Four-part flexible chamber music arrangements featuring a soloist. The Centre Stage series bringing well-known classics to early-level players has become so popular with schools and music centres that further titles have been requested! The rousing Joy to the World and gentle Silent Night are undoubtedly Christmas favourites and would make an excellent choice for your Christmas concert.The scoring is flexible (the ‘soloist’ in Part 1 as an example could be for flute oboe violin clarinet or alto saxophone) and whilst written for a chamber group larger ensembles can also use Centre Stage with more players joining each part. An optional piano part has beenincluded for rehearsal or to support the performance.

This well-known whaling song from New Zealand has been at the forefront of the rise in popularity of sea shanties. Featuring a memorable melody, rich harmonies, and a nice mix of textures, here is a great-sounding setting scoredfor flexible instrumentation.

as performed by The Beatles-The Beatles remain today extremely popular amongst all generations. Many arrangements of their famous hits have been created in a variety of instrumentations. Hardly any versions for flexible 5-voiced wind ensemble exist. With this arrangement you can now play all of their chart hits with almost any combination of wind instruments.

A Band Book For Beginners-The most common problem facing Junior Bands is usually an unbalanced instrumentation. All the pieces in this collection have been conceived with young players in mind and the parts are available in different transpositions so that various combinations of instruments are possible.InstrumentationPart 1:in C (8va) Flutein C Oboe/Piccoloin Eb Soprano Cornet/Eb Clarinetin Bb Clarinet/Trumpet/CornetPart 2:in Bb Clarinet/Trumpet/Cornetin Eb Eb Horn/Alto Saxophonein F French HornPart 3:in Eb EbHorn/Alto Saxophonein F French Hornin Bb Euphonium/Baritone/Trombone/Bass Clarinet/Tenor Saxophonein C Euphonium/Trombone/Baritone/BassoonPart 4:in Bb Euphonium/Baritone/Trombone/Bass Clarinet/Tenor Saxophone/Bb Bassin Eb Eb Bass/Baritone Saxophonein C Tuba/Bassoon/Euphonium/Trombone/BaritonePercussion

from the Paramount Picture HATARI! Film composer Henry Mancini wrote Baby Elephant Walk for the 1961 film Hatari!. In this unmistakable classic film score, the composer was able to conjure a very realistic portrayal of a baby elephant?s waddle. This jazz evergreen has now been arranged for variable wind ensemble by Eric J. Hovi.