Musical scores to two drumming works by avant-garde composer Dawn K. Williams. Nunya (for two African drums) is based on African drumming rhythms, and the performers shout the words of an Akan proverb. Kamu Balni (for singer and any type of ethnic drum) features traditional West African rhythms and extended vocal techniques. Includes program notes, text translations, and performer instructions. Difficulty level for both pieces: Hard (professional). Nunya duration: 7 minutes; Kamu Balni duration: 10 minutes. - COMPOSER AUTHORIZED SCORES - www.dawnkwilliams.com

Musical score to Pyat Pesen (for Solo Voice, unaccompanied), by avant-garde composer Dawn K. Williams. This set of five songs, settings of works by the 19th-century Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov, may be sung by any voice type and in any order. Features Morskaya Tsarevna (The Sea Princess), a personal favorite of the composer. Includes program note, text translations, and performer instructions. Difficulty level: Virtuosic. Duration: 20-25 minutes. - COMPOSER AUTHORIZED SCORE - www.dawnkwilliams.com

Musical score to Sikya (for Solo Voice, self-accompanied with Shakers or Rattles), by avant-garde composer Dawn K. Williams. The work is a setting of an anonymous poem depicting butterflies in flight. It may be sung by any voice type. The singer performs unaccompanied, and him- or herself plays two shakers or rattles throughout the piece. A rhythmic pulse drives a combination of sung, spoken, whispered, and shouted sounds, alternating lines of the poem with Native American vocables. A program note, translation of the text, and full instructions to the performer are included. This newer...