
    • Sonatina Americana for flute, violin, and violoncello. For Jr. high/High school.

Quartets

  • Wallace De Pue
    • Chromatofore for piano, bassoon and two violins. Moderate.
  • Elizabeth Lauer
    • Quatorze miniminiscules faciles for flute, clarinet, cello and piano. Moderate, for teenagers.

Last updated 10/15/2007
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