Stone Music Catalog

Stone Music Catalog

Dressage Freestyle Music -- this is fun stuff!

Regarding commissions, inquiries, for individual pieces, or for equivalent prices (Euros), please contact: Dwight Stone

Sacred Choral:

Secular Choral

Away Delights, John Fletcher (0:49) SATB a cappella arrangement; $1
5 Beatles Songs SATB or TB; jazz vocal style; $$5 / set; $2 apiece; call.
1. With a Little Help From My Friends
2. Norwegian Wood
3. You've Got To Hide You're Love Away
4. We Can Work It Out
5. Day Tripper
Between the Lines (3:11) SATB divisi; for jazz choir; $2.50
5 Cantos Sureños with poet Alurista; (20 min) SATB, pfte; a very dynamic & poignant statement about Latin/South America, in English and Spanish (lyrics in collaboration with poet Alurista); commissioned by the Ventura Master Chorale; recording available; $7.50 for the set.
1. llueve, llueve, mójame score p.1
2. on the beach score p1
3. Dambidú score p1
  (excerpt)
  Jorgeluís score p1
  Bajo las Estrellas score p1 p2
#5 "Bajo las Estrellas" is available separately for $2.50

I also arranged this work to be paired on a concert with Stravinsky's "Les Noces": for SATB Choir with 4 pianos!
Can't Get Her Out of My Mind for 5 or 6-voice vocal jazz ensemble, a cappella, with or w/o vocal percussion. A hip chart inspired by hearing M-Pact live in concert at the Baked Potato, LA, September, 2005. score p1-2
5 Yiddish Folk Lider (ca 15') TTBB a cappella (piano edition now available: see below under Yiddish Suite); for The Mendelssohn Club, Missoula, Montana; $6 / set
1. Bay dem Shtetl Shteyt a Shtibl The only examples at present are the a cappella version posted above. score p1
2. Az Men Fort Kayn Sevastopol score p1
3. Tum Balalaika! score p1
4. Ikh Bin a 'Border' bay Mayn Vayb score p1
5. Oyfn Oyvn Zitst a Meydl score p1
Glorious Gate (6:45) SATB, pfte; extremely challenging!; glorious coda; $3.50 score p1-4
I Want to Be Free (ca 4 min) SATB, pfte; ideal for High School choirs! $2 score p1
Love Is! for SATB and Baritone solo; new age/pop/gospel style. This song is terrific as an anthem, or as a concert piece. $3 score p1-2
Mahlerzeit Appetite! (4') Banquet rap presentation; the puns abound! $2.50 (Call 310 454 3456).
The Modern Man I Sing! (Walt Whitman) (ca 13') SATB divisi, piano, 2 synths, timpani; three dynamite (& challenging) pieces! $5
1. I. The Modern Man I Sing! score p1-4
2. II. Paumanok Chant
3. III. I Dream'd in a Dream (SATB divisi a cappella; an exquisite piece which is sometimes performed separately;) score p1
4. IV. The Expanse -- instrumental interlude for 2 trumpets, pfte, organ and timpani score p1-2
5. V. One Hour to Madness and Joy! score p1-4
I Dream'd in a Dream SATB divisi a cappella $2 score p1
Ode on a Grecian Urn (John Keats) (3:29) SSSAAA Women's Chorus a cappella; written for the Seoul Ladies Singers; $4 score p1-4
PCH (ca 4 min); SATB Vocal Jazz chart - hot stuff!, a cappella; $4 score p1-2
Also available for SATB with Jazz Band (call).
Peace, Love, Hope, Joy SATB a cappella; a simple yet elegant setting of these words, repeated over and over as a mantra as the harmonies evolve. The piece evokes peace and warmth through its very substance. $2 score p1-2
Say, “Hey!” a dynamic, fun, jazzy, tongue-in-cheek spoof. For quasi gospel-style leader and antiphonal unison chorus, with pfte accompaniment (occas. divisi); feasible and appealing for school choruses! score p1-2
Some Day I'll Show You (Johnny and Jenny), ca 6', 2- part w/ pfte (occas. divisi), suitable for high school, junior high?; interesting story about reconciliation of youth in the demands of adolescence. Written for the 2004 California ACDA Choral Composition Competition. $2.50
Sound the Clarion, Thomas Campion (0:33) SATB a cappella arrangement; straightforward, like a madrigal. $1.50
Splendid Sun, Walt Whitman (4:45) SATB (divisi), pfte; challenging; brilliant sounds written for the 2003 California ACDA Choral Composition Competition. $2.50 (or free to the first group to perform this piece!) score p1-2
Star-Spangled Banner -- F. Scott Key; Arr. D. Stone. SATB a cappella in Bb (or Ab). Bb page 1, Bb page 2. Ab page 1, Ab page 2.
Also available for SATB with piano accompaniment (grand!) for $3

Star-Spangled Banner Bb w/pfte

Star-Spangled Banner Ab w/pfte
Unite and Conquer (SATB, pfte, guitar, perc) with Barry "Foz" Fasman and Margaret Dirolf. $5
Walt Whitman Settings (1988) (set of 4) (ca 6:30) SATB a cappella; commissioned by Octani (vocal octet in Los Angeles); a very esciting, and usable set. Also available separately; modern yet accessible & aesthetically centered; recording available; $10 / set. (Call/e-mail for choral rates.)
1. I Hear America Singing (1:27)
2. Beat! Beat! Drums! (2:04)
3. I Dream'd in a Dream (1:44) score p1
4. Hail the Poet! (1:22)
We Are All One 2000 commission for Children's Chorus (occas. divisi), SATB Chorus, Bass solo, Sopr., Tenor, brief solos, piano (optional organ part); (5:30); $4 (Full Score); Choral/children's part, $2 (See group rates; practice tape available). score p1-3
The lyrics of this piece are still my Credo!
We Shall Overcome SATB opt. organ/pfte; straightforward arrangement; public domain score

Yiddish Suite TTBB and pianoforte; for the Mendelssohn Club of Missoula, Montana.
$15 per book, or $35 for masters from which to make your own copies.
A delightful collection of Yiddish folk songs set for Men's Chorus:
examples of a cappella versions posted above: Yiddish Suite

Tum Balalaika
Bay dem Shtetl Shteyt a Shtibl
Oyfn Oyvn Zitst a Meydl
Az Men Fort Kayn Sevastopol
Di Grine Kuzineg
Ikh Bin a 'Border' bay Mayn Vayb
Vi Ahin Zol Ikh Geyn?
Arum dem Fayer

You Are My Brother (ca 4:40) SATB, pfte. A heart-rending story about a boy growing up in Iraq in the '90s. Written for the 2005 California ACDA Choral Composition Competition. $2.50