Digital Sheet Music New Releases

Teachers keep returning to Blessing Offor's Brighter Days, a SAB choral octavo that has resonated widely with choral programs. Olivia Dean's So Easy provides straightforward SATB voicing for mixed choirs, while Jared Barnes' Heist offers a Grade 3 concert band option that appeals to many directors building their festival libraries.

Recent additions include orchestral and band works published in spring 2026: Rossano Galante's Mt. Everest (Full Orchestra), Patrick Roszell's Dance of the Garden Gnomes (String Orchestra), Erica Donahoe's Mission Sixteen (String Orchestra), George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue arrangement for concert band, and Brian Balmages' The Gift of Giving for concert band.

Brian Balmages is a composer and conductor equally at home in orchestral, band, and chamber music idioms. His work has been performed by groups ranging from professional symphony orchestras to elementary school ensembles in venues like Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and he has received the A. Austin Harding Award from the American School Band Directors Association.

Katie O'Hara LaBrie brings 15 years of orchestra teaching experience from Fairfax County, Virginia to her composition work. Trained at St. Olaf College and George Mason University in conducting, she writes with an educator's sensibility, and her orchestral piece Drive has found an audience among teachers building their Grade 4 repertoire.

Connor Chee is a Diné (Navajo) composer and pianist whose music weaves together traditional Navajo elements with classical idioms. His work draws directly from his cultural heritage and has earned recognition in prestigious concert halls and festivals internationally.