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The Music of Timothy Loest

2020-21 New Releases

Chorales and Beyond, the long-awaited publication from FJH, is finally here!
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FJH Reimagine Initiative - Grade 0.5
Voyage of the Dragon Armada
3-Part Fully Adaptable with Perc.
FJH Reimagine Initiative - Grade 1
Chorale and Mystic Chant
3-Part Fully Adaptable with Perc.
FJH Starter Series - Grade 0.5
Spooky Mansion
FJH Beginning Band - Grade 1
Fair Shake
Rock ‘n’ Roll Tambourine Feature
FJH Beginning Band - Grade 1
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
on a poem by William Wordsworth
FJH Young Band - Grade 2
High Impact
HXmusic Jazz Ensemble - Grade 1.5 Distributed by The FJH Music Company
Once Upon a Blues

2019-20 Featured Publications

  • Explore the cybernetic world of computer algorithms using just six notes.
    Orphaned toys come to life in this eerie tour of an abandoned toy store.
    Explore the unconventional in this dare-to-be-different original.
  • This spirited march commemorates the U.S. Navy’s first African-American officers, known as the Golden Thirteen.
    This exceptional arrangement may well be the first of its kind to capture the spirit of the Baroque period using just six notes!
    You’ve heard of a fiddler on the roof? Well, how about an orchestra on the housetop!
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Numbers tell my story...

35

years in music education Itasca, Illinois

21

commissioned works from seven states

96

conducting & clinic appearances in twelve states

4

published instrumental methods over 1,000,000 copies sold

92

published compositions band, strings, jazz band, flex band

10

network TV show music credits ABC News, Warner Bros. TV, Nick Jr.

Tim's Blog

August 12
Let your light shine
Living Your Faith in the Classroom
Growing up, I found myself living under my brother’s shadow. Although I looked up to him, the time would come for me to blaze my own trail. Like my father, my brother became a pastor. My path would be different.
May 7
Music is a sharing experience
On The Nature of Artistic Communication
Music is a sharing experience. Our nation was conceived to the sound of fifes, and we have mourned the loss of our leaders to the sound of somber drum cadences.

Featured Performance

This month's featured performance showcases Orchestre d'harmonie d'Ennezat, France playing Abandoned Toy Shop.
"Music is not only a story about sounds, it is also and mostly a story about sharing, cohesion and friendship. Because of the actual situation, we could have abandoned our orchestra on the side. But the musicians of the Concert Band of Ennezat, by playing Abandoned Toy Shop from Timothy Loest, show how passionate about music they are, no matter the restraints and the distance. Just as toys which do not find any owners, the musicians are deprived of their public. But despite of everything, they manage to gather together and share their love of music, and a moment of complicity and closeness."
Cyril Coutier, Music Director of Orchestre d'harmonie d'Ennezat, France
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