Take your band to the great North American plains to a post-Columbian Sioux village. A tone poem describing the life of a young Sioux Horse and Buffalo is based upon actual Native American melodies. A lullaby an honor song and a courting song are the basis of this dynamic arrangement. Your young players will be especially intrigued by the energetic meter-shifting honor song! Great possibilities for cross-curriculum work with Social Studies teachers. One of the most memorable pieces you’ll perform this year!

From the classic movie The Great Race starring Tony Curtis Jack Lemmon and Natalie Wood here is a Mancini gem featured in the memorable and climactic pie fight scene.This entertaining arrangement can be used to feature the entire clarinet section just a few players or even a soloist. Optional section parts are also included.

Les Aborigènes premiers habitants d?Australie constituent l?un des plus anciens peuples existant actuellement dans le monde. L?arrivée des Européens sur les terres australiennes signait le début du déclin de la population autochtone. Pourtant les secrets de la culture aborigène fascinent toujours autant et continuent de nourrir notre imagination comme en témoigne cette oeuvre de Thomas Doss composée pour la Fédération des Jeunesses Musicales d?Autriche (Österreichische Blasmusikjugend).Aboriginal Spirit (?L?esprit aborigène?)Au fil des siècles les Aborigènes ont élaboré un mode de vie en parfaite harmonie avec leur environnement. Réussir à maintenir ce fragileéquilibre entre la Nature l?Homme et la Création est synonyme de bonheur et de satisfaction.Primeval Sound and Dreamtime (?Sons primitifs et histoires du Temps du Rêve?)Les histoires millénaires du Temps du Rêve - le grand mythe aborigène de la création - ont fortement influencé la vie quotidienne la religion et les lois aborigènes. Le culte des ancêtres et les rassemblements rituels tiennent encore une place importante dans la communauté.Running Hunter (?Chasseurs et coureurs?)Les Aborigènes sont des chasseurs hors pair et d?excellents coureurs capables de suivre leur proie sur de longues distances. Leur dextérité à manier le boomerang pour chasser est fascinante.Uluru the Red Rock (?Uluru le rocher rouge?)Uluru également appelé Ayers Rock est un des symboles les plus connus d?Australie. Cet inselberg de roche rouge haut de 348 mètres semble émerger de nulle part au milieu de la plaine australienne. Montagne sacrée pour les Aborigènes son histoire remonte au Temps du Rêve quand le monde n?était encore qu?une grande plaine lisse.Encounter with the White Men (?Rencontre avec les hommes blancs?)Hélas il a fallu attendre la fin du XXe siècle pour que l?homme blanc prenne conscience qu?il a eu tort de considérer les Aborigènes comme des « sauvages ignorants ». Leurs traditions ancestrales et leur

A Grade 1 rock anthem! It?s a perfect way to keep your beginners motivated while you drill them on that new concept called ?eighth notes.? Lots of repetition of simple eighth note figures will help your young band players enter the fascinating world of the divided beat with ease.This solid minor key rock-type piece will also help to keep your audience attentive by letting them hear a bit of a style they are so accustomed to. The overwhelming rhythmic nature of the piece also makes it a possible choice for use with an elementary level massed band. When faced with more than 100 beginners at a time one likes to do music that has a beat they can hang on to! Whether it?s for asmall one-school band or a giant massed group this one is sure to work for you.

A Grade 1 rock anthem! It?s a perfect way to keep your beginners motivated while you drill them on that new concept called ?eighth notes.? Lots of repetition of simple eighth note figures will help your young band players enter the fascinating world of the divided beat with ease.This solid minor key rock-type piece will also help to keep your audience attentive by letting them hear a bit of a style they are so accustomed to. The overwhelming rhythmic nature of the piece also makes it a possible choice for use with an elementary level massed band. When faced with more than 100 beginners at a time one likes to do music that has a beat they can hang on to! Whether it?s for asmall one-school band or a giant massed group this one is sure to work for you.

Hudson River Run. Suggesting an exciting boat race on the majestic Hudson River, this energy-filled work features an underlying 8th note pulse and a dynamic percussion score. Even given the concise nature of the piece a variety of textures and styles are used, and the melodic elements are passed around to all sections of the band. As an added bonus, parts are included for beginning players allowing this to be used with a multi-level massed band.

This addition to the Curnow Music Press GREAT FOUNDATIONS SERIES of pre-Grade 1 publications is accessible to young musicians who have been playing for just a few weeks. A simple repetitive theme with flashy but very easy percussion writing ensures that you can have THE CHARIOTEERS ready to perform in time for the concert even if you have ?precious little? rehearsal time. The powerful nature of the piece is certain to appeal to young players

Commissioned by the Grassfield High School Band in Chesapeake Virginia and dedicated to the graduating class of 2011 the title and nature of this work reference the various pathways chosen and those yet to be taken in all ofour lives. Michael Oare's rich and expressive composition uses a nice blend of tempos and styles to create a dynamic well-scored overture for young players. Dur: 4:00

‘Jubilant Prelude’ is an orchestration of the ‘Preludium over Psalm 150’ originally composed for organ by Toon Hagen. Since 1998 Toon Hagen has been organ-player of the ‘Grote or Sint Michaëlskerk’ in Zwolle (the Netherlands). He has written several ‘contemporary’ compositions for organ.‘Jubilant Prelude’ has a capricious character by the use of irregular measures and its many measure changes. The structure of the Prelude is that of a fugue and is based on motives from the psalm.After the first climax which is both dynamic and harmonic the theme in the Andante Jubiloso is clearly audible and it is alternated with erratic motifs. Tension increases until at last the psalm itself isheard in all its glory. The melody of the psalm sounds as a cantus firmus in tenor register with motifs in ornamentation for saxophones bugles and trumpets. The finale like the prelude is capricious and vehement.The instrumentation for concert band was made by Wim Rouw. It is particularly colourful and has a surprising role for the percussion section.

Stretching along the North Carolina coast are the barrier islands ports and beaches collectively known as the Crystal Coast. Rich in history and natural beauty Michael Oare's impressive-sounding overture for young players paints a descriptive picture of this wondrous area. Dur: 2:30.

The tradition of the Christmas tree in Western Europe dates back to a time long before any Christianization had taken place. During the severely cold winter nights so it was believed evil spirits tried to 'kill' nature. Needle-leaved trees were the only ones which kept their green colour throughout the year and therefore became symbols of immortality. These 'living' trees said to be the work of benign spirits were brought into people's houses to ward off evil life-threatening powers. In the 14th century people first started to decorate Christmas trees. It was a pagan custom originated by the inhabitants of Alsace. This custom was taken over by the Church inthe course of the 15th and 16th century. At first the decoration consisted mainly of edibles such as apples and wafers but later small presents were added. Legend has it that the reformer Martin Luther was the first person to decorate a Christmas tree with candles. The flickering candle flames were meant to create the image of a starry sky in which Christ's apparition could be recognized. The German organ-player Ernst Anschütz from Leipzig was the first person to notate the song 'O Tannenbaum' the melody being a well-known folk song. Next to 'Stille Nacht' 'O Tannenbaum' is the most famous German Christmas song now known throughout the world. In the United States of America the melody of 'O Tannenbaum' has even been used in four States (among which the State of Maryland) for their State song. In David Well's arrangement the song is first heard as many of us know it. After this introduction however it is transformed into a solid rock version and the beat has been changed. In the second part the familiar three-four time is back but here the rhythm is different from the original. After the richly ornamented rock beat the basic theme can be heard once again and the composition is concluded in a festive manner.

Major Yvon Ducene wanted a new lush and colourful composition for his Guides military band with André Waignein as its composer. Early in 1979 the composer began his assignement and in October of the same year the finished full score was on the music stands of this prestigious military band of the Belgian Army.The introduction (Grave) mirrors an atmosphere full of serenity in which the theme played by the oboes and the English horn is predominant and immediately holds the listener spell-bound. It is taken up again as central element of the slow movement.The Allegro breaks away from the quiet passion of the introduction. Here the band can really show its capabilities to thefull. Based on a very precise rythm an idiom of sudden desperation and adversity develops which fused with a crushing agression culminates in a kind of eruption soom calmed down by a Lento : peace and quiet has returned thanks to a melody by the horns and soon taken over by the clarinets. In the meantime the saxophone - an instrument full of human emotion - express the main spatial dimension in contemporary psyche. Following a harmonic transition the brass-players take up the theme again in forte whilst the basses and the woodwinds interwine in technical arabesques.The movings of the mind and the heart get an audible and almost touchable shape in the ensuing Allegro a movement characterized by a rhythmic dialogue in which the whole orchestra participates and where the exposition contains a wealth of sound and technical contrasts. The Lento finally uses the central theme of the slow movement again with some occasional references to the two allegros. The last page is of unprecedented grandeur. All the instruments display their most beautiful sound which were named by Jacques Ferschotte when speaking about Honneger 'harmonies d'intensités' harmonies of the unmeasurable.

Here is a terrific march for young players written in the traditional British style. The opening strains are folk-like in nature with underlying modal harmonies while the stately trio is reminiscent of the processional style of Elgar and other British composers. The ?New Forest? refers to a region in southern England established as a royal hunting preserve by William the Conqueror around the year 1079 which has remained largely unchanged since ancient times.

From a song shared by Squamish First Nation artist and performer Bob Baker comes a unique work shaped by Robert Buckley that will allow your young players to experience the music of one of North America's First Peoples. Eagle Song flows from a beautiful pentatonic melody and grows into a work that is both reverent and exciting. Sophisticated sounding yet easy to learn. Dur: 2:40

The music of Handel is considered the culmination of the Baroque period of music history and his Water Music (1717) has endured in popularity for nearly 300 years! Performed from a barge traveling on the River Thames King George I is said to have liked the music so much that he ordered it repeated several times. Originally three suites each consisting of multiple movements Johnnie Vinson has skillfully adapted this arrangement for young players using “Alla Hornpipe” from the Suite in D Major and the “Air” and “Allegro” from the Suite in F Major.