Concert Band - Grade 3

SKU: HL.44004642

Grade 3 - Score Only. Composed by David Moore. Curnow Music Concert Band. Concert. 28 pages. Curnow Music #73503140. Published by Curnow Music (HL.44004642).

UPC: 073999046427. 9x12 inches.

Filled with rhythmic and harmonic interest as well as memorable melodies, MISSOURI RIVER FESTIVAL well displays David Moore's artistic exploration of thematic material. Moods of the river are artistically represented in the interplay between Maestoso, Allegro spiritoso and Andante mysterioso sections. An added practical advantage can be found in the brass parts, which are dynamic and fun to play while including plenty of ?resting time? carefully interspersed throughout - so you can use MISSOURI RIVER FESTIVAL at virtually any time in your program without fear of overtaxing the brass.

Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 2

SKU: BT.GOB-001006-140

Composed by Marc Cunningham. Score Only. Gobelin Music Publications #GOB 001006-140. Published by Gobelin Music Publications (BT.GOB-001006-140).

This composition of Marc Cunningham has four parts, and takes place on a sunny day in a picturesque town.

1. Promenade
Many people walk through the city. The band passes through the streets. People are strolling along the avenues and amorous couples are sitting on a park bench.

2. Lovey Dovey
One of these couples is knee-deep in love.

3. Crispy and Creamy
Here the contrasts between a crisp staccato section in two-four time signature and a smooth legato section in three-four time signature are depicted. Is Crispy the boy and Creamy the girl?

4. Farewell
In the last particle the couple says goodbye. We still think back tothe walk through the city. It sounds a little less happy now. Not everyone is good at saying goodbye, sometimes a tear flows.

Deze compositie van Mark Cunningham heeft vier delen, en speelt zich af op een zonnige dag in een pittoresk stadje.

1. Promenade Veel mensen maken een wandeling door de stad. De fanfare trekt door de straten. Mensen lopente flaneren langs de lanen en verliefde stelletjes zitten op een bankje in het park.

2. Lovey-dovey Eén van deze stelletjes is tot over de oren verliefd.

3. Crispy and Creamy Hier worden de tegenstellingentussen een knapperig staccato gedeelte in 2/4 maatsoort en een vloeiend legato gedeelte in 3/4 maatsoort uitgebeeld. Is Crispy de jongen en Creamy het meisje?

4. Farewell In het laatste deeltje nemen ze afscheid van elkaar.We denken nog even terug aan de wandeling door de stad. Het klinkt nu wel wat minder vrolijk. Niet iedereen is goed in afscheid nemen, er vloeit wel eens een traantje.

(with opt. Choir). Arranged by Paul Murtha, Audrey Snyder. Discovery Concert Band Plus. Grade 2. Score and full set of parts. Published by Hal Leonard.

Concert Band - Grade 2.5

SKU: HL.44007387

Grade 2.5 - Score Only. Composed by Timothy Johnson. Curnow Music Concert Band. Americana, Suite. 28 pages. Published by Curnow Music (HL.44007387).

UPC: 884088251550. 9x12 inches.

Three of Abraham Lincoln's favorite melodies serve to bring the sounds of his generation alive for your concert audience. Colorful orchestration combines with imaginative harmony and counterpoint to make this a strikingly original suite of familiar songs from a time gone by. Expressive, accented, lyrical, delicate, boisterous; you'll discover that A Lincoln Celebration shows off your band in a wide variety of ways and lets all the players thoroughly enjoy the process of performance preparation. Excellent cross-curricular opportunities.

Concert Band - Grade 3

SKU: BT.CMP-0119-97-040

Composed by George M. Cohan. Arranged by Elliot Del Borgo. Accolade Series. Original Light Music. Set (Score & Parts). Composed 1997. Curnow Music #CMP 0119-97-040. Published by Curnow Music (BT.CMP-0119-97-040).

Un seul nom suffit pour évoquer la magie des plus célèbres comédies musicales : Broadway. Le long de cette avenue new-yorkaise, regroupés autour de Times Square, 38 thé tres produisent depuis près de 80 ans, des spectacles au succès planétaire, signés par des noms légendaires : Berlin, Porter, Gershwin, Bernstein, Sondheim, Hammerstein, Loewe, Cohan, Lloyd-Webber, Plamandon, Schönberg… Dans cette œuvre en hommage Broadway, Elliot del Borgo a rassemblé trois des plus célèbres mélodies du compositeur américain George Michael Cohan qui a marqué Broadway dans les années 20.

Concert band (Piccolo, 1st Flute, 2nd Flute, 1st Oboe, 2nd Oboe*, 1st Bb Clarinet, 2nd Bb Clarinet, 3rd Bb Clarinet, Eb Alto Clarinet*, Bb Bass Clarinet, 1st Bassoon, 2nd Bassoon*, 1st Eb Alto Saxophone, 2nd Eb Alto Saxophone, Bb Tenor Saxophone, Eb Baritone Saxophone*) - grade 5

SKU: CN.R10004

Composed by John Ireland. Band Music. Score and parts. Duration 10:30. Published by G & M Brand Music Publishers (CN.R10004).

A slow introduction gives way to the chirpy theme which is developed, inverted, and accents displaced across the bar line to give a 3/2 feel against the written meter. Restlessness leads to a tranquillo presented by the flute and clarinet, weaving a flowing counterpoint around the melody until the original slow introduction returns. A triumphant recapitulation of the main theme brings this wonderful piece to an end.

Originally composed for Brass Band in 1934 Comedy Overture is, despite its name, a serious piece of writing. The term Overture does not imply that there is anything else to follow; it is used in the 19th century sense of Concert Overture (like Mendelssohn's Fingal's Cave - in other words, a miniature Tone Poem). The 1930's was a period of Ireland's mature writing - yielding the Piano Concerto (1930), the Legend for piano and orchestra (1933), and the choral work These Things Shall Be (1936-1937). We are fortunate therefore to have both Comedy Overture and A Downland Suite (1932) written for band medium at this time. As with Maritime Overture (written in 1944 for military band) Ireland approaches his material symphonically. The opening three notes state immediately the two seminal intervals of a semitone and a third. These are brooding and dark in Bb minor. It is these intervals which make up much of the thematic content of Comedy, sometimes appearing in inverted form, and sometimes in major forms as well. The concept that some musical intervals are consonant , some dissonant, and some perfect is perhaps useful in understanding the nature of the tension and resolution of this work. The third is inherently unstable, and by bar 4, the interval is expanded to a fourth - with an ascending sem-quaver triplet - and then expanded to a fifth. The instability of the third pushes it towards a perfect resolution in the fourth or the fifth. The slow introduction is built entirely around these intervals in Bb minor and leads through an oboe cadenza, to an Allegro moderato brillante in Bb major. Once again, the semi-tone (inverted) and a third (major) comprise the main, chirpy, theme-inspired by a London bus-conductor's cry of Piccadilly. (Much of the material in Comedy was re-conceived by Ireland for orchestra and published two years later under the title A London Overture.) The expansion of the interval of a third through a fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh now takes place quickly before our very ears at the outset of this quicker section. Immediately the theme is developed, inverted, and accents displaced across the bar line to give a 3/2 feel against the written meter. But this restlessness leads to a tranquillo built around an arpeggio figure and presented by flute and clarinet. Ireland weaves his flowing counterpoint around this melody until the original slow introduction returns leading to a stretto effect as the rising bass motifs become more urgent, requesting a resolution of the tension of that original semitone and minor third. Yet resolution is withheld at this point as the music becomes almost becalmed in a further, unrelated tranquillo section marked pianissimo. It is almost as if another side of Ireland's nature is briefly allowed to shine through the stern counterpoint and disciplined structure. This leads to virtually a full recapitulation of the chirpy brilliante, with small additional touches of counterpoint, followed by the first tranquillo section-this time in the tonic of Bb major. But the instability of the third re-asserts itself, this time demanding a resolution. And a triumphant resolution it receives, for it finally becomes fully fledged and reiterates the octave in a closing vivace. The opening tension has at last resolved itself into the most perfect interval of all.

Concert Band - Grade 2.5

SKU: HL.44006905

Grade 2.5 - Score Only. Composed by Mike Hannickel. Curnow Music Concert Band. 20 pages. Curnow Music #110807140. Published by Curnow Music (HL.44006905).

UPC: 884088150860. 9x12 inches.

No Place Like Home, The Flight of the Bumblebee and The Arkansas Traveler (the “bumblebee song”) combine to make this trombone feature unlike any you've tried before. It's a good idea to occasionally give the trombone section a little time in the limelight, and it's also a good idea for your band to have some fun. This one works on both levels.

Concert Band/Harmonie - Grade 4

SKU: BT.CMP-0915-05-010

Composed by Stephen Bulla. Concert Band. Gospel & Spiritual. Set (Score & Parts). Composed 2005. Curnow Music #CMP 0915-05-010. Published by Curnow Music (BT.CMP-0915-05-010).

English.

You’ve got to love it when Stephen Bulla goes Gospel! Your musicians surely will! The slow introductory section sets up the audience for a rousing good time when the band suddenly lets rip with hand-clapping up-tempo Gospel sounds. Rhythmic and filled with amazingly creative harmonic ideas, this superb arrangement takes O Come Emmanuel, Adeste Fidelis, and Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus places that you probably never imagined they could go. Conductors seeking high-quality new and entertaining literature for the Christmas concert have come to the right place. Definitely NOT the “same old” Christmas arrangement!

Drie absolute kerstklassiekers in een gospeljasje: O Come Emmanuel, Adeste Fidelis (Komt allen tezamen) en het Hallelujah Chorus uit Händel’s Messiah. De langzame introductie bereidt het publiekvoor op wat komen gaat, waarna het orkest plotseling losbarst met uptempo gospelklanken. Levendige ritmes en creatieve harmonische ideeën maken dit een bijzonder en aanstekelijk arrangement voor uw eerstvolgende kerstconcert.

Großartige Effekte! Das Publikum wird nach einer ruhigen Einleitung ganz plötzlich von schnellen Gospelklängen geweckt und zum Mitklatschen animiert. Rhythmisch und voll kreativer harmonischer Ideen sind in diesem superben Arrangement die Lieder O Come Emmanuel, Adeste Fidelis (Herbei, o ihr Gläubigen) und Händels Hallelujah Chorus im Gospel-Stil zu erkennen. Unterhaltsame Weihnachtsmusik auf höchstem Niveau!

Musique d’hier née des souffrances d’un peuple, le gospel s’est transformé au point de devenir une musique universelle pleine d’émotion et de joie. Stephen Bulla vous propose une version gospel des mélodies O Come Emmanuel, Adestes Fideles et du célèbre Halleluja extrait du Messie de Georg Friedrich Haendel. Entrez dans une nouvelle dimension musicale.

Concert Band - Grade 1

SKU: HL.44010905

Grade 1 - Score and Parts. Composed by Mike Hannickel. Curnow Music Concert Band. Contest, Festival. Full Score and Parts. Published by Curnow Music (HL.44010905).

UPC: 884088585358. 9x12 inches.

This nice processional style piece will work in the concert and contest venue as well as at the graduation or awards ceremony. The stately tempo and rich scoring help your young musicians to sound their best. Carefully controlled ranges and rhythms mean the piece can be prepared with limited rehearsal time.