Written as a commission for the Palmetto Consortium of South Carolina this expansive work explores the delight wonderment and excitement of a young boy's hopes and dreams. Several stylistic elements combine to depict variousemotions and imaginings. In the words of the composer ?a boy's dreams are fantastical and mysterious show great curiosity and yet most importantly they are innocent and credulous.? A terrific and fresh work forwinds! Dur: 6:45

Par . We're not sure boy bands ever really went out of style, but their music is certainly here to stay! This fun medley features a mix of older classics as well as newer chartbusters. Includes: Dynamite (BTS), Everybody (Backstreet Boys), I Want It That Way (Backstreet Boys), What Makes You Beautiful (One Direction), and I'll Be There (Jackson 5). / Date parution : 2023-10-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

Par BULLA STEPHEN. Spirited rhythms underpin three great Old West songs in Stephen Bulla’s Along Came the Cowboys. You’ll find a bonanza of great teaching tools in this Western extravaganza: phrase extensions, style contrasts, dynamic and articulation considerations, rhythmic counterpoint, and much more. Your young musicians will really enjoy playing music that employs the types of mechanisms standardised by decades of cowboy movie underscoring. This is something your students can definitely get into! What a great supporting assignment to have your students try to find examples of comparable musical treatments on their movie videos and DVDs. / Niveau : 2.5 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band

In the tripartite 'Cowboy Suite' Alan Laken takes us to the Wild West the domain of cowboys indians trappers and other fortune hunters. Around 1890 the west coast of America was reached which in effect meant the end of the Wild West. Its stories however survived and have been a source of inspiration for many books films and of course music. Some characters such as Jesse James Billy the Kid and Buffalo Bill are forever linked to these tales. In the 'Cowboy Suite' we first hear the 'Hoedown'. At the end of an exhausting workday the labourers used to lay down their tools among others the 'hoes' and spontaneously began to play music on the instruments which they then possessed (guitars fiddles and banjos) and to dance. After being jolted on the 'Wagon Trail' we reach the third part the 'Cowboy Roundup'. In this last part it becomes clear that as a cattle driver it is imperative to stay firmly seated in the saddle. As the cattle are rounded up i.e. driven together spectacular things happen.

Spirited rhythmic underpinnings support three great Old West songs in Stephen Bulla’s ALONG CAME THE COWBOYS. You’ll find a bonanza of great teaching tools in this Western extravaganza: phrase extensions style contrasts dynamic and articulation considerations rhythmic counterpoint and much more. Your young musicians will really enjoy playing music that employs the types of mechanisms standardized by decades of cowboy movie underscoring. This is something your students can definitely get into! What a great supporting assignment to have your students try to find examples of comparable musical treatments on their movie videos and DVDs.Head ‘em up! Move ‘em out!

Ray Charles (1930-2004) was a multitalented and pioneering American pianist and soul singer who became very popular in the late fifties, and remained respected for his music in the decades that followed. By incorporating gospel, jazz, blues, and big band elements, he helped shape the sound of rhythm and blues, and brought a soulful sound to everything from country music to pop standards. Ray Charles embodied the American dream, starting out a poor, blind boy from the southern United States and becoming an international music phenomenon; his nickname was ?the Genius? for a good reasonIn this arrangement for concert band, Peter Kleine Schaars presents five of the songs that contributed to Ray Charles? fame: I Can?t Stop Loving You, Hit the Road Jack, Georgia on My Mind, Hallelujah I Love Her So, and Unchain My Heart.

The Little Drummer Boy (L?enfant au tambour) est un noël dont la mélodie est connue des petits et des grands. Le texte anglais raconte l?histoire d?un petit garçon pauvre venu à la crèche de Bethléem pour adorer l?Enfant Jésus. Il n?a rien d?autre à lui offrir que son petit tambour. The Little Drummer Boy incarne parfaitement l?esprit de Noël. La musique exprime l?idée que nous avons tous quelque chose à offrir : une pensée un sourire un air de musique...

With chordal harmonies that can only be described as rich and luxurious this timeless Irish ballad is presented here in a marvelous and engaging setting guaranteed to make everyone feel good. Warm chords and Hazo's uniquetreatment of emotion-packed suspensions help make this a guaranteed favorite for years to come. Already a proven winner with honor bands and festivals Samuel Hazo's Danny Boy is a must have for your wind library. Dur: 3:10

Par HAIRSTON JESTER. This upbeat song with its calypso rhythm and tropical melody brings a happy feeling to the holiday season. This arrangement of the enduring hit song composed by Jester Hairston, and made famous by Harry Belafonte, is an easy work up, and will certainly provide a nice programming contrast to your holiday concert. / Date parution : 2022-01-14/ Répertoire / Concert Band

Pasodoble de Concierto-María Gil Herrero was specially commissioned by Antonio Estevan a great connoisseur and lover of music for wind band. This piece is dedicated to Estevan’s wife María to commemorate the celebration in 2009 of their golden wedding anniversary. It was premiered on 30 January 2010 at the Teatro Cervantes of Sax Alicante province (Spain) by the Banda Unión Musical de Sax under the direction of its conductor D. Roberto Trinidad Ramón.The piece opens with a spectacular introduction leading to an expressive saxophone solo. The rubato accents of the first melodic motif give way to the central section which has a distinct and triumphal character. At Estevan’s request trumpetand flute solos highlight the more flamboyant passages. The soft and harmonious colours of the trio’s exquisite melody lead to a recapitulation of the central section before reaching the final climax.María Gil Herrero a concert pasodoble written in a traditional style will enthral the audience with its outstanding character and typically Spanish musical form.

Anton Bruckner (1824-1896). Par BRUCKNER ANTON / DOSS THOMAS (Arr.). Anton Bruckner (b. 4.9.1824, Ansfelden, d. 11.10.1896, Vienna) didn?t have it easy. Throughout his life, the Austrian composer was plagued by self-doubt. Anton Bruckner came from a simple, rural background. After the death of his father, he was accepted as a choirboy at the monastery of Sankt Florian in 1837. After several years as a school assistant and his own organ and piano studies, he first worked as organist in St. Florian, then from 1855 as cathedral organist in Linz. Introduced to music theory and instrumentation by Simon Sechter and Otto Kitzler, he discovered Richard Wagner as an artistic role model, whom he admired throughout his life and also visited several times in Bayreuth. In 1868 Anton Bruckner became professor of basso continuo, counterpoint and organ at the Vienna Conservatory; ten years later court organist; and in 1891 finally honorary doctor of the University of Vienna. He was considered an important organ virtuoso of his era, but had to wait a long time for recognition as a composer. It was not until Symphony No.7 in E major, composed between 1881 and 1883, with the famous Adagio written under the effects of Wagner's death, that he achieved the recognition he had hoped for, even if he was reluctant to accept it given his inclination towards scepticism and self-criticism. Anton Bruckner was a loner who did not want to follow a particular school or doctrine. He composed numerous sacred vocal works, such as his three masses, the Missa Solemnis in B flat minor (1854), the Te Deum (1881-84) and numerous motets. As a symphonic composer, he wrote a total of nine symphonies and many symphonic studies from 1863 onwards, tending to revise completed versions several times over. Bruckner's orchestral works were long considered unplayable, but in fact were merely exceptionally bold for the tonal language of their time, uniting traditions from Beethoven through Wagner to folk music, on the threshold between late Romanticism and Modernism. Anton Bruckner composed about 40 motets during his lifetime, the earliest a setting of Pange lingua around 1835, and the last, Vexilla regis, in 1892. Thomas Doss has compiled some of these motets in this volume for symphonic wind orchestra. These motets show many characteristics of personal expression, especially Bruckner's colourful harmony in the earlier works, which is in places aligned with Franz Schubert (changes between major and minor; and movements in thirds). Later works are characterised by many components which, in addition to the expanded stature of the movements, include above all a sense of the instrumentation as an outward phenomenon and the harmony as a compositional feature that works more internally. Some aspects of Bruckner's work are the result of his long period of study, which familiarised him not only with the tradition of his craft, but also gave him insights into the 'modernity' of his time in such composers as Wagner, Liszt and Berlioz. From this developed his personal standpoint, which always pursues the connection between the old and the new. / Date parution : 2023-08-12/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie

as performed by Amy Winehouse. Par PAYNE / DAVID MCCABE / ABIGAIL HARDING / BOYAN CHO. Une seule année s’est écoulée entre la sortie de la chanson Valerie, interprétée par le groupe de rock anglais The Zutons, qui eu beaucoup de succès au Royaume-Uni, et la reprise de Mark Ronson et Amy Winehouse. Plus funky, plus optimiste et typiquement plus «winehousienne», cette version soul a rapidement conquis les hit-parades de nombreux pays. L’arrangement de Peter Kleine Schaars rend hommage à la grande chanteuse décédée en 2011, avec ce titre récréatif et pétillant de fraîcheur ! / Niveau : 2.5 / Pop and rock / Date parution : 1905-07-04/ Recueil / Concert Band ou Harmonie