SKU: CL.011-4865-01

Here’s a piece that’s accelerated fun for performers and audiences, from start to finish! Record Breaker can be played at a wide range of tempos, but is most effective when taken at a full-blown galop tempo. Limited ranges and technical demands present the opportunity to lay this rollicking galop at rapid tempos. An excellent and fun closer or encore for any concert situation. See how fast you can go, and maybe you can break the record! Zoom!

SKU: CL.015-2185-00

Another of those fun teaching pieces from Andy Clark. Designed to teach your students how to perform a variety of slurs while they are just having some fun playing this cute program piece. Every instrument in the band has to do the slurs at one time or another and we think that this number should become part of your daily warm-up routine. This tune takes the drudgery away from practicing lip slurs and turns it into fun for the entire band. Playable with reduced instrumentations.

SKU: CL.RWS-2317-00

The well-known Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy is orchestrated here for winds and percussion with the mallet instruments in the forefront. Show off your best glockenspiel, vibraphone, xylophone or marimba player at your next holiday concert. Or, you can have them all play at once, or maybe even pass the tune around! There are lots of possibilities with this one. It is a real crowd pleaser with an instantly recognizable theme.

SKU: CL.011-4774-01

Have a fiesta in December with A Merry Mariachi Christmas, a creative Maricahi-style medley of We Wish You A Merry Christmas and Jingle Bells. Break out the shaker instruments and keep all the drummers busy! The two trumpet parts are soli throughout, offering numerous opportunities for staging, and maybe even costuming. It's that something different for your holiday concerts that is guaranteed to be a hit with your band and audiences. Ole!.

SKU: FJ.B1574S

English.

While many get excited at the holidays, some people just can't turn that frown upside down. In this spirit comes a fun swing arrangement of Jingle Bells, written in a blues style. Your students will enjoy the laid back swing figures and the catchy melodic adaptations depicting the fun (maybe just a little??) it is to ride on a one-horse open sleigh. A 'downer' ending takes the blues to a whole new level — sure to be the highlight (and lowlight!) of your next winter program!

About FJH Concert Band

Designed for high school groups and upper-level middle school groups. Independence is encouraged, but many lines are cross-cued. Usually includes an expanded percussion section. Grades 3 - 3.5