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Chorale and Mystic Chant: Flexible Band/String Ensemble Score & Parts

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Chorale and Mystic Chant: Flexible Band/String Ensemble Score & Parts

Chorale and Mystic Chant: Flexible Band/String Ensemble Score & Parts

By Timothy Loest

Grade: 1

Item: 98-B1841

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A beautiful hymn with rich harmonies and suspensions opens this fine work for beginning bands. As the lyrical melody reaches a final cadence, the piece then moves into a bombastic chant with a wealth of percussion. The theme is presented in different textures and students will explore the basic components of a fugue in an easy setting. Listeners and performers alike will be excited by the rhythmic drive of the percussion. In addition, consider using the opening as a daily chorale to work on intonation with your ensemble.

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Series: The ReImagine Initiative
Publisher: The FJH Music Company, Inc.
UPC: 241444430354
SKU: 98-B1841
Instrumentation: 3-Part Fully Adaptable with Percussion

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About the Composer: Timothy Loest

Timothy Loest

Timothy Loest has spent over three decades in the classroom developing both his compositional voice and his commitment to accessible music for young ensembles. His works appear regularly on state and national festival programs, and his influence extends beyond the concert hall; he co-authored several foundational method books including Measures of Success and Chorales and Beyond, resources that have shaped instrumental music instruction across the country. In 2017, his orchestral work Cloud Gate drew an audience of over 5,000 at Chicago's Millennium Park, and that same year he earned the Illinois Grade School Music Association's Cloyd Myers Memorial Award for Excellence in Music Education.

Loest's compositions have aired on network television programs including The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Good Morning America. He holds degrees from Illinois State University and Northwestern University, maintains ASCAP membership, and founded Fanfare Music Press in 2022 to publish high-quality band literature. Through commissions and regular classroom work at F.E. Peacock Middle School in Illinois, he continues to write music that balances musical substance with the realities of teaching young musicians.

Why we love this

Loest structures this piece to serve double duty in your rehearsals. The opening hymn-like chorale works beautifully as a daily intonation exercise, giving you legitimate pedagogical work within a concert piece. The shift into the rhythmic chant keeps energy high while introducing beginning students to fugal writing in an unpretentious, genuinely exciting way.

What to expect

The opening breathes with hymnic dignity, full of suspensions that hang in the air before resolving. Then the music cracks open into something vital and percussive, driven by rhythmic momentum and the thrill of seeing a melody transformed across different orchestrations.

Who it's for

Beginning band and flexible ensemble programs looking for concert repertoire with built-in teaching value. The three-part adaptable scoring works equally well for bands short on instrumentation or for directors mixing band and string players in a single ensemble.

How to get the most out of it

  • Use the chorale section intentionally for sustained tone work. The suspensions reward careful voice leading and expose intonation issues your ensemble needs to address anyway.
  • Let the percussion drive the second section; their rhythmic energy is the engine that carries less experienced players through the chant.
  • Highlight textural shifts when the theme returns in new voicings. These moments demonstrate how melody survives different harmonic contexts.
  • Keep the chorale tempo consistent if you're using it in warm-ups. Students will internalize the pulse faster and transition into full performances more smoothly.

How to use it

Open a concert with the chorale section as a standalone warm-up moment, then transition into the full piece for dramatic effect. Alternatively, program it as the centerpiece of a concert focused on theme and variation, pairing it with other works that explore how melody adapts to different musical contexts.

Skills your students will build

  • Sustaining long tones with control and intonation awareness
  • Identifying and performing suspension chords and their resolutions
  • Recognizing fugal writing and subject development in practical settings
  • Maintaining ensemble rhythmic precision in driving percussion textures
  • Balancing independent melodic lines within harmonic frameworks

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