Concert Band - Grade 2.5

SKU: AP.45995

Composed by Vince Gassi. Concert Band; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Young Symphonic. Score and Part(s). 212 pages. Duration 2:50. Alfred Music #00-45995. Published by Alfred Music (AP.45995).

UPC: 038081524641. English.

Two notes . . . then two more. A counter-statement . . . then another. Ideas develop and unravel. Percussion punctuates, brass recapitulates, woodwinds decorate. Like a lit fuse, Vince Gassi's new work will fascinate, enervate, and captivate---drawing you to the very end . . . and then . . . KABOOM! (2:50).

Orchestra

SKU: PO.PE041

Composed by Gareth Farr. Perfect. Score. Promethean Editions #PE041. Published by Promethean Editions (PO.PE041).

ISBN 9781877218415.

Based on the story of the Maori god of earthquakes, Ruaumoko sees Farr channelling the elemental forces of nature across four movements based on the four seasons. Tender woodwind playing is followed by perilous swirling contours and booming percussion, while elsewhere chiming pitched percussion, surging brass drones and interlocking choirs propel this dynamic work towards a triumphant finale.

Grade 1

SKU: CL.RWS-2055-01

Arranged by Earp. Young Concert Band. Extra full score. Composed 2020. RWS Music Company #RWS-2055-01. Published by RWS Music Company (CL.RWS-2055-01).

The Ukranian Bell Carol has never been so fun for the beginning band AND your elementary school musicians! Using tuned percussion tubes and plastic buckets, Joseph Earp’s clever arrangement features your percussion section AND provides an opportunity to invite the elementary students to join the band at your holiday concert. An invaluable recruiting tool as well as a fun and entertaining performance opportunity!

Concert Band Concert Band - Grade 1

SKU: FJ.B1622S

Score Only. Composed by Jack Wilds. Concert Band. FJH Beginning Band. Score. Duration 2:00. The FJH Music Company Inc #98-B1622S. Published by The FJH Music Company Inc (FJ.B1622S).

English.

Buckle up and take your audience on a flight into the turbulent heart of a nebula! Booming percussion and sparkling woodwind lines conjure images of celestial bodies spinning and crashing together in the chaos of an interstellar star factory. Fabulous music for young musicians!

About FJH Beginning Band

Appropriate within the first year of instruction and beginning of the second year. Clarinets do not go above the break, and there is limited use of accidentals. Plenty of doublings in the lower voices. Grade 1.

Chamber Music Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Piano 1, Piano 2

SKU: CF.MXE54F

Composed by Paul Lansky. Full score. With Standard notation. 120 pages. Carl Fischer Music #MXE54F. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.MXE54F).

ISBN 9780825899553. UPC: 798408099558.

Textures, for two percussionists and two pianists, utilizes the wide breadth of sounds percussion instruments are able to create. Lansky instructs the players to find metals that have different decays, skins that are not too boomy or with a twang, wood blocks, and keyboard instruments - creating a world of sound. Written in eight short pieces, this work is for advanced performers.

Wind Band

SKU: IS.WE7090EM

Composed by Nico Schoeters. Ensembles - Wind Band. Metropolis Music Publishers #WE7090EM. Published by Metropolis Music Publishers (IS.WE7090EM).

ISBN 9790365070909.

Nico Schoeters took his first percussion lessons with Eric Buyle in the Academy for Music and Word in Boom, near Antwerp, after getting the hang of it through private lessons by Jozef Vervliet. Afterwards he continued his music studies at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, where he was taught by Leo Ouderits, Carlo Willems and Koen Wilmaers. In 1998 he graduated there with great distinction as Master in percussion. After cooperating on various projects in Belgium and abroad as a freelance percussionist, Nico took up a position as a percussionist in the National Orchestra of Belgium. However, despite of all his achievements as a percussionist, Nico Schoeters didn’t take his first musical steps by playing percussion, but by playing the piano. His love for the piano remained a common thread in his musical career. For example, he played numerous gigs as a pianist with his jazz quartet ‘Just Friends, consisting of a number of top musicians who are his friends. In addition he started composing piano works in 2012. Cosmopolydian is my first composition for symphonic windband. It's a solo piece for flute and vibraphone which is dedicated to Inge Smedts, principal piccolo at the Royal Wind Band of the Belgian Guides. It is written in the context of a musical project ‘Cocktail Maison'. This project includes a concert on May 25th, 2017 in De Singel in Antwerp where this work will be premiered, a CD recording and a concert tour. All the pieces for this project are new compositions by Piet Swerts, Jef Neve, Klaas Coulembier, Etienne Houben, Bart Watté, Jan Huylebroeck, Francois Glorieux and myself. All the compositions are inspired by a cocktail. My choice is the Cosmopolitan, but the non-alcoholic version, the mocktail actually. The title Cosmopolydian is a nod to the lydian scale which I used as a base for the majority of the piece. The idea behind the music is an image of children enjoying themselves, worry-free, during the holidays. Tired but satisfied, they go to sleep and have wonderful dreams. The next day they wake up to start a beautiful new day.The work is constructed in a typical ABA form. A quick first part: ‘sparkling allegro', which of course should sound very light and playful. A slow middle part warm adagio, in which the beautiful dreams become audible. The last part is a re-exposition of the first part in which eventually all the themes merge into the final.

Flute and Piano

SKU: IS.FP7396EM

Composed by Nico Schoeters. Woodwinds - Flute. Metropolis Music Publishers #FP7396EM. Published by Metropolis Music Publishers (IS.FP7396EM).

ISBN 9790365073962.

Nico Schoeters took his first percussion lessons with Eric Buyle in the Academy for Music and Word in Boom, near Antwerp, after getting the hang of it through private lessons by Jozef Vervliet. Afterwards he continued his music studies at the Royal Conservatory of Antwerp, where he was taught by Leo Ouderits, Carlo Willems and Koen Wilmaers. In 1998 he graduated there with great distinction as Master in percussion. After cooperating on various projects in Belgium and abroad as a freelance percussionist, Nico took up a position as a percussionist in the National Orchestra of Belgium. However, despite of all his achievements as a percussionist, Nico Schoeters didn’t take his first musical steps by playing percussion, but by playing the piano. His love for the piano remained a common thread in his musical career. For example, he played numerous gigs as a pianist with his jazz quartet ‘Just Friends, consisting of a number of top musicians who are his friends. In addition he started composing piano works in 2012. Cosmopolydian is my first composition for symphonic windband. It's a solo piece for flute and vibraphone which is dedicated to Inge Smedts, principal piccolo at the Royal Wind Band of the Belgian Guides. It is written in the context of a musical project ‘Cocktail Maison'. This project includes a concert on May 25th, 2017 in De Singel in Antwerp where this work will be premiered, a CD recording and a concert tour. All the pieces for this project are new compositions by Piet Swerts, Jef Neve, Klaas Coulembier, Etienne Houben, Bart Watté, Jan Huylebroeck, Francois Glorieux and myself. All the compositions are inspired by a cocktail. My choice is the Cosmopolitan, but the non-alcoholic version, the mocktail actually. The title Cosmopolydian is a nod to the lydian scale which I used as a base for the majority of the piece. The idea behind the music is an image of children enjoying themselves, worry-free, during the holidays. Tired but satisfied, they go to sleep and have wonderful dreams. The next day they wake up to start a beautiful new day. The work is constructed in a typical ABA form. A quick first part: ‘sparkling allegro', which of course should sound very light and playful. A slow middle part warm adagio, in which the beautiful dreams become audible. The last part is a re-exposition of the first part in which eventually all the themes merge into the final.

Composed by Kris Kropff. For unison choir, Orff Instrument, small percussion, boomwhackers, recorder. Christmas, General, Government Holiday, Halloween, Kwanzaa, Patriotic, Thanksgiving. Published by Heritage Music Press