The french round Frére Jacques gets new life from Quincy Hilliard in this percussion feature for beginning band. A good teaching tool for utilizing the 'toys' with your young percussionists. This outstanding crowd-pleaser features bursting balloons right before the final measure. Hold your ears!

A fully comprehensive method that combines the traditional elements of book-based learning with the possibilities of CD and enhanced CD. Learn all the basic techniques notes theory and music-reading you need to get on the right track. Everything is covered right from how to hold the instrument up to full pieces and even improvisation!An enhanced CD is included allowing you to hear each example before you play it and providing accompaniments with full tempo-adjusting software for your PC.

MusicWorks ? Grade 3Here is a marvelously appealing work suitable for contest or concerts composed in two main sections. The melodic and reverent Ballad is richly scored and contains nicely contrastinginstrumental colors. A spirited clapping pattern accompanies the woodwinds in the opening strains of the Dance. The Ballad theme returns in a glorious grandioso setting to close out this well-crafted work. (5:40)

Skyfall extrait de la bande originale du dernier James Bond 007 reprend certains accents du célèbre thème du non moins célèbre espion des services secrets britanniques et grand séducteur. L?arrangement signé Jay Bocook rend accessible cette musique grandiose dans une atmosphère de picotements et d?excitation ! L?univers du distingué espion enfin à votre porté de main pour le grand bonheur de vos musiciens et de votre public.

Droga do Nieba-The Way to Heaven was commissioned by the Royal Air Force Music Services. 2015 was the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain which took place between July and October 1940 when the courageous fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force thwarted Hitler’s ambitions to launch an invasion on the UK.The Way to Heaven opens with fluttering woodwind figures and brass fanfares which build to a climax before a change of key introduces a short quotation for the Polish National Anthem - Mazurek Dbrowskiego. This fades and you can hear the signal to scramble and the throaty sounds of the squadron’s Merlin engines bursting into life before theyline up to take off. This leads to the main thematic material of the work which depicts the heaven-bound flight of 303 Squadron as it climbs to intercept the incoming Messerschmitt 109s. A brief allusion to the Polish national anthem brings the piece to a triumphant close.

This overture is written in the conventional three-part style. Extensive percussion includes anvil slapstick wind chimes and crystal water glasses. The opening and closing themes are written in a spirited and festive style. The middle section explores a more contemporary setting of Thomas Hasting's hymn song Rock of Ages Clef for Me. Excellent for contest or festival.

Jeff Simmons does a masterful job in surrounding traditional Christmas melodies with an atmosphere of country-styled sounds and effects that prove to be truly genuine to the country and bluegrass genre. Full of fun and interestingtwists it's a night at the Opry that you will not want to miss.

Commissioned by Thomas G. Leslie and the University of Nevada Las Vegas Monkey is the wildness of young monkeys shrieking in unbridled pandemonium. The unsupervised frenzy-mongers eventually come face to face with the ominousthreat of adult discipline. They rebel. Discipline fails. The hour of scampering erupts. The mayhem escalates until young and old alike are indistinguishable. Simian hysteria overtakes all.

This piece depicts the refined beauty of the Grand Canyon at sunrise and sunset. These are the best times to view the Canyon with the sun low in the sky casting shadows that give depth and form to the vast panorama. Angel’s Gate is one of the many named rock formations in the canyon. The composer has tried to depict the sights and sounds of dawn birdsong in the early morning sky and the gradual revelation of the Canyon itself as sunlight reaches into its rocky depths.Towards the end of the piece to the sound of a tolling bell we are however reminded of the dangers that the beauty of the Grand Canyon so cleverly hides.

‘Bi-Millennial Celebration’ has been composed to honour the 2000th anniversary of the founding of the city of Nijmegen. This work consists of three continuous movements. The first movement depicts the arrival of the Romans and the founding of Nijmegen. The second movement portrays the rustic and idyllic countryside surrounding the city. A musical celebration from these areas to the city of Nijmegen comes to life in the third movement. In this festive march one can easily distinguish the traditional Dutch anniversarysong ‘Lang zal ze leven’.

Le 19 décembre 1915 Paris a vu naître sous un lampadaire de la rue de Belleville (si l?on en croit la légende) une étoile de la chanson française. Enfant délaissée Edith Gassion sillonne seule les quartiers de Paris en chantant ici et là devant un public fasciné avant d?être remarquée par Louis Leplée qui l?accueille de son cabaret et qui pose sur cette voix unique un nom voué à l?immortalité la môme Piaf (FAM. moineau) symbole de la fragilité physique du personnage. Mais du haut de ses 1 47 m elle séduit le Tout-Paris de l?entre-deux guerres puis cristallise autour d?elle le public international. La môme Piaf devient alors définitivement Edith Piaf lacoqueluche des intellectuels l?amie des grands chansonniers tels que Maurice Chevalier Mistinguett Lucienne Delisle et André Claveau. Artiste célébrée dans le monde entier femme tourmentée et déchirée Edith Piaf cessera de chanter le 11 octobre 1963.Avec A Tribute to Edith Piaf (?Hommage à Edith Piaf?) Roland Kernen signe un superbe arrangement pour Orchestre d?Harmonie de quatre des plus célèbres chansons de cette légende immortelle romantique spontanée et désespérée : Milord Hymne à l?Amour Mon Manège à Moi et La Vie en Rose.

Le chant traditionnel fait partie intégrante du quotidien du peuple ukrainien. L?Ukraine s?étend sur plus de six cent mille kilomètres carrés et compte environ cinquante millions d?habitants. La nature offre de superbes paysages variés et colorés. Au nord s?étendent de vastes forêts ; à l?ouest se déploient les montagnes et les vallées pittoresques des Carpates ; au centre et au sud on trouve les steppes au sol noir fertile. Le Dniepr est l?un des trois principaux fleuves de la région. Il forme une frontière naturelle entre l?Ukraine occidentale et orientale deux entités qui possèdent des identités culturelles fortes et qui se distinguent par des traditions musicalesdifférentes. Pour composer cette pièce Franco Cesarini s?est inspiré de plusieurs chants traditionnels dont le caractère varié offre une vaste palette de couleurs sonores. Ukrainian Rhapsody (?Rhapsodie ukrainienne?) est composée de trois mouvements qui s?enchaînent sans interruption. Le premier mouvement au tempo modéré se fond dans un passage central fluide et expressif qui chemine à son tour vers un finale intense et brillant qui clôt l?œuvre sur un air de danse traditionnelle le Gopak (ou Hopak).

The word ‘tsunami’ is of Japanese origin. When you look it up in a dictionary you will find that it means ‘a great sea wave produced by submarine earth movement or volcanic eruption’. A megatsunami is the superlative of this awesome expression of power that nature can create and has catastrophic consequences. When Carl Wittrock completed this composition not many such big earth movements had occurred but since then we have become all too familiar with the disastrous consequences which a tsunami may have. On the 26th of December 2004 a heavy seaquake took place near the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Tidal waves 10 meters in height ravaged the coastal regions ofmany countries for miles around. The tsunami took the lives of thousands of people and destroyed many villages and towns. There are more areas which run the risk of being struck by a tsunami such as the island of La Palma one of the Canary Islands. This island is based on oceanic crust at a fracture zone and as such is one of nature’s time bombs. The consequences of a natural calamity like a megatsunami are immense. In the case of La Palma the tidal wave will move in the direction of South America where it may reach 50 km inland destroying everything on its way. In his composition Wittrock describes an ordinary day which will have an unexpected ending. Right from the beginning there seems to be something in the air the music creating an oppressive atmosphere of impending disaster. Themes are interrupted broken off suddenly followed by silence suggesting the calm before the storm. Suddenly a short climax (glissandi in the trombone part) indicates the seaquake and the megatsunami is a fact. Hereafter follows a turbulent passage symbolising the huge rolling waves. After nature’s force has spent itself resignation sets in and the composition ends with a majestic ode to nature.

In the tripartite 'Cowboy Suite' Alan Laken takes us to the Wild West the domain of cowboys indians trappers and other fortune hunters. Around 1890 the west coast of America was reached which in effect meant the end of the Wild West. Its stories however survived and have been a source of inspiration for many books films and of course music. Some characters such as Jesse James Billy the Kid and Buffalo Bill are forever linked to these tales. In the 'Cowboy Suite' we first hear the 'Hoedown'. At the end of an exhausting workday the labourers used to lay down their tools among others the 'hoes' and spontaneously began to play music on the instruments which they then possessed (guitars fiddles and banjos) and to dance. After being jolted on the 'Wagon Trail' we reach the third part the 'Cowboy Roundup'. In this last part it becomes clear that as a cattle driver it is imperative to stay firmly seated in the saddle. As the cattle are rounded up i.e. driven together spectacular things happen.

Le chant traditionnel fait partie intégrante du quotidien du peuple ukrainien. L?Ukraine s?étend sur plus de six cent mille kilomètres carrés et compte environ cinquante millions d?habitants. La nature offre de superbes paysages variés et colorés. Au nord s?étendent de vastes forêts ; à l?ouest se déploient les montagnes et les vallées pittoresques des Carpates ; au centre et au sud on trouve les steppes au sol noir fertile. Le Dniepr est l?un des trois principaux fleuves de la région. Il forme une frontière naturelle entre l?Ukraine occidentale et orientale deux entités qui possèdent des identités culturelles fortes et qui se distinguent par des traditions musicalesdifférentes. Pour composer cette pièce Franco Cesarini s?est inspiré de plusieurs chants traditionnels dont le caractère varié offre une vaste palette de couleurs sonores. Ukrainian Rhapsody (?Rhapsodie ukrainienne?) est composée de trois mouvements qui s?enchaînent sans interruption. Le premier mouvement au tempo modéré se fond dans un passage central fluide et expressif qui chemine à son tour vers un finale intense et brillant qui clôt l?œuvre sur un air de danse traditionnelle le Gopak (ou Hopak).