Par VAN DER ROOST JAN. This major concert work cosists o five movements. 1st movement: La Laguna del ShimbeSituated high up in the Andes mountains in Northern Peru are the Huaringas, a group of lagoons in isolated and mysterious surroundings. The water has healing powersand for centuries traditional healers have settled there in small villages. From far the sick come to the Huaringas to be treated in nightly rituals, in which the hallucinating juice of the San Pedro cactus gives the prophet a look inside hispatient. The biggest lagoon is the “Laguna del Shimbe”, one of the countless wells of the immense Amazon stream. 2nd movement: Los AguarunasFurther downstream in Northern Peru we come across the rain tribe of Los Aguarunas. It’s a proud, beautiful andindependent race, which has never succumbed to domination, not even from the Incas. They live from everything the forest has to offer: fish, fruit, plants, . . . . They also grow some crops and live as semi-nomads. They take their fate into their ownhands and after having made contact with modern civilisation, they have integrated new elements into their lives without betraying their own ways. 3rd movement: MekaronMekaron is an Indian word meaning “picture”, “soul”, “essence”. The Indians are theorigina inhabitants of the Amazon region. They either live in one place as a group or move around a large region. They all have their own political system, their own language and an intense social life. At the same time they are master of music andmedicine. “Everywhere the white man goes, he leaves a wilderness behind him”, wrote the North American Indian leader Seatl in 1885. As a result of these contacts with the whites, the disruption of most Indian societies began. (In this century alone, 80 tribes have vanished completely). 4th movement: KêêtuajêThis is the name of the initiating ceremony of the Krahô tribe in the Brazilian state of Goias, in which young boys and girls enter adult life. They are cleansed with water, painted with redpaint and covered with feathers, after which the ritual dance holds the entire tribe spell-bound. 5th movement: Paulino FaiakanIn 1988 the Indian chiefs Faiakan and Raoni Kaiapo came to Europe to protest against the building of the Altamira dam inBrazil. As a result of the dam the Indians would be driven from their traditional land and enormous artificial would be created. The project was supported financially by, amongst others, the European Community. In February 1989 the Indian tribesaround Altamira held a protest march for the first time in their history together. Amongst other things they paid tribute tot Chico Mendez, who, murdered in 1988, was the leader of the rubber syndicate and a fierce opponent of the destruction of theBrazilian rain forest. Brazilian and world opinion was awakened. The building of the dam was -albeit temporarily - stopped. / Niveau : 6 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par SCHAARS PETER KLEINE. Né dans les années 1960, le funk est un style musical très rythmé. Le chanteur américain James Brown et un groupe de la Nouvelle-Orléans, The Meters, sont considérés comme les fondateurs de ce genre. Le funk se caractérise par une ligne de basse indépendante qui souligne le premier temps de la mesure, ainsi que par une combinaison rythmique de mélodies syncopées et d’accompagnements chargés d’adjonctions harmoniques. Adoptant pleinement ce style, la composition de Peter Kleine Shaars est l’heureuse fusion des ingrédients harmoniques, mais aussi des difficultés de la musique funk. D'une part, les cellules rythmiques 9, 10, 14, 15 et 16 font de New Orleans Funk un exercice pédagogique : d’autre part, cette pièce apportera une belle ambiance funky à vos répétitions et vos concerts !/ Répertoire / Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare

Arr. Ron Sebregts. Par MC LEAN DON. Don McLean’s success is largely due to the remarkable song American Pie released in 1971. In 2000 American Pie topped the charts again, this time recorded by Madonna when her version achieved number 1 status almost everywhere in the world. / Niveau : 3 / Pop and rock / Recueil / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Arr. Adam Anders_Robert Longfield_Tim Davis. Par WITHERS BILL. / Niveau : 1.5 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Les élections sont terminées et c'est unanime --- tout le monde gagne avec cette nouveauté jazzy conçu pour présenter la section de trombone! Frottis de trombone facile de combiner avec un balancement New Orleans gorge de style que votre groupe et le public vont adorer. Un plaisir pour la foule infaillible! (02:05) / Concert Band

Arr. James L. Hosay. En associant les quatre chants multiculturels Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (Écoutez le chant des Anges), The Dreydl Song, Kumbayah et Auld Lang Syne (Ce n’est qu’un au-revoir), James L. Hosay a créé un medley de Noël (et de fin d’année) rythmé et pétillant, couleur jazz New Orleans. Délicieux ! / Niveau : 3 / Pièce de concert / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Par BULLA STEPHEN. This exciting concert march follows the standard marchform but has an unusual twist. Following a ‘dog fight’middle section, in which players can ‘let rip’ withsome aggressive playing, the trio used the well knownmelody ’Just A Closer Walk’ played in a popular syncopatedNew Orleans jazz style. / Niveau : 2 / Musique légère originale / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie