Guitar Ensemble Music

Finale (Saint-Saens)

Finlandia (Sibelius)

Be thou my vision (Trad. Irish)

Here is love (TRAD. welsh)

yosemite (WardE)

BEGINNING DUETS

ARIETTA (D. Turk)

In this duet, the key signature is introduced.

Bouree (j.s. bach)

The rhythmic independence of each part can be a challenge for my first-semester students.

Allegro (Mozart)

An introduction to 16th notes.

Four-string melody (Warde)

As part of the beginning book curriculum, this duet is a uses a melody played on the first four string of the guitar only.

Four-String Melody

INTERMEDIATE - ADVANCED DUETS & TRIOS

GYMNOPÉDIE NO. 1 (SATIE)

TWO-PART INVENTION NO. 1 (J.S. BACH)

Cibel (Jean Baptiste Loeillet)

ORIENTAL (ENRIQUE GRANADOS)

Recording coming soon...

A LITTLE FUGUE –Trio (WARDE)

A short and relatively simple little fugue.

Suite for two (Warde) 2019

The three pieces that make up this suite were intended to be performed together, as a set. Below is a pdf of the set. However, for those who wish to perform individual pieces from the set, I've made separate scores, for your convenience, which will be in the corresponding cells.

Suite For Two

1. Suave

2. You are me

2. You Are Me

3. cirCUS PARADE

Circus Parade

ave maria (F. schubert)

Below are two versions of this arrangement. The "1st Position" version, is perhaps slightly easier since it incorporates open strings, but as a result, it is less warm and expressive than the other version.

Ave Maria

1st Postion Version

South American Duets & Trios

I discovered these duets hand-written and without any fingerings. I transcribed and edited them only. Below, I've placed them generally in order of difficulty, starting at a beginner level to beginning/intermediate level.

1. Chanson Indienne

2a. Cholita (Duet)

2b. Cholita (Trio)

3. A Que Has Venido

4. Carneirumho

5. Cururu

6. La Llorona

7. Caminito de la Sierra

8. Quisiera Que Se Muera

ARRANGEMENTS FOR QUARTET

three Songs from Great Britain

The three pieces that make up this collection, Dacw 'Ngharia, The Water is Wide and Scarborough Fair, were intended to be performed together, as a set. For your convenience, I've made a singe pdf of the three scores with parts. For those who wish to perform individual pieces from the set, you can download (and listen to) these pieces below.

1. Dacw 'Nghariad (Wales)

2. The Water is Wide (Scotland)

3. Scarborough Fair (England)

CAROL OF THE BELLS (M. LEONTOVYCH)🎄

Trad. Carol by Mykola Leontovych, arr. Lou Warde

CHORALE (J.S. BACH)🎄

from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, arr. Lou Warde

AIR (J.S. BACH)

from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068

IL EST BEL ET BON (PIERRE PASSEREAU)🎄

HABANERA (GEORGES BIZET)

from Carmen, Act I, arr. Lou Warde

IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING (GRIEG)

GYMONOPÉDIE (SATIE)

from Peer Gynt, Suite I, Op. 46, No. 4, arr. Lou Warde

NEW INTERMEDIATE – ADVANCED QUARTETS (Warde)

bella (2016)🎄

Parts w-Tabs

South Carolina Music Educators Association
2020-2021 All-State virtual Guitar Orchestra

France Guitar Ensemble
of Francis Poulenc Conservatory,
Rosny sous Bois, France

first snow (2016)🎄

"I love how subtle First Snow begins and then increases in complexity like wind throwing the snow around." – J. Petri

tango for four (2016)

Tango (V. 1)

Tango (v.2)

The musical content between the two versions is identical. The only difference between the two is that in Version 2, Guitar 3 and 4 switch parts at the repeat of the first section (mm. 9-24).

Étude (2016)

This piece works well towards the beginning of the second year as a study focusing on two areas:
1.) Playing a melody note (with a rest stroke) and bass note at the same time. This can be technically challenging at first.
2.) An introduction to playing out of first position.

long road home (2016)

This performance was a collaboration with Wilson High School's Dance and Guitar Departments, for the Grand Re-Opening of Wilson's School auditorium, October 11, 2018. Choreography by Brook Sudock-Baxter.
Michelle Jusionis, Director of Dance.

spanish garden (2016)

november (2016)🎄

Moon rising (2016)

GESTURES suite (2018)

Gestures is a collection of four miniatures for guitar quartet, each less than two minutes long. The imagery and feelings each piece evokes in me are very poignant, and I was going to title each piece accordingly. In the end however, I didn't want to influence the listener's own visual and emotional reaction, so, I kept the titles neutral.

Obviously, being a suite, these four pieces are intended to be performed together. Of course, you have the option to perform them separately. To accommodate that, I provided the score and parts for each piece, rather than one file containing all four pieces.

1. march

2. Passacaglia (2016)🎄

3. Waltz

4. Rhapsody

Score and Parts

Sunset paradise (2019)

Six Bells (2019)🎄

Technical Levels:
Guitar 1 & 2: Intermediate/Advanced
Guitar 3: Intermediate
Guitar 4: Beginning/Intermediate

Wind & Willows (2020)

Score and Parts

Dance de montebello (2021)

In Memory of Bob Croghan

Shades of Green (2021)

Shades of Green

she dreams of argentina (2021)

A thanksgiving (2021)

Blue Mango (2022)

volo (2022)

galya's dance (2022)

Teta (2022)

score & Parts

balips (2022)

the rocks cry out (2023)

GUITAR QUARTET & STRINGS (Warde)

MAMA'S LULLABY (2017)
GUITAR QUARTET & VIOLIN or cell0

MUSIC FOR A LOONIE (2018)
GUITAR ENSEMBLE AND STRING SYMPHONY

Commissioned by the
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music
for its Orpheum Showcase Concert, June 24, 2018

This commission was written specifically for a beginning to intermediate string and guitar ensemble. Therefore, from a technical perspective, this piece should be manageable for 2nd – 3rd year a high school string and guitar ensemble.

The performance in the above video was taken at a much slower tempo than I intended. Below is a recording with guitar quartet and sampled strings at the appropriate tempo.

Score

Guitar Parts

String Parts