Amazing Arrangement now for flute choir!

Susan Bour has been kind enough to play my “Amazing Arrangement” with her group at the McLean Bible Church.  She asked if I could add some low flutes to the mix, and here it is!  Now there are two Amazing versions...the original for 4 C Flutes, and a flute choir version for 4 C Flutes, Alto & Bass.  Thanks for asking, Susan!

Pictures at an Exhibition (the 5 Minute Tour) - now available from ALRY

Imagine a tourist making a mad dash through an art gallery in order to catch the tour bus back to the hotel, and you’ve got the idea behind this piece.  This latest “5-Minute Masterpiece” for flute choir is now available from ALRY.  Click here for a full recording!

NEW!

An Amazing Silent Night

This expandable work will fit into any flute choir’s repertoire.  It can be performed by 3 C Flutes, 4 C Flutes, 4 C Flutes + Alto, or 4 C Flutes + Bass.  It’s of moderate difficulty and uses snippets of Amazing Grace (hence the title, of course)  Click here for more info.

Engraving

News

Another busy year for Nish Music Engraving Services.  My main emphasis was on Joel Raney’s music for Hope Publishing where we worked on “A Thrill of Hope” (Christmas cantata) and “Classic Hymns II” (piano 4-hand).  Also engraved the big beautiful “The Wedding Organist” book for Hope and a wonderful solo piano collection (Gospel Gold) for Shawnee Press.

The Christmas Overtures - only available from Nish Music

These three short pieces for flute choir will provide a whirlwind opening to your holiday concerts.  They’re all under two-and-a-half minutes long, and are quick, demanding, tuneful, and very relentless.  Your audiences won’t know what hit them.  Buy one or buy all three at a special price.  See the “Other Works for Sale” page for details.  Only available on this website!

All purpose Bach: 

Air for a Joyful Sheep

for Flute & Piano

Did you ever have to perform at a wedding-funeral-church service and wanted to play a Bach tune but couldn’t find an appropriate arrangement?  I’ve often found that flute/piano arrangements of “Air for the G String” or “May the Sheep Safely Graze,” or Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” were either too long or too repetitive to suit my taste.  So I’ve combined all three in what hopefully is a pleasant “highlights” medley of the tunes.  And don’t laugh at the title...it’s better than the alternative: “May the G String be Joyful.”  Click here for details.

Songs Without Words

Flute quintets who have alto and bass flutes might like these 2 little arrangements from Mendelssohn’s “Songs Without Words.”  The first is the languid Tranquillo, followed by the fast and furious Tarantella-like Allegro Molto.  Together they take only about 4-1/2 minutes to play and would be a nice addition to any program.  Click here for more.

And finally...thanks!

Thanks to all who have performed Nish Music works at their concerts.  From Arizona to Virginia, to Italy, Germany, France and the Netherlands, it’s so exciting to be a small part of the international music community.  If you have any comments or questions about the music, please let me know!

NEW!

Roll Call!

Here’s a galloping, rollicking piece of fun for flute choir.  Based on the gospel tune “When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder,” this upbeat arrangement will have everybody in the church shouting “hallelujah!”  (because the Hallelujah Chorus is quoted throughout)  Click here!