SKU: CL.024-3922-01

Leading to Command of the Concert Band! Fasten your seat belts and prepare for takeoff with this programmatic piece written to capture the exhilaration of powered flight. Unique percussion instruments and contemporary instrumental sonorities are used to build the excitement from the takeoff and flight through dramatic turbulence to the resolution of a successful landing. David Shaffer's trademarks including driving rhythms, powerful harmonies, and solid melodies, are evident throughout this exciting piece. An excellent choice for contest or festival performances. Highly recommended.

SKU: AP.39524

UPC: 038081453019. English. Traditional Folk Song based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe.

Scored in a lilting three-quarter meter, this delicious melody, by an unknown composer, was originally scored to accompany Edgar Allan Poe's poem of the same name. The story is of the narrator's deep love for a woman who lived by the sea, and whose untimely death is mourned every night by the narrator as he sleeps next to her tomb by the ocean. The beautiful melody, charismatically harmonized, musically depicts that undying love and provides a meaningful opportunity to teach expressive and lyrical performance. A charming addition to the developing band repertoire. (2:15) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

SKU: AP.49513S

ISBN 9781470649593. UPC: 038081570372. English.

Kick off your shoes, jump in, and ride down Comegys Creek. This North Texas creek is named after Dr. C. G. Comegys, a prominent family who lived in Mckinney, TX in the early 1900s. Composer and fellow Texan, Brian Beck captures the southern rowdiness of frolicking in the water with friends and family. Comegys Creek is a fun piece that will expand your student's harmonic vocabulary and is perfect for introducing and reinforcing accidentals that create interesting harmonies, all within a comfortable range. It also explores the many permutations of the 8th and 16th note combinations, as well as introduces and reinforces 7/8 time signature. Groups performing this piece will become multi-meter masters in no time! (2:24).

SKU: AP.49098S

ISBN 9781470646073. UPC: 038081564456. English.

Cataclysm of the Cosmos by Amy Webb depicts the powerful crash of meteors upon the Earth, decimating the dinosaurs! Propel your ensemble right into the spectacular fray with pounding eighth-note strikes, each tearing into the Earth's crust. A brief interlude in the middle gives your audience the false sense of calm before the meteors begin striking the earth again with a measured intensity that will be a treat for students to play! A terrific opener! (2:40) This title available in MakeMusic Cloud.

SKU: HL.50603898

UPC: 196288022572. 9.0x12.0x0.046 inches.

This popular waltz melody from Shostakovich's Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra is well-known throughout the world and often used in TV and films. Here is a well-paced version scored for flexible instrumentation.