SKU: CL.024-4552-01
Perfect for that reflective moment in your holiday concert, On A Peaceful Night is based on the traditional melody Dona Nobis Pacem (Grant Us Peace.) After a fully-scored introduction, this theme is presented as a canon, and the work evolves into a stunning, lyrical showcase for your band. Great teaching moments abound, and everyone gets to play the beautiful melody. Convey a warm message of peace and hope for the holiday season with On A Peaceful Night..
SKU: CL.024-4463-01
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: A fun and intriguing novelty tune that invokes imagery of the great spy movies with mystery and suspense. Plenty of good teaching opportunities, and musical variety will keep performers and audiences in suspense and engaged until the last note. A great change of pace selection for any concert program.
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: CL.024-3846-00
Get out the dishes & silverware and set the table for this delicious medley of Christmas favorites! David Shaffer has crafted this clever collection of seasonal music into a delightful arrangement with one special twist; all of the auxiliary percussion instruments are kitchen utensils such as silverware, trash cans and drinking glasses. There are several stylistic changes within the piece, making it a perfect teaching tool. There is no doubt that Christmas Feast will be the appetizing hit of your holiday concert.
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.49149S
ISBN 9781470646615. UPC: 038081564876. English.
Kingsgate Castle by Michael Story is a stunning work in a traditional overture form beginning in 3/4 with a bright tempo. There is a beautiful contrasting section at a moderately slow speed before returning to the excitement. With strong melodic lines and contemporary harmonies, this piece will be a highlight in your next concert. (2:50).
SKU: AP.48188
UPC: 038081554976. English.
Alfred Reed needs no introduction for those who admire his distinguished concert band works. This arrangement for concert band draws from five movements of his original 28 composed for brass quintet based on London Bridge Is Falling Down. Included are: Statement, Waltz, March Fo(u)rth!, A Little Funeral Music, Please (Eine Kleine Trauermusik), and Finale. A demonstration of compositional techniques practiced during the past three centuries, the work is filled with captivating and highly musical moments. Even though players will encounter a few changes in tonal centers, meters, and tempo throughout, there is not much that would get in the way of having a fun experience learning and performing. (2:45).
SKU: CF.YPS141
ISBN 9780825895715. UPC: 798408095710. 9 x 12 inches. Key: Eb major.
Flying Cloud is a rhapsodic concert piece based on two sea shanties, Heart of Gold and The Lily of the West. The piece has dramatic shifts in orchestration and colorful harmonies that are reminiscent of standards in the band repertoire. This is a wonderful teaching piece for young bands.
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.49513
ISBN 9781470649586. UPC: 038081570365. 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) This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.
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: RM.PETI04101-BA
ISBN 9790231041019.
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.
