A Beginner's Guide for Group or Private Instruction. Modern Band. Method, Teacher Resource. Softcover. 256 pages. Published by Little Kids Rock

Concert Band; Orchestra - Grade 1.5

SKU: AP.49116

Composed by Scott Watson. 5 or More; MakeMusic Cloud; Mixed Instruments - Flexible Instrumentation; Performance Music Ensemble; Quartet; Single Titles; Solo Small Ensembles. Sound Innovations for Concert Band. Score and Part(s). 146 pages. Duration 4:40. Alfred Music #00-49116. Published by Alfred Music (AP.49116).

UPC: 038081563411. English.

This version of Escape from Thunder Mountain by Scott Watson is part of our Alfred FLEX offerings and is designed with maximum flexibility for use by any mix of instruments---wind, strings, and percussion, including like- or mixed-ensembles with as few as 4 players. The suggested instrumentation and a customizable Teacher Map will help you plan out how to best assign parts to suit your ensemble's needs. The 4-part instrumentation will support balanced instrumentation of the lower voices. It also comes with supplemental parts for maximum flexibility. With the purchase of this piece, permission is granted to photocopy the parts as needed for your ensemble. A percussion accompaniment track is also available as a free download. String parts have been carefully edited with extra fingerings and appropriate bowings to support students in mixed ensembles playing in less familiar keys.

The tropical island volcano, Thunder Mountain, has lain dormant for years. As a party of adventurous researchers work atop the legendary mountain, it begins to shake with pre-eruption tremors! Check out this original composition by Scott Watson! (4:40)

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This title is available in MakeMusic Cloud.

(Concerto No. 1 for Marimba, Strings and Percussion). Composed by Gillingham. Arranged by Nathan Daughtrey. For Soloist(s) with String Orchestra (Solo Marimba Percussion 1 (xylophone, bells, chimes) Percussion 2 (brake drum, cowbell, shaker, suspended cymbal, crash cymbals, temple blocks, triangle) Percussion 3 (4 toms, crash cymbals, bass drum, suspended cymbal, tam tam, hi hat) Violin I Violin II). Medium difficult. Orchestra score only. Duration 16:30. Published by C. Alan Publications

Full orchestra (Full Orchestra)

SKU: EC.RBM-253

Composed by Randol Alan Bass. Orchestra: Pops, Orchestra: Short Work. 21st Century. Full score. Randol Bass Music #RBM-253. Published by Randol Bass Music (EC.RBM-253).

Casey at the Bat was commissioned in 2001 by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra as a part of their Americana concert series from that season. The work is a colorful and highly descriptive narrative setting of the famous poem, “Casey at the Bat” by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, first published in an 1885 edition of The San Francisco Chronicle.(The poetry has been slightly paraphrased from the original to replace some arcane terminology.)This composition was conceived in a distinctly cartoonish style – reminiscent of the orchestral music so masterfully created by Carl Stalling and other great film score writers during the Golden Age of the animated short. In addition to brief quotes from Till Eulenspiegel of Richard Strauss, the melody from Take Me Out to the Ballgame (Tilzer-Norworth) is interpolated throughout the fabric of the piece (although the lyrics are never sung).The first performance of this work took place during the Spring of 2001, under the baton of Richard Kaufman and featuring Pat Sajak as narrator of the well-known poem.Audio excerpts from a matchless narrative performance of this piece by Shakespearean actor Sir Derek Jacobi (with the National Symphony of London and the composer conducting) are included below for perusal purposes. The full performance may be purchased as an audio file from Kodanja Records of Dallas, TX. ( dur: 8’ )