About Zephyrwindmusic Publishing
With the many advancements of music publishing over the years, many traditional publishers have been slow to adapt, and in some cases, gone out of business. Those who are able to adapt with creative new publishing methods to get music to musicians quickly and with less headaches are the future of publishing. These are the main goals of Zephyrwindmusic.
Zephyrwindmusic is a unique publisher in many respects. Each publication is a work in the public domain, edited to meet 21st-century publication standards. By utilizing print-on-demand technology, I can offer bound scores and sets of parts quickly and in a high quality format, far faster and more affordably than the traditional method of publishing.
Each bound score and set of parts comes with an Unlimited Parts Copy License. This means zero copyright issues with parts — something that has increasingly become problematic and, at times, expensive for educational entities. Parts can be copied, scanned, or even posted on a webpage for players to download. There are no limitations.
Zephyrwindmusic works are manufactured by and sold through Amazon. The ease of doing business with Amazon is well known and results in substantial savings as well as other advantages for the buyer. If you have Amazon Prime, shipping is free. Being able to purchase printed music with no shipping or handling charges, who knew?
One final thing makes Zephyrwindmusic unique. Finale files for almost every score are available for purchase. No other publisher provides this option. Contact me directly for further details.
Trumpet Works
Many works I have helped bring to musicians are available from brass music publisher qPress. The brainchild of visionary publisher Tim Quinlin, qPress has one of the most extensive brass catalogs in the world. Among other things, Quinlin is responsible for bringing together numerous contributors to publish Theo Charlier’s famous trumpet etude book in a totally new way. Charlier’s 36 Plus (Transcendental Studies with Complete Supplemental Material) is a must-have for every serious trumpet player, and it is available in PDF or print format. I was so happy to be involved with this project (I did all the typesetting and formatting of the music).
Included in my Zephyrwindmusic catalog is a list of works published by qPress that I helped bring to publication. While you are looking at my qPress works, check out the other works qPress has made available to the public. If you are a brass player, you won’t believe it!
Browse through the Zephyrwindmusic catalog and if there is a publication that meets your needs, give it a try. If you don't see what you are looking for, reach out to see if we can work together.
About John Laverty
Educator, musician, and author John M. Laverty has enjoyed a long career teaching music at every grade level. He has taught in the public schools and in universities in Kentucky, Florida, Texas, and New York. His most recent teaching position was as Professor of Music and Director of Bands at Syracuse University. Hailing from Winchester, Kentucky, he attended the University of Kentucky, the University of North Texas, and Florida State University where he earned his PhD in Music Education.
A versatile musician, he has performed at state, regional, national, and international music festivals including the College Band Directors National Association, The World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, the Syracuse Jazz Festival, the Notre Dame Jazz Festival, and the Mobile Jazz Festival. As a trumpet player, he has performed internationally with numerous professional orchestras and bands including the American Chamber Winds, the Abilene Philharmonic, the New Columbian Brass Band, the national touring company of The Producers, the Excelsior Cornet Band, and with Grammy and Tony award winners in both the classical and jazz arenas. He has performed in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Caribbean, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden and throughout the United States.
As a recording producer, he is a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences with over eighty recordings to his credit. He has recorded with acclaimed musicians such as Joe Alessi, Stanley Drucker, Andy Russo, Corey Cerovsek, Ursula Oppens, Vince DiMartino, Rob Parton, Scott Hartman, John Daniel, and Todd Reynolds to name a few. In 2007, pianist Andy Russo’s John Corigliano Violin Sonata Etude Fantasy received a Grammy nomination in the Best Chamber Music Performance category, available on the Black Box label. Other credits include Boston Brass’ Ya’ Gotta Try (Summit Records), a collaboration with jazz recording legend Rudy Van Gelder, and the first recording of Kurt Vonnegut’s libretto for Igor Stravinsky’s Histoire du Soldat (Summit Records). His most recent recording with the Syracuse University Wind Ensemble is Syracuse University Wind Ensemble and Friends (Mark Records). His other recordings are available from JVC-Victor, Centaur, Gazebo, Raven, MSR Classics, and Endeavour Classics labels.
An accomplished arranger, his works have been performed throughout the world by high school, collegiate and professional ensembles including “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, the Millennium Brass Quintet, The Excelsior Cornet Band, the Allentown Band, The Salt City Jazz Collective, The Syracuse Symphony Orchestra, The Florida Chamber Players, the American Chamber Winds, and by renowned soloists such as Stanley Drucker (principal clarinet, New York Philharmonic), Karl Leister (principal clarinet, Berlin Philharmonic), Frank Kaderabek (principal trumpet, Philadelphia Orchestra), jazz trumpet artist Arturo Sandavol, and NYPD tenor Daniel Rodriguez.
