Press Releases

Lakeland, Florida (April 10, 2024) – Excelcia Music Publishing is excited to announce the release of over 30 new choral pieces with a full range of voicings and styles, including songs for holiday, festival, spring concerts, and more. The 2024-2025 Choral Music catalog is packed with new original songs and arrangements from beloved voices, including Derric Johnson, Jamey Ray, Patti Drennan, Russell Robinson, Kara Stacy Bedwell, Connor Warren Smith, and many others, and includes new…

Lakeland, Florida (March 19, 2024) Excelcia Music Publishing is delighted to announce the appointment of Heather Payne to the position of Marketing Manager. As a musician and visual artist with a wealth of experience in school music programs, Heather brings a unique creative vision to the marketing team. Heather joins the existing Marketing and Sales team for Wingert-Jones Publications, Kendor Music Publishing, RBC Publications and Excelcia Music Publishing, which includes Anne Sobel, Senior Marketing Consultant,…

Lakeland, Florida (February 7, 2024) Daylight Rhapsody, a new release from Excelcia Music Publishing, is an emotive new duo work from treasured composer and pianist Yukiko Nishimura. Originally written for the Euphonium and Piano, Daylight Rhapsody is also available as a duo between Trumpet and Piano, each version expressing the atmospheric nature of the piece while showcasing each instrument’s unique sound. This collaborative Grade 4 work is perfect for chamber performances, recitals and collegiate auditions.…

Lakeland, Florida (December 5, 2023) Excelcia Music Publishing is pleased to announce that, starting January 1, 2024, it will be the exclusive distributor of the music of innovative and popular American choral composer, Michael John Trotta. In a newly-signed arrangement, Excelcia Music Publishing will distribute past, present and future works of Hampton Roads Music Group, publisher of Trotta’s music, making all of it readily available to Choir directors for purchase from music retailers around the…

Lakeland, Florida (August 9, 2023) Excelcia Music Publishing announces the back-to-school release of Adaptable Quartets: Sea Shanties, the latest addition to the popular Adaptable Ensemble Series, with quartets for any combination of string instruments (in the String series) and any combination of wind and percussion instruments (in the Wind series). Written for grade levels 1.5-3, this new release contains 21 well-known and re-discovered sea shanties. Expanding the range, instrumentation, and length of the popular works…

Lakeland, Florida (June 8, 2023) Over 20 engaging new works from returning popular, veteran composers as well as new-to-the-roster voices are part of Excelcia Music Publishing’s new Jazz Ensemble Music Catalog, released for 2023-2024. A full range of grade levels and a variety of styles are featured in the release, including Blues, Ballads, Swing, Shuffle, Samba, and Funk, alongside charts that defy classic genres. Accompanying the music, the release is packed with various resources, both…

Lakeland, Florida (May 23, 2023) With over 40 additions to the library of wind band literature, Excelcia Music Publishing’s 2023-24 Concert Band catalog features pieces in a range of grade levels in a variety of styles. Composers new to the publisher’s catalog include long-standing giants in the field, William Owens and Robert Sheldon, as well two other powerful and talented writers, Michele Fernández and Jorge Machain. The release includes an interactive online component with full-band…

Lakeland, Florida (April 28, 2023) – Excelcia Music Publishing and its related companies and brands are thrilled to announce exclusive publishing agreements with eleven prominent composers: Carol Brittin Chambers, Sean O’Loughlin, Yukiko NIshimura, Larry Clark, Laura Estes, Jamey Ray, David Samuel, Tyler Arcari, Christina Huss, Matthew R. Putnam and Peter Blair. Particularly sensitive to, experienced with and passionate about the needs and educational aspirations of young musicians, these eleven composers are well known for their…

Lakeland, Florida (April 26, 2023) – Excelcia Music Publishing is proud to announce the release of over 40 new choral pieces as part of its 2023-2024 Choral Music catalog, including 10 original arrangements in the publisher’s Derric Johnson Choral Series. The release includes educational resources, such as professional recordings of each piece, part-track recording bundles, accompaniment and performance MP3s, ScoreVideos and Composer Insights videos. Five new songs from top-selling composer Pinkzebra are also available from…

Lakeland, Florida (April 19, 2023) Story driven works with real-world relatability are featured in this year’s String Orchestra Music 2023-2024 new release from Excelcia Music Publishing. With pieces from many beloved, well-known composers as well as talented newer voices, the new works are written specifically to teach while at the same time are fun and engaging. Orchestra Directors will find sophisticated works from the earliest to the highest grade levels. The new release has something…