The 6th solo album from Takahiro Kido, a music composer who is also a member of Anoice.

INSOMNIA

northern waltz

BandCamp

northern waltz (Anoice / Takahiro Kido 'INSOMNIA')

insomnia

insomnia (Anoice / Takahiro Kido 'INSOMNIA')

Let it Shine! is an uplifting jazzy arrangement of the beloved African American spiritual “This Little Light of Mine”. The swing style and optional piano and drum set gives this classic tune a wonderful fresh new spirit! All sections of the orchestra play the melody and the interplay between upper and lower strings during the contrasting middle section keeps everyone busy and engaged. Your students and audience will be tapping their toes and swinging along to Let it Shine!

Let It Shine!

Medallion Hunt is a dark energetic work from the opening frenzy to the thrilling finish! The piece was inspired by an annual citywide contest to “search for the medallion and win the prize”. It inspired images of long-ago pirates searching for treasure along with modern-day medallion hunters. The city only hides one medallion for hundreds of people to find, so the race is on!

Each section of the orchestra plays the frenetic melody contrasted with a contemplative middle section. There are sudden time signature changes that add mystery and interest for both players and audience. The race is on, enjoy your Medallion Hunt!

Medallion Hunt

Reckless With My Heart

This is a revised string orchestra version of a work I composed during my graduate studies in 1988.

Chase The Wind (String Orchestra)

Michael Schelle

EXIST (2024)
- for string orchestra, harp and percussion

After decades of writing mostly wild, edgy, eccentric, violent, agressive 'modernist' music (and enjoying every minute of it!) -  for ex. "The End of Al Capone" (opera), wind ensemble pieces such as "Guttersnipe", "When Hell Freezes Over", "Seven Steps from Hell", "The End of the World", "Hangover Hotel", "Bullet Train to Hell"  ...  orchestra pieces such as "Virus", "Trapped Like Rats", "The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse", "Escape from Xishuangbanna","Extraction on No. 8", "Ear Infection", "Summit at San Quentin", and chamber pieces such as "JUKAI: The Mt. Fuji Suicide Forest", "Kingfish Levinsky", "Cut and Run", "Rosemary's Baby's Accordions", "Bury the Hatchet", "Switchblade Stockhausen" and "The Eisenstein Mummers", I just really wanted to write a simple, engaging - with just a touch of nostalgia and caution - string orchestra piece.  

Although there are brief moments of gentle reflection in many of my pieces, and extended peaceful moments of hope and resolution in "Resilience" (2015, double concerto for viola, cello and orchestra - on the 70th anniversary of the end of WW2, Mvmt. 3: Blast of Silence), and in Mvmt. 3 (After Afterlife) of "The End of the World" (2011), my last completely "nice" piece was "Prayer" (2004), for cello, chamber winds, piano, harp and percussion.

While this is certainly no Barber, Britten or Tchaikovsky string piece (altho Tchaik 6 IS briefly referenced near the end - long story!), for me, this is all quite illuminating, cleansing, resolving 
and affirming - at long last, a piece that doesn't cause fear, anxiety and emotional paralysis :)

"EXIST" was was written for my dear friend - and decades-long champion of my music - Maestro Neal Gittleman (30-year music director of the spectacular Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra) for his 2025/26  "farewell" DPO concert. i.e. EXI(S)T.

Neal has programmed many of my big, aggressive pieces in the past, so this time I wanted to close our decades of collaboration and friendship with music of genuine respect, sincere gratitude, deep affection, cautious optimism, nostalgic reflection, resolution and peace.

n.b.: the "theatre" at the end (m. 196-217) is optional

Duration:  ca. 8 minutes



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EXIST (2024)

Hey guys!!

Sorry it’s been a while (busy summer, am I right?!?!). This is the second movement in my multi movement work titled “World” (The first movement was the English dance)

This song, contrary to the English Dance, is in Phrygian, or, more specifically, Phrygian DOMINANT, where instead of the third degree being flat in normal Phrygian, the three is natural, leading to the feeling of Arabian folk songs and other traditional works.

Phrygian Dominant is most used in Flamenco and Arabian traditional music, or to invoke feelings of heroism or excitement. NORMAL Phrygian itself invokes feelings of dread or creates a threatening tone.

Sorry for the long read, and I hope you enjoy the second movement in World: An Interpretation of an Arabian Dance! 💃💃💃

An Interpretation of an Arabian Dance

This upbeat piece for string orchestra features a catchy melody in the violin parts and robust accompaniment in viola, 'cello, and double bass parts.
Link to sheet music: https://soundwavecompany.com/products/last-day-of-school-by-eugenia-goldman

Last-day-of-School

This spirited rustic dance for elementary string orchestra features accents, grace notes, plenty of string crossings, and interesting rhythmic patterns.
Link to sheet music: https://soundwavecompany.com/products/busy-bee

Busy Bee (Rustic Dance)

Hello, I am The Shortest Note (or Becker, if you would like to call me that)! I make cinematic orchestral music for every situation, place, or emotion, and I publish my best songs every so often here! Also, please follow me if you like my music. It's free, and it pushes me to make more!

Timothy Lee Miller is an American composer, orchestrator, arranger, and publisher writing contemporary classical and jazz music, as well as film and video game music.

'Music and love are the wings of the soul.'

Independent artist on a singer/songwriter journey. I find myself in lyrics and melodies that bring solace to me and my listeners. 

Reckless With My Heart is out now.

Established in 2015, Soundwave Music publishes sheet music for solo instruments and ensembles.

Dark cinematic instrumental music group which the members also have solo/side projects; Takahiro Kido, Yuki Murata, RiLF, Films, Mizu Amane, Mokyow, Cru, and Tokyo Ambient Collective.

Sarah Siegler is a composer and was an orchestra teacher for 20 years. She now works in educational music publishing. www.sarahsiegler.com

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