SKU: CL.012-1954-01
Two contrasting sections, both in tempo and style, make this an excellent teaching and performing piece. A fine example of creative writing for the young band.
About Bach Series arranged by Alfred Reed
Masterful settings for concert band by the venerable Alfred Reed, these works have been scored to achieve richness and beauty without detracting from the textural construction created by Bach himself. Marvelous educational and program material!
SKU: CL.023-4624-01
Your beginning band students will love Andy Clark’s arrangement of this favorite lullaby, recently featured in many episodes of two very popular television series. Using only the first five notes students learned in beginning band instruction, every section of the band gets a chance to shine. The variations demonstrate how a melody can be played in different styles, providing excellent teaching opportunities. The brief introduction can be performed as a solo, duet or full section of trumpets, clarinets or saxophones. Fun for everyone at your beginners’ first concert!
SKU: CL.023-4624-00
SKU: KJ.WB327F
Masterfully arranged, this delightful three-movement suite from Handel's opera Ariodante makes use of symphonic capabilities as it explores musical characteristics of the Baroque style. Students will learn to play light and elegant melodies with a bright, clean and clear sound. The first two movements are arrangements of dances from a ballet sequence and the final movement is an arrangement of the instrumental introduction to the final chorus of the opera. Teaching opportunities abound in this contest/festival piece!
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: AP.32483S
UPC: 038081393209. English.
This hauntingly beautiful holiday melody has been masterfully scored for your second year ensemble. Scored by the dynamic writing team of Robert Smith and Michael Story in conjunction with Book Two of Band Expressions, this is certain to be met with acclaim. This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
SKU: BT.1834-12-140-MS
9x12 inches.
The stands are packed, two world-class teams are on the field, the smell of hotdogs fills the air and fans chant and scream. All of these contribute to create stadium fever. The composer has conveyed these elements in the composition including the aspect integral to the fever: an atmosphere full of excitement. De tribunes zitten stampvol, er staan twee teams van wereldklasse op het veld, de geur van hotdogs hangt in de lucht, de toeschouwers juichen - allemaal factoren die horen bij het verschijnsel ‘stadionkoorts’. De componist heeft indit uitbundige werk dan ook al deze elementen verklankt. Het meeslepende Stadium Fever zal in de concertzaal absoluut een opgetogen stemming creëren!Volle Zuschauerränge, zwei Spitzenteams auf dem Rasen, der Duft von Imbissständen, Jubel und Gesänge - das sind Faktoren, die unweigerlich Stadionfieber“ auslösen. All diese Elemente - und das eindeutige Symptom der Krankheit“: eine tolle, überschäumende Stimmung - übertrug der Komponist in sein Stück Stadium Fever. Ein mitreißendes Stück, dessen Atmosphäre sich auch im Konzertsaal garantiert keiner entziehen kann! Les gradins sont bondés, deux équipes de niveau international s’affrontent sur le terrain. Il plane une odeur de hot-dogs, les chants et les hurlements des supporters retentissent inlassablement - tous les éléments sont réunis pour engendrer la fièvre du stade. Le compositeur a su concentrer tous ces symptômes dans son œuvre afin d’inoculer tous les auditeurs, l’excitation et la fièvre du stade. Thomas Doss descrive l’atmosfera unica di uno stadio prima e durante un incontro al vertice. Non solo il gioco, ma anche e soprattutto i tanti striscioni, e i canti provenienti dalle curve fanno da padroni in Stadium Fever, un brano dall’energia travolgente.
SKU: BT.1834-12-010-MS
The stands are packed, two world-class teams are on the field, the smell of hotdogs fills the air and fans chant and scream. All of these contribute to create stadium fever. The composer has conveyed these elements in the composition including the aspect integral to the fever: an atmosphere full of excitement. De tribunes zitten stampvol, er staan twee teams van wereldklasse op het veld, de geur van hotdogs hangt in de lucht, de toeschouwers juichen - allemaal factoren die horen bij het verschijnsel ‘stadionkoorts’. De componist heeft indit uitbundige werk dan ook al deze elementen verklankt. Het meeslepende Stadium Fever zal in de concertzaal absoluut een opgetogen stemming creëren!Volle Zuschauerränge, zwei Spitzenteams auf dem Rasen, der Duft von Imbissständen, Jubel und Gesänge - das sind Faktoren, die unweigerlich Stadionfieber“ auslösen. All diese Elemente - und das eindeutige Symptom der Krankheit“: eine tolle, überschäumende Stimmung - übertrug der Komponist in sein Stück Stadium Fever. Ein mitreißendes Stück, dessen Atmosphäre sich auch im Konzertsaal garantiert keiner entziehen kann! Les gradins sont bondés, deux équipes de niveau international s’affrontent sur le terrain. Il plane une odeur de hot-dogs, les chants et les hurlements des supporters retentissent inlassablement - tous les éléments sont réunis pour engendrer la fièvre du stade. Le compositeur a su concentrer tous ces symptômes dans son œuvre afin d’inoculer tous les auditeurs, l’excitation et la fièvre du stade. Thomas Doss descrive l’atmosfera unica di uno stadio prima e durante un incontro al vertice. Non solo il gioco, ma anche e soprattutto i tanti striscioni, e i canti provenienti dalle curve fanno da padroni in Stadium Fever, un brano dall’energia travolgente.
SKU: CL.023-3707-01
Energetic and exciting are only two of the words that describe Defeating the Giant, Rob Grice's inspiring contribution to the beginning band repertoire. Your students will love to rehearse and perform this piece as they bring their vivid imaginations to life through music. An excellent teaching piece in the Rob Grice style, Defeating the Giant is sound programming for concert and festival alike.
SKU: CL.RWS-2338-01
Once a reliable and trustworthy office machine, Shredder has fallen from grace to seek revenge on its sworn enemies and arch-nemeses… the teachers. After a long relationship of perceived disrespect, this dark lord of xerox, will stop at nothing as it crunches and crinkles its way towards revenge. Ultimately, the gut wrenching tones of the paper jam prevail but not before everyone has a blast bringing the story to life! Hilarious sound files are provided to help the narrative or, alternatively, a guest narrator (perhaps a school administrator) can add a really fun element to any concert!
SKU: CL.RWS-2338-00
SKU: CF.PPS8F
ISBN 9780825887444. UPC: 798408087449. 9x12 inches.
Composer Joseph Compello draws on his many years of experience teaching beginners to give us an exciting new contest-style piece for very young groups. Quintessence consists of simple rhythms and notes, but is also quite musical, with an aggressive, driving feeling. It’s a great way introduce two eighth notes that are repeated. Your first year group will sound more advanced than their years.
SKU: CL.011-4426-01
This exciting concert/contest piece is filled with powerful brass, lyrical woodwinds and explosive percussion! Musically depicting the two day eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 72 A.D. and the destruction it brought to the city and people of Pompeii, this is not only a wonderful addition to your music library, but also a great way to teach your students and audiences about this event in ancient history. A very musical and impressive composition at this level!
About C.L. Barnhouse Command Series
The Barnhouse Command Series includes works at grade levels 2, 2.5, and 3. This series is designed for middle school and junior high school bands, as well as high school bands of smaller instrumentation or limited experience. Command Series publications have a slightly larger instrumentation than the Rising Band Series, and are typically of larger scope, duration, and musical content.
SKU: AP.49104
ISBN 9781470646189. UPC: 038081564548. English.
Folk Song Celebration features an original British style march, Celebration March, and two revered folk songs, The Skye Boat Song and Tarantella Napoletana. This masterfully scored piece will transport your audience on an exciting musical journey. Many teaching opportunities are presented including meter changes, divisi, and shifting styles. Celebration March has the traditional sound of a British march, The Skye Boat Song, is beautifully scored and emotional, and the rousing Tarantella Napoletana will have your audience smiling and clapping along! (3:35) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
SKU: AP.49104S
ISBN 9781470646196. UPC: 038081564555. English.
Folk Song Celebration features an original British style march, Celebration March, and two revered folk songs, The Skye Boat Song and Tarantella Napoletana. This masterfully scored piece will transport your audience on an exciting musical journey. Many teaching opportunities are presented including meter changes, divisi, and shifting styles. Celebration March has the traditional sound of a British march, The Skye Boat Song, is beautifully scored and emotional, and the rousing Tarantella Napoletana will have your audience smiling and clapping along! (3:35) This title available in MakeMusic Cloud.
SKU: CL.011-4643-01
A dramatic, driving work guaranteed to motivate and excite your students, Bullet Train pays homage to the Japanese Shinkansen, a network of the busiest high-speed rail lines in the world, with a top speed of 200 miles per hour! Teaching opportunities abound, as tenutos, staccatos, minor scales, Japanese pentatonic scales, crescendos and decrescendos, are all presented. This piece will bring a unique multi-cultural flavor to any band concert, and will be an audience favorite as well. The biggest challenge? Not to rush, as even the Bullet Train will go off the rails if it goes too fast! Accelerated fun from start to finish!
SKU: CL.011-4643-00
SKU: CL.015-2556-01
Three splendid chorales for teaching young bands tuning, breathing and phrasing concepts. Two of the chorales are based on well known hymn tunes while the third is a Swearingen original. Superior teaching material by a writer who really knows how to help young players progress. Highly Recommended!
SKU: CL.011-1543-01
A clever little piece combining two great teaching techniques for young band. Not only is this a great piece for practicing scales, but it also gives your students a taste of the blues.
SKU: CL.011-1543-00
SKU: CL.024-4847-00
Teaching students the concept of cut time in music can be difficult and daunting, but not so with Half Off!, an engaging, light-hearted learning tool. Using only notes and rests that are easily divisible by two, combined with a catchy tune, this song will quickly show kids that cut-time is nothing to be feared, and actually a lot of fun to play. Onward and upward with Half Off!.
SKU: CL.011-4742-00
A Fond Farewell is a warm retrospective work for developing bands, which musically expresses the mixed emotions felt by the departure of a retiring teacher, coach or graduates. It begins with two lush melancholy melodies, evoking feelings of sadness over leaving, that build to a dramatic climax with stirring lines. These opening themes shift to a joyous celebration of starting an exciting new chapter in life through a lively change in tempo and meter for an uplifting ending!
SKU: CL.011-4742-01
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