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(Seacoast NH) – PARMA Recordings is pleased to release the 2012 PARMA Anthology of Music, featuring 10 works for small ensemble by contemporary composers.


The free download on the PARMA Recordings website (www.parmarecordings.com/anthologyofmusic) provides viewable scores of the works as well as downloadable scores and parts in order for ensembles to easily access, rehearse, and perform the works.


In addition to the scores and parts, the 2012 PARMA Anthology of Music web-app includes a “Search By Instrument” feature, composer biographies, liner notes, publisher and performance information, and more.


These ten original pieces represent new music by up and coming composers, selected for their professionalism, innovation, programmability, and performability. The works offer a variety of choices in instrumentation and aesthetics, and are representative of the melding of genre in today’s musical landscape.


The 2012 PARMA Recordings Anthology of Music features the following composers and works:



  • Ron Amchin | Bells of The Angelus for solo piano
  • Emily Cooley | Etched for string quartet
  • Quinn Dizon | Awakening for piano quartet
  • William Dougherty | Altar Ego for violin, cello, and piano
  • Brendan Faegre | The Circular Ruins for piano trio
  • Ted Goldman | Scrudge for piano trio
  • Emily Koh | [circum]-perceptio for clarinet, violin, cello, marimba, and piano
  • Pablo Labián Camino | Free Movement for clarinet, alto saxophone, violin, contrabass, and piano
  • Joel Love | Synchronicity in Purple Minor for violin and viola
  • Matthew Ricketts | Suggestum for string quartet


About PARMA Recordings


PARMA Recordings LLC is the parent organization of the Navona, Big Round, Ravello, and Capstone label imprints. The company’s work spans classical, jazz, rock, blues, family, and film, and includes programs and divisions for custom audio, licensing, publishing and more.


PARMA’s labels feature work by artists such as Grammy® winner Richard Stoltzman, Pulitzer Prize winner Lewis Spratlan, renowned percussionist Steve Gadd, Pixar/Randy Newman orchestrator Jonathan Sacks, New York Philharmonic concertmaster Glenn Dicterow, and The Who’s Pete Townshend, among others.


PARMA emphasizes new and engaging sounds, innovative presentation, and an interactive experience from all of our physical and digital products.  PARMA has pioneered the use of Enhanced Content in our releases to bundle and incorporate digital study scores, recording session photos and videos, composer interviews, applications for mobile devices, and other contextual information to facilitate a greater understanding of new music.