Moods is a Horn quartet that evokes common emotions we experience everyday.

Moods

Just vibin with my horn.  

RnB and hip-hop instrumental.

Horn Vibes

A classic hymn written for brass trio of trumpet, Horn and trombone.

I Want Jesus To Walk With Me

My arrangement of “It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye” by Boyz II Men for Horn quartet. Visit my website shanysestrickland.com for the sheet music!

It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye

A string arrangement of some your classic black Christmas songs! Sheet music available at shanysestrickland.com!

The Christmas Feels (Original)

Happy Women's Month!

Please enjoy my arrangement of "I'm Every Woman," originally done by Chaka Kahn and later sang by Whitney Houston. This piece can be performed with drums or stand on it's own as is.

Every Woman

A short arrangement of the Ukrainian National Anthem written for the DC Strings. Sheet music available upon request.

Ukranian National Anthem

This new and innovative piece combines multiple elements of music, from genre, to orchestration and various forms of art all into one. Written for flute, horn, piano and electronic accompaniment, For Your Love is a neo-soul classical piece that puts all the elements it is comprised of in a modern lover story fantasy.

For Your Love FULL MIDI

A B.O.P. or "Beats of Power" is an original brass trio (horn, trumpet, trombone) that touches some of the core genres that black music is made up of: jazz, gospel and modern rhythmic music such as the disco. 

Bringing modern genres and black culture to the previously known "classical" brass trio.

A B.O.P.

This brass quintet piece with featured drum set goes through a symbolic journey of the life of Elizabeth Freeman, a black woman who's story led to many freed slaves during her time. 

For sheet music, visit shanysestrickland.com!

I Would....and I WILL.

A compilation of American patriotic songs. Can be played with improvised drum set (suggested) or, a capella.

Black Lives Matter, too.

Armed Forces Medley

Freedom is a instrumental and vocal message that exemplifies every definition of the word. In this funky rendition, Shanyse combines multiple musical elements to create a mash up of different vibes and genres. 

Starting off with a flute and drum duet, the snare and kick set off the march towards freedom during the intro to the song. Followed by a three part harmony choir, the intro segues into the verse, where the discussion of poverty and the ongoing trend of gentrification is happening in black communities. The chorus then follows with the full band, along with the need to “break these chains” of discrimination and poverty within the black community. 

Following the chorus enters the female rapper Xposure, who’s high energy immediately captures the listeners ear with the energy she conveys about the connection that America’s history has with the injustice of black people and the effects it has on their mental health. She encourages the undefeated to keep pushing towards the freedom we all deserve, which segues into the chorus again. The next section of the song takes a minor turn to a contemplative interlude leading with the melody from Denise Williams “Free.” A nice groove then leads to the bridge, which takes a interesting turn to the song. Here is where majikstrick shows off her classical chops by including an excerpt from Mahler 1 on French Horn, where she plays both octaves of the thematic material, then modulates the theme. During this entire epic moment, Xposure is speaking right into the souls of listeners with her spoken word segment focusing on the rewarding freedoms we all will achieve someday. The song then leads to a shout chorus and back to an acapella chorus finish it out.

FREEDOM (feat. XPOSYUR)

Freelance french horn and flute player, composer and arranger. 

Sheet music available at shanysestrickland.com. 

IG: _thefonkyfrenchhorn

Shanyse Nicole

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