Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band is a complete curriculum for beginning band students to help them grow as ensemble musicians. The series complements any band method and supplements any performance music. It contains 167 exercises, including more than 100 chorales by some of today's most renowned young band composers. Various exercises at the grade 1/2, 1, and 1 1/2 levels are grouped by key, including: * Long Tones* Passing the Tonic* Pitch Matching* Scale Builders* Interval Builders* Expanding Intervals* Chord Builders* Moving Chord Tones* Diatonic Harmony* Rhythmic Subdivision* 5-Note Scales* Scale Canons (5-, 6-, or 8-Note Scales)* Scale Chorales (5-, 6-, and 8-Note Scales) * ChoralesThe compositions were written by Roland Barrett, Chris Bernotas, Jodie Blackshaw, Matt Conaway, Ralph Ford, Tyler S. Grant, Rob Grice, John O'Reilly, Robert Sheldon, Todd Stalter, Randall Standridge, Michael Story, and Scott Watson. Whether your students are progressing through exercises to better their technical facility, or improving their musicianship with beautiful chorales, we are confident your performers will be excited, motivated, and inspired by using Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Young Concert Band. / Concert Band

Par BALAZS ARPAD. Television viewers of nearly a hundred countries have experienced Árpád Balázs's touching melodies. The series of cartoons have neither dialogue nor text: the music presents the amiable and entertaining adventures of the rabbit with chequered ears and its friends. Balázs has rephrased and developed the well-known melodies and as a result a ''children's story symphony'' of seven movements has been created in which, in contrast with Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, there is no narrator but the instruments themselves represent the story-tellers. The composer has again associated the groups of instruments with one another in a colourful and varied manner, skilfully alternating the modes of solo, chamber orchestra and orchestra. Movements I, II, IV and VII represent a ''short suite'' that can be independently performed, thus due to its duration of four minutes and easier level, ensembles with more modest opportunities can also perform it. The most well-known parts of the cartoon series music - the main title and the ending - are included in both versions./ Répertoire / Concert Band

Par CURNOW JAMES. A major work that’s truly a joy to play! It has taken a lot of hard work to bring your ensemble to this level of performance. Now set them free! High-flying melodies, emotive harmonic structures and an electrifying finale combine into a beautifully crafted and ennobling musical statement. Sparkling; energetic; pensive; playful; reminiscent; heroic; there are so many shades and colors! This one is as much a thrill for the audience as it is for the ensemble. Groups that can play at this level simply MUST have the joy of performing The Eagle’s Flight by James Curnow!Outstanding! / Niveau : 5 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

To General George Washington. Par CURNOW JAMES. The grand and energetic opening, contrasting styles, careful attention to articulations, and rich harmonies make this one sound more advanced than it actually is. Consider using Heroic Tribute as the opening piece for your young band festival performance. The easy but bright and colorful Percussion, along with excellent use of the Woodwind and Brass sections, make this an ideal contest piece. There are plenty of teaching opportunities packed into this majestic new mini-overture for young bands. In fact, even if your band usually plays higher grade level music you should still give this one serious consideration. Occasionally it’s good idea to rehearse a high-quality easiercomposition, where your entire ensemble can concentrate fully on ensemble playing, phrasing, tone quality, etc. and not worry about just chasing notes. This piece provides great cross-curricular teaching opportunities with history. A great teaching piece as well as a gem in performance! / Niveau : 1.5 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band

Par CURNOW JAMES. Commissioned by the University of Georgia Bands F. David Romines, Associate Director of Bands Rich modern harmonies and exquisite rhythmic counterpoint make this Grade 3 gem a rich and rewarding project for your ensemble. This remarkable piece is a wonderful and exciting performance piece which at the same allows the director countless opportunities to teach the players about intervals, inversions, and so much more. A nice batterie of Percussion instruments adds lots of color and energy and the contrasts in density and dynamics ensure that Dimensions of Seven will keep the audience fully engaged from the first beat to the last. Unforgettable! / Niveau : 3 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par CURNOW PAUL. An expansive and electrifying tour-de-force for your developing band! Teach proper eighth-note triplet rhythms, straight eighths, and dotted eighth/sixteenth rhythms as you prepare this exciting piece for performance. Explore the power of the full ensemble and contrasting lighter sections. Demand maximum dynamic contrast. This may prove to be the centerpiece of your festival performance this year, and you can certainly use it effectively in concert. Forceful! / Niveau : 2.5 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band

Cappellari Andrea (Arr). Par CAPPELLARI ANDREA. Arrangement and Orchestration by Andrea Cappellari. Full score and 24 parts: 1) C Instr. (Flute) / 1) Bb Instr. (Clarinet, Soprano Sax., Trumpet) / 2) C Instr. (Flute) / 2) Bb Instr. (Clarinet) / 3) C Instr. (Violin, Flute) / 3) Bb Instr. (Clarinet, Soprano Sax., Trumpet) / 4) C Instr. (Violin, Viola)Bb Instr. (Clarinet, Trumpet) / 5) C Instr. (Violin) / 5) Eb Instr. (Alto Sax.) / 6) C. Instr. (Violin) / 6) Eb Instr. (Alto Sax.) / 7) C Instr. (Violin, Viola) / 7) Bb Instr. (Clarinet) / 7) Eb Instr. (Alto Sax.) / 8) C Instr. (Violin, Viola) / 8)tr. (Clarinet) / 8) Eb Instr. (Alto Sax.) / Guitar / Piano 1 / Piano 2 / Bass, Cello, Bassoon / Maracas, Snare drum / Tom, tom, Triangle, Bass drum / Four Hands Piano ad libitum. Performance possibile also without Piano. / TV, Film, Comédie musicale / Recueil / Ensemble Variable

as performed by John Miles. Par MILES JOHN. C’est avec le titre Music, son plus grand succès et véritable ode à la musique, que John Miles conquit les hit-parades anglais en mars 1976. Expressive et aérienne, puissante et dynamique, sachant allier à merveille le son des cordes avec le timbre des instruments à vent, cette chanson demeure indémodable. L’arrangement pour ensemble à instrumentation variable à dix voix, signé Roland Kernen, conserve l’authenticité de la mélodie originale dans une orchestration puissante qui exploite la richesse des couleurs harmoniques et la vaste palette des nuances. / Niveau : 2 / Pop and rock / Date parution : 1905-07-05/ Recueil / Concert Band ou Harmonie ou Fanfare

Concert Band Signature Series. Par WALKER GEORGE. In 1946, George Walker was still doing graduate work at the Curtis institute when he composed Lyric for Strings, which would prove over the coming decades to become one of the most performed and enduring string orchestra works of the 20th Century. This first-ever edition for symphonic wind band was arranged by Dr. Luci Disano and premiered by The President's Own United States Marine Band on August 24, 2022. George Walker (June 27, 1922 - August 23, 2018) began his groundbreaking career as a young piano virtuoso and was admitted to Oberlin College on a scholarship following his first public recital at the age of 14. Graduating with the highest honors in his Conservatory class, he was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music, becoming the first black graduate of this renowned music school. His works demonstrate a wide range of artistic excellence in genres ranging from instrumental and vocal solos and chamber music to compositions for orchestra and other large ensembles. He is the first black composer to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize. / Date parution : 2023-07-31/ Répertoire / Concert Band

As performed by The Beatles. Par LENNON / PAUL MCCARTNEY. Les Beatles ont fait usage du moyen-métrage pour leur film A Hard Day’s Night bien avant l’arrivée des clips musicaux. Sorti en 1965, Help ! est leur second film musical. La chanson du même titre a été écrite tout d’abord sous la forme d’une ballade. Cependant, le producteur George Martin souhaitait un thème plus vif. Dès son entrée dans le hit-parade, la chanson remaniée se classe immédiatement en première place. André Waignein nous restitue un excellent arrangement pour ensemble à instrumentation variable. / Niveau : 2 / Pop and rock / Recueil / Concert Band ou Harmonie ou Fanfare