These four solo movements look at four different types of fancy goldfish, including Pearlscale, Celestial, Ryukin, and Lionhead. (JB 117)
$12
*Recording available on Jenni's CD Songs of California: Music for Winds and Piano
Three Desert Fables - for solo oboe
The three movements tell of the symbiotic relationships found in the harsh desert environment, from Joshua Trees found in the Mojave Desert and the Yucca moth, to the Ocotillo and the Bee, and the chuckwalla and the rock. (JB 125)
$12
Recording now available through Centaur Records! Laura Medisky performs Three Desert Fables on her debut CD!
The clarinet sing the 'songs of nature' in these short character pieces loosely based on Aesop's fables, from the shimmering stars, to the tortoise and the hare, to the slippery serpent. (JB 110)
Composed for Jennifer Stevenson during the composer's residency with the Vientos Trio, this piece tells the story of the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles and the extinct animals found in the ooze that roamed the area over 10,000 years ago.(JB 121)
$12
Duet
The Dreams of Birds for alto flute and piano
Duration approximately 7:30
Commissioned by Los Angeles flutist Jenni Olson The Dreams of Birds explores what birds might dream.
Duration approx. 10 minutes Four movements (I. Morning Coffee II. The Lemon Tree III. That Mockingbird IV. Daisies) about life on Holt Avenue in Los Angeles, California. (JB 113)
Scores for piano and part - $15.00
Cumulonimbus: The King of Clouds for Bb clarinet and Piano
Duration approx. 9 minutes
A storm rages on as the clarinet and piano tell the story of the scariest cloud, the Cumulonimbus, and the destruction it brings.
Composed during the composer's residency with the Vientos Trio in Los Angeles, this four-movement work tells the stories of the giant Sequoia Trees as inspired by the words of John Muir. (JB 119)
Commissioned by the California Association of Professional Music Teachers for the February 2010 State Conference, this piece takes the listener through the life and adventures of a spider. Five movements about spinning webs, capturing prey, and starting the cycle all over again the next day. (JB 122)
Score and set of parts - $28
Quartet
Sea Quartet* for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and piano
Duration approximately 5:30
Commissioned by the L.A. Musical Salon in 2009, this piece captures the beauty of the sea as inspired by the Pacific Ocean and trips to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California. (JB 120)
Score and set of parts - $16
Meditationsfor piano quartet (violin, viola, cello, piano)
Duration approximately 22 minutes
Commissioned by the Central4 Quartet of Los Angeles, this piece was premiered in March 2012 during the Long Beach, California Bach Festival. A five-movement work that draws its inspiration from Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, this work can be paired with the Bach or stand alone as the centerpiece of a concert.
Score and set of parts: $40
Quintet
Five Frogs for woodwind quintet*
5 Frogs(Windependence Chamber Ensemble, Master Level (Grade 4)). By Jenni Brandon. For Woodwind Ensemble. Boosey & Hawkes Chamber Music. Grade 4. Boosey & Hawkes #M051801954. Published by Boosey & Hawkes (HL.48018979)
*Recording available on Jenni's CD Songs of California. ALSO available on American Breeze CD performed by the Musical Arts Quintet
The Woman with the Unfathomable Eyes for Narrator (man), flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
Duration approximately 12 minutes
Welcome to the gritty world of our Los Angeles detective in the 1940's as he takes on the case of the woman with the unfathomable eyes. Her sister's been kidnapped, and her husband has stolen the ransom money and disappeared. The detective sets out to find the husband and the money, blinded by the woman's beauty and her lies. It's only a matter of time before he finds out her true motives, but will it be too late?
Original text by Timothy Decker. This noir-style text makes a good work for staging either in a concert setting or as a dramatic monologue with music in th theater.
Score and set of parts: $35
Wind Symphony
Double Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon with Wind Symphony
Duration approximately 19 minutes
This work tells the story of the Galaxy, from the spiral galaxy to a supermassive black hole, and the orion nebula. Scott Pool- bassoon premiered the work with Rogene Russell on oboe with the University of Texas at Arlington Wind Symphony under the direction of Doug Stotter in February 2013.
Instrumentation (one to a part): solo oboe, solo bassoon, piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 alto saxophones, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, 3 trumpets, 4 horns, 2 trombones, euphonium, tuba, 3 percussionists.
Version also available for oboe, bassoon and piano with optional percussion.
Conductor's score and set of parts: $100
Choral and Vocal Music
PDF licensing now available! Scores are delivered directly to your email - print and perform!
Treble Chorus
Vive La Liberté! for Two-Part Treble choir, flute, percussion, piano* (2007)
Duration approx. 4:30. Level: Easy
Text compiled by Jenni Brandon. Vive la Liberté was commissioned to celebrate the 250th birthday of the Marquis de Lafayette and to honor his constant belief in liberty and freedom for all people. (JB 114)
*Winner of the 2008 Roger Wagner Center for Choral Studies International Composition Competition - Treble Category
Vocal / Piano Score: $3.50
Set of Parts (Flute & Percussion): $5.00
Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn – for SSAA choir, piano, and percussion
Duration approx. 10 minutes. Level: Advanced
I. The Dark Line II. Morning prayer III. Dancing Naked At The Edge of Dawn Poems by Kris Radish. Commissioned in 2008 by Sistrum, Lansing, Michigan's Women's Choir under the direction of Meredith Bowen. The lovely poetry by Ms. Radish is simple and gorgeous, exploring dark to light, love and possibility, and the ability to achieve anything. Three movements. (JB 118)
Now recorded by Sistrum!
Available at Sistrum.org and iTunes!
$8.50(score)
A Universal Dream for SSAA choir, djembe, and piano.
Duration approx. 4 minutes. Level: Intermediate
Text by Meta Hellman and Jenni Brandon. Commissioned by the Sister Singers Network for the 2010 "Our Kind of Sound" women's choir festival in Chicago. This piece speaks of the universal idea of liberty and opportunity for all people. The text draws from the ideas of Jane Addams and the Constitution. (JB 123).
The Giver of Stars for SATB choir a cappella* (2010)
Duration approx. 6 minutes. Level: Advanced
Poem by Amy Lowell. The Giver of Stars speaks of joy and pleasure, reveling in beauty and the ecstatic joy of being overwhelmed by something too beautiful. *Commissioned by the Young New Yorkers' Chorus. (JB 124)
Poem by Amy Lowell. This piece brings to the listener winds sweeping through the trees, wild joy, and the light of a single bright star piercing through the night. (JB 115)
*Winner of the 2008 Sorel Medallion. Premiered in Zankel Hall in Carnegie Hall, October 2008
$2.50
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Misgivings for SATB choir, percussion (2), piano, organ (2004)
Duration approx. 20 minutes. Level: Advanced I. Misgivings II. Shiloh. A Requiem.* III. Aurora-Borealis Poems by Herman Melville. Misgivings tells a story of war, peace, and the dissolutions that war brings to society.
*Movement available individually
Vocal Score: $12.00 Conductor’s Score: $40.00 Set of Parts (Piano, Organ, 2 Percussion parts): $60.00 (Please contact the composer for details on pricing for PDF reproduction license for Vocal Score)
Shiloh. A Requiem. for SATB choir percussion(1), piano, organ
Duration approx. 7 minutes
Poem by Herman Melville. This piece is movement two from the three-movement work Misgivings. It tells the story of the battle of Shiloh and the swallows flying low over a battlefield where brother fought brother. (JB 126)
$9.00
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Three Desert Fables - for solo oboe
In The City At Night 
Chansons de la Nature pour la Clarinette
Pleistocene Epoch: The Great Ice Age
On Holt Avenue*
The Wildflower Trio
Spider Suite
Sea Quartet
The Woman with the Unfathomable Eyes for Narrator (man), flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano
