King of Prussia, PA — Theodore Presser Company is excited to release two new works in the Wind Band Select series.

The composer of widely-performed and successful works such as Hold This Boy and Listen and Serenade for Winds, Carter Pann contributes Richard and Renée (115-40205F – Full Score - $40.00 - 115-40205M – Set of Parts - $75.00), written as a gift for two musician friends, Renée Kershaw and Dick Floyd. The first movement, “Renée’s Reply,” is a musical portrait of the time the composer spent with his friend in Italy. According to Pann, “the music strives for a poignancy inspired by this new event in their relationship accompanied by a backdrop so beautiful it defies words. A writer/composer (anyone, for that matter) cannot live on the Amalfi Coast and remain unchanged, unmarked.” The second movement, “Floyd’s Fantastic Five-Alarm Foxy Frolic,” is in a playful ragtime style, with an ending that the composer describes as “over the top.”

A prolific composer for many instruments and arrangements, Chen Yi has produced Dragon Rhyme (115-40206F – Full Score - $60.00 - 115-40206M – Set of Parts - $85.00), consisting of two contrasting movements inspired by Beijing opera music. According to the composer, “the first movement [I. Mysteriously-Harmoniously] is lyrical, and the second [II. Energetically] is powerful… the thematic material in both movements is matched, and used economically for development throughout the work. The instrumental texture is rich in colors, from transparent and delicate to angular and strong. Taking the image of the dragon, which is auspicious, fresh, and vivid, the music is layered and multidimensional. It symbolizes Eastern culture. When it meets the world, it becomes a part of the global family.”

The Wind Band Select series from Theodore Presser Company and Carl Fischer Music is designed to feature the finest music by today’s newest and most exciting composers of music for wind band. Standard sets of parts, and large size full scores, are sold as separate items for ease of use and ordering. Learn more about Wind Band Select at www.windbandselect.com.

Offering music by today’s greatest composers and teachers, Theodore Presser Company is the leader in publishing educational and recital music. Theodore Presser Company is a full-range music publisher and distributes the music of over 30 publishers from around the globe, with a combined sales catalog that features over 60,000 available works. For more information about new publications from Theodore Presser Company or to locate a dealer near you, log on to www.presser.com or e-mail us at sales@presser.com. For a review copy of the publication listed in this release, please contact Heidi Vanderlee at (212) 777-0900, ext. 230 or send an e-mail to hvanderlee@presser.com.