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David Ahrens
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Composer/Arranger, Horn Teacher, Retired Band Director, MGB Enthusiast, Homesteader https://www.sounded.us/baseline/ahrensonline/
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FREE SHEET MUSIC!

School Band Directors:

Today my new three-movement piece for band, “Empyrean Manifest”, is available for purchase from my website - & will soon be available at JW Pepper, Sheet Music Direct, etc.

www.sounded.us/baseline/shop/

Continue reading in image to request sheet music.
Here is my recently completed 3-movement suite for #WindBand: "Empyrean Manifest". A day of dramatic storytelling in the #sky.

I. Daybreak
II. Battle Cry
III. Glory

I hope you enjoy!

#NewMusic #Composition #ConcertBand #WindEnsemble #sunrise #thunder #sunset

youtu.be/GhcVQHg5NWw
"Empyrean Manifest" for Wind Band, by David Ahrens
YouTube video by Baseline Music
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I'm really enjoying the space given to appreciate the creative harmonies.
This is just a MIDI "performance" so unfortunately no singing, but the lyrics are provided.
"Alabaster Wool" is a piece I wrote 2 years ago for advanced #SATB #Choir & #Piano. It sets the poem "It Sifts from Leaden Sieves" by #EmilyDickinson
If you enjoy it, please let me know if the comments. Thanks!
#Snow

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"Alabaster Wool" by David Ahrens - SATB Choir and Piano
YouTube video by Baseline Music
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"Reconfigure Eights" is a piece I wrote for #concertband last year. It's built nearly all using #AsymetricalMeter, giving a sense of #PerpetualMotion.
Give it a listen & comment if you like it! Thanks
#WindBand #Momentum #MusicEd #MusicEducation youtu.be/Zd7dveXHWNE?...
"Reconfigure Eights" by David Ahrens - Wind Band
YouTube video by Baseline Music
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What a great performance to start the day with! Thanks
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Here's a preview of the first movement of my new piece for band "Empyrean Manifest". The idea is that this piece will tell the story of the sky. This first movement "Daybreak" is, predictably, about sunrise. #ConcertBand #MusicEd #composition #NewMusic

I hope you enjoy!
My current #composition projects for #WindBand:

"Bear Fight": an aggressive piece feat. low brass.

"Discombobulate": a mechanistic rhythmic groove created before introducing a musical "wrench" & observing the aftermath.

"Empyrean Manifest": a lyrical, impressionistic piece with modal harmonies.
Repost to fix YouTube link:

I am excited to share the premiere performance of my new #concertband piece for #Christmas

This is the Sheridan College Symphony #Band performing “Merry! Don’t You Know?”
at our concert last Friday.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=a1pz...

#composition #newmusic #MusEdChat
Holiday Swing, Fall '24
YouTube video by Sheridan College Department of Music
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In freezing ❄️ cold weather in Idyllwild 🌲 playing “Yardbird Suite” way too fast with Casey Abrams 😂🥲🎻😇 #CharlieParker #JazzViolin
Great thread!
'Tis the season for calls for scores, so 'tis the season for some #RealTalk about the impact your well-intended call is having on composers.

Ensembles: thank you for being interested in new music, and in discovering composers you aren't familiar with yet.
Agreed. We can still add them to our bio but a specific field would be better.
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Bill Clinton pardoned George Clinton, after the coup that allowed him to take over Parliament, and we said nothing
Sounds dreadful. Hopefully the remainder of your day will be much better!
I think we should be able to do math in our heads, but in what way do calculators not work?
Not really seeing that, but that obviously sounds bad.
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Asking a 6th grade oboe student yesterday what dolce means (sweetly) and she says “very demure, very mindful” and I died 💀
At first glance, I thought this was Han Solo.
That’s great. Having any kind of focus after a break is a win!