Pecan Valley Music

09/08/2025

Product announcement: Of the Right Opinion (Brass Quintet) is now available as a PDF download from Sheet Music Direct https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/1822106/Product.aspx and Sheet Music Plus https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/of-the-right-opinion-23157134.html

Of the Right Opinion depicts a civilization fractured by relentless ideological strife. As covert factions amass influence, society collapses and vanishes. A hushed interval ensues. Time drifts on as reality slowly mends. Eventually, a glimmer of civilization rekindles, and the endless cycle of debate resumes. Can this new society escape past errors and attain genuine harmony?

(2)Trumpets in Bb/Horn in F/Trombone/Tuba
Duration: 11:15
composed 2022 rev. 2025

I) Orthodoxies and Shadows
II) Pause, Perhaps Forever
III) Spark

08/31/2025

A Parliament of Owls:

Language is an instrument of great precision and poignancy — our best tool for telling each other what the world is and what we are, for conveying the blueness of blue and the wonder of being…

08/31/2025

The Backbone of Night:

🎉 CONGRATULATIONS to Terlingua Ranch Lodge 🎉
- Officially recognized as a Night Sky Friendly location!!

"The dark skies over Terlingua Ranch Lodge are one of our defining features, offering visitors a breathtaking experience while preserving the quiet beauty and sense of wonder that property owners and residents cherish.

Protecting our night skies means protecting the character and future of Terlingua Ranch itself, and this recognition marks an important step in that commitment.
We hope to lead by example, showing how communities can safeguard these star-filled skies for generations to come."
- Hayley DeArman, P.O.A.T.R.I.

✨ We're grateful for all your efforts in keeping the beautiful night sky dark for all to enjoy. ✨

Do you know or represent a business, organization, or residence that is night-sky friendly?
📣 Nominate them!

Nominations will be considered within Jeff Davis, Brewster, Presidio, Culberson, Pecos, Reeves, and Hudspeth counties

Nominees do NOT need to conform perfectly to the recommended lighting guidelines - McDonald Observatory is happy to assist and offer guidance on lighting practices to anyone interested, regardless of location! 💡

You can find more Night Sky Friendly locations, and learn about our Lighting Recognition Program, here:
https://ow.ly/25nF50WIpOR

08/28/2025

FONT: Festival of New Trumpet Music

The Festival of New Trumpet Music is an annual music festival in the United States. Held annually in New York City, New York, the festival presents music, emphasizing jazz, contemporary, experimental, and other musical areas. Through its mission of presenting new trumpet music of all forms, the fest...

08/25/2025

Spirits of Big Bend:

🎉 Happy Birthday, National Park Service! 🎂

On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act, creating the NPS to protect nature, history, and wildlife “for the enjoyment of future generations.” 🌎💚

For over a century, that promise has carried forward—protecting treasures like the Rio Grande, the Chisos Mountains, and the vast desert skies of Big Bend National Park. 🏜️🌌

Here’s to more adventures, more discoveries, and more memories in your national parks!

Drop a 🎉 if you’ve celebrated something special in Big Bend!



📷: NPS / C. Negele

08/15/2025

Product Announcement: Experience the powerful new marching band arrangement of Southampton Dock, now available exclusively as a PDF download from
Sheet Music Direct
https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/1806321/Product.aspx
and Sheet Music Plus.
https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/southhampton-dock-23134639.html

Southampton Dock is a song from Pink Floyd's 1983 album, The Final Cut. It was composed by Roger Waters. Dan Cook’s arrangement can be used as a chorale, a warm-up for ensemble performance, a brass-focused production ballad, a sequence extension for F-tuning, or in several of these ways combined.
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From Wikipedia:
“In World War II, many soldiers departed from Southampton to fight against the Germans. In the eighties, Southampton was again used as a departure base, this time for the Falklands War. The song describes a woman who ‘bravely waves’ the soldiers ‘Goodbye, again.’”

08/13/2025

Score Video:

Southampton Dockby Roger Watersarranged by Dan CookThis arrangement was created through exclusive agreement withArrangeMe, a division of Hal Leonard Co.Avail...

08/12/2025

Product Announcement: New Release! Available Friday, August 15.

08/05/2025

PROBE:

Join us this Wednesday for our next AoT event where we’ll have our very own Dr. Michael Velez presenting his thesis work on Europa’s atmosphere and surface. Then, we’ll have Dr. Adolfo Santa Fe Dueñas’s talk titled “Gravitons on the Move”.

See you at 7! 🌌

07/24/2025

Aviary: Whooper Cushion