SKU: CF.CPS211F

ISBN 9781491153055. UPC: 680160910557.

A very interesting new setting for band of British folk songs that were actually arranged for voice and piano by Beethoven! Arranger Balent has created a delightful three section piece based on Beethoven's work. It is a colorful new rhapsody for band that works exceptionally well. It would be a refreshing piece in a concert or contest program.
Beethoven wrote at least nine folk song settings from the British Isles. Originally for piano and voice, three of them are included in this medley:The Pulse of an Irishman (Irish) - Alexander BoswellBonny Laddie, Highland Laddie (Scottish) - James HoggThe Minstrel Boy (Irish) - Willam SmythYour band will enjoy playing this unusual part of musical history.Performance Time: 4:00.

SKU: CF.CPS211

ISBN 9781491152379. UPC: 680160909872.

A very interesting new setting for band of British folk songs that were actually arranged for voice and piano by Beethoven! Arranger Balent has created a delightful three section piece based on Beethoven's work. It is a colorful new rhapsody for band that works exceptionally well. It would be a refreshing piece in a concert or contest program.
Beethoven wrote at least nine folk song settings from the British Isles. Originally for piano and voice, three of them are included in this medley:The Pulse of an Irishman (Irish) - Alexander BoswellBonny Laddie, Highland Laddie (Scottish) - James HoggThe Minstrel Boy (Irish) - Willam SmythYour band will enjoy playing this unusual part of musical history.Performance Time: 4:00.

SKU: MA.EMR-33992

Possible instrumentations:

5 - Part Ensemble & Piano / Keyboard (Piano / Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Percussion (optional) / CD Playback (Play Along))
5 - Part Ensemble & Rhythm Section (Piano, Bass, Drums) (Piano / Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Percussion (optional) / CD Playback (Play Along))
5 - Part Ensemble (Keyboard, Guitar & Drums optional) (Piano / Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Percussion (optional) / CD Playback (Play Along))
5 - Part Ensemble (Piano / Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Percussion (optional) / CD Playback (Play Along))
Concert Band - Blasorchester - Harmonie (Flexi-Band (5 Parts) Piano / Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Percussion (optional) / CD Playback (Play Along)).

SKU: MA.EMR-33990

Possible instrumentations:

5 - Part Ensemble & Piano / Keyboard (Piano / Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Percussion (optional) / CD Playback (Play Along))
5 - Part Ensemble & Rhythm Section (Piano, Bass, Drums) (Piano / Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Percussion (optional) / CD Playback (Play Along))
5 - Part Ensemble (Keyboard, Guitar & Drums optional) (Piano / Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Percussion (optional) / CD Playback (Play Along))
5 - Part Ensemble (Piano / Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Percussion (optional) / CD Playback (Play Along))
Concert Band - Blasorchester - Harmonie (Flexi-Band (5 Parts) Piano / Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Percussion (optional) / CD Playback (Play Along)).

SKU: BT.DHP-0991510-140

In Rhapsody in Blue is George Gershwins veelzijdigheid duidelijk te horen: hij laat ritmes en harmonieën uit de Amerikaanse jazz en blues samensmelten met een ‘klassiekere’ stijl die doet denken aan de negentiende-eeuwse Europesepianoconcerten. Een geweldig werk voor iedere gevorderde pianist.

Die weltberühmte Rhapsody in Blue von George Gershwin in einer hervorragenden Transkription für Blasorchester von Tohru Takahashi. Ein guter Pianist und ein sehr gutes Blasorchester sind die Zutaten, die es braucht, um mit diesem Stück das Publikum zu begeistern.

SKU: KJ.WB334F

The Voice on the Mountain was written for Mike Veak, a band director who dedicated 30 years of his life to teaching instrumental music in Lincoln, Nebraska. Nolan Schmit begins the piece with a flute solo representing a solitary voice on a mountain. The voice begins to build in strength and intensity as it travels down the mountain, is heard by others and is communicated to distant lands. This is a musical metaphor for a teacher - a solitary voice - who impacts generations of students. This is really a tribute to all band directors. A dramatic setting with an explosive ending.

About Standard of Excellence in Concert

The Standard of Excellence In Concert series presents exceptional arrangements, transcriptions, and original concert and festival pieces for beginning and intermediate band. Each selection is correlated to a specific page in the Standard of Excellence Band Method, reinforcing and expanding skills and concepts introduced in the method up to that point. Exciting parts with extensive cross-cueing are presented for every player. Accessible ranges, appropriate rhythmic challenges, and creative percussion section writing enhance the pedagogical value of the series.

Sold individually, each In Concert selection includes a full Conductor Score and enough student parts for large symphonic bands. Each student part also includes correlated Warm-Up Studies. The Conductor Score comes complete with rehearsal suggestions, a composer biography, program notes, a rehearsal piano part, several ready-to-duplicate worksheets and a duplicable written quiz.

SKU: KJ.WB318F

Written as a tribute to the seafaring and shipbuilding traditions of Portsmouth, Virginia, this enchanting and heartfelt composition overflows with colorful sonorities and rich textures. The percussion section has a big role in solidifying temp changes while the flutes are responsible for introducing the main theme. The rich melody moves throughout the band, incorporating several countermelodies and interesting effects in the percussion. The band will want to perform this engaging tune over and over!

About Standard of Excellence in Concert

The Standard of Excellence In Concert series presents exceptional arrangements, transcriptions, and original concert and festival pieces for beginning and intermediate band. Each selection is correlated to a specific page in the Standard of Excellence Band Method, reinforcing and expanding skills and concepts introduced in the method up to that point. Exciting parts with extensive cross-cueing are presented for every player. Accessible ranges, appropriate rhythmic challenges, and creative percussion section writing enhance the pedagogical value of the series.

Sold individually, each In Concert selection includes a full Conductor Score and enough student parts for large symphonic bands. Each student part also includes correlated Warm-Up Studies. The Conductor Score comes complete with rehearsal suggestions, a composer biography, program notes, a rehearsal piano part, several ready-to-duplicate worksheets and a duplicable written quiz.

SKU: KJ.WB352

UPC: 8402701689.

You Rock! is based on the familiar rock beat often heard at sporting events. It is composed in a traditional eight and twelve-bar blues progression. There are plenty of opportunities for the percussion section to shine and lots of hand-clapping and knee-slapping to hold the interest and enthusiasm of the entire band. A perfect encore selection! Tom Rudolph and Drew Shanefield are new composers to the Standard of Excellence In Concert series. Both composers are from Pennsylvania. Tom is the Director of Music for the School District of Haverford Township, where Drew is an instrumental music specialist.

About Standard of Excellence in Concert

The Standard of Excellence In Concert series presents exceptional arrangements, transcriptions, and original concert and festival pieces for beginning and intermediate band. Each selection is correlated to a specific page in the Standard of Excellence Band Method, reinforcing and expanding skills and concepts introduced in the method up to that point. Exciting parts with extensive cross-cueing are presented for every player. Accessible ranges, appropriate rhythmic challenges, and creative percussion section writing enhance the pedagogical value of the series.

Sold individually, each In Concert selection includes a full Conductor Score and enough student parts for large symphonic bands. Each student part also includes correlated Warm-Up Studies. The Conductor Score comes complete with rehearsal suggestions, a composer biography, program notes, a rehearsal piano part, several ready-to-duplicate worksheets and a duplicable written quiz.

SKU: KJ.WB169RG

Matterhorn Overture uses angular melodic lines, colorful harmonies, exciting rhythms and bold dynamic contrasts to create musical impressions of the Alps' mighty Matterhorn. Through a creative combination of these and many other devices, the composer gives this accessible work a mature sound, making it an ideal selection for young band festival or concert performance.

About Standard of Excellence in Concert

The Standard of Excellence In Concert series presents exceptional arrangements, transcriptions, and original concert and festival pieces for beginning and intermediate band. Each selection is correlated to a specific page in the Standard of Excellence Band Method, reinforcing and expanding skills and concepts introduced in the method up to that point. Exciting parts with extensive cross-cueing are presented for every player. Accessible ranges, appropriate rhythmic challenges, and creative percussion section writing enhance the pedagogical value of the series.

Sold individually, each In Concert selection includes a full Conductor Score and enough student parts for large symphonic bands. Each student part also includes correlated Warm-Up Studies. The Conductor Score comes complete with rehearsal suggestions, a composer biography, program notes, a rehearsal piano part, several ready-to-duplicate worksheets and a duplicable written quiz.

SKU: KJ.WB174

A Ceremonial In American Indian Culture Is An Inter-Tribal Gathering Held To Celebrate Traditional Songs, Dances, And Rituals. Ceremonial: Prologue And Dance Brings North American Indian Musical Styles To The Concert Band Medium Through Pentatonic Scales, Characteristic Timbres, Irregular Phrasing, And In The Second Section Of The Work, A Melody Based On An Authentic Folk Song Of The Ute Peoples Of Utah.

About Standard of Excellence in Concert

The Standard of Excellence In Concert series presents exceptional arrangements, transcriptions, and original concert and festival pieces for beginning and intermediate band. Each selection is correlated to a specific page in the Standard of Excellence Band Method, reinforcing and expanding skills and concepts introduced in the method up to that point. Exciting parts with extensive cross-cueing are presented for every player. Accessible ranges, appropriate rhythmic challenges, and creative percussion section writing enhance the pedagogical value of the series.

Sold individually, each In Concert selection includes a full Conductor Score and enough student parts for large symphonic bands. Each student part also includes correlated Warm-Up Studies. The Conductor Score comes complete with rehearsal suggestions, a composer biography, program notes, a rehearsal piano part, several ready-to-duplicate worksheets and a duplicable written quiz.

SKU: KJ.WB352F

You Rock! is based on the familiar rock beat often heard at sporting events. It is composed in a traditional eight and twelve-bar blues progression. There are plenty of opportunities for the percussion section to shine and lots of hand-clapping and knee-slapping to hold the interest and enthusiasm of the entire band. A perfect encore selection! Tom Rudolph and Drew Shanefield are new composers to the Standard of Excellence In Concert series. Both composers are from Pennsylvania. Tom is the Director of Music for the School District of Haverford Township, where Drew is an instrumental music specialist.

About Standard of Excellence in Concert

The Standard of Excellence In Concert series presents exceptional arrangements, transcriptions, and original concert and festival pieces for beginning and intermediate band. Each selection is correlated to a specific page in the Standard of Excellence Band Method, reinforcing and expanding skills and concepts introduced in the method up to that point. Exciting parts with extensive cross-cueing are presented for every player. Accessible ranges, appropriate rhythmic challenges, and creative percussion section writing enhance the pedagogical value of the series.

Sold individually, each In Concert selection includes a full Conductor Score and enough student parts for large symphonic bands. Each student part also includes correlated Warm-Up Studies. The Conductor Score comes complete with rehearsal suggestions, a composer biography, program notes, a rehearsal piano part, several ready-to-duplicate worksheets and a duplicable written quiz.

SKU: CF.YPS250

ISBN 9781491161333. UPC: 680160919925.

Mount Vernon Square derives its title from the location of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland. It was here that the composer Joseph Compello took his first classes in Music Theory from Professor Haven Hensler, to whom this march is dedicated. After hearing this march performed on piano as part of final exam requirements in a Music Theory course, Professor Hensler encouraged further exploration of music composition, leading Compello into a prolific career writing pieces like this theme, now years later arranged for full band as a concert march. Performance Notes The form of the march is a standard A-BB-Trio-C-A. Melodically, much of the march is based on the figure contained in mm. 8 and 9. Tempo, articulation, and dynamics in a standard march style are essential to a successful interpretation. Pay particular attention to dynamics in the second strain at m. 41. Strive for a legato diminuendo at the transition in mm. 63-65. The melody in the Trio (m. 70) will also require smooth articulation from low brass and woodwinds. The Euphonium counter-melody will be played only during the repeat of the Trio. The Breakup Strain (m. 87) is, of course, powerfully marcato as is the reprise of the first theme at m. 109.
Mount Vernon Square derives its title from the location of the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland. It was here that the composer Joseph Compello took his first classes in Music Theory from Professor Haven Hensler, to whom this march is dedicated. After hearing this march performed on piano as part of final exam requirements in a Music Theory course, Professor Hensler encouraged further exploration of music composition, leading Compello into a prolific career writing pieces like this theme, now years later arranged for full band as a concert march.Performance NotesThe form of the march is a standard A-BB-Trio-C-A. Melodically, much of the march is based on the figure contained in mm. 8 and 9. Tempo, articulation, and dynamics in a standard march style are essential to a successful interpretation. Pay particular attention to dynamics in the second strain at m. 41. Strive for a legato diminuendo at the transition in mm. 63-65. The melody in the Trio (m. 70) will also require smooth articulation from low brass and woodwinds. The Euphonium counter-melody will be played only during the repeat of the Trio. The Breakup Strain (m. 87) is, of course, powerfully marcato as is the reprise of the first theme at m. 109.

SKU: KJ.JB96F

UPC: 084027044308.

In Prelude and Dance, composer Jack Stamp incorporated many of the techniques found in his more difficult works to create a piece for younger bands without full instrumentation. This edition adds parts for oboe, bassoon, alto clarinet, electric bass, and rehearsal piano, to meet the needs of full bands.

About Kjos Concert Band Legacy

The Neil A. Kjos Music Company's legacy of producing superb literature for concert band spans its entire 80 year history. We're proud to honor that legacy by continuing to publish compositions of the utmost quality at all grade levels in the Kjos Concert Band Legacy series. Each composition is carefully selected and edited to provide the best in wind band literature by both celebrated and rising composers of today. Skillful engraving with logical page turns, measure numbers, rehearsal marks, essential cueing, and other useful indications ensure that the rehearsal process runs smoothly, so bands can focus on making great music.