Sibelius 7. (Academic Edition (for Students) Includes 4 Years of Free Upgrades). Software. CD-ROM. Sibelius #99106507800. Published by Sibelius (HL.631808). The latest generation of the world's best-selling music notation software, Avid® Sibelius® 7 is sophisticated enough to meet the demands of top composers, arrangers, and publishers, yet simple enough for beginners and students. Work quickly with the brand-new, task-oriented user interface. Experience your scores in stunning clarity with the exclusive, professional-quality sound library. Collaborate more easily thanks to full MusicXML interchange support and other sharing options. And view beautiful, print-quality scores with advanced typography and graphics support. Designed by musicians for musicians, Sibelius 7 is the fastest, smartest, easiest way to write music. You can even take your scores on the go with the Avid Scorch® app for iPad.This student edition includes four years of free upgrades.

Sibelius 7 Crossgrade. Software. CD-ROM. Hal Leonard #99106506600. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.631793).

Sibelius 7 Upgrade. Software. CD-ROM. Hal Leonard #99206500600. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.631789).

Sibelius 7. (Professional Edition). Software. CD-ROM. Sibelius #99106506400. Published by Sibelius (HL.631787). The latest generation of the world's best-selling music notation software, Avid® Sibelius® 7 is sophisticated enough to meet the demands of top composers, arrangers, and publishers, yet simple enough for beginners and students. Work quickly with the brand-new, task-oriented user interface. Experience your scores in stunning clarity with the exclusive, professional-quality sound library. Collaborate more easily thanks to full MusicXML interchange support and other sharing options. And view beautiful, print-quality scores with advanced typography and graphics support. Designed by musicians for musicians, Sibelius 7 is the fastest, smartest, easiest way to write music. You can even take your scores on the go with the Avid Scorch® app for iPad.

Performance of the Century. (100 Years of Actors' Equity Association and the Rise of Professional American Theater). Applause Books. Hardcover. 240 pages. Published by Applause Books (HL.314933). ISBN 1557838372. 9x12 inches. Actors' Equity Association, the union representing stage actors and stage managers, turns 100 years old in 2013. Shaped by the inequities visited on performers in the 19th century, the union has shaped the landscape of the professional American theater. Founded in 1913, it became a force to be reckoned with in an historic 1919 strike – the most entertaining and dramatic one (naturally) the nation had ever seen. Since then, Equity has gone beyond securing the safety, health, and rights of stage actors, to become arguably the most progressive force in theater. It stared down not only obdurate producers, but segregation – on and off the stage, the political hysteria of the blacklist years, and the challenge of the AIDS epidemic, its members forming what would become Equity Fights AIDS. It entertained the troops of several successive American wars and fostered the spread of stage culture across the land, from the government-fostered productions of the Depression-era Federal Theatre Project to the Equity Library Theatre, which offered the classics to the public at bargain prices. It oversaw the little theater movement's growth into the regional theater movement, and was there when Broadway begat Off-Broadway, and then Off-Off-Broadway. To read this resplendent new book, lavishly illustrated with historical images and stunning photographs, is to learn not only the union's glorious past, but that of American theater itself.

The Best American Short Plays 2010-2011 edited by William W. Demastes. Best American Short Plays. Hardcover. 320 pages. Published by Applause Books (HL.314931). ISBN 1557838356. 5.5x8.5 inches. Applause is proud to continue the series that for over 70 years has been the standard of excellence for one-act plays in America. As previous series editor Ramon Delgado wrote in his introduction to The Best American Short Plays of 1989, the choice of entries for each edition has been based on the same goal: “to include a balance among three categories of playwrights: 1) established playwrights who continue to practice the art and craft of the short play, 2) emerging playwrights whose record of productions indicate both initial achievement and continuing artistic productivity, and 3) talented new playwrights whose work may not have had much exposure but evidences promise for the future.” From its inception, The Best American Short Plays has identified new, cutting-edge playwrights who have gone on to establish award-winning careers, including Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, Wendy Wasserstein, David Mamet, and Horton Foote. This volume, Bill Demastes' first edition as series editor, illustrates how well the short story play can grapple with the many dimensions of love. The selected plays present unique perspectives on the wide range of love's impact on our lives, each giving a thoroughly modern twist to the idea that life would be so much easier (but also much less interesting) if we could only avoid love's mercurial influence.

Musical Theatre for Classical Singers (Tenor Book/2-CDs Pack). By Various. Edited by Richard Walters. For Piano, Voice. Vocal Collection. Book with CD. 254 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.230101). ISBN 145841051X. 9x12 inches. 48 songs. Contents: Beautiful Girls (Follies) • Boy for Sale (Oliver!) • The Breeze Kissed Your Hair (The Cat and the Fiddle) • Bring Him Home (Les Misérables) • Come with Me (The Boys from Syracuse) • The Contest (Sweeney Todd) • Fanny (Fanny) • Finishing the Hat (Sunday in the Park with George) • Geraniums in the Winder (Carousel) • Giants in the Sky (Into the Woods) • I Am Aldolpho (The Drowsy Chaperone) • I Will Follow You (Milk and Honey) • Il mondo era vuoto (The Light in the Piazza) • Johanna (Sweeney Todd) • Ladies in Their Sensitivities (Sweeney Todd) • Later (A Little Night Music) • Lonely House (Street Scene) • Love to Me (The Light inthe Piazza) • A Man Could Go Quite Mad (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) • Many Moons Ago (Once Upon a Mattress) • Maria (West Side Story) • The Music of the Night (The Phantom of the Opera) • A New Love Is Old (The Cat and the Fiddle) • Night of My Nights (Kismet) • No Moon (Titanic) • Not While I'm Around (Sweeney Todd) • On the Street Where You Live (My Fair Lady) • The Only Home I Know (Shenandoah) • Passeggiata (The Light in the Piazza) • The Proposal (Titanic) • She Wasn't You (On a Clear Day You Can See Forever) • Someone Is Waiting (Company) • Something's Coming (West Side Story) • Springtime for Hitler (The Producers) • Stay (Do I Hear a Waltz?) • Stranger in Paradise (Kismet) • Take the Moment (Do I Hear a Waltz?) • Tonight at Eight (She Loves Me) • Tschaikowsky (And Other Russians) (Lady in the Dark) • The Wild Justice (Lost in the Stars) • Wish You Were Here (Wish You Were Here) • You Are Beautiful (Flower Drum Song) • You Are Never Away (Allegro) • You Walk with Me (The Full Monty) • You're Devastating (Roberta) • You've Got to Be Carefully Taught (South Pacific) • Younger Than Springtime (South Pacific).

Musical Theatre for Classical Singers (Mezzo-Soprano Book/2-CDs Pack). By Various. Edited by Richard Walters. For Piano, Voice. Vocal Collection. Book with CD. 216 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.230100). ISBN 1458410501. 9x12 inches. 46 songs. Contents: Bewitched (Pal Joey) • Bill (Show Boat) • By the Sea (Sweeney Todd) • Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man (Show Boat) • Children Will Listen (Into the Woods) • Climb Ev'ry Mountain (The Sound of Music) • Come Home (Allegro) • Falling in Love with Love • (The Boys from Syracuse) • Hello, Young Lovers (The King and I) • How Are Things in Glocca Morra (Finian's Rainbow) • I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady) • I Feel Pretty (West Side Story) • I Have Dreamed (The King and I) • I Read (Passion) • If I Loved You (Carousel) • Is It Really Me? (110 in the Shade) • Losing My Mind (Follies) • Love, Look Away (Flower Drum Song) • Loving You • (Passion) • Make Believe (Show Boat) • Moonfall (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) • My Ship (Lady in the Dark) • Not a Day Goes By • (Merrily We Roll Along) • Old Maid (110 in the Shade) • Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music) • Show Me (My Fair Lady) • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Roberta) • So in Love (Kiss Me, Kate) • Something Wonderful (The King and I) • Somewhere (West Side Story) • The Song Is You (Music in the Air) • The Sound of Music (The Sound of Music) • Stay Well (Lost in the Stars) • The Sweetest Sounds (No Strings) • Take Care of This House (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue) • To Keep My Love Alive (A Connecticut Yankee) • Trouble Man (Lost in the Stars) • What Would You Do? (Cabaret) • Who Am I? (Peter Pan) • Why Was I Born? (Sweet Adeline) • Will You? (Grey Gardens) • With a Song in My Heart (Spring Is Here) • Without You (My Fair Lady) • The Worst Pies in London (Sweeney Todd) • You Don't Know • This Man (Parade) • You'll Never Walk Alone (Carousel).

Musical Theatre for Classical Singers (Soprano Book/3-CDs Pack). By Various. Edited by Richard Walters. For Piano, Voice. Vocal Collection. Book with CD. 262 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.230099). ISBN 1458410498. 9x12 inches. Songs have been chosen which are especially for the classical voice. The editions treat the music as substantial vocal literature in these large, generous collections. Each voice type has a unique variety of literature. The series presents primarily original keys, but there are also appropriate and practical transpositions (particularly for lyric mezzo-soprano).

Lema Bean by Jim Carucci. For saxophone quintet (AATTB). Difficult. Published by Walrus Music Publishing (WA.65036). Lema Bean is composed for five saxophones (AATTB) and rhythm section. It is in the style of a light bossa groove, but features a very challenging saxophone soli.