We Want Your Recording!

Silver Clef Music is ALWAYS looking for new, good recordings of the tunes in our catalog.

If you have or wish to make such a recording, please let us know about it.

You Can Be Featured on the Silver Clef Website

The bottom line is that if we feel your recording is better than the one we currently have for any particular work, then we will (a) feature your recording as the primary demo recording of that work on our website, along with any attribution you want to go along with it – such as “This recording is provided by the Heffenstomper University Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Donald Eider. Recording edited by Heffenstomper University Media Services.”

ALSO, (b) We will credit your account with the full purchase price of the work in that recording, such that you will be able to use that credit towards any future purchase. If you would like another work that is more expensive than the one you recorded, use our CONTACT US form to email and ask. Chances are we’ll say okay.

Questions? Just ask!

Recording Criteria

First, we need LIVE recordings. We love to hear our works played by a live ensemble/person, in front of a live audience.

Second, we prefer video to audio, but we will take a well-produced audio in preference to an amateur video.

Third, the audio of the recording should be well-produced. This means the audio should be clear, free from audience noise, environmental noise (such as air conditioners, traffic, etc.), and amplified to 0dB. It should also be moderately normalized, such that we can hear the quiet passages, but so that the quiet passages still sound quiet, and the loud parts have no distortion.

Fourth, the video, if applicable, should also be well-produced. The ideal video has multiple camera angles, audio as in criterion 3 above, steady camera shots, title and trailer clips of two to five seconds, and all extraneous material edited out. This means that as soon as the title clip fades, the music should start right away.

Videos are not required to have all qualities listed above, but the more of them your video has, the more likely it is to become our featured video.

If you have other questions, please use our CONTACT US page to ask.

Transpositions Available for Each Part in the ENSEMBLE CONCERT BOOKS SERIES

This chart describes each transposition available for each voice in the Ensemble Concert Books Series, along with a list of most of the instruments that can be appropriate for playing that part. This will give you a good idea of which books to order, based on which instruments you have. The preferred instruments for each part are highlighted in red.

SOPRANO 1:

In C. This part includes both the high octave, suitable for flute, piccolo, and violin, and the low octave, suitable for oboe or brass instruments in C.
In Bb. This part is suitable for trumpets, (soprano) clarinets, and soprano saxophones.
In Eb. This part is suitable for and voiced for the Eb soprano clarinet. It can also be played by an Eb sopranino saxophone. If necessary, it can be played by an alto saxophone, but it will not be in the right register, and it would be good if the alto sax player could play it an octave above the written notes.
In F. This part will be available only on request. Please allow six weeks for us to produce it. It is available in the event that a French horn or F trumpet is the only instrument you have to play this voice, and it will require a horn player with a good high range to play it.

SOPRANO 2:

In C. This part is voiced for oboe and violin. It is possible for a flute to play it as well, but this part will frequently be in the lower range for a flute and therefore might lose some power.
In Bb. This is the part to get for (soprano) clarinets, trumpets, and soprano saxophones.
In Eb. This part is voiced for alto saxophones and alto clarinets. It can also be played by an Eb soprano clarinet, but should be played an octave below the written notes.
In F. For French Horns.
In Alto Clef. For violas. This part is only available on request. Please allow six weeks for production.

ALTO:

In C. For violin, viola, or any other C-pitched instrument playing treble clef n the alto range.
In Bb. For soprano clarinets. It can also be played by a trumpet, as it has higher-octave cue notes for those notes that go below the range of a trumpet. It can also be played by tenor saxophones and treble clef baritone horn, but that player should play an octave above the written notes.
In Eb. For alto saxophones, and alto clarinets.
In F. For French Horns.
In Alto Clef. For violas, and those rare (and strange) trombone players who prefer to read alto clef. This part is only available on request. Please allow six weeks to produce it.
In Bass Clef. For trombones and baritone B.C. players. This part will usually be in the higher end of the range of these players, but not uncomfortably so.

TENOR:

In Bb. This is for tenor saxophones and baritone horns who play treble clef.
In Eb. This can be played by alto saxophones, although it will be somewhat low in their register.
In F. For French Horns. This is not the preferred instrument for this part, but they CAN play it.
In Tenor Clef. For violas, and others who prefer tenor clef. This part is only available on request. Please allow six weeks to produce it.
In Bass Clef. For trombones, baritone horns, and cellos. It can also be played by bassoons when needed.

BASS:

In Bb. For Bass clarinet and contra-bass clarinet. Also for Bass Saxophone and brass band type tuba/bass players who read Bb treble clef bass parts.
In Eb. For baritone saxophones and Eb Contra-alto Clarinets.
In F. For experienced horn players only. This part is only available on request. Please allow six weeks to produce it.
In Bass Clef - High. For string bass players.
In Bass Clef - Low - for tubas and bassoons.

MISCELLANEOUS PARTS:

Piano. If you cannot fill in all five other parts, adding a piano player may give you all the extra harmony notes you need.
Drum Set. While not required, adding a drum set to your performances, especially when you are using ten or more players, will definitely enhance the presentation.

We Want Your Recording!

You Can Be Featured on the Silver Clef Website

Recording Criteria

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Transpositions Available for Each Part in the ENSEMBLE CONCERT BOOKS SERIES

What is a VIRTUAL CONCERT?

And how do we make one?

We Want Your Recording!

You Can Be Featured on the Silver Clef Website

Recording Criteria

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Transpositions Available for Each Part in the ENSEMBLE CONCERT BOOKS SERIES

What is a VIRTUAL CONCERT?

And how do we make one?