Sheet Music Recommendations
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America 250 - Minimalists & Post-Minimalists
14th Aug 2026
As we celebrate the past 250 years of American music, we look at some of the most prominent and influential composers in American history. In this article, we explore the work of four minimalists and post-minimalists: Steve Reich, John Adams, Sean Shepherd, and Anna Clyne.
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America 250 - Rock-Infused Orchestral Heavyweights
7th Aug 2026
As we celebrate the past 250 years of American music, we look at some of the most prominent and influential composers in American history. In this article, we explore the work of three rock-infused orchestral heavyweights: Steven Mackey, Christopher Rouse, and Oscar Bettison.
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America 250 - Symphonic Post-Modernists
31st Jul 2026
As we celebrate the past 250 years of American music, we look at some of the most prominent and influential composers in American history. In this article, we explore the work of four symphonic post-modernists: Leonard Bernstein, David Del Tredici, Michael Daugherty, and Sebastian Currier.
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America 250 - American Operatic & Dramatic Storytellers
24th Jul 2026
As we celebrate the past 250 years of American music, we look at some of the most prominent and influential composers in American history. In this article, we explore the work of five operatic and dramatic storytellers: Carlisle Floyd, Marc Blitzstein, Jack Beeson, Dominick Argento, and David T. Little.
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America 250 - The Radical Avant-Garde & High Modernists
17th Jul 2026
As we celebrate the past 250 years of American music, we look at some of the most prominent and influential composers in American history. In this article, we explore the work of four radical avant-garde and high modernist composers: Elliott Carter, Jacob Druckman, Barbara Kolb, and Tod Machover.
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Composer Spotlight: Michael John Trotta
14th Jul 2026
Born in 1978 in New Jersey, Michael John Trotta is a renowned composer of choral works. Passionate about sharing new music and engaging musicians and audiences, his music features an engaging style which fuses modern sensibilities with tradition to create moments of beauty.
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America 250 - Mid-Century Traditionalists
10th Jul 2026
As we celebrate the past 250 years of American music, we look at some of the most prominent and influential composers in American history. In this article, we explore the work of five mid-century American composers: Aaron Copland, Walter Piston, Irving Fine, Ned Rorem, and Virgil Thomson.
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Composer Spotlight: Daniel Dorff
30th Jun 2026
Dorff is probably best known for his works for woodwind, particularly those for the flute, and for introducing classical music to younger generations. Find out more.
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Music for One Hand Piano
26th Jun 2026
We have recently curated a collection of music for one hand piano playing. Browse the selection here.
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Composer Spotlight: Greg Gilpin
16th Jun 2026
Greg Gilpin is a celebrated ASCAP award-winning choral composer and arranger and a highly respected choral conductor. A graduate of Northwest Missouri State University, Greg is well-known for his extensive catalogue of choral titles. Find out more.
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Composer Spotlight: Samuel Adler
15th May 2026
Composer of over four hundred published works, Samuel Adler's music is considered 'midstream modernism', blending traditional Western classical music structures with more experimental techniques such as serialism, diatonicism, and atonality.
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Composer Spotlight: Ulysses Kay
6th Mar 2026
Born January 7th 1917, in Arizona, Ulysses Simpson Kay was an American composer best known for being a prominent representative of the neoclassical school of music.
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Composer Spotlight: Chen Yi (陈怡)
13th Feb 2026
Chen Yi is a Chinese-American composer of contemporary classical music. She has earned global fame for her integration of Chinese and Western traditions in her compositions. Find out more.
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Composer Spotlight: Arvo Pärt
6th Feb 2026
Arvo Pärt is an Estonian composer and the inventor of the compositional technique tintinnabuli. Until the end of March, all Universal Edition publications are 25% off, including over 180 Arvo Pärt works.
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Composer Spotlight: William Grant Still
13th Jan 2026
William Grant Still (1895-1978) was a pioneer of American music in the early 1900s, and is often referred to as the 'dean of African-American Classical Composers'. Find out more.
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Shostakovich: The Complete Symphonies
15th May 2025
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dmitri Shostakovich's death, publishers Boosey & Hawkes and Sikorski have launched revised and corrected editions of all fifteen symphonies by the composer. Find out more.
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Piano Day: The Collection
29th Mar 2025
Founded in 2015 by Nils Frahm, Piano Day is an annual worldwide event which takes place on the 88th day of the year. To mark the 10th anniversary, Faber Music have published 'Piano Day: The Collection'. Find out more.
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Mahler – The Symphonies
20th Feb 2025
Breitkopf & Härtel's ongoing project to publish the complete symphonies of Gustav Mahler, continues to impress with each new Symphony released.
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Oxford Hymn Settings for Organists
17th Jan 2025
A boxed set of all nine volumes in the renowned Oxford Hymn Settings for Organists series. Find out more.
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Halloween Sheet Music
21st Oct 2024
Browse our selection of recent and best-selling collections of Halloween sheet music.
