Press Releases

Lakeland, Florida (March 14, 2019)– The Excelcia Ensemble Series gives music educators new brass quintets, clarinet and saxophone quartets, and woodwind quintets which will engage and delight their students.  Addressing the critical need for high-quality, mid-level, small chamber literature, expert educational composers, including Larry Clark, John M. Pasternak and Tyler Arcari, offer these newly-composed and arranged pieces, each beautifully engraved and with full score and reference recordings. Perfect for use at an adjudicated solo festival…

Lakeland, Florida (January 10, 2019) – Excelcia Music Publishing was chosen to provide new musical pieces for the revamped sight-reading portion of the Florida Bandmasters Association’s (FBA) annual Music Performance Assessment (MPA).  The FBA’s newly-developed sight-reading process aims to make the assessment more equitable for all bands in Florida.  In partnership with the FBA Sight-reading Music Committee, Excelcia Music Publishing helped to create a new rubric for each of the sight-reading difficulty levels so that bands…

Legacy Solo Series, Inaugural Instrumental Solo Series from Excelcia Music Publishing Lakeland, Florida (December 14, 2018)–Excelcia Music Publishing’s Legacy Solo Series contains 10 masterworks that are meticulously edited and refreshingly easy to read.  These classics are routinely found on state lists throughout the U.S., including Texas and Florida, making these solos perfect for use at an adjudicated solo festival, recital or a college audition. Legacy Solo Series is the first solo series released by Excelcia…

Excelcia Music Publishing launches Inaugural Book Series Accessible Solo Repertoire, 18 Festival Solos with Piano Books in this series are available for Flute, Bb Clarinet, Alto or Baritone Saxophone, Bb Trumpet, Trombone or Euphonium and Violin. Lakeland, Florida (December 14, 2018)– Popular composers Larry Clark and Tyler Arcari’s much anticipated book, Accessible Solo Repertoire, 18 Festival Solos with Piano, from Excelcia Music Publishing is now available!  Accessible Solo Repertoire marks the first book series out…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lakeland, Florida (August 23, 2018)– Excelcia Music Publishing is happy to announce the hiring of Jamey Ray to the position of Choral Editor.  In addition to creating the well-known a cappella group, Voctave, Jamey is an accomplished singer, arranger, composer, teacher and producer, and he brings the wealth of those experiences to Excelcia Music Publishing.  In his role as Choral Editor, Jamey will identify new composers to publish with Excelcia Music Publishing as well…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     Excelcia Music Publishing launched by veteran music educator and award-winning composer, Larry Clark   Lakeland, Florida (July 10, 2018)– New publisher, Excelcia Music Publishing, will deliver the highest-quality school performance music for band, orchestra and school choral, as well as cutting edge methods and teacher resources.  With longtime music educator, composer, author and publisher Larry Clark at the helm, Excelcia Music Publishing is uniquely positioned to link today’s composers with…