Jesse Ayers

 

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Music with narraton

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Arise, My Soul, Arise!

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SATB (some divisi) +piano & optional organ. Brass & percussion parts available.
Large festive anthem for special-event ceremonies.
Includes 3 passages for your narration texts.
   Exteneded version:   10 min.   e-License  $2.50 copy         ORDER
   Short version:             4 min.   e-License  $1.25 copy
   Optional organ part:                e-License  $2.50 copy

Rental parts available for optional brass quintet, timpani, percussion, and surround-sound trumpets:

    Extended version (10 minutes)        Shorter version (4 minutes)
        1 performance    $100                    1 performance   $50
        2 performances  $150                    2 performances  $75
        3 performances  $200                    3 performances  $100
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Jericho

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Symphonic Winds.     16 minutes.    Grade 5-6.
A surround-sound theater piece with narration and unorthodox audience participation.
Score $35     e-Parts $125     Choral e-book license $25     ORDER/QUESTION
"The most imaginative, unusual and successful work I have ever performed!"—Dr. Richard Fischer

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Jericho

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Orchestra.   16 minutes.  3333  4431  3 or 6 perc (2 versions)  hp  pno  strings
A surround-sound theater piece with narration and unorthodox audience participation.    
Score $35     Parts rental     Choral books e-license     ORDER/QUESTION
"JERICHO is absolutely stunning: tremendously effective.”—Les Marsden, conductor

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Passion of John Brown, The

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WINNER 2011 AMERICAN PRIZE for ORCHESTRAL COMPOSITION
Orchestra and narrator.  Surround-sound.   19 min.    3333 (or 2222)   4431   timp+3  pno  hp  strings
The life of controversial abolitionist John Brown.  Terrorist or freedom fighter?  Sinner or saint?
Score $30     Parts rental     ORDER/QUESTION
"An amazing work, beautifully paced and orchestrated. I love it." —David Daniels, conductor

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Susanna and the Elders

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Clarinet quartet, percussion, dancers, and storyteller.   35 minutes.   A theater piece.
Eight dances, each can be performed alone.  
Complete set:   $100 electronic delivery      Individual dances:   $15 each electronic delivery         ORDER/QUESTION

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