SKU: KJ.ZB409

ISBN 9788402702630. UPC: 8402702635.

This swinging chart has it all -- swinging melody lines, open solos, and a roaring shout chorus. It is a terrific introduction to the blues for young bands. A part of the Jazz In Concert Series, The Night of the Coyote is flexibly orchestrated so that it can be played with as few as 9 players. Additionally, everyone in the ensemble has an opportunity to improvise in the open solo section, and the set includes two suggested solos and a CD with a solo practice track, to facilitate successful improvisation.

About Standard of Excellence Jazz Ensemble Method

The Standard of Excellence Jazz Ensemble Method is designed to help both you and your jazz ensemble students explore the world of jazz through easy-to-use Rhythm Studies, Improvisation Studies, Instrument Specific Exercises, and full ensemble jazz charts. The approach is non-theoretical and aurally based. Each part book comes with an accompaniment CD, so like every great jazz player throughout history, students learn to play jazz by listening!

SKU: KJ.ZB411

UPC: 8402702639.

A great way to introduce the Dorian mode to young players. This modal chart features a moderate tempo and moderate ranges all around. A part of the Jazz in Concert Series, Dorian Journey is flexibly orchestrated so that it can be played with as few as 9 players. Additionally, everyone in the ensemble has an opportunity to improvise in the open solo section, and the set includes two suggested solos and a CD with a solo practice track, to facilitate successful improvisation.

About Standard of Excellence Jazz Ensemble Method

The Standard of Excellence Jazz Ensemble Method is designed to help both you and your jazz ensemble students explore the world of jazz through easy-to-use Rhythm Studies, Improvisation Studies, Instrument Specific Exercises, and full ensemble jazz charts. The approach is non-theoretical and aurally based. Each part book comes with an accompaniment CD, so like every great jazz player throughout history, students learn to play jazz by listening!

SKU: FJ.ST6470

UPC: 241444398470. English.

Go underground to explore the deep, dark sounds of the orchestra's lowest strings. A ponderous, minor theme weaves through every section of the orchestra along with a few easy off-beat rhythms. The absence of low 2 finger patterns make this helpful for teaching and reinforcing note reading on the G, C, and E (bass) strings, while also being extremely satisfying musically.

About FJH Beginning Strings

Appropriate for first year string students. All instruments stay in first position, and optional third violin (viola) parts and piano are included to aid in rehearsal and performance situations. Grade 1 - 1.5

SKU: CF.BAS82

ISBN 9781491157619. UPC: 680160916191. 9 x 12 inches.

First-year players can reach for the stars with this easy concert piece. An ethereal theme reflecting the mysterious celestial spheres is created with simple rhythms in first position. All sections of the orchestra have interesting parts and melodic lines, supported by doubling of Violin 2/Viola and Cello/Bass. The energetic piano part is recommended and will help students hear the subdivision of the beat.
First-year players can “reach for the stars” with this easy concert piece. An ethereal theme reflecting the mysterious celestial spheres is created with simple rhythms in first position. All sections of the orchestra have interesting parts and melodic lines, supported by doubling of Violin 2/Viola and Cello/Bass. The energetic piano part is recommended and will help students hear the subdivision of the beat.

About Carl Fischer Beginning String Orchestra Series

This series of Grade 1 pieces is designed for first year string groups. The pieces in this series are characterized by:

• Limited parts (often 2nd violin and viola are the same part, cello and bass are same part)
• Limited keys and rhythms - only simple 8th note patterns
• Limited independence of parts
• Playable after limited study time
• First position and natural bowings
• Piano for rehearsal and reinforcement

SKU: CF.YPS243

ISBN 9781491159897. UPC: 680160918485.

Rider of the Mountain is an exciting piece for young musicians. It features a heroic melody along with varied accompaniments that are both fun and easy to play. With prominent, exhilarating percussion parts and all the sections passing the melody around, every musician gets their time to shine. One can envision themselves on a mountain pass or on rolling hills atop a beautiful stallion. The piece begins early in the morning, with the morning dew settling, and a light fog covering the mountain tops. Soon, the day's ride beings. With each adventure, the cool wind blows against their face and through their clothes. Note to the Conductor If the band is comfortable with the dotted rhythms and gets a good groove going with the percussion, try adding character and bounce to the music by envisioning a rider and his steed. Similarly, really bring out the sway and swell of sections like m. 33. This piece may require some extra attention for the percussion, as their part is slightly more difficult (and exciting!) than the wind parts.
Rider of the Mountain is an exciting piece for young musicians. It features a heroic melody along with varied accompaniments that are both fun and easy to play. With prominent, exhilarating percussion parts and all the sections passing the melody around, every musician gets their time to shine. One can envision themselves on a mountain pass or on rolling hills atop a beautiful stallion. The piece begins early in the morning, with the morning dew settling, and a light fog covering the mountain tops. Soon, the day's ride beings. With each adventure, the cool wind blows against their face and through their clothes.  Note to the ConductorIf the band is comfortable with the dotted rhythms and gets a good groove going with the percussion, try adding character and bounce to the music by envisioning a rider and his steed. Similarly, really bring out the sway and swell of sections like m. 33. This piece may require some extra attention for the percussion, as their part is slightly more difficult (and exciting!) than the wind parts.  .

SKU: FG.55011-334-3

ISBN 9790550113343.

Composer, pianist and conductor Kirmo Lintinen is equally at home in jazz as in the world of classical music. Since the turn of the millennium, his main job has specifically been composing concert music. Stylistically, he has found his biggest inspiration in the Baroque and in early 20th-century Neoclassicism. He composed Rieha (Frolic) as a commission from the Crusell Music Festival in Uusikaupunki, Finland, as the obligatory piece for its international clarinet competition, and it was premiered by the semi-finalists in July 2009.
The first part of Rieha is dominated by spurting arpeggios, trills and changing tempos. Following this impulsive opening is a brief respite, after which the piano and clarinet begin competing, tossing each other quick, accented semiquaver figures. The rhythm soon becomes syncopated and the piece enters the longest section, a sort of hypertuned, lurching ragtime. The closing section recalls all the work's motifs before burning itself out and vanishing like smoke.
Rieha is a consummate virtuoso piece demanding nimble fingers, sharp articulation and a command of tone in all the clarinet's registers. The piano is more than just an accompanying instrument; it is an equal partner. The biggest challenge for the players is synchronising their parts: the changing tempos and metres, and the alternation of quick figures keep the performers on their toes and the audience alert.

SKU: CL.031-3208-00

An outstanding chart that's perfect for teaching beginning jazz bands traditional swing concepts. No solos except for a couple of short drum fills, but every section of the band get plenty of chances to shine! Playable with limited instrumentation (3 Sax, 2 Tpt, 1 Trom + Rhythm). Includes a guitar performance help sheet! A superb chart for your beginning jazz students!

SKU: CY.CC2875

Canzon 1649 by Johann Hentzschel for 8-part Trombone ensemble is reminiscent of Gabrieli and others of the late Renaissance period with antiphonal writing for multiple choirs.
The music has been expertly edited by Nathan Siler and is lively with notable sections of imitation and dance rhythms.
This 3-minute work is appropriate for moderately advanced performers and has no endurance or range challenges.
The fine live performance of this work is led by the editor himself, Trombonist, Nathan Siler.

SKU: AP.40479

UPC: 038081454429. English. Traditional.

Spiced up with lots of hand percussion parts, this fun-to-play arrangement of a Christmas classic dances its way through Latin, waltz, disco, and rock styles, all in first position. Every section gets multiple turns at the melody, insuring that all of the students are noticed and challenged. Rhythms that may be unfamiliar or difficult are repeated throughout the arrangement, simplifying the rehearsal process.

SKU: CL.026-4130-01

An outstanding composition by Ed Huckeby that features rhythmic accompaniment rhythms in the third and fourth parts contrasted with simple, but musically effective first and second part melodic lines. The slower middle section features a haunting melody in 3/4 time and is an excellent teaching tool for the legato style. Ed's arrangement for the Build-A-Band Series makes it playable with very small bands and bands with severe instrumentation issues and insures that it will be a favorite concert and contest selection for years to come for these groups. As usual with this series, optional parts are included for Percussion and piano.

About Build-A-Band Series

The Build-A-Band Series provides educational and enjoyable music for bands with incomplete or unbalanced instrumentation. Written using just four or five parts (plus percussion), these effective arrangements will work with any combination of brass, woodwind, string and percussion instruments as long as you distribute the parts so that each of the five parts is covered. All of the publications in the Build-A-Band Series have been arranged to be playable with any instrumentation as long as each part is used: 1st Part, 2nd Part, 3rd Part, 4th Part, and Bass Part. (Please note: In some of these arrangements the 4th Part, and the Bass Part are the same, making it possible to play those arrangements with only 4 parts.)

SKU: KN.42715

UPC: 822795427158.

Written at the medium-easy level, this latest installment in the well-know Chili Pepper series promises to be the most popular ever. A driving Latin groove, sax soli, plenty of full ensemble writing, rhythm breaks and an open solo section are highlights. To assist soloists who lack the experience or confidence to improvise, a sheet with written solo line is provided.

SKU: WD.080689156472

UPC: 080689156472.

Marvelous Light provides you with FOUR possible performance options for your Easter worship services, utilizing a combination of two well-known contemporary Easter worship songs plus a contemporary and a traditional hymn. Possible configurations include: * a two-song set; * two different three-song sets; * a four-song set. Designed for the worship leading choir, each option gives you a ready-made, all-in-one worship set that utilizes a worship leader (or optional reader), your choir and/or praise team, and your worship band, horn section or orchestra. The sets are skillfully crafted to provide a smooth thematic and musical flow, while facilitating a celebratory and congregationally-friendly worship experience. An optional Accompaniment DVD is available.

SKU: CF.CAS59

ISBN 9780825884221. UPC: 798408084226. 8.5 x 11 inches. Key: C major.

A tour de force string orchestra work by Sean O'Loughlin, Pursuit of Liberty is well worth the effort for your group, delving into the sound of the American frontier; a flowing tapestry of timbres and textures.
Pursuit of Liberty is a piece for string orchestra commissioned by the Stringendo Orchestral Ensemble in Paris, France under the direction of Jean Thorel. Mr. Thorel asked me to compose this piece as part of a celebration of the French Revolution. His only request was to use a folk song from that time period as the basis for the piece. “Ah! Ca Ira” by Gervais Couperin from 1790 is the folk song I chose for this setting.The opening music contains fragments of the folk song’s melody. I also utilize this phrase as a transitional element between sections in the piece. It helps to integrate an original melody that I employ as counterpoint to the “Ah! Ca Ira” melody. The folk song melody first appears in its complete form at m. 14. Exposition and development follows until m. 37, which signals a transition to an original melody of mine. The eighth note pulse is punctuated by accents and sixteenth note interjections. Please bring those out of the texture throughout this section. Fragments of the folk song melody begin to appear in each of the sections of the ensemble which functions as an extended build up to a main statement of my original melody at m. 62. The folk song melody rejoins the setting in the upper strings at m. 70. This plays concurrently with the original melody in the lower strings. At m. 80, the melodies are reversed in the ensemble to a dramatic effect. The opening music returns at m. 84 to provide momentum to the rousing chords at m. 93 and subsequent conclusion. Vivre la Liberté!

About Carl Fischer Concert String Orchestra Series

This series of pieces (Grade 3 and higher) is designed for advancing ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:

• Expanded use of rhythms, ranges and keys but technical demands are still carefully considered
• More comprehensive bowing techniques
• Viola T.C. included
• Careful selection of keys and degree of difficulty for advancing musicians

SKU: CL.032-3770-00

Hip and cool doesn't have to take a lot of rehearsal time and hard work - at least not with this chart. The ranges are conservative and the rhythms are basic, but you'd never know it from the big and full sound. An open solo section for any instrument on very basic chord changes, plus lots of hard driving ensemble writing make this one a true winner.

SKU: CL.032-3439-00

Explosive rock chart that features your trumpet section's technique. Use of repetitive rhythms and fingerings that lay well on the instrument combines to make this chart very playable yet sounding much more difficult than it really is. Written solos over easy changes in an open solo section make this chart perfect for bands interested in developing young jazz soloists. Careful attention has been paid to instrument ranges and scoring for smaller, younger groups to make this chart a winner, no matter what size or skill level of your group.