Manhattan Beach Music

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner

from Simple Gifts: Four Shaker Songs

I wrote' Galloping Ghosts (A Ragtime March)' to conclude a concert of my chamber music in New York City on October 28, 1986. It is the final part of a work called 'Rags for Divers Players. 'This work...

I wrote' Galloping Ghosts (A Ragtime March)' to conclude a concert of my chamber music in New York City on October 28, 1986. It is the final part of a work called 'Rags for Divers Players. 'This work...

Charles Dickens certainly would have known the three carols in A CHARLES DICKENS CHRISTMAS. They were among the best-known and best-loved carols of the Victorian Era, and were a staple of the repertoi...

Charles Dickens certainly would have known the three carols in A CHARLES DICKENS CHRISTMAS. They were among the best-known and best-loved carols of the Victorian Era, and were a staple of the repertoi...

This lovely carol comes from the Provence region of France where it is known as 'Un Flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle' (Bring a torch, Jeannette, Isabella). It is believed to date from the 17th century, po...

This lovely carol comes from the Provence region of France where it is known as 'Un Flambeau, Jeanette, Isabelle' (Bring a torch, Jeannette, Isabella). It is believed to date from the 17th century, po...

Blue Goose Rag, a piano rag by Raymond Birch, arranged for concert band by Timothy Broege.

The discovery of the yellow metal at Sutter's Mill in California's Sacramento Valley in 1849 was only the beginning of subsequent gold-rushes to occur in the state. 'Gold-Rush Rag' was written to comm...

THE SHAKERS The Shakers were a religious sect who splintered from a Quaker community in the mid-1700's in Manchester, England. Known then derisively as 'Shaking Quakers' because of the passionate shak...

Canzon Primi Toni a8, from Gabrieli's 'Sacrae Symphoniae 'of 1597

Frank Ticheli Composition Contest Winner