The Harbour:Sunday Morningwas commissioned by the Jersey Instrumental Service for the Jersey Youth Wind Band.The history of the Channel Islands is inextricably linked to the sea and this determined the theme for this composition. The composer is intrigued by man?s fascination with elements of nature (such as the sea mountains deserts and deep space) which are both beautiful and dangerous. Bring the power of the sea to your concert with this truly descriptive piece.

En 1811 le journal chrétien The Christian Observer publie le texte du cantique de l?Épiphanie Brightest and Best of the Sons of the Morning de l?évêque anglican Reginald Heber (1783-1826). Ce texte ne sera mis en musique et intégré dans des recueils de cantiques que plusieurs années après la mort de son auteur. James Proctor Harding (1850-1911) fut organiste à l?église St. Andrew d?Islington (Londres) pendant plus de trente-cinq ans. Il composa également des œuvres de musique sacrée. En 1892 il met en musique le texte de Reginald Heber. Le cantique sera publié sous le nom de Morning Star (?Étoile du matin?).Ce charmant arrangement d?Henk Hogesteinapporte une touche de brillance à tout concert de Noël.

Morning Song features the horn quartet mostly in a soloistic role - indeed there is an accompanied cadenza towards the end of the piece - but there are moments where the horns assume their conventional concert band role as harmonic support or playing the counter melody. This expressive composition shows all the versatility of the horn quartet and gives them the chance to be in the spotlight.

Par HANNICKEL MIKE. Your Beginning Band will enjoy this musical joke on their Christmas concert audience. While bits of The Twelve Days of Christmas, O Christmas Tree and Up on the Housetop make up the body of the music, the real intent of the piece is to be a humorous snapshot of a typical family at the Christmas morning gift exchange. This is a chance for your Beginners to play well known seasonal tunes in a really fun setting this year. / Niveau : 0.5 / Musique légère originale / Répertoire / Concert Band

'Drunken Sailor? is among the best-known of the sea shanties and became a popular song among non-sailors during the 20th century. The infectious tune has lyrics that ask the question, 'What do we do with a drunken sailor early in the morning?? Each subsequent verse suggests various forms of punishment for the poor chap. This spirited arrangement is sure to delight audiences with a sparkling and energetic setting of this familiar tune. (1:25) 'Variants on a Sea Shanty? correlates to Book 2, Level 3 of Sound Innovations for Concert Band. / Concert Band

Score-The suggestion that I write my autobiography was made at a time when anyone who did not write one risked being called eccentric. It became and still is a major sport among the oldsters. Some of the contemporary books are goodreading indeed. One of the best of them is the result of an enormous research job as is brought out in the introduction to the work. Imagine spending long hours and traveling many miles to find out about oneself: I am sure Iwould be one of the first to be utterly bored by the subject. It was not so easy however to dismiss the whole idea as my friends presented it.The only answer I could think of with any degree of enthusiasm was this one written purely for whatever pleasure it could give. My own part of the pleasure is mostly in utilizing the musical language of the concert band with its apparently inexhaustible colors and its fabulous vitality.The form(if the term has any right being here) is seven short pictures each about two minutes long of my own personal seven ages. The two-minute idea may be the result of the loudspeakers spread all over the hotel in Arizona where thepiece was composed. There was no getting out of ear-shot of those two-minute gems - in the dining rooms around the swimming pools by the putting green everywhere-but I honestly do not believe any of them crept into what I waswriting. I do not believe I paid much more than passing attention to them.Part Two:IV. 1916: Mo. to N.Y.V. 1919: The Merrill MiracleVI. 1926: A Parisian in ParisVII. 1935: What Was theQuestion?The three of my seven ages in Part One took us to the legal end of my youth. Gathering up my unspectacular belongings including my entire fortune of less than two hundred dollars I swooped down on New Yorkfor no more reason than that it was New York and had a street in it called Broadway. The music borrows two or three rhythms from the era but the only note-for-note quote is what the bugler at Camp Funston played every morning

Version for Concert BandManhattan was commissioned by the United States Army Band for their solo cornet player Woodrow English and first performed by them in Carnegie Hall New York in November 2003. The two-movement work demonstrates both the lyrical and technical abilities of this outstanding player. The 'theme' is a weekend in New York and the opening bluesy movement Saturday Serenade describes the city on a Saturday night. While writing the second movement Sunday Scherzo the composer pictured an early morning jog in Central Park. This vivaciously rhythmic second movement ends with an even quicker coda bringing the work to a brilliant close. Eachmovement can also be played individually when a shorter solo is required.

Your Beginning Band will enjoy this musical joke on their Christmas concert audience. While bits of The Twelve Days of Christmas O Christmas Tree and Up on the Housetop make up the body of the music the real intent of the piece is to be a humorous snapshot of a typical family at the Christmas morning gift exchange. This is a chance for your Beginners to play well known seasonal tunes in a really fun setting this year.

Score-The suggestion that I write my autobiography was made at a time when anyone who did not write one risked being called eccentric. It became and still is a major sport among the oldsters. Some of the contemporary books are goodreading indeed. One of the best of them is the result of an enormous research job as is brought out in the introduction to the work. Imagine spending long hours and traveling many miles to find out about oneself: I am sure Iwould be one of the first to be utterly bored by the subject. It was not so easy however to dismiss the whole idea as my friends presented it.The only answer I could think of with any degree of enthusiasm was this one written purely for whatever pleasure it could give. My own part of the pleasure is mostly in utilizing the musical language of the concert band with its apparently inexhaustible colors and its fabulous vitality.The form(if the term has any right being here) is seven short pictures each about two minutes long of my own personal seven ages. The two-minute idea may be the result of the loudspeakers spread all over the hotel in Arizona where thepiece was composed. There was no getting out of ear-shot of those two-minute gems - in the dining rooms around the swimming pools by the putting green everywhere-but I honestly do not believe any of them crept into what I waswriting. I do not believe I paid much more than passing attention to them.Part One:I. 1894: Cherry StreetII. 1899: South OmahaIII. 1900: Corn Cows and MusicThe three of my seven ages inPart One took us to the legal end of my youth. Gathering up my unspectacular belongings including my entire fortune of less than two hundred dollars I swooped down on New York for no more reason than that it was New York and hada street in it called Broadway. The music borrows two or three rhythms from the era but the only note-for-note quote is what the bugler at Camp Funston played every morning while we put on our shoes. Later when we get to Paris

(Suite of Shaped Note Tunes for Band)-Shaped note singing is an early American tradition handed down from Colonial times and still thrives today thanks in part to the well-known book The Sacred Harp. (Songs from this book were featured in the 2003 motionpicture Cold Mountain.) In creating this distinctive and attractive setting for band Johnnie Vinson uses the following traditional shaped note songs: The Morning Trumpet Hallelujah I'm Going Home andWarrenton. Dur: 8:15

Phil Collins first burst onto the music scene in 1970 when he joined the rock band Genesis not as their singer but as their drummer. In 1975 following the departure of singer Peter Gabriel Phil Collins thought he would ‘give it a go’ at being the vocalist! Twenty years later everyone knows at least one of his hits. This highly entertaining medley features: 'Something Happened on the Way to Heaven' 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning' 'A Groovy Kind of Love' 'Another Day in Paradise' 'Easy Lover' 'Against All Odds' and 'Sussudio'. Everyone will love playing this medley which covers many styles and emotions. Theoption to have the band make a vocal contribution can give an extra dimension during the performance.