In a stately march tempo Nobles of the Sword features tonal centers in A minor and C major and is written in tutti style with ample opportunities to teach common rhythms (including dotted quarter/eighth note).

An important part of our Essentials of Musicianship Series Scale Studies for Band is designed to be used as an instructional aid during your normal daily practice. Written so that the scale studies can be interlaced at appropriate times into your rehearsal they enable you to address the scale and key considerations of your next piece just before starting that piece. For instance if the next arrangement you will rehearse has a section in the key of G Major you can take a moment and review the study in that key (Study Number 7). It?s amazing how many wrong notes can be avoided by reviewing the key signature in an interesting and exciting manner before diving into theperformance piece rehearsal. In the long run this ?key signature review? approach can actually save more rehearsal time than it uses. In addition to the full band aspect of Scale Studies you may find value in quickly and easily administered ?playing tests? using these materials. However you choose to use them the Scale Studies from the Curnow Music Press Essentials of Musicianship Series will be valuable indeed!

Maritime On The Great Lakes-Grand and expansive in sound this major work for Grade 3 band will be an excellent centerpiece for your maturing band's next performance. The orchestration abounds with wonderful contrasts letting you show the many colors yourband can produce. Appropriate areas of rest for each section allow you to program this work anywhere on your concert without fear of overtiring the players. (Grade 3)

Commissioned by Britten Sinfonia and Town Hall Birmingham in 2009-10. Nicholas Daniel gave the premiere with Britten Sinfonia and together they have performed it many times since with a recording on the Harmonia Mundi label. In three contrasting movements this is a major addition to the repertory of concertante oboe works.

Flute and Piano-This collection contains five pieces composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for Flute and Piano.Edited by world-renowned flautist James Galway Mozart For Flute includes Concerto in GMajor K. 313; Concerto in D Major K. 314; Andante in C Major K. 315; ?Allegro? from Piano Sonata in C Major K. 545 and ?Rondo alla Turca: Allegretto? from Piano Sonata in A Major K. 331.

This piece was originally written for Violin and Piano and if the 'New World' Symphony and the 'American' String Quartet are the best-known products of Anton n Dvorak's years in the United States the little Sonatina in G major(sometimes called the 'Indian Lament' Sonatina) may well be the most obscure; yet it is a charming work that deserves better than its relegation to the learning books of young violinists. The Sonatina is in four movements:Allegro risoluto Larghetto Scherzo (molto vivace) and Allegro. The first movement's principal tune has a firm rhythmic spine its second tune a gentle plaintiveness; there is just a hint of Americanfolk music in the movement.The following Larghetto earned the Sonatina its nickname. The succession of its three melodies - one in G minor one in B flat major and one in G major - has to it the same wistfulness and thesame sudden brightening and then softening of mood that we hear in the famous slow movement of the 'New World' Symphony.The Scherzo takes the very first gesture of the Allegro risoluto as its starting-point. The finale isa substantial sonata-allegro movement with three wonderful themes: the opening syncopated idea in G major a subsidiary thought in E minor very dancelike and built around a repeating marcato cell and finally a rich tranquillomelody that closes the exposition. This adaptation for Flute and Piano by James Galway conveys all the spirit of the original.

This selection of pieces from classical to modern and studies of all kinds is suitable for each of grades 4 5 and 6. James Rae has kept in mind the technical requirements for major music examinations at each level whether the examination system is followed or not this collection presents an opportunity for any pupil in their developing years to broaden their musical experiences and explore the wide variety of music that is within their grasp. The composers whose works feature in this book are among G. F. Handel J. S. Bach J. B. Vanhal W. A. Mozart François Couperin C. P. E. Bach Ludwig van Beethoven Pyotre Tchaikovsky Edvard Grieg Frédéric Chopin F. Mendelssohn Béla Bartók Giuseppe Verdi K. J. Andersen Claude Debussy Antonín Dvorák Victoria Borisova-Ollas Tilmann Dehnhard and James Rae.

Allabreve in D major (589) Prelude in G Major (568) Canzona In D Minor (588) 'Giant' Fugue in D minor (680) Fugue in G minor (131a) 'Little' Prelude and Fugue in E minor (533) Prelude and Fugue in C minor (549) Trio in D minor (583). Edited by Sir Frederick Bridge and James Higgs.

David Bednall's Fanfare-Processional for Organ. Composed 2010. 'A work that reflects a constant revivific­ation of tradition - most notably in the expected treatment of D major tonality (not fully resolved at the end) - this brilliantly effective piece successfully combines the essence of a church procession with elation: the tempo is relatively (but only relatively) slow the musical expression being of a positive character making a modem recessional as if preparing to leave the church before breathing in fresh open air in the concluding section. Bednall's work is extremely well written technically; it would make an exciting effecton any uplifting occasion.' - James Palmer

for piano quartet. Par DAVIES PETER MAXWELL. The two nocturnes were composed immediately after major surgery, against a deadline, and, despite the music sounding unlike anything I have written before, I decided to keep them exactly as they turned out. 2010 is a Chopin year, and I made this pair of nocturnes into a little tribute, after playing through and listening to most of his output. Never before had I composed under these drugged conditions – the musical dimensions were enormously exaggerated, with each interval and each phrase being elongated out of all proportion, and the whole few minutes filling the whole of time and space. The orchestration, for piano quartet, was influenced by the very neo-classical feel of the chamber version of the concertos, and the harmonic language very much the result of pondering Chopin’s very individual take on J.S Bach. They are dedicated to James MacMillan and Amelia Freedman respectively. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (2010)/ Répertoire / Piano, Violon, Alto et Violoncelle

From the Paramount Television Series JAG-The television series JAG (Judge Advocate General) which was first broadcast in America in 1995 has become internationally known over the years. In Europe too people have become acquainted with the legal wing of navy officers and the intrigues surrounding Commander Harmon ???Harm??? Rabb (David James Elliott) and his partner Lieutenant Colonel Sarah ???Mac??? MacKenzie (Catherine Bell). Both inside and outside the courtroom they fight with one major aim: winning! In their personal relationships there???s a good deal of tension too. The theme tune to this television series full of action and adventure has been arranged for band by Roland Kernen.

Steve Gadd Gaddiments. In this, the first drum book he has written, music legend Steve Gadd presents a series of rudimental passages inspired by his experience in drum corps and his love of the rudiments. Each of the etudes is based on a classic or contemporary rudiment, or on Steve's personal variations. He takes the phrases and then displaces them to begin on different subdivisions of the beat, thereby creating new, challenging patterns from the basic sticking. All of the solos are written in musical phrases that reinforce the player's understanding of the importance of phrasing as a key element of musicianship. The book has been painstakingly hand-engraved at Steve's request, to bring a comfortable and classic look to the pages. The layout of each page was also designed specifically by Gadd to create an easy yet musical flow to the reading. The book is also spiral-bound making sure it lays flat. These features are reflective of a man who has read thousands of charts in the studio on some of the most important recordings of our time. Accompanying the book is a full set of videos with Steve demonstrating each etude using the method he used to write the book: Playing with his rubber-tip practice sticks on a piece of wood. Even in this situation, Gadd's legendary groove and musicality shine through. Drum set, drum corps, and classical drummers will find an instant classic in these pages, with elements that will improve your technical ability, musical phrasing, groove, and your rhythmic vocabulary using the challenging technique of displacement that Steve bases the book upon. STEVE GADD is one of the all-time legends of drumming, having appeared on thousands of recordings in every major style in which the drumset is played, with artists who comprise a literal who's-who of contemporary recording artists, including Chick Corea, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Eric Clapton, Frank Sinatra, Al DiMeola, Al Jarreau, Stanley Clarke, Chuck Mangione. He is also an established producer and bandleader of the Gadd Gang and the Steve Gadd Band.