A remarkably fresh take on a great old Christmas carol! James Curnow has faceted a gem of an arrangement for that extremely important Grade 11/2 level. Rich with musicality On Christmas Day encourages your young musicians to take musical expression to a new and higher level. This will be the big hit at your developing band’s winter concert.Sparkling!

Par CURNOW JAMES. Certain to become a staple of Grade 3 band literature this great new composition represents James Curnow at his finest. Beginning and ending with an exciting fanfare that contrasts various melodic, rhythmic, harmonic and stylistic concepts, The Spirit Soars captures the enduring spirit of today’s youth in music. The joyous scherzo energized with buoyant energy and an exquisite contrasting lyrical theme, many moods, and a grandioso finale all combine to ensure this piece becomes a landmark of literature for this level. Plan your next concert around this great new piece from CMP!Take wing! / Niveau : 3 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

comprehensive band method-F Horn. Essential Elements was the major breakthrough for beginning band methods in the '90s. Now Essential Elements 2000 will take band programs into the next millennium! EE2000 features:· A CD featuring a professional soloist in every Student Book 1 · Great performance music with planned first concert. · Even more great tunes motivating students to practice and stay in band. · Special Rubank® Studies · Better pacing sequencing and reinforcement. · Theory history and creativity exercises integrated into each student book.

Soloists and the complete band take turns in this masterful Naohiro Iwai arrangement of the well-known Chuck Mangione composition. A fine work to let your soloists take the spotlight.

Take a tour of Europe for the holidays! Timothy Johnson's new Christmas medley visits England France Ireland and Poland by way of their traditional carols. The bold opening and medley format makes this an appealing concert opener but CHRISTMAS IN EUROPE will fit well anywhere in your show. Tim's long experience as a school band director gives him the instinctive ability to arrange music which asks for grade-level appropriate skills from beginning to end. If you seek something fresh and sparkling for this year's holiday concert here it is!

A joyous and exuberant sparkler for your next concert! This bright little bijou from James Curnow is a great way to start the show. It?s as inviting as they get and will engage every listener from start to finish.The easy excitement will motivate your Grade 2 band to their iridescent best. For groups playing regularly at a Grade 3 level EXCURSIONS also works well in the program following any heavy major work you may have chosen to perform. It?s a perfect way to lighten the mood and recapture those listeners who may be new to the art of listening to larger forms.Use it anywhere anytime of the year. It?ll be quick to prepare effective in concert and has much more tooffer educationally than the typical ?pop/movie tune? type of fare.Take a look!

Mallet Percussion Duet With Concert Band-Take your two best percussionists stage them up front and let them dazzle your audience with this clever feature for two xylophone players (or 1 xylophone and 1 marimba). Using the classic ?Dueling Banjos ? Richard Saucedo has written a greatnovelty with easy band parts as accompaniment.

This concert march is a tribute to the ?pioneers? in the world of brass music in the Lowlands of Netherlands the original founders of the bands and the people who take the lead in organising the societies and associations in the band movement. Celebrate the joy and friendship of the brass band movement with this truly uplifting march.

This concert march is a tribute to the ?pioneers? in the world of brass music in the Lowlands of Netherlands the original founders of the bands and the people who take the lead in organising the societies and associations in the band movement. Celebrate the joy and friendship of the brass band movement with this truly uplifting march.

L?Américain Duke Ellington (1889- 1974) a été pianiste chef d?orchestre compositeur et arrangeur et a connu un grand succès. Son orchestre existe depuis des dizaines d?années et a pu survivre grâce aux énormes tubes que ses collaborateurs et lui-m?me ont écrits. Bon nombre de ces titres font aujourd?hui partie du répertoire standard des jazzmen.Billy Strayhorn(1915- 1967) a rejoint l?orchestre en 1939 en qualité d?arrangeur et de compositeur et a notamment écrit Take the A- train qui dès 1941 devient la chanson favorite de l?orchestre. Il en existe d?ailleurs de nombreuses versions.Juan Tizol (1900- 1984 trombone à pistons) a joué aux côtés de Duke Ellington pendantpratiquement toute sa carrière et a composé des titres latin pour l?orchestre. Il est le co-compositeur de Caravan et Perdido.Tout comme dans les concerts originaux de Duke Ellignton le medley commence par take the A- train suivi par toute une série de classiques extraits du répertoire du légendaire orchestre. Certains titres laissent entendre des solistes avec en point d?orgue un solo de timbales sur C-Jam Blues. Ce solo peut éventuellement aussi ?tre improvisé.Quiconque travaille ce morceau se doit d?accorder une grande attention aux basses et percussions qui forment la section de rythme et poussent l?orchestre. Les autres sections doivent ?tre solides et créer un effet de swing cohérent. Le swing ne peut ?tre trop anguleux et peut varier d?un titre à l?autre. Dans ?In a sentimental mood? par exemple la mélodie peut ?tre jouée de manière quasi rectiligne (classique) tandis que la section de rythme maintient le swing.

Third Movement of A Tribute to Arthur Delamont-Imagine a band far off in the distance marching toward you ? soft at first the music becomes louder and louder; the red capes of the band sway in the wind getting closer and closer. It was this image that inspired Flying Colors. Famed bandmaster Arthur Delamont always programmed a march in his concerts and the hallmark of his band was their red capes. The work begins very softly with a distant snare drum beat. The trumpets enter quietly with the melody and with each new melodic entry the music grows and intensifies to a roaring finish. This is a fresh new take on a march and is sure to please players and audiences alike! Flying Colors is thethird movement of A Tribute to Arthur Delamont and was commissioned by the West Vancouver Youth Band.

Par CONNERY BRIAN. This heroic march strives to capture the spirit in which young musicians make music. The stately and joyous introduction underlies this factor. Following the introduction a triumphal second theme tells us in music how this was accomplished. Through practise the band has reached its musical goal. Let your band take you on its triumphant tour. / Niveau : 1.5 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Third Movement of A Tribute to Arthur Delamont-Imagine a band far off in the distance marching towards you - the music soft at first becomes louder and louder the red capes of the band swaying in the wind getting closer and closer. It was this image that inspired Flying Colors. Famed bandmaster Arthur Delamont always programmed a march in his concerts and the hallmark of his band was their red capes. This work starts very softly with a distant snare drum beat. The trumpets enter quietly with the melody and with each new melodic entry the music grows and intensifies to a roaring finish. This is a fresh new take on a march and is sure to please players and audiences alike! Dur: 3:10