Par HANNICKEL MIKE. Fish Flew Like Birds is a great piece of entertaining band music based on Gospel and Blues music, which are two of America’s most influential contributions to the world’s musical palette. / Niveau : 2 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Clarinet Solo or Section Feature-You can reward your clarinet section's dedication with this easy feature piece. The simple but engaging soli part has a song-like quality that's easy for young players to grasp and interpret. The band parts are adroitly managed tomake sure your “stars” shine through. The contrast of very easy slurs in the clarinets helps to keep your performance engaging. Like all of Mike Hannickel's young band pieces this one carries the indelible stamp ofpracticality that comes from four decades of directing beginning groups. Nice!

Recognize each of the winter celebrations in one piece of music. Kwanzaa Hanukkah and Christmas are all represented in this very easy beginning band arrangement. If your group is ready to graduate from unison method book lines they are ready for this arrangement. Beginning band director/composer Mike Hannickel has made sure that this piece will be accessible to any first year group.If you used this composer’s FIRST CHRISTMAS SUITE with your groups in the past you are sure to like this one too.Happy Holidays!

A new concept in beginning band literature! Your group can promote character education with a performance of Three Billy Goats Gruff. An important “anti-bullying” message is embedded in the easy and humorousnarration. A soundtrack-like format makes it a different experience for your players as well. The specific focus on character education may qualify its purchase for funding outside your music budget. Best of all Three BillyGoats Gruff is really fun! This is the first in a series of ethics-driven pieces for beginning band by Mike Hannickel and Amy Adam.

A Musical Space Adventure-Names like Mercury Gemini Soyuz Sputnik Apollo Salyut Eagle Skylab Space Shuttle and Mir have kindled the imaginations of millions.This new beginning band piece by Mike Hannickel honors all the brilliant and dedicated space visionaries who stayed here on Earth but whose efforts made space exploration a reality.The simplest of rhythms careful scoring and easily achieved instrument ranges are hallmarks of the Curnow Music Press Great Foundations Series which is carefully designed to get your beginning band off to an exciting start. This composition limits the upper brass range to a sixth while the low brass parts encompass a range of only a fifth. The basicflute part avoids difficult finger combinations and an optional ?advanced? flute part (playable simultaneously with the easier part) gives those who are progressing more rapidly a bit more challenge.You have the same choice of difficulty levels for your percussion section with a basic part and a slightly more difficult ?advanced? part.

Recorded by Madonna-One of the landmark pop hits of the '80s Like a Prayer was featured on the Glee episode The Power of Madonna. With a mix of rock and gospel styles this powerful song is sure to be a favorite with your band and audience alike.

Par HANNICKEL MIKE. Cross-curricular connection at its best! Your music students can bring Don Quixote’s faithful but ramshackle horse Rozinante to life with this delightful new concert band piece by young band specialist Mike Hannickel. You will find lots of articulation and dynamic contrasts, along with other important teaching considerations. Don Quixote is one of the world’s great comic heroes. Shouldn’t his horse get a little credit too? / Niveau : 2 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band

Sometimes though it?s hard to find performance literature that lets us continue teaching the basics while we prepare the beginning band for a concert. We need easy performance music that helps make basic techniques come alive for the students. Composed by a full-time ?young band? director Abaco Beach Vacation is designed to do just that. There are a lot of great suggestions included in the ?Notes to the Director ? which will help get them playing the way you?d like them to.Let them have fun while they learn!

Par HANNICKEL MIKE. Langue: English(US)/Deutsch/Français/Nederlands / Niveau : 2 / Musique légère originale / Répertoire / Concert Band

Hot Shot March and 1, 2, Cha Cha Cha. Par HANNICKEL MIKE. Reinforcement of sight-rhythms is critical to the development of good music reading. The young band education team of Amy Adam and Mike Hannickel has developed the SKILL BUILDER series of compositions with sight-rhythm repetition in mind. With two great easy band arrangements, lots of sight-rhythm reinforcement, and specialised warm-up exercises included in the package, it’s a great buy as well as a great teaching tool. / Niveau : 0.5 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Band directors work hard to build balanced ensembles but it's often a challenge to keep the trombone section strong. Trombone players carry one of the larger instruments back and forth to school and they don't get to play the“tune” as often as they would like. Help keep them committed to the group by spotlighting the trombone section at your next concert with this enjoyable feature. Dur: 1:50

Fanfare Overture For Band. Par HANNICKEL MIKE. Cette pièce de Mike Hannickel débute sur une introduction en fanfare, solennelle et brillante qui mène l’oeuvre vers un passage très expressif écrit dans le style d’une ouverture. Olympus est une pièce idéale pour débuter votre concert sur une note festive et élégante. / Niveau : 3 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie