Press Releases

Lakeland, Florida (July 20, 2022) – Excelcia Music Publishing announces the release of Adaptable Sea Shanties, the latest trios in its flexible Adaptable Ensemble Series for string or wind and percussion instruments. Written at accessible 1.5-3 grade levels, this new collection features 16 well-known and re-discovered sea shanties.  The viral resurgence of the sea shanty makes this the perfect addition to any modern music library.   “What started as a wonderfully unexpected fad in 2020 has…

Lakeland, Florida (July 28, 2022) – Excelcia Music Publishing announces its acquisition of prominent music publisher, Kendor Music.  Kendor Music is a well-established leader in publishing educational editions for Jazz Ensemble, String Orchestra, instrumental solo & ensembles, and text/method books.  Excelcia Music Publishing will maintain the brand and continue to robustly publish editions throughout all of Kendor Music’s core educational product lines.  Through this acquisition, Excelcia Music Publishing plans to expand and amplify the presence…

Learn More Lakeland, Florida (May 12, 2022) – Excelcia Music Publishing released its third Jazz Ensemble music catalog with new charts from well-known composers and talented new voices.  The 2022-23 music stays on the front edge of Jazz by making the music engaging, playable, fun, and educationally sound for contemporary Jazz ensembles.    Excelcia Music Publishing’s new Jazz Ensemble release can be reviewed and purchased using the publisher’s interactive digital catalog, which includes Composer Insights videos…

Learn More Lakeland, Florida (May 11, 2022) – A striking release of 50 new works, Excelcia Music Publishing’s 2022-23 Concert Band music catalog is replete with pieces from many popular, favorite composers as well as talented new voices.  The new band catalog includes a myriad of styles at every level, from marches and contest festival works to ballads, folk songs, spring and many winter holiday concert selections.  The publisher’s release includes full-band professional live recordings…

Learn More Lakeland, Florida (April 27, 2022) – Excelcia Music Publishing has published 32 new engaging and energetic string orchestra pieces from many beloved composers as well as talented new voices in its 2022 String Orchestra music release.  An array of educationally-sound pieces influenced by Classical, Jazz, Swing and Rock, the 2022-2023 catalog is filled with rich choices for Festival, Holiday and more.  As it has done in prior years, the publisher’s 2022 release includes…

  Learn More Lakeland, Florida (April 20, 2022) – Excelcia Music Publishing has published 35 new choral pieces for 2022, from new composers and arrangers to returning popular favorites, with many songs falling under a theme of hope, empowerment and self-love.  New this year, the choral release includes the debut of the publisher’s Derric Johnson Choral Series.  Packing an educational punch, the 2022 release is rich with resources, including live professional recordings of each piece,…

Hear the Recordings Lakeland, Florida (March 23, 2022) – Excelcia Music Publishing is thrilled to announce the addition of legendary writer Derric Johnson’s most beloved and greatest works to its catalog with the upcoming launch of the Derric Johnson Choral Series.  Known worldwide, Derric Johnson has written beloved a cappella works for his popular groups, The Re’Generation, as well as The Voices of Liberty which he formed in association with The Walt Disney Company.  With…

  Lean More Lakeland, Florida (March 15, 2022) – Excelcia Music Publishing announces the new release of Take a Bow, Progressive Fiddle and Folk Tunes for the String Ensemble, arranged or composed by experienced educator, string player and composer Caryn Wiegand Neidhold. A perfect intermediate step between method books and performance literature for young string players and ensembles, the set of newly composed and arranged works in Take a Bow is comprised of progressive works…

Lakeland, Florida February 24, 2022) – Excelcia Music Publishing announces that eight phenomenal new composers and arrangers have joined its ranks for its upcoming 2022 new releases of Jazz Ensemble, Choral, Concert Band and String Orchestra music, increasing the publisher’s composer and arranger team to 78 people.  The incredibly talented group of new composers and arrangers represent a wide range of experience, musical style and identity. These composers, many of whom are music educators, are…

Learn More Lakeland, Florida (Dec 8, 2021) – The publisher’s newest flexible release, Ensemble Builders for Percussion, Six Ensemble Works Playable With As Few As Four Percussionists, is a set of six newly-composed pieces from dynamic percussionist, educator and composer Robert Clayson.  Written at an accessible grade 2 level, this collection–sold as a full set–is the new definitive introduction for the percussive ensemble. “I have always been intrigued by flex band music, and have always…